Master storytellers discuss the stories and struggles that go into writing the first page of their books. Why? Because the first page is often the most re-written page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—HOOK YOU. Learn how the most talented writers work their magic with host, novelist and writing coach, Holly Lynn Payne.
Page One Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Holly Lynn Payne
4.7(22 reviews)
61 episodes
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Master storytellers discuss the stories and struggles that go into writing the first page of their books. Why? Because the first page is often the most re-written page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—HOOK YOU. Learn how the most talented writers work their magic with host, novelist and writing coach, Holly Lynn Payne.
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Recent Episodes
May 29, 2026
EP 61: MOTHERS OF MAGIC_PERDITA FINN
In Ep. 61, host Holly Lynn Payne welcomes returning Page One guest Perdita Finn to discuss her new book, Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors. Finn explains she wanted the opening to make readers feel safe by redefining “mother” beyond modern, commercialized, patriarchal limits, emphasizing mothering as communal and inclusive of all genders, rooted in ancient meanings and pantheons of maternal figures. She connects mothers/daughters reconciliation to historical trauma, including the European witch persecutions. Finn describes writing the book on a nine-month deadline by climbing a mountain daily for guidance, writing fast without self-censorship, then collapsing with a severe, mysterious illness, using an imagined mountain-walk to endure and heal. The conversation explores calling on our ancestors and the dead for support and how writing very often is an act of remembering them.
April 28, 2026
EP 60: A KILLING IN CANNABIS
In EP 60 of The Page One Podcast, Holly Lynn Payne talks with investigative journalist Scott Eden about his latest book, A Killing in Cannabis, the riveting story of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tushar Atre’s murder and the entwined legal and illicit cannabis economies in Santa Cruz, California. Eden reveals his inspired opening—to lead readers through the science of getting high through the point of view of cannabinoid receptors, a decision inspired after reading David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon. He details expanding from a magazine article to a highly literary, narrative non-fiction book after conducting more than 200 in-person interviews. Eden discusses world-building through history, culture, and vernacular, maintaining objectivity and his meticulous outlining and use of storyboards to map out the story. If you’ve ever been curious how to work with massive chronologies and infiltrate a world unknown to you, Scott Eden will not only inspire you but leave you in awe, eager to read this masterpiece in investigative journalism. Listen, learn and marvel at the haunting spirit of cannabis.
March 20, 2026
EP 59: Shamergence_Rob Somers
In EP 59 of the Page One Podcast, Host Holly Lynn Payne welcomes debut author and Peruvian-trained Shaman, Rob Somers, to discuss his book SHAMERGENCE, framed by his stage-four cancer diagnosis, miraculous survival, and a call to service centered on rebalancing divine feminine and masculine energies for personal and planetary healing. Somers explains these energies as elemental forces—masculine as logos, logic and doing; feminine as eros, love, wisdom and the collective compass—and warns of cultural imbalance, linking it to dis-ease within ourselves and the planet. He intimately recounts his earliest encounters with death as a child and decades later, undergoing the dark night of the soul during an egoic dissolution after the breakup of his popular band, The Samples, where he played rhythm guitar for more than a decade. Somer’s death as a rockstar birthed his miraculous new life as a steward of the land and a healer of those seeking to restore their own internal balance. Somers never considered himself a writer, but surrendered to the painstaking journey that he describes as his “daily appointment with Spirit.” Part Hunter Thompson + Don Quixote, Rob Somer’s voice offers a refreshing new perspective on faith and devotion.
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