Mon, 22 May 2017
Kayla Olson, debut author of THE SANDCASTLE EMPIRE, out June 6, on writing secret songs in middle school, hearing the rhythm of books, words as a puzzle, writing to the same thunderstorm for years and years, and the closest she ever came to quitting.
Kayla Olson Show Notes Sara Zarr’s episode of First Draft The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin Full House (TV show) Fuller House (TV show) Patty Griffin (musician) Sandra McCraken (musician) NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) LOST (TV show) Story Engineering and Tips for Writing Your Novel with Larry Brooks (video) Story Engineering by Larry Brooks The War of Art by Steven Pressfield |
Mon, 15 May 2017
Sandhya Menon, debut author of WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI (out May 30 and available for pre-order now!) talks up libraries that run on guilt, candy bar scenes, and what to do when you hit a major slump.
Sandhya Menon Show Notes Lilliam Rivera (listen to her First Draft interview here, and get the transcript here) The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Ruebén Martinez, winner of the LA Times Festival of Books' 2017 Innovator Award "Candy Bar Scenes" idea by Holly Lisle Jenny Han (listen to her First Draft interview here, and get the transcript here) Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sofie Kinsella Morgan Matson (listen to her First Draft interview here, and get the transcript here) |
Tue, 9 May 2017
Renée Ahdieh, New York Times best-selling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series, and whose new series kicks off with the release of Flame in the Mist, out May 16, joins me to talk about straddling two worlds poorly, finding the music in language, fearless internet personas, id books, and publishing as a ‘pride-swallowing siege.’ (Plus, a cameo from Sarah Nicole Lemon, author of Done Dirt Cheap!)
Renee Ahdieh Show Notes Sheherazade Op. 35, a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Story of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene Star Wars score by John Williams Gustav Holst’s The Planets The Imperial March by John Williams Mars, Bringer of War by Gustav Holst Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better,featured in Annie, Get Your Gun Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon The 30-second bit of "Blue Moon" by Beck, which I wanted to write a book about "S&M" by Metallica "The Black Album" by Metallica The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoyevsky Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez Get Out (movie) 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (and the Netflix Show) The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy The Song of the Lioness series by Tamara Pierce Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Mulan (movie) A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi |
Mon, 24 April 2017
Courtney Summers - author of SOME GIRLS ARE, CRACKED UP TO BE, ALL THE RAGE, and more - breaks down getting published with her spite novel, consistently wanting it all, writing a book that fits around a feeling, and never really moving on from her books.
Courtney Summers Show Notes The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews She’s All That (movie) “Right About Now” by Fatboy Slim Competency Quadrant (Four Stages of Competency) The Chocolate War by Robert Cromier Left 4 Dead (video game) Night of the Living Dead (movie) The Passage by Justin Cronin World War Z (movie) Shaun of the Dead (movie) The Walking Dead (TV show) The OA (Netflix series) Alan Wake (video game) Star Trek Beyond (movie) How Did This Get Made (podcast) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Harvard Business Journal, “Who’s Got the Monkey?” |
Mon, 17 April 2017
Join me for a second go-round with Margaret Stohl, New York Times best-selling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series and the YA adaptations of Marvel's Black Widow, whose most recent novel, Royce Rolls, is out now! We discuss writing this book as a joke, the Kardashians as a delivery system, the reverse-outlining method, and overcoming inherited ways of thinking.
Margaret Stohl 2.0 Show Notes “Los Angeles I’m Yours” by The Decemberists new Zelda, Breath of the Wild Arden Rose (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Little House on the Prairie (TV show) Alyson Hannigan, Willow from Buffy Emily Meehan, associate editor Marvel Libba Bray (listen to her First Draft interviews here: Part 1, and Part 2)
Cats vs. Robots: This Is War Katherine Tegan at Harper Collins Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here!)
VEEP (TV show) House of Cards (TV show) Because You Love to Hate Me, edited by Ameriie |
Tue, 11 April 2017
Listen to YA superstar Sara Zarr (whose newest novel, GEM & DIXIE, is out now!) talk about the first time she encountered “smart” as an epithet, getting career advice from Chris Crutcher, and very nearly giving up on writing altogether.
