Tue, 26 September 2017
Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin, New York Times best-selling co-authors of I Hate Everyone But You, talk about the dangers of walking and reading, differentiating character from author, what REALLY makes readers uncomfortable, and writing a friendship rom-com.
Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin Show Notes Modern Tarot by Michelle Tea The Waterboy (movie) Carrie by Stephen King "The Price of Nice Nails," the New York Times feature story about nail salons
Robert Rodriguez (director and producer) Quentin Tarantino (director and writer) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Issa Rae (actress, writer, producer) Desperate Housewives (TV show) Friday Night Lights (TV show) Victoria Aveyard (listen to her First Draft interview here) District 9 (movie) Atlanta (TV show) Living Single (TV show) "The Ascendancy of the 'Awkward Older Sister,'" from The Atlantic Insecure (TV show) Part of Me, the Katy Perry documentary Summer in the City (song) The animated .gif about ladies supporting ladies Shine Theory by Anne Friedman Call Your Girlfriend podcast |
Tue, 19 September 2017
Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the LEGEND and the YOUNG ELITES series, talks about her newest book, WARCROSS as well as BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER and the forthcoming KINGDOM OF BACK. Marie chats about the lag between the eternal optimism of tech and moral questioning of its powers, how writing about evil characters was almost too much for her, and the responsibility of writing a real woman’s story.
Marie Lu 2.0 Show Notes Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke Marie Lu’s first First Draft interview Zelda (video game) Tahereh Mafi (listen to her First Draft episode here or read the transcript here) Assassin’s Creed (video game) Street Fighter (video game) Mortal Kombat (video game) World of Warcraft (video game) Overwatch (video game) Battlefield (video game) Call of Duty (video game) Pokémon Go (video game) Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu Leigh Bardugo (listen to her First Draft interview here) Batman (animated series) Darkwing Duck (animated series) The Dark Knight (movie) The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu Mozart’s sister, Maria Anna Mozart Amadeus (movie) Pan’s Labyrinth (movie) Hamilton (musical) Renee Ahdieh (listen to her First Draft interview here) |
Tue, 12 September 2017
Emily Ziff Griffin, debut author of LIGHT YEARS, talks about her childhood dream of being a dancing lawyer, gifs and art semiotics, the unquantifiable fairy dust that makes some art transcend, and how teenagers experience time differently.
Emily Ziff Griffin Show Notes
The Creative Fire by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, including her thoughts on creativity and the myth of Persephone Frozen (movie) Moana (movie) Wonder Woman (movie) Study about emojis and linguists Virginia Heffernan, journalist and writer Wet Hot American Summer (movie) Capote (movie)
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Wed, 6 September 2017
Sabaa Tahir, NY Times bestselling author of the An Ember in the Ashes series, shares spooky happenings in the desert hometown, waxes poetic about good journalistic writing, and talks giving suffering children a happy ending in her books, being an eight-year overnight success, and writing books in elbows of time.
Sabaa Tahir Show Notes The Shannara series by Terry Brooks Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Ansel Adams (photographer) Stranger Things (TV show) Seven Daughters and Seven Suns by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy "Living a Half-Life While Waiting for Those Lost," the Washington Post story about women in Kashmir Image of Liberian child soldier wearing a teddy bear backpack, Georges Gobet/Getty Images Margaret Stohl (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) George R. R. Martin “gardener or architect” All the President’s Men (film) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi My Left Foot (movie) |