First Draft Episode #329: Garth Nix

Garth Nix, New York Times bestselling author of Sabriel, returns to the Old Kingdom series with his latest YA fantasy, Terciel & Elinor.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Ragwitch by Garth Nix, his first book

• Jill Grinberg, President and founder of Jill Grinberg Literary Management, Garth’s agent

• Newt’s Emerald, Garth’s regency romance with a fantasy twist

• Shade’s Children, Garth’s dystopian series

• The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

• The Tombs of Atuan, the second in Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea series, which began with A Wizard of Earthsea

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• Kristen Cashore, New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling series, including Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue, as well as Jane, Unlimited. She has returned to her fantasy world for her newest novel, Winterkeep.

• Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen series, talks about the first book in her new YA fantasy series, Realm Breaker.

• Ayana Gray, debut author of Beasts of Prey, which is being adapted into a Netflix film.

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First Draft Episode #328: Helen O’Hara

Helen O’Hara, film critic, editor-at-large for Empire magazine and co-host of the Empire film podcast, talks about her newest non-fiction, Women vs Hollywood: The Fall and RIse of Women in Film and host of its accompanying podcast, Women vs Hollywood With Helen O’Hara.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Care Bears Movie (movie)

• My Little Pony: The Movie (movie)

• Black Panther (movie)

• Captain Marvel (movie)

• Terri White, former editor of Empire and author of Coming Undone: A Memoir

• Twilight (movie)

• Chris Hewitt, co-host of the Empire podcast

• Notting Hill (movie)

• Helen’s other books about movies: Best Movies of the 80s and The Superhero Movie Book

• Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema by Maya Montañez Smukler, (Ph.D., Cinema & Media Studies, UCLA) heads the research and study center at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

• Shelley Stamp, film historian, professor at UCSC, and author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood and Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture After the Nickelodeon

• Karen Ward Mahar, professor of history and the co-director of the American Studies Program at Siena College, and author of Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood

• The Best Pick podcast

• The Golden Compass (movie)

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (movie)

• Reservoir Dogs (movie)

• Home Alone (movie)

• Ava DuVerney directed Selma, A Wrinkle in Time, and many more films

• Squid Game (Netflix TV show)

• Parasite (movie)

• Becoming by Michelle Obama

• Wonder Woman (2017 movie)

• Jurassic World (movie)

• Petit Maman (movie)

• On the Basis of Sex (movie)

• Shut Up and Sing (documentary)

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• Janet Varney, Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer, producer, and podcaster. She has appeared in dozens of TV shows, including You’re the Worst, Take My Wife, Burning Love, Stan Against Evil, and Fortune Rookie, and the voice of Korra in The Legend of Korra. She is also the co-founder, creative director, and producer of SF Sketchfest: the San Francisco Comedy Festival (now in its 19th year!), and hosts The JV Club podcast.

• Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair, the comedians, actors, and screenwriters behind TV shows Best Friends Forever and Playing House. Jessica can be seen on the Netflix comedy Space Force, and Lennon starred in and directed episodes of Bless This Mess.

• Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, media mavens, co-hosts of the phenomenal Call Your Girlfriend podcast, and debut co-authors of friendship memoir Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.

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First Draft Episode #327: Benjamin Dreyer

Benjamin Dreyer, vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief of Random House, and New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style and Dreyer’s English (Adapted for Young Readers): Good Advice for Good Writing.

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• “Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer,” by Sarah Lyall in The New York Times

• Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum (hear Courtney weigh in on the traditional publishing process in Track Changes: Publishing 101)

• #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge, Olive Again, and the recent release Oh William!

• Shirley Jackson, author of The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery, and more

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• Track Changes Bonus: Publishing From Every Angle A conversation between an author, agent, and editor to cover the ins and outs of the publishing process. The panel features Abigail Hing Wen, debut author of Loveboat Taipei; agent Joanna Volpe, president and literary agent at New Leaf Literary & Media; and Alvina Ling, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at Little Brown Books for Young Readers (and co-host of the Book Friends Forever podcast). Listen here!

• Arthur Levine, legendary children’s book editor, including of series such as Harry Potter and The Golden Compass. Formerly President and Publisher at Arthur A. Levine Books at Scholastic, Arthur founded independent publishing house Levine Querido.

• Amanda Maciel, executive editor at Scholastic as well as author of YA novels Tease and Lucky Girl, talks about how writing books made her an author-friendly editor, staying emotionally available during revisions, and the trouble with accepting that you have an impact on other people. Listen to the episode here!

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First Draft Episode #326: Elissa Sussman and Arielle Jovellanos

Elissa Sussman and Arielle Jovellanos, author and illustrator, respectively, of YA contemporary novel Drawn That Way. Elissa is also the author of Burn, Stray, and the upcoming adult novel, Funny You Should Ask. Arielle illustrated Evil Thing, a Cruelle de Ville backstory novel written by Serena Valentino, as well as graphic novel Black Star, written by Eric A. Glover.

This episode is brought to you by Revision Season, a seven-week virtual master class in novel revision led by award-winning author Elana K. Arnold. The Fall 2021 Session of Revision Season will run Oct 10 – Nov 28, and enrollment is now open!

Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:

• Hear Elissa’s First Draft interview here

• Glen Keane, 38-year veteran of Walt Disney Feature Animation and creator of Disney characters such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Beast, Tarzan, and Rapunzel.

• Howard Ashman, Oscar-winning lyricist, playwright, and stage director who wrote the lyrics for The Little Mermaid

• Frederator, an independent animation and media studio who produced Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat, and Bravest Warriors

• Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time

• LAIKA studios, an animation production studio that created Coraline (movie)

• The Avengers (movie)

• Chris Evans, actor who portrays Captain America

• Babs Tarr, American illustrator and comic book artist who drew a run for Batgirl for DC

• Annie Wu, American illustrator and comic book artist who drew a run of Hawkeye for Marvel

• Janelle Asselin, former editor of DC comics

• Kevin Wada, illustrator

• Fresh Romance, the anthology which includes Arielle’s comic, “School Spirit”

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

• The Heroes of Olympus by RIck Riordan

• Elizabeth Bewley, literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

• Waking Sleeping Beauty (documentary)

• Janet Sung, illustrator, designer, colorist

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• Chris Appelhans, writer and director of Netflix animated movie Wish Dragon, and illustrator of picture books Sparky! (written by Jenny Offill) and A Greyhound, a Groundhog (written by Emily Jenkins).

• Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series, Shadow of the Batgirl with Nicole Gaux for DC Comics, the Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra, talks about her new young adult novel, From Little Tokyo, With Love.

• Jon Klassen, Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back series, who is back with a book he wrote and illustrated: The Rock From the Sky.

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