Bonus: Wendy C. Ortiz reads from Excavation

Episode 13: Stephanie Land On Ducking Down and Barreling Through

How does a single mom go from cleaning houses to cashing an advance for a memoir? For Stephanie Land, it was all thanks to the Binders community. In this episode of The BinderCast, recorded at BinderCon this past October, Land tells the story of how an online community helped her take her career to places she'd never dreamt of – and the smart moves she made along the way. For more on Stephanie, visit Bindercast.com.

Bonus: Danielle Dutton Reads From Margaret the First

Danielle Dutton reads an excerpt from Margaret the First, in which the narrator (Margaret Cavendish) describes the plays she is writing to be performed by an all-women troupe, at a time when women were forbidden to act on the English stage. The dialogue is between two male characters in one of these plays, Monsieur Take-pleasure and Dick.

Episode 12: Danielle Dutton Doesn’t Believe In "Women's Writing"

But she does support the writing of women. This week, we're chatting about what it means to be a woman in the heavily male world of writing -- whether you're Margaret Cavendish, the 17th century protagonist of Danielle Dutton's Margaret the First, or a modern day writer like Nell Zink, one of the breakout stars published by Dutton's Dorothy Project press.   For more on Danielle, visit Bindercast.com.

Episode 11: Shadi Petosky Has Seen The Future of TV

Between Netflix, Amazon, Seeso, and every other streaming platform out there, there's never been quite so much opportunity for TV writers — but how, exactly, does an aspiring screenwriter break into the biz and get herself a deal? On this week's episode of The BinderCast, Danger & Eggs creator Shadi Petosky shares how she went from designing website to pitching kids' shows — and what it takes to get a show from pitch to development to full fledged series. Shadi also talks about what it’s like to be a transwoman working in Hollywood, discussing how far the industry's come in its treatment of transpeople, and how very, very far it still has to go. For more on Shadi, visit Bindercast.com.

Bonus: Wendy C. Ortiz reads from Excavation

A special bonus for BinderCast listeners. Here's author Wendy C. Ortiz reading from her memoir, Excavation.