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biweekly
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63 minutes
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Bahasa Inggeris
Amerika Syarikat
97 episod
sejak 18 Jul 2022
episodic

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My chat with rising horror phenom Keith Rosson about his latest book, which is getting all the buzz, Crone. We covered (1) taking on zombies, vampires, and now witches; (2) finding the right moment in your life, to *finally* write that book that's been buried in you for decades; and (3) weaving ...

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My interview with one of my favorite speculative/horror authors, Alma Katsu, whose latest book, Incarnate, is a cross between Rumpelstiltskin, Oscar Wilde's Picture Of Dorian Gray, and digital urban legend. We discussed, (1) the rapidly growing online contemporary folklore / horror scene, a.k.a ...
My exploration of the American publishing landscape with one of our great book critics, Ron Charles. We discussed (1) the cardinal sin of novels—sentimentality, (2) whether readers will soon care if their books are mass-produced AI slop rather than the expression of flesh-and-blood humans; and ...
My chat with Scottish literary punk icon Irvine Welsh, who came on to discuss his sequel to Trainspotting, Men In Love. We covered, (1) the impact of his iconic, generational film thirty years later, (2) how AI is trying to make us all redundant, and how creative expression is how to strike bac ...
My chat with Teddy Wayne about his latest literary thriller, The Au Pair. We covered (1) techniques for writing a bingeable book that can beat prestige TV at its own game; (2) the unexpected way he figured out the devilish final twist for his ending, and (3) why ambition and sex are the inexhau ...
My talk with Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick, discussing his poignant memoir, Dad, Love, Me. We covered, (1) his effort to end the cycle of generational abuse by caring for his father who now has dementia, (2) how trauma served as both a blessing and a curse, fueling a creative out ...
My interview with Caroline Kepnes, creator of the You series, on her latest Joe Goldberg book, You First. We discussed (1) how she created a voice that's so electric and hypnotic, (2) what Joe Goldberg understands about people that allows him to manipulate them so well, and (3) the one thing th ...
My talk with my good friend Kimberly Hensle Lowrance on her debut novel What Remains Of You. We covered: (1) the architecture of planting a "phat hook" in the first few pages to snag a reader good; (2) why she didn't give up on the nine-year road to getting her first book released; and (3) what ...
My interview with Dane Bahr on his prohibition era thriller, one part David Mamet, one part Cormac McCarthy, The Dead Ringer. We discussed: (1) being a literary guy among diesel mechanics; (2) how he's activated to the highest expression by the darkest underbellies and hardest truths; and (3) b ...
My one-on-one with Courtney Maum, re her latest novel Alan Opts Out. We covered: (1) The longing for the better aspects of the pandemic, when the whole world, for one brief moment, opted out, (2) her lifelong struggles with plot, and (3) the most important rule for a writer: don't be ruled by e ...
Penafian: Podcast dan karya seni yang dibenamkan pada halaman ini adalah daripada Mark Cecil, yang merupakan hak milik pemiliknya dan tidak bergabung dengan atau disokong oleh Listen Notes, Inc.