Thu, 22 September 2016
Hear Zan Romanoff, whose brilliant debut novel A SONG TO TAKE THE WORLD APART is out now, talk about using her Yale diploma to ward off Hanson haters, generational trauma, the terrifying power of puberty, and her follow-up novel, GRACE AND THE FEVER (May 2017)!
Zan Romanoff show notes Kate Hart (listen to her First Draft episode here) The Babysitter’s Club by Anne M. Martin Hanson, “Mmmbop” Dawson’s Creek (TV series) Brenna Yovanoff, PLACES NO ONE KNOWS "California Girls," Zan’s piece in the Paris Review about Joan Didion Girl Crush Zine, by Jenna Wortham & Thessaly La Force "There is No Such Thing as the Young Adult Novel," Zan’s article on The Millions about what is YA Logan Garrison Savits, Zan’s agent GIRLS ON FIRE by Robin Wasserman Zan’s essay about Taylor Swift conspiracy theories in Broadly |
Tue, 9 August 2016
Leila Howland, author of NANTUCKET BLUE, THE FORGET-ME-NOT SUMMER, and its sequel THE BRIGHTEST STARS OF SUMMER (and the forthcoming HELLO, SUNSHINE, due out next summer!), talks writing hiatus, learning structure from screenwriting, and finding inspiration in well-intentioned missteps. Leila Howland Show Notes STUART LITTLE by E.B. White A LITTLE PRINCESS and THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett HEIDI by Johanna Spyri THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame Young Frankenstein (movie) Sara Crowe (agent) SAVE THE CAT by Blake Snyder 10 Cloverfield Lane (movie) The Godfather (movie) THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LAUNDAU BANKS by E. Lockhart Lost It by Kristin Tracy Bridesmaids (movie) Elin Hilderbrand (author) Josephine Angelini (author)
Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men, TV show) HELLO SUNSHINE, forthcoming book from Leila Kayla Cagan (author)
SUMMER IN THE INVISIBLE CITY by Juliana Romano (Leila's review for her debut book, FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER) Robert Hass: “Take the time to write. You can do your life’s work in half an hour a day.”
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Tue, 26 July 2016
Join me and Jenny Han, New York Times best-selling author of the TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE series and the SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY series, among other things, about reading in the bathtub, how food is political, intense first love, and mixing friendship and money by co-writing with your best friend.
Jenny Han Show Notes
DEAR MR HENSHAW by Beverly Cleary BEEZUS AND RAMONA by Beverly Cleary HATCHET by Gary Paulsen THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg Leigh Bardugo (listen to her First Draft interview here) My So-Called Life (TV show) Romeo + Juliet (movie) Basketball Diaries (movie) Titanic (movie) Silence of the Lambs (movie) X Files (TV show) Law & Order (TV show) THE BABYSITTER’S CLUB by Ann M. Martin SWEET VALLEY HIGH by Francine Pascal SLEEPOVER FRIENDS by Susan Saunders PEN PALS by Sharon Dennis Wyeth SADDLE CLUB by Bonnie Bryant Sarah Weeks (middle grade author) When Harry Met Sally (movie) BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by David Leviathan and John Green LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott
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Tue, 19 July 2016
Hang with me and Dhonielle Clayton, co-author of TINY PRETTY THINGS and its sequel, SHINY BROKEN PIECES (out now!), as well as author of forthcoming series THE BELLES (spring ’17). She talks about weekly childhood trips to the bookstore, being a writing n00b, accidentally getting a boarding school job, and writing to arrested development. And don't forget to take the First Draft Podcast listener survey!
Dhonielle Clayton Show Notes THE PAHNTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen The Hanging Garden (group of writers on Tumblr) The Longstockings: Jenny Han, Coe Booth, Siobhan Vivian, Lisa Graff Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Pretty Little Liars (TV show) OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald Grey’s Anatomy (TV show) Victoria Marini, literary agent at ICM THE SELECTION by Kiera Cass WITHER by Lauren DeStefano The Princess Bride (movie) BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Peterson |
Tue, 21 June 2016
Grab a beer with me and Lance Rubin, author of DENTON LITTLE’S DEATHDATE and its sequel, DENTON LITTLE’S STILL NOT DEAD (Feb. ’17!) while we talk improvising teen dramas, the importance of establishing reader expectations, and the ephemeral nature of art.
Lance Rubin Show Notes HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOON by Frank Asch PEE WEE SCOUTS Judy Delton MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN by Bruce Coville THE STINKY CHEESE MAN by Jon Sciezka JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton Dick Francis (Is Dick Francis a horse?) Mary Higgins Clark WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN Mr. Show (TV show) Ray Munoz (his friend, of The Lance and Ray Podcast) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins Judd Apatow advice to Freaks & Geeks, telling them to write Joe Iconis?? Jason Sweet Tooth Williams “Broadway Bounty Hunter” at Barrington Stage, Written by Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason "Sweettooth" Williams BIRD BY BIRD Ann Lamott ON WRITING Stephen King THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield
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Tue, 14 June 2016
Join me and Lindsey Klingele, debut author of THE MARKED GIRL, as we discuss magical forests, being in the room where stories happen, and our favorite portals.
