Now Entering Nerdist.com. 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, Pusson 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 the 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.tumler.com.

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

Tune in a time, tune in a time is right.

It's the writer's panel with man blacker, and it's starting now.

Oh, yeah!

This is a great group.

I'm so happy to have you guys here.

I'm glad it all worked out.

I'm glad to talk to you.

Let's go around starting with you, Amanda.

Please introduce yourself and tell us where we may have seen your name on television.

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