Tue, 6 December 2016
Hear Sona Charaipotra, co-author of TINY PRETTY THINGS and SHINY BROKEN PIECES and co-founder of CAKE Literary, talks about her Halloween welcome to the U.S., being married to your greatest accountability partner, and fostering mentorship. Sona Charaipotra Show Notes The Babysitter’s Club by Anne M. Martin The Vampire Diaries (TV show) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Dhonielle Clayton (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Bombay Talkie by Ameen Amir Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri YA authors Siobhan Vivian, Jenny Han (listen to her First Draft interview here), Coe Booth Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Book by Kaye (@gildedspine) sold to Salaam Reads Love Sugar Magic by Anna Meriano
Bajirao Mastani (Bollywood film) The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
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Tue, 29 November 2016
Hear Amie Kaufman, New York Times best-selling co-author of the STARBOUND trilogy and the ILLUMINAE series, talk shipwrecks and her favorite sound, how science fiction is fantasy for the real world, using "shenanigans ensue" as a plotting device, and my new favorite thing: the “shut up and take my money” list.
Amie Kaufman show notes THIS SHATTERED WORLD by Amie and Meagan Spooner (listen to her First Draft interview here) THE BOXCAR CHILDREN by Gertrude Chandler Warner THE BABY SITTERS' ISLAND ADVENTURE The Baby Sitters' Club Super Special #4 by Ann M. Martin Gravity (film) THE HORSE AND HIS BOY by C.S. Lewis 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne Anne McCaffrey, THE DRAGON RIDERS OF PERN, THE TOWER AND THE HIVE series Alan Lee, iliustrator of THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) SKYLARK by Meagan Spooner John Green's Vlogbrothers video, “What Makes Us Human” Firefly (TV show) Marie Lu, THE YOUNG ELITES and LEGEND UNEARTHED, Amie’s new book with Meagan Spooner Indiana Jones (films) Tomb Raider (video game) Phillip Pullman, HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy Quote from Pullman (in THE GOLDEN COMPASS) about ideas having a “soap bubble” phase: “The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.” Victoria Schwab (listen to her First Draft interview here) THE ANDROMEDA CYCLE, the new series coming from Amie and her co-author Jay Kristoff Stephanie Perkins’ blog post: Love Lists |
Tue, 8 November 2016
Some past and future First Draft interviewees share their stories about voting, how their characters would vote, love of stickers, and one story of a jujutsu-master suffragette! Special Election Podcast Show Notes Morgan Matson, author of THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING, AMY AND ROGER'S EPIC DETOUR, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Elana K. Arnold, author of INFANDOUS, FAR FROM FAIR, the forthcoming WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Sabaa Tahir, author of AN EMBER IN THE ASHES and A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT Mackenzi Lee, author of THIS MONSTROUS THING and THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE (listen to her First Draft interview here) Brandy Colbert, author of POINTE and the forthcoming LITTLE AND LION (listen to her First Draft interview here) Cat Winters, author of IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS, THE CURE FOR DREAMING, and THE UNINVITED, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Somaiya Daud, author of the forthcoming MIRAGE (listen to her First Draft interview here) Amy Plum, author of the DIE FOR ME series, the AFTER THE END series, and the forthcoming DREAMFALL (listen to her First Draft interview here) Marie Lu, author of the LEGEND series, the YOUNG ELITES trilogy (listen to her First Draft interview here) Maurene Goo, author of SINCE YOU ASKED and the forthcoming I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE (listen to her First Draft interview here) Claire Legrand, author of THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, SOME KIND OF HAPPINESS, and FOXHEART, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Amy Lukavics, author of DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS, THE WOMEN IN THE WALLS, and the forthcoming THE RAVENOUS (listen to her First Draft interview here) Lance Rubin, author of DENTON LITTLE'S DEATHDATE and DENTON LITTLE'S STILL NOT DEAD (listen to his First Draft interview here) Samantha Mabry, author of A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON and the forthcoming THE REAL MARVELOUS (listen to her First Draft interview here) Natalie C. Parker, author of the BEWARE THE WILD series and editor of the forthcoming anthology TRIANGLES: THE POINTS OF LOVE ANTHOLOGY Elissa Sussman, author of STRAY and BURN (listen to her First Draft interview here) Kirsten Hubbard, author of RACE THE NIGHT (out today!), WATCH THE SKY, WANDERLOVE and LIKE MANDARIN (listen to her First Draft interview imminently!) |
Wed, 2 November 2016
Join me and Josephine Angelini, author of the STARCROSSED trilogy, and the WORLDWALKER series (the finale, WITCH’S PYRE, is out now!), as we talk about houses burning down, trading a diary for writing fiction, and how long you can avoid the reality that you are meant to write.
