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December 5, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
November 21, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
November 7, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
October 24, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
October 17, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
October 10, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
September 19, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
September 12, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
September 5, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
August 29, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
August 21, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
August 16, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
August 8, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
July 31, 2024Uncategorized

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, […]
July 25, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
July 10, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
July 4, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
June 26, 2024Uncategorized

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. […]
June 19, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
June 12, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
May 30, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
May 17, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
May 8, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
April 24, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
April 18, 2024Uncategorized

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 […]
March 9, 2022Uncategorized

Kurt Baumeister #167

Kurt Baumeister is the author of Pax Americana. He’s also an editor at 7.13 Books. New Screenwriting classes are now available at www.tonydushane.com. I’m also accepting new coaching clients for novels and […]