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A Writer's Life Podcast is not for you. Don't listen. You're going to absolutely hate it. For the love of God, man, look away. Stop reading this. Go...now. The literary world hates humorous...

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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....

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...

Today I'm on about how to live freely in a yellow-green VW Beetle, Pickin' festivals, and really all around silliness. ---------------------...

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 ------------------...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today I give a proper introduction literally from birth. There's also some stuff about short stories and religion. Books I Mention: Lost Hor...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

Awww yeah, Folkers. It's a special Christmas episode where I talk about Jesus' necessarily huge penis and drop a little theology on y'all. I...

Magic magic and the Murakami Effect.

This week's show is a grab bag of goodies. DB talks short stories, giving characters idiosyncrasies, salad, story "essence" and listener que...

Dan extracts a Pynchon metaphor as an example for us to follow. Also a small example of close reading.

Dan gets excited about his new books and talks about finding the time to write.

Dan prattles on about the publishing industry from an outsider's perspective. Visit us @ awlshow.com

Dan Black talks about the weird thing he caught his son doing. Also, writing timelines in narratives, super hero movies, and how to pepper p...

Dan talks about his short hiaitus and answers listener questions about publishing and predicates. a href= "awlshow.com" >Sign up for the new...

What is the difference between popular books and “Literature”? The DB shares his opinions. Also, The DB contrasts cheap suspense with the id...

The Art of Self-Sabotage What does it mean to write broad fiction? If everyone likes your work, is it still art? Join the ol’ DB for a discu...

Do we rebel against certain conventions in a clumsy attempt to be unique? Dan covers a lot of topics this episode, everything from sympathet...

The most skillful writers know how to manipulate time. Today DB gets disects the ins and outs of a writer's life and ponders the irony of lo...

How important is finding a daily rhythm in a writer's life? If it's broken and we find ourselves not doing our job, how do we get that rhyth...

Creating broad, rounded characters is not easy. This week Dan talks about what it takes to become a "real" writer and gives some unique ways...

Dan's not a fan of writing prompts. But if you have to use them they should serve a twofold purpose. Join Dan as he talks about the joys and...

How deep does Impostor Syndrome run in a writer? Can a brother ever snap out of it and make the jump from poseur to"real" writer. Also on th...

What can Ray Bradbury teach us as writers? Quite a bit, Dan thinks, so in this installment of the program DB gives us a few things to take a...

Should you "have something to say" in your book / short story / poem / screenplay? On today's show Dan addresses talks about moralization in...

Is our writing adding to the noise, or do we have something different to offer? What are we looking for as writers? Dan tries to flesh out t...

Dan meets the most beautiful girl he's ever seen and gets into certain narrative voices that can poison your novel. Your Kindness Makes Us S...

Getting all micro in your prose is a killer and makes your narrative plain and laborious to read. On this episode Dan talks about getting "M...

The necessity of pleasure to the writer. Also, characters and how they must come into contact with their worlds. A Writer's Letters Sign up...

On today's show Dan apologizes for his disparaging remarks on self-published authors. Our big push for iTunes reviews. We are making a big p...

Writing is difficult and the temptation to simply float your work out on the internet is tempting. But maybe, Dan muses, that isn't the best...

Does a writer’s talent correspond to his or her ability to sell books? Dan kicks around the idea, rejects It, and continues his thoughts on...

Dan talks about taking a look at things from another angle and the opportunities writers miss whilst being normal. He also disrespects irony...

Dan talks about his neurotic way of crafting insults out of acts of kindness. He also reads the first lines of Hemingway's "Indian Camp" and...

Dan's gas heater threatens his life while he ponders the "expectation of learnedness" the rest of the world has of writers. He also discusse...

Dan gets a little heavy and discusses how he feels the world is pulling away from him. Also, he handles a different way to think of a senten...

Dan explores why he came to writing so late and the calculated risks writers take to begin their careers. Also, the value of being a renaiss...