Archives
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Tony DuShane’s Book Smash #297
From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash. It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and […]
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David Leo Rice #296
David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to […]
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Diego Gerard Morrison #295
Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning. We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote […]
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Jean-Paul L. Garnier #294
Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree. We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living […]
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Sacha Mardou #293
Sacha Mardou is the author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy, A Graphic Memoir. We discuss growing up in crazy families and religions, Internal Family […]
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Kes Trester #292
Kes Trester is the author of To The Nines, Book 3 of The Nine series. We discuss how to safely chat with grocery clerks about suicidal thoughts, how to find […]
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Gabriel Hart #291
Gabriel Hart is the author of On High At Red Tide. He’s also the lead singer of Jail Weddings and The Starvations. October 5th is the first Drinks with Tony […]
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Krystal Kenney #290
Krystal Kenney is the author of Paris, A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir. We discuss tourist scams of Paris, where are the best neighborhoods, how Krystal moved to Paris from […]
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Marianne Leone #289
Marianne Leone is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: A Memoir. Marianne is an actor you may know from shows like The Sopranos. Her book tackles the grief of losing her […]
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Colleen McKeegan #288
Colleen McKeegan is the author of Rip Tide: A Novel. We discuss what to do when you have a major brain crush on an author, training for mascots of sports […]
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Jessica Maguire #287
Jessica Maguire is the author of The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma, Resolve Chronic Pain, and Regulate Your Emotions with the Power of the Vagus Nerve. We discuss the micro-communications […]
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John A. Dailey #286
John A. Dailey is the author of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations. We discuss the subconscious mind work of repetitive drills, the emotional […]
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Bobi Conn #285
Bobi Conn is the author of Someplace Like Home. We discuss doing psychedelics, her family heritage of moonshiners, how to get out of the way of our characters, collective anger […]
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Alexander Boldizar #284
Alexander Boldizar is the author of The Man Who Saw Seconds. We discuss living in a refugee camp after fleeing Slovakia in the 1979, the art of learning new languages, […]
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Peter Houlahan #283
Peter Houlahan is the author of Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn. We discuss his coverage of Sagon Penn’s case of being found not-guilty […]
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Paul Cody #282
Paul Cody is the author of Walk The Dark. We take a deep dive into his time teaching in prison, what landed him in the psych ward and how it […]
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Nicholas Belardes #281
Nicholas Belardes is the author of The Deading. We chat how a novel should feel like a song, approaching novel writing like an athlete, how to set yourself up before […]
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Joyce Maynard #280
Joyce Maynard is the author of How the Light Gets In. She’s a best selling author and her books To Die For and Labor Day have been adapted to films. […]
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Joe Clifford #279
Joe Clifford is the author of A Moth To Flame. His novel Lamentation was recently translated to Italian and he just came back from an author tour of Italy. We […]
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Tony DuShane’s Writing Workshop #278
Danielle and Kyler join my spontaneous writing course. We discuss being uncomfortable as a writer, the importance of journaling, the intimacy we have with our characters, how to rewrite, and […]
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Ann Leary #277
Ann Leary is the author of I’ve Tried to Be Nice: Essays. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, learn how […]
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Matthew Daddona #276
Matthew Daddona is the author of The Longitude of Grief: A novel. We discuss cafe culture in Sarajevo, the virtues of Philly, writing compelling characters, how to hit a deer […]
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Nicolás Medina Mora #275
Nicolás Medina Mora is the author of América del Norte. We discuss being a debut novelist, the literary scene in Mexico City, the culture shock of living in the United […]
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Ari Gold #274
Ari Gold is the co-author of Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems, with his late father and author Herbert Gold, and his brother Ethan Gold. Herbert died when he […]
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Sasha Vasilyuk #273
Sasha Vasilyuk is the author of Your Presence is Mandatory. We discuss the generations of her family’s experience in Ukraine, researching a novel based in true events, how pregnancy is […]
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Alex Kazemi #272
Alex Kazemi is the author of New Millennium Boyz. We discuss social hierarchy, living the authentic artist life, book censorship, Kabbalah, Woodstock ‘99, when writing is emotionally damaging, and so […]
