Welcome to The Annual Introduction Show, 2022, and Season 3!

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the show all things writing. This is our 3rd season and we are happy to reintroduce ourselves to you. 

For those of you who don’t know me, I am Bryan Nowak, the author of The Dramatic Dead, The Reverent Dead, Crimson Tassels, Riapoke, The Bagorian Chronicles, the Dean Cordaine books, the soon to be released second book in the Bagorian Chronicles series, as well as another horror novel which I am putting the finishing touches on now.

What is all things writing? We are talking about writing, books, fans, editing, publishing, and all things in between. In reality, as long as it is book related, we are going to chat about it. 

I got my start writing in 2013. Funny story that I think I have told loads of times, but not really on the show, so I will share it here. I was in a meeting and for the most part, the meeting had nothing to do with me. So, I pulled out a pen and paper and started writing a little story in the back of my notebook. I still have that original manuscript and I sometimes pull it out and look at it.

People ask me about my style of writing, and I love to point out that in reality I am 100% committed to the idea that I am first and foremost an entertainer. That is the one thing actors, musicians, singers, and other artists have in common, we entertain people. 

To be an effective writer, you have to get that idea firmly entrenched in your head or there is no reason to write in the first place. That book you are writing must entertain at least one person, that is you.

I also want to be a writer who lifts you out of your place and time and transports you to a world more entertaining than our own regular lives. 

When I was in high school we read the book The Great Gadsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the book Gentlehands by M.E. Kerr. Those books painted pictures for me that I could never get out of my hands. In the book Gentlehands there is a chapter where the kids are sitting around playing a game where each of them has to throw in an article of clothing. Each of the others tries to figure out which of the other kids has what. Buddy, the main character, has a polyester sweater he throws in when the other kids, rich kids, throw in expensive articles of clothing.

The way Kerr writes this is so amazing to me that it sticks with me all these years later. That is truly great writing. The dialogue, the world, everything is just so perfect. 

But isn’t that what amazing writing needs to do? 

Give me fun prose and some amazing dialogue. Give me characters that I will weep for when something goes wrong. That is good writing.

Welcome to the show and enjoy. Remember to hit the like button so you can keep up on everything we have going on and remember to tun in next week when we will have Mr. Aaron Reynolds on as our guest. He is the author of the fantastic book, Effn' Birds. 

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