Tue, 30 May 2017
Maurene Goo, author of I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE (out today!) on putting being an author on hold, writing the food tour of Los Angeles, and the 30-minute sprints that saved her deadline.
Maurene Goo 2.0 Show Notes Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation (TV show) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl Save the Cat by Blake Snyder Since You Asked by Maurene Goo Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show) Renee Ahdieh (listen to her First Draft interview here) Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft podcast here) Amy Spalding (listen to her First Draft interview here) Sparky by Jenny Ofill and Chris Appelhans A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins and Chris Appelhans Tahereh Mafi (listen to her First Draft interview here, or read the transcript) The Underground Railroad by Colston Whitehead Elizabeth Clark (cover designer for IBIATCL) Jenny Han (listen to her First Draft interview here, or read the transcript) Morgan Matson (listen to her First Draft interview here) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood |
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 |