Lindsey Klingele Show Notes First Draft Live 2, with Lindsey THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE by C.S. Lewis Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show) Veronica Marsx (TV Show) X-Men (comic)
That article about watching Vinyl instead of Game of Thrones, written by Jeffrey Sconce, an associate professor of film and media studies at Northwestern University
The Lying Game (TV Show) Twisted (TV Show) Chuck Pratt, Jr. (Melrose Place) Homeland Security hires science fiction writers to identify possible future threats Children of Tendu (podcast) |
Wed, 8 June 2016
Pretend to be an adult with Julie Buxbaum,New York Times best-selling author of TELL ME THREE THINGS, THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE, and AFTER YOU, who chats with me about gathering at the AMPM market, creating myths about yourself, and writing parent hate mail (to your own parents). Julie Buxbaum show notes
Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law professor
Elaine Koster, literary agent THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini Lauren Groff's quote about balancing work and motherhood (from The New Yorker) |
Sun, 29 May 2016
A mashup of lightning-round interviews conducted at the YALLWEST festival with Susane Colasanti, Kody Keplinger, Alexandra Bracken, Kiersten White, Gwenda Bond, Adi Alsaid, Margot Wood, Stephanie Kuehn, Jessica Spotswood, Brendan Reichs, Robin Benway, Ellen Oh, Amy Tintera, Maurene Goo, Marie Lu, Victoria Aveyard, Erin Bowman and Seth Fishman. YALLWEST 2016 episode show notes Alexandra Bracken, THE DARKEST MINDS, PASSENGER, A NEW HOPE: THE PRINCESS, THE SCOUNDREL, AND THE FARMBOY Kiersten White, PARANORMALCY, AND I DARKEN (listen to her full First Draft interview here) The BOXCAR CHILDREN series Adi Alsaid NEVER ALWAYS SOMETIMES, NORTH OF HAPPY (listen to his full First Draft interview here) Amy Tintera, RUINED (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Ellen Oh, the PROPHECY series, THE SPIRIT HUNTERS (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Erin Bowman, TAKEN, VENGEANCE ROAD, RETRIBUTION RAILS (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Gwenda Bond, the LOIS LANE series, GIRL ON A WIRE Brendan Reichs, VIRALS and NEMESIS J. R. R. Tolkien THE HOBBIT Jessica Spotswood the CAHILL WITCH CHRONICLES and WILD SWANS, and A TYRANNY OF PETTICOATS LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott RAYMIE NIGHTENGALE by Kate DiCamillo Margot Wood EPIC READS The Addams Family (TV show) Hannibal (TV show) SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Thomas Harris TIGER LILY by Jodi Lynn Anderson Maurene Goo SINCE YOU ASKED and I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE (listen to her full First Draft interview here) THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot Rainbow Rowell ELEANOR & PARK Marie Lu, LEGEND and THE YOUNG ELITES (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Leigh Bardugo, SIX OF CROWS (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Brian Jacques MATTIMEO Robin Benway, EMMY & OLIVER (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Seth Fishman THE WELL’S END and DARK WATER LORD OF THE RINGS by J. R. R. Tolkien Liz Moore THE UNSEEN WORLD Stephanie Kuehn THE SMALLER EVIL and CHARM AND STRANGE (listen to her full First Draft interview here) Susane Colasanti LOST IN LOVE Victoria Aveyard RED QUEEN series (listen to her full First Draft interview here) |
Wed, 25 May 2016
Morgan Matson, New York Times best-selling author of THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING, AMY & ROGER'S EPIC DETOUR and SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE, among others, on reading on the bathroom floor, death defying road trips, and being forced to think of book ideas because Twitter is down.
Morgan Matson Show Notes R.L. Stine FEAR STREET SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot WRITING DOWN THE BONES by Natalie Goldberg Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft interview here) David Benioff (show runner Game of Thrones), CITY OF THIEVES Stephen King DESPERATION
Sarah Dessen THIS LULLABY Scandal (TV show) The Good Wife (TV show)
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Tue, 19 April 2016
Lightning round questions with some of the fantastic authors I came across at the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, including Susan Dennard, Ransom Riggs, M.A. Larson, Tahereh Mafi, Maggie Hall, Danielle Paige, Victoria Aveyard, Kara Thomas, Maurene Goo, and Julie Buxbaum! Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Roundup Show Notes
Susan Dennard, author of the SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY series and TRUTHWITCH Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica (TV show) Mal from Firefly (TV show) THE CATHEDRAL OF THE WILD by Boyd Varty Ransom Riggs author of MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez M.A. Larson author of THE PENNYROYAL ACADEMY Tahereh Mafi SHATTER ME series and FURTHERMORE Maggie Hall author of THE CONSPIRACY OF US and MAP OF FATES
Danielle Paige author of the DOROTHY MUST DIE series and STEALING SNOW Mary Shelley FRANKENSTEIN Crimson Peak (film) Guiding Light (soap opera) Victoria Aveyard author of RED QUEEN Kara Thomas THE DARKEST CORNERS and PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL Maurene Goo author of SINCE YOU ASKED and forthcoming K-Drama romcom! Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film) Last of the Mohicans (movie) Wonder Woman theme from Batman and Superman (movie) Julie Buxbaum (SP) author of TELL ME THREE THINGS
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