Angry Typewriter
84 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA discussion about writing and the writing life with the author of The Last Word novel series. How and why we do what we do, from plot to print and beyond.
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Throwback Thursday: The Novella
April 08, 2021 14:56 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBEveryone knows about novels and short stories, but do you know the often overlooked middle child of the fiction genre? In today's Throwback Thursday episode we get to know the novella. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Camp NaNoWriMo: Writing a Novel in 30 Days
March 27, 2021 13:30 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBHave you always dreamed of writing a novel but just didn't know where to start? In today's episode we're going to point you in the right direction. Today we're talking about Camp NaNoWriMo, an offshoot of the phenomenon that is National Novel Writing Month. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
A Word About My Books
January 19, 2021 05:30 - 9 minutes - 8.4 MBIn today's episode I want to ramble a bit about something I've mentioned before but never devoted an entire episode to: the books that I've written. Here are the links to the books I mention in the episode: The Last Word: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692235388/ Writer in Residence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692496572/ Book Town: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692142991/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
It's Time for NaNoWriMo 2020!
October 28, 2020 17:38 - 9 minutes - 8.57 MBIt is time again for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and today's episode looks at that annual phenomenon of writing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday
October 17, 2020 13:10 - 8 minutes - 7.43 MBIt's time again for our not-always-weekly Short Story Saturday episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: The Never-Ending Revision
October 08, 2020 14:11 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBToday we're looking at the tendency some authors have to keep revising their books on social media long after they're published, and why we should avoid doing it. Yes, JK Rowling, I'm talking about you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: My Writing Process
October 01, 2020 14:18 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBI said in an early episode that I don't have a writing process. After thinking about it for a while I realized that's not actually true. In today's Throwback Thursday episode I talk a little bit about my process. Hopefully you'll find something in it that you can use too. One warning though: it's a bit of a ramble. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Author Profile: Sylvia Beach
September 30, 2020 15:33 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBSylvia Beach has been rightly called the Patron Saint of Booksellers. She was also an author, and most importantly for this Banned Books Week episode, she took on the task of publishing one of the most famous banned books ever. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: Authors and Self-Promotion
September 24, 2020 13:39 - 7 minutes - 7.25 MBIn today's Throwback Thursday episode we discuss something all authors hate: self-promotion. Also, please note that the free book offer mentioned in the episode is no longer available, as the episode is from April. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: Camden and the World Cup
September 19, 2020 13:44 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBIt's time again for Short Story Saturday, and stay tuned after the story for an important announcement. Also, check out our new Patreon page at www.patreon.com/bookishpodcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Patrick Modiano: An Author Profile
September 16, 2020 13:13 - 6 minutes - 5.94 MBIt's time for another installment of our not-as-regular-as-it-should-be Author Profile segment. Today's author is one you probably don't know, but definitely should. Let's meet Patrick Modiano. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: Poetry Night
September 12, 2020 11:52 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBIt's Short Story Saturday, and today we're doing something a little different. Today's short story is a work in progress that may be a short story, and may end up as a chapter in the next book in The Last Word series. Time will tell. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
A Top Ten Books List
September 09, 2020 12:55 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBIn today's episode I break with tradition to offer you my personal Top 10 Books list. Feel free to argue in the comments/voice message section or on our Facebook page. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
A Labor Day Fiction Episode
September 07, 2020 13:57 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBIt's Labor Day here in the US, as well as the start of the autumn reading season, and for our holiday ramble we'll be talking about something near and dear to writers (and readers) everywhere: Fiction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Bret Easton Ellis: An Author Profile
September 06, 2020 17:09 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBIn today's first Author Profile segment, we look at Bret Easton Ellis, author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho, and a key voice of Generation X. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Flashback Friday: Pen to Paper
September 04, 2020 12:26 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBIn today's Flashback Friday episode we look at the benefits, and even the joys, of writing your first drafts not on a computer, but by hand. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
It's Indie Bookstore Day
August 29, 2020 13:41 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBToday is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States, and today's episode looks at why our independent bookstores matter now more than ever. Ensuring they survive the current health and economic crisis is as important as the survival of any of our local small businesses, so support your local indie today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: Now Hiring
August 22, 2020 05:21 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBIt's time again for our not-at-all-regular Short Story Saturday episode. Today's story is called "Now Hiring," and I hope you both enjoy it and start writing more short stories of your own. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Flashback Friday: Writers on Writing
August 21, 2020 06:17 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MBToday's flashback episode takes a look at several books about writing by writers. Even if you're not a writer, reading these gives a unique insight into the minds of the writers you love, but for you writers they are indispensable. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
A Look at the Novella
August 12, 2020 19:39 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBEveryone knows about novels and short stories, but do you know the often overlooked middle child of the fiction genre? In today's episode we get to know the novella. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Flash Fiction Sunday: Therapy
August 09, 2020 15:27 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MBI missed Short Story Saturday, so instead you get Flash Fiction Sunday, with my story "Therapy." I hope you enjoy it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: You Are A Writer
August 06, 2020 13:14 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MBToday's Throwback Thursday episode was inspired by procrastination. It seeks to destroy the nonsense of "trying" to be a writer. Don't try...be one. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday Returns
August 01, 2020 14:58 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBToday's short story is one I posted last year as well, but I wanted to post it again because it reminds me (and us) of a time when we took things like crowded carnivals for granted. Here's hoping those days return soon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: Why We Write
July 23, 2020 05:52 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBThere are 5 Thursdays this month, so to keep Throwback Thursday on schedule, I'm doing it in the spot it would normally occupy. Today we take a look at an interesting question: why writers write. You probably have your own reasons, may know some others, and some may surprise you. I'll also give you a few of the reasons that I write. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Happy Birthday Hemingway!
