Distract Yourself With Podcast Conversations and a New First Draft Facebook Group
Wow. Well, guys, a few things have changed since I last wrote you. I sincerely hope that each and every one of you is safe, and healthy, and cobbling together a new normal. What are you reading/watching/listening to to get through it? Send me recs please!
On my end, I've booked and recorded episodes of First Draft through June, so there will be no end of long conversations not about a pandemic (except for how it has impacted book launches), should you be interested. 💛
🚨I've also been busy this month (and for the last few months) preparing a new project within the world of First Draft that I'm going to officially announce tomorrow, Thurs. April 2. 🚨 Watch this space, as they say, for the announcement -- it's a project I'm really proud of, and I think it'll be of interest to every single one of you.
Speaking of things that will interesting to you, read on for...
🗣️ I started a First Draft Facebook Group - join up and chime in!
🎧 Recent can't-miss First Draft episodes
📚 An update on my #FirstDraftReadingChallenge progress
📝 Re-discover eps with these recently-posted transcripts
✔️ Recs for ALL the media I consumed in March
💎 Plenty of links for you to buy TELL ME EVERYTHING
Join the First Draft Facebook Group!
At noon today (April 1), I'll be joined by this week's guest, Zan Romanoff, and we'll be talking about LOOK and quarantine and any number of other things!
🎧 Recent First Draft Episodes 🎧
It's Complicated, It's Complicated, It's Just Complicated
with Zan Romanoff
Zan Romanoff, journalist and author of A Song to Take the World Apart, and Grace and the Fever, whose newest YA novel, Look, is out now!
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Come chat with Zan and I in the First Draft Facebook group today, and check out the First Draft Instagram for the chance to win a signed copy of LOOK!
📬 Opening the Mailbag: The Answer is More with Tochi Onyebuchi
Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of Beasts Made of Night, its sequel Crown of Thunder, War Girls and its forthcoming sequel, Rebel Sisters (out in October), and his adult fiction debut Riot Baby, published by Tor.com in January 2020.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Cassandra Clare Thinks Adults Need
Imagination, Too
Cassandra Clare is #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, the forthcoming Sword Catcher duology, and co-author of the Magisterium series. Her most recent Shadowhunter novel, Chain of Gold, kicks off the Last Hours trilogy.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Choose Your Own Adventure with Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer
Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg, co-hosts of the By the Book podcast and co-authors of How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books. They also co-host the We Love You and So Can You podcast.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Fake It Til You Make It With Erin Lee Carr
Erin Lee Carr is a director, producer, and writer whose upcoming four-part docuseries How to Fix a Drug Scandal will be released on Netflix on April 1st. Carr has also directed the documentaries Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop, Mommy Dead and Dearest, I Love You: Now Die, and At the Heart of Gold, all for HBO. Erin also wrote a memoir, All That You Leave Behind, about her struggles wth substance abuse and the sudden loss of her father, New York Times media journalist David Carr.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
The Golden Age of Tone With Ben Blacker
Ben Blacker is a writer and producer known for The Thrilling Adventure Hour, Supernatural, Hex Wives, and the new Audible audio series CUT + RUN. He also hosts The Writer’s Panel and Dead Pilots Society podcasts.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Sarah Watson Requests a Bathtub
Sarah Watson is a television writer, producer, and novelist. She’s the creator of the Freeform series, The Bold Type, and was a Writer and Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed NBC drama, Parenthood. She has also written for About A Boy, Lipstick Jungle,The Unusuals, and The Middleman, as well as other series. Her debut novel, Most Likely, is out now.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
📚 The 2020 #FirstDraftReadingChallenge 📚
I'm going to keep updating you on my reading progress--I'd love to hear all the books you're reading to check off boxes on this list!
A Collection of Essays Morgan Jerkins's lauded and New York Times bestselling essay collection, THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING.
A Book on the Craft of Writing Francine Prose's READING LIKE A WRITER by Francine Prose.
Indie Next Selection THE CHOSEN ONES by Veronica Roth
A Book You've Always Meant to Read NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss
📝 Recently Posted Transcripts 📝
Stuart Gibbs New York Times bestselling author of the Spy School series, the FunJungle series, the Moon Base Alpha series, and The Last Musketeer series. His newest series kicked off in 2019 with Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation.
Tim Baltz comedian and actor, co-created, co-wrote, and starred in Shrink, and can now be seen on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. He has also appeared in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, and Drunk History.
Courtenay Haymeister debut author of memoir Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things, and former host, co-producer and head writer of Live Wire Radio.
Amanda Montell debut author of Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, joins Sarah to talk about socio-linguistics, and her upcoming book Mindfuck: The Secret Language of Cults (Spoiler: You’re Already Using It).
📌 Recommendations 📌
📽️ Film & TV 📽️
No-review list of television, movies & documentaries I've watched recently!
This section is for the West Wing and the West Wing only
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