Episode 675: Tom McAllister!

June 14, 2025

Episode 675: Tom McAllister!

Episode 675 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

On this episode, John speaks with Tom McAllister about writing burnout, writing prompts, revision, and discovery, as well as Tom’s wonderful new collection of flash memoirs, It All Felt Impossible.

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Episode 675 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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One response to “Episode 675: Tom McAllister!”

D J Rout

June 21, 2025 at 8:49 am

Great episode! It’s good to hear ones where the author is very clear about the craft and doesn’t mind sharing that clarity.

Sad to har about the demise of Bookfight, which admittedly I hadn’t heard of, and the similar demise of WTF, which is just a bit shocking. Whatever I can do to keep TDO on the air, I will!

‘No Kings Day’…I was born loyal to Queen Elizaeth II and her heirs and successors according to law – a phrase taken from Australia’s old citizenship oath – but I will support it as a backhanded compliment to the host. ‘More Kings Day’ is what I say!

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