The Creative Way

Isa Arsén: Author, Certified Bleeding-Heart, Dreamer!

Isa Arsén is a certified bleeding-heart, based in South Texas, where she lives with her spouse and a comically small dog.    Her work has been featured in Stone of Madness Press, The McNeese Review, and several independent anthologies and audiovisual projects. Her novels include SHOOT THE MOON (Putnam, 2023), and the forthcoming midcentury drama THE UNBECOMING OF MARGARET WOLF (Putnam, 2025).   When not wrangling prose, Isa is a dialogue engineer & writer for interactive media.  Isa can be reached at: inarsen.com [https://www.inarsen.com/] The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again! Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions) If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07GBHRK1N?ingress=0&visitId=4eb3b2d7-10dc-4692-9e6b-f6c4c7282471&ref_=ap_rdr]! I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Laqo4kv0MumUgE00Pdzjw], which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073501]. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!! You can also send me an email: klwilliamsauthor@gmail.com Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium [https://medium.com/@klwilliamsauthor]!

Vince D’Amato: My Favorite Canadian! Distributor & Filmmaker

Vince D’Amato has been working in the independent film & media industry, and creating entertaining fictional content, since 2001 when he started his first Vancouver-based production company. He has written and directed 7 feature films, all of which achieved worldwide distribution prior to him founding his own distribution company, Darkside Releasing [https://darksidereleasing.com/], in 2017. He has been writing the Horror Film column for the Canadian print magazine Absolute Underground since 2015 and has lectured for UBC’s Film Studies Department since 2014 for their third- and fourth-year classes.      A Canadian and Italian citizen, Vince was born in Vancouver, BC, to an Italian father and indigenous (Cree) mother, who is a residential school survivor from Saskatchewan. He identifies his company DDarkside Releasing [https://darksidereleasing.com/] as being Indigenous-owned and operated. The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again! Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions) If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07GBHRK1N?ingress=0&visitId=4eb3b2d7-10dc-4692-9e6b-f6c4c7282471&ref_=ap_rdr]! I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Laqo4kv0MumUgE00Pdzjw], which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073501]. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!! You can also send me an email: klwilliamsauthor@gmail.com Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium [https://medium.com/@klwilliamsauthor]!

Catherine Fearns: Author, Composer, and Extreme Metal Guitarist!

Catherine Fearns is an author and composer living in Switzerland. She’s originally from Liverpool, which is the setting for her gothic crime fiction series, Reprobation [https://www.amazon.com/Reprobation-Supernatural-Thriller-Book-ebook/dp/B0C38W5SW7/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3XETIEKLA1Y9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.22ulpVcexm6mn86tdGacEnrZ3JTPTfpsWOvZu9V4lhWKqwiSNqOsznO8YuO5kD-xOyRATDViNK7oX8F0yzEio7Q6BckSeasfnmZi3tLnoUPBI-i8v1Y-m89OWMcaDAnKp2MkxOE8-MPg1Q0qWKJD2Al4QDmnsyNeuhMVwfht4ug.at8L6T0YCn6eDpSb91oj-LPFS4_eWSyN1ON2jJWLgXc&dib_tag=se&keywords=catherine+fearns&qid=1734113719&sprefix=catherine+fearns%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-2] (Northodox Press). Catherine’s first historical novel, All The Parts Of The Soul [https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/all-the-parts-of-the-soul], was published in 2023 by Quill & Crow, who have also signed two forthcoming novels, Buried Lightning and The Fault Mirror.   Catherine is a composer for Universal Edition and performs regularly as a pianist and heavy metal guitarist. The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again! Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions) If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07GBHRK1N?ingress=0&visitId=4eb3b2d7-10dc-4692-9e6b-f6c4c7282471&ref_=ap_rdr]! I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Laqo4kv0MumUgE00Pdzjw], which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073501]. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!! You can also send me an email: klwilliamsauthor@gmail.com Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium [https://medium.com/@klwilliamsauthor]!

Celso Hurtado: San Antonio Horror Author & All-Around Cool Guy!

Celso Hurtado was born and raised in San Antonio, TX. His first book, The Ghost Tracks [https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Tracks-Celso-Hurtado-ebook/dp/B0956X7FV2?ref_=ast_author_dp], was praised by NPR and won an International Latino Book Award. He is also a member of the Horror Writers Association. The Devil's Promise [https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Promise-Ghost-Tracks-Book-ebook/dp/B0BRSGH3G8?ref_=ast_author_dp] is his second novel. The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again! Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions) If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07GBHRK1N?ingress=0&visitId=4eb3b2d7-10dc-4692-9e6b-f6c4c7282471&ref_=ap_rdr]! I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Laqo4kv0MumUgE00Pdzjw], which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073501]. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!! You can also send me an email: klwilliamsauthor@gmail.com Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium [https://medium.com/@klwilliamsauthor]!

Nick Ovalle: Passionate Storyteller & Filmmaker

Nick Ovalle is a passionate storyteller specializing in filmmaking, podcasting, and psychology. As the host of The StoryHacker Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-story-hacker-podcast-with-nick-ovalle/id1100052632] and the founder of Fancy Pants Media [https://fancypants.media/], Nick focuses on helping individuals and brands tell better stories.  His mission is to inspire personal growth and create impactful storytelling by combining internal narrative work with innovative marketing for transformative products and meaningful entertainment. Nick can be contacted at: nick@fancypants.media The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again! Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions) If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07GBHRK1N?ingress=0&visitId=4eb3b2d7-10dc-4692-9e6b-f6c4c7282471&ref_=ap_rdr]! I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Laqo4kv0MumUgE00Pdzjw], which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073501]. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!! You can also send me an email: klwilliamsauthor@gmail.com Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium [https://medium.com/@klwilliamsauthor]!