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Jeff Zentner #271
Jeff Zentner is the author of Colton Gentry’s Third Act: A Novel. Jeff started as a musician, then hung it up to work with organizations helping teenagers. That’s when he […]
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Andrew Miller #270
Andrew Miller is the author of Namaste Mart Confidential. We discuss: Sexy masculinity. How to take a punch. Why the year 2013 is important to his novel. Crime fiction…and so […]
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Cara Black #269
Cara Black is the author of Murder at La Villette. It’s the 21st novel in her Aimée Leduc Investigation series. Join my free Novel Writing Workshop March 9th at 10am […]
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Tony DuShane Answers Your Questions #268
This week I answer a few questions from our listeners about outlining, finding the ending to your story, and more. I also include my interview with Robert McKee from last […]
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Kris Saknussemm #267
Kris Saknussemm is the author of A Guide To Creative Writing and The Imagination. Join me for an 8-week novel writing workshop on Monday nights at 6pm Pacific on Zoom. […]
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Sarah Tomlinson #266
Sarah Tomlinson is the author of The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers. She has also ghostwritten many books. We discuss ghostwriting for celebrities, Taylor Swift, novels as the perfect […]
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Kelley McNeil #265
Kelley McNeil is the author of Mayluna. Join my Free Online Novel Writer Workshop on February 24th here: at tonydushane.com/free Kelley and I chat: How our brains work with memory and […]
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Melinda Lee Holm #264
Melinda Lee Holm is the author of Your Tarot Guide: Learn to navigate life with the help of the cards. Join my Free Novel Writer Workshop on February 24th here: […]
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Tony DuShane talks Ghostwriting #263
Or, everything I’ve done wrong in ghostwriting so you don’t have to. Join me for a Free Novel Writing Workshop on Feb 24th, 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 8pm […]
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Arthur Rapkin #262
Arthur Rapkin is the author of Poison For Rats: Six Kilos that Changed Everything, a Memoir. We chat about his cocaine smuggling years, surviving Mexican prison, how he got out […]
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Elle Nash #261
Elle Nash is the author of Deliver Me: A Novel. We chat Christianity, joining the Muslims, leaving the Muslims, literary scene in Glasgow, social media sucks, and so much more. […]
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Scott Weintraub #260
Scott Weintraub is the co-author of Back to the Body: Infusing Physical Life Into Characters in Theatre and Film. With Jean-Louis Rodrigue. We chat the importance of creating stories not […]
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Michael J. Wilson #259
Michael J. WIlson is the author of A Labyrinth: Fiction, out now on Stalking Horse Press. We chat his work with Meow Wolf, architecture that offends the senses, how social […]
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Joe Di Prisco #258
Joe Di Prisco is the author of My Last Resume: New and Collected Poems. We chat poetry, novels, the arts, the Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize, outreach to teach literary […]
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Carla Malden #257
Carla Malden is the author of My Two and Only. We chat about writer a character in her latest novel that’s a widow versus writing her memoir After Image. What […]
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John Hunter #256
John Hunter is the author of Maps and Legends: The Story of R.E.M. Join me for a free creative writing workshop at the Los Feliz branch public library on Wednesday, November […]
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Anne Leigh Parrish #255
Anne Leigh Parrish is the author of A Summer Morning. Join me for a free creative writing workshop at the Los Feliz branch public library on Wednesday, November 8th at […]
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Donna Marie Hayes #254
Donna Marie Hayes is the author of These Broken Roads: Scammed and Vindicated, One Woman’s Story. We discuss love, faith, what happened when someone died in front of her on […]
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Rykarda Parasol #253
Rykarda Parasol’s new record is called Tuesday Morning. We discuss Rykarda’s creative rebirth in Paris, how her mom shot up her stuffed animal with a gun in the backyard when […]
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Jon Krampner #252
Jon Krampner is the author of Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success. We discuss if Mo Udall became president instead of Carter we may never had Reagan, writing biographies […]
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Beth Raymer #251
Beth Raymer is the author of Fireworks Every Night: A Novel. We chat living the writing life vs. having a corporate job, how to get rent control in NYC, fake […]
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Jarret Keene #250
Jarret Keene is the author of Hammer of the Dogs. He also teaches graphic novel and world literature at UNLV. We chat when Jarret was a paparazzo in Las Vegas, […]
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James Reich #249
James Reich is the author of The Moth for the Star, out now on 7.13 books. We discuss the old days of nurturing authors at publishing houses, the literary canon, […]
- Tony DuShane’s Book Smash #297 December 5, 2024
- David Leo Rice #296 November 21, 2024
- Diego Gerard Morrison #295 November 7, 2024
- Jean-Paul L. Garnier #294 October 24, 2024
- Sacha Mardou #293 October 17, 2024
- Kes Trester #292 October 10, 2024