Plume: A Writer's Podcast

Season 2, Episode 13: Can You Work on It for Five Minutes?, A Conversation with Kendra Tuthill

November 09, 2021 Melanie Unruh & Samantha Tetangco Season 2 Episode 13
Season 2, Episode 13: Can You Work on It for Five Minutes?, A Conversation with Kendra Tuthill
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Plume: A Writer's Podcast
Season 2, Episode 13: Can You Work on It for Five Minutes?, A Conversation with Kendra Tuthill
Nov 09, 2021 Season 2 Episode 13
Melanie Unruh & Samantha Tetangco

In this episode, Melanie and Dawn talk with November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill, about self-publishing; writing through grief; setting small, timed writing goals, and more. Plus, Kendra reads her thought-provoking letter of encouragement, which explores the effects of writers losing their attention spans in the age of social media.

Join our Patreon at the $5 Prickly Pear level for access to an upcoming bonus segment from this episode, in which Kendra talks in more detail about the excerpt from her novel Stitches. You'll also receive a copy of November's Digital Plume, which includes both Kendra's letter and her tour-de-force novel excerpt.

CW: suicide, assault, grief

Kendra Tuthill holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Portland State University.  She has won several awards for her plays and screenplays, most notably landing a semi-finalist position in Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest for her dark, superhero screenplay titled Kendar the Destroyer.  She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she works in the Art Department on independent features and studio shows such as Making a Killing and Better Call Saul.  To pass time between productions, she writes dystopian screenplays and dramatic novels.


Show Notes

In this episode, Melanie and Dawn talk with November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill, about self-publishing; writing through grief; setting small, timed writing goals, and more. Plus, Kendra reads her thought-provoking letter of encouragement, which explores the effects of writers losing their attention spans in the age of social media.

Join our Patreon at the $5 Prickly Pear level for access to an upcoming bonus segment from this episode, in which Kendra talks in more detail about the excerpt from her novel Stitches. You'll also receive a copy of November's Digital Plume, which includes both Kendra's letter and her tour-de-force novel excerpt.

CW: suicide, assault, grief

Kendra Tuthill holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Portland State University.  She has won several awards for her plays and screenplays, most notably landing a semi-finalist position in Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest for her dark, superhero screenplay titled Kendar the Destroyer.  She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she works in the Art Department on independent features and studio shows such as Making a Killing and Better Call Saul.  To pass time between productions, she writes dystopian screenplays and dramatic novels.