July 21, 2020 10:18 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBToday is the birthday of the great Ernest Hemingway. Let's meet the man who wasn't just a legend, but also one of the greatest writers of all time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Every Book Has a Soul: Remembering Carlos Ruiz Zafon
July 11, 2020 11:36 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBToday's episode is a crossover from my Bookish podcast, and it's dedicated to Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who passed away last month at 55. It is hard to express the impact he had on me, but I'm going to try. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: Get Writing
July 02, 2020 10:42 - 7 minutes - 7.15 MBIt's time for our monthly Throwback Thursday episode, and today's throwback looks at the only positive to come from the social distancing/self-quarantining/mandatory lockdown we're all experiencing: writers have no excuse anymore for not writing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Putting Pen to Paper
June 28, 2020 15:17 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBIn today's episode we look at the benefits, and even the joys, of writing your first drafts not on a computer, but by hand. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Write a Novel in July During Camp NaNoWriMo
June 26, 2020 11:38 - 9 minutes - 9.1 MBHave you always dreamed of writing a novel but just didn't know where to start? In today's episode, we're going to point you in the right direction. Today we're talking about Camp NaNoWriMo, an offshoot of the phenomenon that is National Novel Writing Month. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
The Best and Worst Fathers in Literature
June 21, 2020 12:40 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBIn today's episode we're keeping things light, looking at the best and worst dads in literature. Happy Father's Day! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Book Series
June 18, 2020 04:43 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBWalk into to any bookstore or library and you will immediately notice the ubiquitous book series. In today's episode we'll take look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the book series. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
The Patron Saint of Booksellers
June 16, 2020 11:37 - 8 minutes - 7.85 MBWriter's have a symbiotic relationship with booksellers; after all, they are the ones who usually put our books in the hands of readers. Today we meet the woman who knew all the great writers of the 1920s, helped publish one of the most acclaimed novels ever, and is rightly called the patron saint of booksellers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
The Never-Ending Revision
June 14, 2020 21:15 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBToday we're looking at the tendency some authors have to keep revising their books on social media long after they're published, and why we should avoid doing it. Yes, JK Rowling, I'm talking about you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Writers on Writing
June 12, 2020 11:53 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MBToday's episode of Angry Typewriter takes a look at several books about writing by writers. Even if you're not a writer, reading these gives a unique insight into the minds of the writers you love, but for you writers they are indispensable. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
The Benefits of Consignment Programs
June 11, 2020 05:11 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOn today's episode we look at the process of getting your book into bookstores using their consignment programs. It's an option you may never have considered, but one that you should. The benefits both to you as an author and to your local bookstore may surprise you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
A Book Collecting Episode
June 07, 2020 13:47 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBStephen King famously said “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.” Given the truth of that statement, today's episode is about something every writer (and every listener of this podcast) should be: a book collector. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: The Myth of Writer's Block
June 04, 2020 06:33 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBIt's time for the June edition of Throwback Thursday (yes, with furlough over, this returns to its normal monthly slot). In today's episode we explode the myth of writer's block. You're not blocked, dear listener. Come hear why. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Sunday Ramble: A Fiction Episode
May 31, 2020 17:51 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBOn today's Sunday Ramble, we're stepping away from the nuts and bolts of writing to look at something we all love as writers: reading fiction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: You Say You Want a Revolution
May 23, 2020 14:57 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBMay is Short Story Month, so it's time again for Short Story Saturday. Today's short story is another of mine that ultimately became part of my first novel. I hope you enjoy it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: Writing the Novel Series
May 21, 2020 14:12 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBIn today's Throwback Thursday episode, we look at the good and the not so good of writing the novel series. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Why We Write
May 18, 2020 18:16 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBToday we take a look at an interesting question: why writers write. You probably have your own reasons, may know some others, and some may surprise you. I'll also give you a few of the reasons that I write. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: Union Jack
May 16, 2020 13:45 - 9 minutes - 8.51 MBIt's time again for Short Story Saturday here at Angry Typewriter. Today's story is from my novel "Writer in Residence," and is actually a flash fiction piece within the novel written by one of the characters. I hope you enjoy it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Five Books About Hemingway in Paris
May 14, 2020 05:23 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MBIn today's episode we return to the greatest American author ever and look at five essential books on his time in Paris in the 1920s. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: Paris Stays With You
May 09, 2020 13:57 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBIt's time again for Short Story Saturday, this time with a story that falls under the category of flash fiction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
You Are a Writer
May 07, 2020 06:38 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MBToday's episode was inspired by procrastination. It seeks to destroy the nonsense of "trying" to be a writer. Don't try...be one. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
May is Short Story Month
May 03, 2020 16:41 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBThe short story is a sadly neglected form of fiction today, and during this Short Story Month I want to encourage you to change that. Read short stories and write them as well. As encouragement, I offer one of mine. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
It's a Great Time to Be a Writer: A Throwback Thursday Episode
April 30, 2020 14:01 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MBThere are more opportunities for writers today than at any time in history. In today's Throwback Thursday episode we look at a few. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Short Story Saturday: A Story from The Last Word
April 25, 2020 14:20 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBIt's Short Story Saturday, and today we're doing something a little different. Today's short story is a work in progress that may be a short story, and may end up as a chapter in the next book in The Last Word series. Time will tell. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Authors and Self-Promotion
April 22, 2020 17:38 - 7 minutes - 7.25 MBIn today's episode we discuss something all authors hate: self-promotion. We also have a free book offer for the next week at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L75YLEI/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support
Throwback Thursday: Why I Write
April 16, 2020 15:08 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBToday's Throwback Thursday episode looks at a question I, and most writers, often get: why do you write? Here's my answer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support