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Welcome to the Writers Panel. I'm Ben Blacker, the creator and moderator of the podcast. I

created the show because I wanted to talk to other writers about the business and process of writing.

I've had more than 500 writers on the show, so please check the archives to find more

writers and more TV shows

of interest to you. I'm a writer myself, having written for Supernatural, Puss & Boots, and other

programs. I have a couple of cool projects out this first quarter of 2017 that I hope you'll

check out. One is a supernatural Western comic book series from Boom Publishing that I wrote with my writing partner, Ben Acker, and our friend, the TV showrunner, Andrew Miller.

It's beautifully illustrated by Hannah Christensen, and the first issue is available in comic stores and online February 8th.

In March comes the first book in a series of young adult novels that Acker and I wrote called Star Wars Join the Resistance. It takes place just before the Force awakens and is about a bunch

of kids who join the fight against the First Order. But mostly they have adventures,

fall in love with each other, and get in trouble. I hope you'll check out both of those projects.

We're very proud of how they came out. Let me know who you'd like to hear on this podcast by following me on Twitter

at Ben Blacker, like the color only more so, liking the Writerspanel on Facebook and visiting

writerspanel.tumbler.com. And if you like the show, please leave a review on iTunes.

Reading those reviews really provides a pick-me-up.

They write, they talk, and talk about what they write.

Tune in, that, tonight, or whatever the time is right, it's the writer's panel with

blacker, and it's starting now.

Oh, yeah!

I mean, you say a lot of things that I regret.

That's how we're going to start.

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