EP 189: Interview with writer and playwright Thomas Misuraca

In this episode, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews writer Thomas Misuraca, who submitted his short story, “Words Enough and Time,” to Issue 6 of our literary zine, “The Unconventional Courier.” I’ve provided a link to the story in the description.

Tom Misuraca studied Writing, Publishing and Literature at Emerson College in his home town of Boston. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles where he splits his time between writing and graphic design. Over 120 of his short stories have appeared in publications worldwide. In 2021, his story, Giving Up the Ghosts, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Two of his novels have been published, including the vampire parody novel, Lifestyles of the Damned. He self-published a collection of his early short stories entitled If You Read This, You Will Die.

He is also a multi-award winning playwright with over 150 short plays and 13 full-lengths produced globally. His musical, Geeks!, was produced Off-Broadway in May 2019. This year, his full-length play, In Dogs We Trust won second place in The Robert J. Pickering/J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence. He won the award in 2014 for his superhero nursing home play, Golden Age, which will have its West Coast premiere at The Tehachapi Community Theatre this June.

You can follow Tom at Twitter @GeeksMusical and Instagram: @tmisuraca.

Tete asks Tom the following questions in this podcast:

1. How do you decide if a story is going to be a play or a piece of prose?
2. Do you ever find they can be interchangeable?
3. Do you prefer writing dialogue or descriptions?
4. How does the creative process differ between the two?

Tom’s short story, “Words Enough and Time”: https://tetedepunk.wixsite.com/theunconcourier/post/words-enough-and-time

Tom’s social media:

Twitter: @GeeksMusical, Instagram: @tmisuraca

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