Josephine Angelini Show Notes MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley Details on the sexual assault allegations against Bradley by her daughter Anne McCaffrey DRAGON RIDERS OF PERN DARKOVER series by Marion Zimmer Bradley Ursula le Guin A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA GRACELING by Kristin Cashore ON THE JELLICOE ROAD by Melina Marchetta |
Wed, 26 October 2016
Join me and Ransom Riggs, New York Times best-selling author of MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN - which was recently released as a major motion picture - and the new selection of short stories, TALES OF THE PECULIAR, as we talk about living side by side with the past, making friends with the neighbor kids, and the freedom of having no expectations. Ransom Riggs Show Notes Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Dragonlance (video game) The Legend of Zelda (video game) The Terminator (movie) The Shining (movie) Friday the 13th (movie) Win Wenders (filmmaker) Kenyon College (and their alumni magazine's interview with Ransom here!)
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Tue, 18 October 2016
Join Tahereh Mafi, New York Times best-selling author of FURTHERMORE (out now!) and the SHATTER ME series, as we discuss childhoods full of new starts and goodbyes, the ways contemporary books can feel like fantasy, and writing 5,000 words every single day for two years (!). Tahereh Mafi Show Notes Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Absolute Write forums |
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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Tue, 12 April 2016
Hang out with kittens, wild parrots, and Maurene Goo, author of SINCE YOU ASKED and a forthcoming K-Drama romcom, due out in 2017! We talk about writing fan fiction of her own life, letting teen girls be silly, and not being able to deny being an L.A. girl.
Maurene Goo Show Notes THE GOOD EARTH by Pearl S. Buck THE BABYSITTER’S CLUB books by Ann M. Martin Robin Benway (listen to her First Draft interview here) Felicity (TV show) THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interview here) How Did This Get Made's “Teen Witch” podcast Amy Spalding (listen to her First Draft interview here) STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL by Louis Sachar |
Tue, 29 March 2016
This episode is the audio equivalent of a spray tan! Join me and Jessi Kirby, author of THINGS WE KNOW BY HEART, GOLDEN, IN HONOR, and MOONGLASS, as we discuss human hearts, the lasting impact of inspiring teachers, and what actual IRL teens are reading. Jessi Kirby Show Notes FRECKLE JUICE, TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING by Judy Blume Herman Hesse SIDDHARTHA, NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA by Robert K. Massie Robin Benway (listen to her First Draft interview here) THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin Kerry Winfrey’s blog Year of Romcoms Gail Godwin HEART
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Tue, 22 March 2016
Victoria Schwab (also known as V. E. Schwab), New York Times bestselling author of A GATHERING OF SHADOWS, VICIOUS, THE ARCHIVED, and more!, talks about the slippery nature of memory, book-writing amnesia, why editorial letters should be more like stacked Oreos, and feeding the fanfic trolls.
Victoria Schwab Show Notes Kristin Kittscher (hear her First Draft interview here) Robert Ludlum, THE BOURNE IDENTITY Kelly Link, GET IN TROUBLE Susanna Clarke JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL Neil Gaiman NEVERWHERE Victoria Aveyard (listen to her on First Draft Live here, and her First Draft interview here)
SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller
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Tue, 15 March 2016
Talking to Elana K. Arnold (author of FAR FROM FAIR, out now!, as well as INFANDOUS and THE QUESTION OF MIRACLES) about literal and metaphysical skin suits, sex on the page, whether we write FOR teens or ABOUT teens, and middle grade as a happy place.
