Writer Experience

Get ESSENTIALS Here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1498784643/the-lab-press-presents-essentials-an-original-graphic-novel?ref=9nyn36 ESSENTIALS is an epic reality-hopping sci-fi adventure featuring art from Jason Howard, Vince Locke, Glenn Fabry, DaNi, MK Perker, and Andrea Mutti, with a cover from Bill Sienkiewicz. You can preorder ESSENTIALS on Kickstarter. Mike Zagari is a 20-year veteran of the comics industry with experience at Marvel, Disney, Lucasfilm, DC Comics and AMC Networks. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Throughout his career, Mike has been deeply involved in every aspect of the comics industry. Mike is currently Chief Creative Officer with THE LAB PRESS. Their debut graphic novel is ESSENTIALS, written by Black Sails star Luke Arnold and Emmy-nominated writer/producer Chris "Doc" Wyatt.

Lucinda Halpern is a literary agent with over 15 years experience, and the founder of Lucinda Literary, based in New York. Prior to founding her agency, she worked in the Publicity division of HarperCollins, where she assisted on the media campaign for Freakonomics among other New York Times bestsellers. She later worked as a marketing consultant for Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project), before launching her career as an agent. She has worked with all major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Hachette, and Scholastic, and currently represents New York Times and internationally best-selling authors in the categories of business, health, lifestyle, popular science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and upmarket fiction. Her classes and coaching programs have been taught to hundreds of writers worldwide, and became the inspiration for Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author (Hay House; Penguin Random House; February 6th, 2024). Learn more at:

Originally released as Ep 96. Gary Whitta is a Screenwriter, Author, Comic Book Writer, and Video Game Writer. His works include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Rebels, The Book of Eli, After Earth (which he co-wrote with M. Night Shyamalan), Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, Marvel’s The Last Jedi comic book adaption, and Abomination, Gary’s debut novel, among many others. https://twitter.com/garywhitta

Originally released as Ep 23.

Originally released as Ep 32. Dorian Karchmar is a literary agent at William Morris Endeavor (WME).

Peter Katz is a manager and producer, and CEO of the management / production company Story Driven, where he supports the vision of writers and directors for film, TV and emerging mediums. Most recently he sold the short story I AM NOT ALONE by his client Chris Hicks to Netflix, with Jessica Chastain starring.

Originally released as Ep 4. Alan Dean Foster is a writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series and more than 130 standalone novels. Alan’s works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, which was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success, the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and more than 130 standalone novels including the Humanx Commonwealth novels, Icerigger Trilogy, and Spellsinger series. His newest novel, Madrenga, released November 2020, and is in stores now. www.amazon.com/Madrenga-Alan-Dea…1621627715&sr=8-3

Originally released as Ep 11. Updated Description: Mike Zagari was the principal figure at AMC Networks Publishing involved in bringing in Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brenden Fletcher, Tula Lotay, Kirk Hammett, Christine Norrie, Cecil Castellucci, and others to the new planned comic book publishing line, that intended to work with established and up-and-coming talent in developing, producing and selling fan-focused speciality books, comics, original graphic novels and more. Series would have included Kelly Sue DeConnick and Bill Sienkiewicz's Parisian White. Nights of Lono, by Kirk Hammett, Marcel Feldmar and Christine Norrie, Oubliette by Brenden Fletcher and Tula Lotay, with those first three titles promising a promotional edition comic debut at San Diego Comic Con 2023, followed by series launch later in the year. And a new original graphic novel, Miss Fisher's First Mysteries, based on the Acorn TV series adapted from the novels by Kerry Greenwood and written by Cecil Castelluci was to debut i

Originally released as Ep 44. Beth Schwartz is the Showrunner and Executive Producer of CW's Arrow. She has also written for Legends of Tomorrow, Heart of Dixie, Brothers and Sisters, and What About Brian. Intro with Alan Dean Foster, a writer of fantasy and science fiction. His works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, which was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success, the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and more than 120 standalone novels including the Humanx Commonwealth novels, Icerigger Trilogy, and Spellsinger series.

Originally released as Ep 86. We went through our interviews with 4 literary agents for insights about the Query Letter process, and edited together their answers by question. Erin Niumata is SVP at Folio Literary Management. Marlo Berliner is an Associate Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Andrea Morrison is a Literary Agent at Writers House, A Literary Agency. Cate Hart is a Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency.

