Craft of Fiction Writing
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Episode 245: Tom McAllister!
Episode 245 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Tom McAllister about structuring long-form fiction, the mystery of love, the addictive horrors of football, and other important matters. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Follow Bookmark It on Facebook to… Continue reading
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Episode 241: A Craft Discussion About Jennie Jarvis’s Crafting the Character Arc, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 241 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Jennie Jarvis’s Crafting the Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Development. Plus Scott Hoffman reads his essay, “I read Ethan Frome every January.” TEXTS DISCUSSED Episode… Continue reading
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Episode 240: Irvine Welsh!
Episode 240 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Irvine Welsh about his latest novel, A Decent Ride, Edinburgh as a character, the influence of climate and populace on characterization, and the way to balance… Continue reading
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Episode 237: Glendaliz Camacho!
Episode 237 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando. NOTES Check out Glendaliz’s work: Pigeons (short story) Full Battle Rattle (personal essay)… Continue reading
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Episode 224: A Craft Discussion About Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction” and “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 224 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction” and “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” plus Mingzhao Xu writes about Diana Gabaldon’s Outlanders series changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Mr. Kim (Kindle… Continue reading
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Episode 223: Vu Tran!
Episode 223 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist Vu Tran about the appeal of detective fiction, the importance of literary substance over style, the problem with femme fatale characters, the Iowa MFA experience, and… Continue reading
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Episode #222: Ryler Dustin!
Episode 222 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and novelist Ryler Dustin near the end of his residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando, after a weeklong tour of weddings. We speak about the… Continue reading
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Episode 217: A Craft Discussion About Charles Bukowski’s On Writing, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 217 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about On Writing, a book of selections from Charles Bukowski’s letters, plus poet Henry Hughes writes me a letter about his own correspondence with Bukowski back from… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #40: The Love Song of Johnny Valentine
Buzzed Books #40 by Ben Buckingham Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine Simon and Schuster published The Love Song of Jonny Valentine in 2013 to favorable reviews. Teddy Wayne’s 285-page novel chronicles the tour of tween pop star Jonny Valentine. Valentine, with his trend-setting signature haircut and his bubblegum love songs, seems reminiscent… Continue reading
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