Elana K. Arnold Show Notes Cheryl Strayed, “The Love of My Life,” TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS Sarah MCarry (listen to her First Draft interview here) Mark Childress CRAZY IN ALABAMA Thelma & Louise (movie) SPLENDOR by Elana K. Arnold Squaw Valley Community of Writers STORY by Robert McKee TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
Cheryl Strayed’s letter to a young writer ("Write Like a Motherfucker")
Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft interview here) Andrew Karre (editor with Dutton Books for Young Readers)
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Tue, 8 March 2016
The prolific and amazing A.R.Kahler, author of SHADES OF DARKNESS (out now!) among many many other things, sits for what is my favorite interview because I got to say, “Where was the circus?”
Alex Kahler Show Notes Dollhouse (TV show) by Joss Whedon You Must Remember This (Charles Manson podcast)
C. Alexander London’s First Draft podcast
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Tue, 1 March 2016
First Draft Live Show Notes Victoria Aveyard RED QUEEN, GLASS SWORD Lindsey Klingele, THE MARKED GIRL Kirsten Hubbard, RACE THE NIGHT, WATCH THE SKY, WANDERLOVE, LIKE MANDARIN ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine The Legand of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede Alexandra Bracken A NEW HOPE: THE PRINCESS, THE SCOUNDREL, AND THE FARM BOY Joseph Campbell THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES
SERAPHINA and SHADOW SCALE by Rachel Hartman 1776 by David McCullough YOU and HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes
Direct download: First_Draft_Live-Victoria_Aveyard_Elissa_Sussman_Lindsey_Klingele.m4a
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Tue, 16 February 2016
Isabel Quintero, Morris Award winner for GABI, A GIRL IN PIECES, talks getting in trouble for reading in the dark, the final straw that took her away from teaching high school, and when a life crisis almost made her into a pastry chef. Isabel Quintero Show Notes Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish e e cummings “anyhow lived in a pretty how town” FAT KID RULES THE WORLD by K.L. Going OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse CRANK by Ellen Hopkins DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney |
Tue, 2 February 2016
Ava Dellaira, author of LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD, talks writing a book from a great title, hibernating with poetry in Iowa, and we enjoy a little bit of Greek pop music for spice. Ava Dellaira Leigh Bardugo called Ava “deep as a well” in her First Draft interview Nirvana (band) Lisa Loeb, “Sandalwood,” “Stay,” The Counting Crows, “Anna Begins” U2, “One” Stephen Chbosky, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER River Phoenix (actor)
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Wed, 27 January 2016
Elissa Sussman, author of STRAY and its sequel BURN, discusses the “f—k page” of her teen journal, how ‘guilty pleasure’ is a gross term, and what three things every writer needs. Elissa Sussman Show Notes RENT (musical) Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin Roswell (TV show) X-Files (TV show) Battlestar Galactica (TV show) Star Trek (TV show) REDWALL by Brian Jacques DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (movie) The Secret World of Alex Mack (TV show) Downstage (program at Sarah Lawrence) Adrienne Dawes (playwright) Angels in America (play)
Wicked (play) Into the Woods (play)
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Wed, 13 January 2016
Hear the lovely Kristen Kittscher, author of THE WIG IN THE WINDOW and THE TIARA ON THE TERRACE talk about getting kicked out of high school, writing characters who are getting all growed up, and visualizing our inner writer. Kristen Kittscher Show Notes Ellen Emerson White, THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry STUART LITTLE by E.B. White THE STAND by Stephen King WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams Au Revoir Les Enfants (movie)
Umberto Echo, THE NAME OF THE ROSE Write To The Finish (online class) Kirsten Miller, KIKI STRIKE and NIGHTMARES with Jason Segel Rebecca Stead GOODBYE STRANGER Claire Legrand (her First Draft interview)
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