Jun 11, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min · 14 segments
Regan W. H. Macaulay is a multi-award-winning author of novels, short stories, children’s literature, and scripts. Writing is her passion, but she’s also a producer and director of theatre, film, and…
Reagan W.H. MacaulayGuest
Tamara BottingGuest
Jason ShannonHostTiaGuest
I just really wanted to write my own B movie on purpose and took a lot of inspiration from Plan 9 and Ed Wood's other movies.

I'm Jason Shannon, author of the books The Zimmer Insurgency, The Hounds of Horrigan, and Tiger Blues.

This is a podcast about indie writing, featuring excerpts, sample chapters, short stories, upcoming news, and interviews with a variety of other indie authors.

Reagan W.H. Macaulay and Tamara Botting are authors of children's fiction, ranging from very young picture books to mid-grade chapbooks.

Reagan has authored, among others, the Peter Littlewing series that takes place in New Zealand, Chloe the Unfeathered Parrot, Sloth the Lazy Dragon, and the upcoming Mixter's Monster Mash.

Tamara has authored the books Unfrogged, Spoiled Rotten, Pants, and Big Bother Brother.

We discuss the gradations in children's fiction, how they determine what age they're writing for, and directing a picture book.

Besides the children's writing, Reagan is also the filmmaker and author of a series of horror comedy works.

In 2004, she released the B-movie Space Zombies 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem, which is available on Amazon Prime.

She also released the novel version of that film, which began her horror trilogy, the trilogy of horrifying half-baked ham.

We spend the latter part of this episode discussing this, how she made the film, and separating this half of her work from the children's side.
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I just really wanted to write my own B movie on purpose and took a lot of inspiration from Plan 9 and Ed Wood's other movies.

I'm Jason Shannon, author of the books The Zimmer Insurgency, The Hounds of Horrigan, and Tiger Blues.

This is a podcast about indie writing, featuring excerpts, sample chapters, short stories, upcoming news, and interviews with a variety of other indie authors.

Reagan W.H. Macaulay and Tamara Botting are authors of children's fiction, ranging from very young picture books to mid-grade chapbooks.

Reagan has authored, among others, the Peter Littlewing series that takes place in New Zealand, Chloe the Unfeathered Parrot, Sloth the Lazy Dragon, and the upcoming Mixter's Monster Mash.

Tamara has authored the books Unfrogged, Spoiled Rotten, Pants, and Big Bother Brother.

We discuss the gradations in children's fiction, how they determine what age they're writing for, and directing a picture book.

Besides the children's writing, Reagan is also the filmmaker and author of a series of horror comedy works.

In 2004, she released the B-movie Space Zombies 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem, which is available on Amazon Prime.

She also released the novel version of that film, which began her horror trilogy, the trilogy of horrifying half-baked ham.

We spend the latter part of this episode discussing this, how she made the film, and separating this half of her work from the children's side.