Mon, 24 April 2017
Courtney Summers - author of SOME GIRLS ARE, CRACKED UP TO BE, ALL THE RAGE, and more - breaks down getting published with her spite novel, consistently wanting it all, writing a book that fits around a feeling, and never really moving on from her books.
Courtney Summers Show Notes The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews She’s All That (movie) “Right About Now” by Fatboy Slim Competency Quadrant (Four Stages of Competency) The Chocolate War by Robert Cromier Left 4 Dead (video game) Night of the Living Dead (movie) The Passage by Justin Cronin World War Z (movie) Shaun of the Dead (movie) The Walking Dead (TV show) The OA (Netflix series) Alan Wake (video game) Star Trek Beyond (movie) How Did This Get Made (podcast) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Harvard Business Journal, “Who’s Got the Monkey?” |
Mon, 17 April 2017
Join me for a second go-round with Margaret Stohl, New York Times best-selling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series and the YA adaptations of Marvel's Black Widow, whose most recent novel, Royce Rolls, is out now! We discuss writing this book as a joke, the Kardashians as a delivery system, the reverse-outlining method, and overcoming inherited ways of thinking.
Margaret Stohl 2.0 Show Notes “Los Angeles I’m Yours” by The Decemberists new Zelda, Breath of the Wild Arden Rose (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Little House on the Prairie (TV show) Alyson Hannigan, Willow from Buffy Emily Meehan, associate editor Marvel Libba Bray (listen to her First Draft interviews here: Part 1, and Part 2)
Cats vs. Robots: This Is War Katherine Tegan at Harper Collins Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here!)
VEEP (TV show) House of Cards (TV show) Because You Love to Hate Me, edited by Ameriie |
Tue, 11 April 2017
Listen to YA superstar Sara Zarr (whose newest novel, GEM & DIXIE, is out now!) talk about the first time she encountered “smart” as an epithet, getting career advice from Chris Crutcher, and very nearly giving up on writing altogether.
Sara Zarr Show Notes This Creative Life, Sara’s podcast series Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier A Separate Peace by John Knowles
We Need Diverse Books internship program
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson This Creative Life with Scott Derrickson
This Creative Life with Gayle Forman This Creative Life with Sarah Dessen Kevin Bacon (actor) A Simple Plan (movie) Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
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Tue, 4 April 2017
Hang with me and YouTube star, actress, and debut author Arden Rose (ALMOST ADULTING is out now!) about the sometimes insidious nature of the beauty industry, things we wish we could tell our younger selves, the scourge of tribalism, and more! Arden Rose Show Notes Let’s Learn Japanese (TV show) Redwall by Brian Jacques The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Eragon by Christopher Paolini TED talk with former member of the Westboro Baptist, Megan Phelps-Roper "The Most Hated Family in America," the Westboro Baptist documentaries by Louis Theroux
Bossypants by Tina Fey Yes Please by Amy Poehler
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