Sara Zarr Show Notes This Creative Life, Sara’s podcast series Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier A Separate Peace by John Knowles
We Need Diverse Books internship program
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson This Creative Life with Scott Derrickson
This Creative Life with Gayle Forman This Creative Life with Sarah Dessen Kevin Bacon (actor) A Simple Plan (movie) Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
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Tue, 4 April 2017
Hang with me and YouTube star, actress, and debut author Arden Rose (ALMOST ADULTING is out now!) about the sometimes insidious nature of the beauty industry, things we wish we could tell our younger selves, the scourge of tribalism, and more! Arden Rose Show Notes Let’s Learn Japanese (TV show) Redwall by Brian Jacques The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Eragon by Christopher Paolini TED talk with former member of the Westboro Baptist, Megan Phelps-Roper "The Most Hated Family in America," the Westboro Baptist documentaries by Louis Theroux
Bossypants by Tina Fey Yes Please by Amy Poehler
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Thu, 30 March 2017
Kayla Cagan, whose debut novel PIPER PERISH is out now, on fighting the green monster, the ultimatum that led to her first book deal, and how she wrote a book one day at a time (30 minutes a day).
Kayla Cagan Show Notes Leave it to Beaver (TV show) Dukes of Hazard (TV show) The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Stephen F Austin State University Samuel Beckett (playwright) The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel The Zoo Story by Edward Albee Marsha Norman (playwright) David Lindsay-Abaire (playwright) David Auburn (playwright) Robert Hass (poet) Maria Ines Gul (illustrator)
John Cusick at Fiolio (literary agent)
Writing as a Way of Healing by Louise DeSalvo On Writing by Stephen King Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg |
Tue, 21 March 2017
The 100th episode of the First Draft podcast—wow!! Several of the amazing authors who attended the North Texas Teen Book Festival answer lightning-round questions from listeners! Continue to support the podcast and help it grow by subscribing on iTunes (and leaving a rating or review!), following it on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, signing up for the newsletter, and spreading the word about First Draft using the hashtag #TryPod! Thank you so, so, so much for listening <3
North Texas Teen Book Festival Show Notes R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series Victoria Aveyard, author of the Red Queen series. The most recent book in the series, King’s Cage, is out now! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Maurene Goo, author of Since You Asked and the forthcoming K-Drama rom-com, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, out May 30! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Kate Hart, author of After the Fall. (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series and Carve the Mark. (listen to her most recent full First Draft interview here... and the first one, here!) Samantha Mabry, author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison and All The Wind In The World, out October 10! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Raven Cycle series, Scorpio Races, and the Shiver series Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After, and Summer Days and Summer Nights, as well as the forthcoming There’s Someone Inside Your House due out Sept. 17! Renée Watson, author of Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me and more, and founder of the I, Too, Arts Collective (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Kirsten Hubbard, author of Watch the Sky, Race the Night, Wanderlove, and Like Mandarin. Brendan Reichs, author of Nemesis, out today! Jennifer E Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and the forthcoming Windfall, due May 2! Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, and more. (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Sara Shepard, author of The Amateurs series and the Pretty Little Liars series Kiersten White, author of And I Darken, Paranormalcy and so many others! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Christina Soontornvat author of The Changelings and the forthcoming The Ramble Shamble Children, due in 2018! Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark & Grimm and So You Want To Be A Jedi? Julie Buxbaum, author of Tell Me Three Things and the forthcoming What To Say Next, due July 11! (Listen to her full First Draft interview here!) Claire Legrand, author of Some Kind of Happiness, Foxheart, and the forthcoming Ashborn, due in 2018! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)
Direct download: North_Texas_Teen_Book_Festival_2017.mp3
Category:Literature -- posted at: 10:19am PDT |
Tue, 14 March 2017
Get a hot weather beverage and relax on a porch with me and Sarah Nicole Lemon, whose debut novel DONE DIRT CHEAP (out now!) talks about being a 14-year-old high school junior, writing books in secret, motorcycle clubs, and Appalachian female revenge. Sarah Nicole Lemon Show Notes The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Barbara Poelle (literary agent) Holly Root (literary agent) Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Sons of Anarchy (TV show) Better Call Saul (TV show) |
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