The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
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ODBC 050 - Rediscovering My Own Writing Process, Murdering Your Darlings, and the Pre-Existence of Stories
The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne (https://www.emmaleejayne.com/about/) joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:
* I feel like a first-time author again after releasing my new book, Terminal
* Looking at old writing skills with a conscious, curious eye
* Writing bloat and cutting out tons of useless shit
* Writer’s voice, and where it has a place and where we think it doesn’t
* Creating mood in scenes
* Discovering a pre-existing story from out there in the universe vs actually crating one
* Emma answers a follow-up listener question about how she’s been re-writing her old books to release in new forms
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11 Jul 2026
ODBC 049 - Rewriting old work, empty nesting, and social media doesn't always suck
The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne (https://www.emmaleejayne.com/about/) joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:
* Okay, so it’s been three months since the last episode. So what? We’re free spirits over here.
* I (Johnny) have a new psychological thriller out, on Kickstarter. It’s called (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnnybtruant/terminal-an-edge-of-your-seat-psychological-thriller)Terminal (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnnybtruant/terminal-an-edge-of-your-seat-psychological-thriller), offers a badass signed special edition hardback, and you can find it here (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnnybtruant/terminal-an-edge-of-your-seat-psychological-thriller).
* We’re empty nesters now. It has its pros and cons in terms of writing and getting things done, but I for one am still sad.
* Holding space for things that might happen soon makes productivity hard.
* We FINALLY answered a months-ago email from Reina Cruz about how Emma is re-writing her old work, going from third-person past tense to first-person present tense.
* We closed out by talking about how I finally gave in and joined Instagram. You can find me here as @johnnybtruant (https://instagram.com/johnnybtruant). (Emma is there too, but I couldn’t find her and didn’t want to wait to post this.)
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit johnnybtruant.substack.com (https://johnnybtruant.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
26 Apr 2026
ODBC 048 - We Have Answered All of the World's Writing Questions
The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne (https://www.emmaleejayne.com/about/) joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:
* Breaking the flow in writing and how it’s an annoying downward spiral
* Reading Dungeon Crawler Carl and being totally jealous of Matt Dinniman
* Borrowing the mood and vibe of existing scenes from other stories
* Bill spoils The Count of Monte Cristo, then performs a story that’s just as brilliant
* I drop a pair of philosophical bombs that will be forever debated by scholars for the ages:
* Is the best motivation for writing a book “Just because you want to”?
* Are we actually writing to express ourselves, or are we writing to connect with others and therefore share an experience with other humans?
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit johnnybtruant.substack.com (https://johnnybtruant.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
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