Originally released as Ep 114. Gamal Hennessy is a comic book attorney and business consultant with more than two decades of experience. He is currently wrapping up a Kickstarter for his upcoming book The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, which is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand overview of the business of comic book publishing. It’s edited by Aftershock editor-in-chief Mike Marts and features a foreword from writer and Heavy Metal executive editor Joseph P. Illidge. When he’s not practicing law, Gamal writes novels and provides both business advice and legal representation for comic book creators and publishers. www.kickstarter.com/projects/108912…book-publishing twitter.com/gamalhennessy

For our 175th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 151-174 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from‬ industry professionals for Star Wars, Marvel, Disney+, Netflix, etc.

Originally released as Ep 54. Vivian Lee is a TV Writer for Netflix' Cowboy Bebop, Lost in Space, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. https://twitter.com/TheViv86

Peter Cameron is a screenwriter and producer who has worked on projects for such studios as Marvel Studios, Amazon Originals, and Netflix. For Marvel Studios, Peter's credits include Executive Story Editor and Writer on WandaVision, for which he was nominated for a writing Emmy, Writer and Producer on Moon Knight, and Co-writer and Consulting Producer on Werewolf by Night. For Amazon Originals, he was Story Editor and Writer on Carnival Row. And he also was the co-writer of Delusion: Lies Within, an interactive horror play. Peter’s upcoming project for Marvel Studios' Agatha: Coven of Chaos, for which he is a Supervising Producer, is estimated for release in 2023.

Jonathan Kasdan is a film and television screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. His film work includes writing and directing In the Land of Women and The First Time, as well as writing and co-producing Solo: A Star Wars Story. For TV, Jonathan was a writer for Freaks and Geeks and Dawson’s Creek. His newest project, the TV series Willow, for which he developed and is an executive producer and writer, is streaming now on Disney+. Jonathan also worked on a previous draft of the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 film, which is scheduled for release on June 30, 2023. https://www.disneyplus.com/series/willow/PfeL8yCNXD3r https://twitter.com/JonKasdan

Sofya Levitsky-Weitz is a Brooklyn and LA-based TV writer and playwright. For TV, she was a writer for FX's critically acclaimed The Bear and Hulu's The Dropout, and a writer for Starz's Gaslit. As a playwright, her plays include this party sucks (on the 2019 Kilroy's List), Cannabis Passover (PWC Playlabs, 2021-2 finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference), be mean to me, and Intuitive Men, and her musical Nostalgia Night (composer: Matt McCollum) was produced in Winter 2022. Sofya has projects in development with Lionsgate, her play this party sucks is optioned by Mark Gordon Pictures for the stage and film/TV rights and will be commercially produced next year, and The Bear Season 2 is expected to release in 2023. https://www.sofyalevitskyweitz.com

NEW EPISODE! Hannah Moscovitch is a Canadian playwright who rose to national prominence in the 2000s. She is best known for her plays East of Berlin, This Is War, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, and Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, for which she received the 2021 Governor General's Award for English-language drama. Her newest project, AMC's Ann Rice's Interview with the Vampire, for which she is a writer and Co-Executive Producer, is now streaming on AMC, and it's first season's finale premieres on television next week, November 13, 2022! https://twitter.com/moscotweets https://www.amcplus.com/pages/anne-rice-collection?utm_medium=sem&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=interview-with-the-vampire&utm_keyword=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQiAmaibBhCAARIsAKUlaKSI7l8fttL3wcRKl4vKJ_G5Yz2Dy6h6sFqODLmtQ35_DioDYQgfA-EaAiPXEALw_wcB

Originally released as Ep 38. Jonathan Frakes is the Director of Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, episodes of several Star Trek TV series, and The Orville, Producer of The Librarians and Roswell, and an Actor best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent films. https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes

Originally released as Ep 123. Danny Rubin is a screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote with Harold Ramis the screenplay for Groundhog Day, for which the two received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He received a B.A. in biology from Brown University and a M.A. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University. Danny has taught screenwriting at numerous universities and lectured on the topic at academic conferences since 1995. He was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English at Harvard University.

Recorded on March 10, 2022. Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher S1 and S2 are among the top 5 Netflix shows of all time. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders, and The Umbrella Academy. The Witcher S1 and S2 are out now on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685 https://twitter.com/LHissrich