All writers are works in progress. Each episode, Sarah reads an author’s biography, autobiography, or memoir and picks through it to pinpoint the details of how each author actually does what they do. From John Steinbeck’s preferred pencils to Stephen King’s well-documented feelings on adverbs to Agatha Christie’s tricks for transforming the domestic. Dive into the rituals, practices, quirks, tips, and oddities of how writers write.
Episode 5: Flannery O'Connor: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch
Rove through Georgia farms and country doctor's offices with peacocks and misfits and tough as nails Southern ladies in Brad Gooch's biography ”Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor." We explore drawing characters and places and patterns from life, transmuting memories into stories, turning the mundane into the mystical, and the DETAIL of routines.
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch
Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Flannery-Life-OConnor-Brad-Gooch/dp/0316018996/ref=asc_df_0316018996/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1262217792335153606&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010332&hvtargid=pla-2281435178098&psc=1&mcid=d1c196d9edc532bdb76c820cc826fae2&hvocijid=1262217792335153606-0316018996-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1) | Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/p/books/flannery-a-life-of-flannery-o-connor-brad-gooch/16437655?ean=9780316018999)
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30 May 2024
Episode 4: Kurt Vonnegut (and Suzanne McConnell) — Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style
A deep and stumbling dive into Kurt Vonnegut’s and Suzanne McConnell's 2019 co-biography, co-autobiography, and co-craft book, “Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style.” Scratching the surface of Vonnegut’s writing experience, teaching, and philosophy through finding what you want (really want) to write about, swoops vs. bashers (and what patience lets you do whether you’re one or the other), and a writer’s first duty as entertainer (and what that means for plot and characters).
Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style: Bookshop.org (http://bookshop.org/) | Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Pity-Reader-Writing-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/1644210215/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fsiZFhS5rA3J7ZM0eEjOuJCwPLo8bRawPYavrQ_X5oUaBkYgaNdCXjCB4nSYYAQfnrDSNRM8siIFvxVb7RE7TnSKlkFqMwacA27po0zQ8dTJJ7bifPAk8Fbbk245wcQBXuinJKoA6MHgINm_oqctVu6MOzMrB8Sp4R1tzM0GfBuDMm6L_rtvaAKEG9RqggVzMtKsIgjl0JSv6eOZ5wS1VsTXEgtgw8W4RJz6zAWroY4.A0HzSRv0gqNXN1YwFDzrCv5qYQ0Vo6BXafp0F5sYEB4&dib_tag=se&hvadid=649824799839&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9010332&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12169825254752247569&hvtargid=kwd-817737398762&hydadcr=22534_13493212&keywords=pity+the+reader&qid=1717098090&s=books&sr=1-1)
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30 Apr 2024
Episode 3: Margaret Wise Brown — In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary
Revel in Amy Gary’s 2016 book, “In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown.” We dive into how the author of classics like “Goodnight Moon,” “The Noisy Book,” and “The Runaway Bunny” captured the power of patterns, brought research to children’s literature, and always thought she should be doing something more “serious.” And, using ski receipts as writing materials
In the Great Green Room: Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-the-great-green-room-amy-gary/1463551?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrcKxBhBMEiwAIVF8rMwA7Uj0pOzAd_2295pJSULEzaTYbpuVhMNJ2ZPSejCuFK6-N3J5-hoCqxoQAvD_BwE) | Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Great-Green-Room-Brilliant-Margaret/dp/1250065364)
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13 Mar 2024
Episode 2: Stephen King — On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Deep dive into Stephen King’s classic memoir disguised as writing guide (or how-to manual dressed up as autobiography?), “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.” We peek into King’s handling of rejection, shame, and thinly veiled checklist. Plus, deciding what to put on the spike you drive into your own wall.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-writing-a-memoir-of-the-craft-stephen-king/14560198?aid=89808&ean=9781982159375&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-r-vBhC-ARIsAGgUO2CHWN_FLXXMRD_4KBu7SmvJW-GgtVmR9Nk54yeZ93ZyUjWmpaBVJqcaArrREALw_wcB&listref=on-writing-e56c64bd-d1b7-4e8a-b628-8338a7b0f61c) | Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816)
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21 Feb 2024
Episode 1: Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman Bookshop.org (http://bookshop.org/) | Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christie-Elusive-Lucy-Worsley/dp/1639362525)
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