Episodes
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Caroline Kepnes on Loving Joe... Even If You Don’t Want To
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Today's guest is Caroline Kepnes, author of the YOU series, which has been adapted into a hit Netflix series. Caroline joined me today to talk about identifying with her main character, writing a series, and how it feels when other works get left behind.
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Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Today's guest is Stephanie Marie Thornton, author of A Most Clever Girl, which tells the story of Elizabeth Bentley, a forgotten - and disliked - female spy who spied both for (and against) Russia during the Cold War. Stephanie joined me to talk about the difficulty of creating compassion for Elizabeth on the page, the reasons (some off-base) for her vilification, and why Elizabeth's story needs to be told.
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Kathleen Basi On Writing Music, Fiction &The Personal Sting of Rejection
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Today's guest is Kathleen Basi, author of A Song for the Road. Kathleen joined me today to talk about the similarities and differences between writing music and writing fiction, as well as the particular sting of rejection that both can carry. Also covered: fiction as a vehicle for empathy, and the querying process.
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Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Laura Hankin On Female Power & A Special Place For Women
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Today's guest is Laura Hankin, author of A Special Place for Women. Laura joined me today to talk about female power and how it plays out among women, as well as the idea that "women can't be funny."
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Monday May 17, 2021
Kathleen West on Writing Unlikeable Characters
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Today's guest is Kathleen West, author of Are We There Yet? We talk teachers who are writers, writers who are teachers, and the effect of social media on all of us - youth and adults.
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Fauzia Burke on Building Your Online Platform & the Author as the Product
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Fauzia Burke of FSB Associates joined me to talk about how to build an online platform, the author as the product, social media, SEO, newsletters, building an author website, and the importance of fresh content.
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Jeff Lindsay on the Dexter Finale & Return, Plus New Riley Wolfe Series
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Jeff Lindsay - author of the Darkly Dreaming Dexter series, which was adapted for Showtime as the hit show Dexter - talks about the much-hated series finale, its return, and his new series featuring another anti-hero, Riley Wolfe.
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Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Today’s guest is Stephanie Robel whose debut novel, Darling Rose Gold, is available now. Stephanie joined me today to talk about her research involving Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy in order to write her novel. Also covered, how being a copywriter and having an MFA helped Stephanie transition into the publishing world.
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Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Exploring Themes of Motherhood & Sisterhood in Fiction with Gillian McAllister
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Today's guest is Gillian McAllister, a British author best known for her bestselling debut novel Everything But The Truth. Her new US release, The Good Sister, is an electrifying novel about the unyielding bond between two sisters, which is severely tested when one of them is accused of the worst imaginable crime.
Gillian joined me to talk about how her background in law helps illuminate her fiction, writing for the American audience, and how she explores themes of motherhood and sisterhood in her thrillers.