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20 of 52 episodes#54 - New Music and a Big Change of Direction
COME SEE US March 27th @ The Pond, Franklin, TN Listen to the New Drifters in Vellichor EP on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Dnke...
#53 - Eating and Breaking Bad Storytelling
Today I'm on about eating and suggesting everyone just stay away from each other. I also get into storytelling in season 2 of Breaking Bad....
#52 - Subway Tastes Like Dog $---
Today I'm on about the splitting of the Booker Prize and trying to get a turkey sandwich at the worst and largest franchise in American hist...
#51 - Lesbian High Life and Snow Cone Confidence
Today I'm on about how to live freely in a yellow-green VW Beetle, Pickin' festivals, and really all around silliness. ---------------------...
#50 - POV, the Sad State of Publishing, and Saving Art
Today I'm on about how to find the point of view and clarifying story as well as the sad state of the publishing industry ------------------...
#49 - Existential Gibberish, Finding the Story, and More Math.
Today I'm on about human patterns and the idea that we are in a simulation and how that connects to the idea of God. There's also some other...
#48 - Bad Anxiety, Isolation, and Fat Bad Boys
Today I talk about my anxiety troubles and how I got out of them. I also get into why I think stand up comedy is experiencing such a boom. M...
#47 - Twitter Dum-dums, Struggles with Chabon, and the Fight to Free the Writer's Mind
Today I talk about someone who made me angry on Twitter, how boring some lit mags are, and my science fiction kick. There's also a call to w...
#46 - Cleaning House, Your Writing Core, and Butthole Molecules
Today I talk about how molecules travel from butts to noses and how gross it is. There's also a lot about short stories and being present wh...
#45 - Who's the Boss, Short Stories, the C-Word, and Victor Hugo
Books I mention: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (I mention the short st...
#44 - A Proper Introduction of Your Humble Host
Today I give a proper introduction literally from birth. There's also some stuff about short stories and religion. Books I Mention: Lost Hor...
#43 - The Bourne Identity and the Chronicles in Amber
Today I babble about getting the most out of your narrative voice. I also talk about Writer's Digest creative suggestions (link to the artic...
#42 - Music and Writing
Today I wonder if it's possible to write words that rile passions as well as music does. Mentioned on the Podcast: www.duotrope.com (a must-...
#41- Working Out, Non-Fiction Reviews & Big Egos
Today was a real ranger, pals. I talk about exercising, writing narratives that lead nowhere, there's also a little love showed to non-ficti...
#40 - Branching Out & How to Save the Publishing Industry
Today I discuss how every moment should be savored for later use. I also talk about the dire situation the industry is in and how to save th...
#39 - Fafhrd, BookRiot.com, Kazuo Ishiguro, and my Inner A-hole
On today's podcast I fail again to explain what I mean by "treading water" when writing. I'll do it next time, folks. I also make the mistak...
#38 - Writing Patterns / Dystopian Lament
Today I talk about writing patterns, Dan Brown's work as well as Garcia Marquez. Buy the Cursive record here: https://music.apple.com/us/alb...
#37 - AWL is Back with Its Junk Out
Well, that's it! I'm doing the podcast again. If you like the idea please subscribe and leave areview on itunes!
#35 - The Beatles, Disneyland, Logos, and the Gays
Man, some rambly stuff in this one, folks. I'm talking about books and gays and Disneyland. Who knows what-all. And also getting cannabis sh...