The Story Craft Cafe Podcast
933 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratingsStory Crafters talking about the magic of storytelling and giving you the tools to craft your story. We’re launching a new kind of online writing community.
One where we can all find support, encouragement, ideas, and inspiration. A place where we can all write together. A place where we can celebrate failures and successes, find mentors, and work together to get published.
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A Fantasy Legend Pushes The Genre Into The Future With Terry Brooks | SCC 137
December 01, 2023 17:33 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBTERRY BROOKS was born in Illinois in 1944. He spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same setting for Running with the Demon. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and went on to earn his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University. A writer since high school and heavily influenced by William Faulkner, it took him seven ye...
Let’s Write A Book Chapter 3 | SCC 136
November 28, 2023 21:06 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBThis book is a hands-on manual for crafting your story, and we hope you enjoy working through it. This book has been split into two distinct parts to help you in your writing journey. Part One is all about the things you should be doing before you even get started on a draft or an outline. In this first part, I’m going to be covering the foundational knowledge of a book: what a book is, figuring out your genre and subgenre, and more. I’ll also be talking about the mindset of a writer, wha...
Let’s Write A Book Chapter 2 | SCC 135
November 21, 2023 20:18 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBThis book is a hands-on manual for crafting your story, and we hope you enjoy working through it. This book has been split into two distinct parts to help you in your writing journey. Part One is all about the things you should be doing before you even get started on a draft or an outline. In this first part, I’m going to be covering the foundational knowledge of a book: what a book is, figuring out your genre and subgenre, and more. I’ll also be talking about the mindset of a writer, wha...
Let’s Write A Book Chapter 1 | SCC 134
November 17, 2023 14:00 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBThis book is a hands-on manual for crafting your story, and we hope you enjoy working through it. This book has been split into two distinct parts to help you in your writing journey. Part One is all about the things you should be doing before you even get started on a draft or an outline. In this first part, I’m going to be covering the foundational knowledge of a book: what a book is, figuring out your genre and subgenre, and more. I’ll also be talking about the mindset of a writer, what...
Writing Delicious Cozy Mysteries With Jessa Maxwell | SCC 133
November 14, 2023 16:41 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBThe Golden Spoon: A Novel “This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bakeoff kept me turning the pages all night!” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid in this darkly beguiling locked-room mystery where someone turns up dead on the set of TV’s hottest baking competition—perfect for fans of Nita Prose, Richard Osman, and Anthony Horowitz. Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on...
From Journalist to Twisty Thriller Author With Peggy Townsend | SCC 132
November 10, 2023 14:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBPeggy Townsend is longtime newspaper reporter who has won multiple state and national awards for her work. She has chased a serial killer through a graveyard at midnight, panhandled with street kids, and sat on a mountaintop with woman who counted her riches in each morning's sunrise. She has rafted rivers, come face-to-face with a grizzly bear and, twice, lived in her van for seven weeks while traveling across the country. She divides her time between the Central Coast of California and the...
Taking A Passion For Storytelling To The Top Of The NYT Bestseller List With Robyn Carr | SCC 131
November 07, 2023 19:50 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBRobyn Carr was a young mother of two in the mid-1970s when she started writing fiction, an Air Force wife, educated as a nurse, whose husband’s frequent assignment changes made it difficult for her to work in her profession. Originally from Minnesota, they lived in all four corners of Texas, Alabama, Florida, California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. Little did the aspiring novelist know then, as she wrote with babies on her lap, that she would become one of the world’s most popular authors of r...
Planning Your Author Career Like A Pro With A. N. Sage | SCC 130
November 03, 2023 16:27 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBA.N. Sage is a bestselling, award-winning author of mystery and fantasy novels. She has spent most of her life waiting to meet a witch, vampire, or at least get haunted by a ghost. In between failed seances and many questionable outfit choices, she has developed a keen eye for the extra-ordinary. A.N. spends her free time reading and binge-watching television shows in her pajamas. Currently, she resides in Toronto, Canada with her husband who is not a creature of the night and their daugh...
AI Tools For Writers: Prewriting With Claude.AI | SCC 129
October 31, 2023 14:33 - 33 minutes - 1.38 GB VideoIn this video we explore how writers can use Claude.AI to explore the prewriting process. We go from simple idea to fully fleshed out outline. By the time we're finished, we will be ready to start drafting a mystery novel, with the confidence of a writer with a plan. Here's the document with our prompts and responses. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PD_Kt6X4yTgaHGwCRlnaKSWNkM2cSZ7i/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115873910777981292642&rtpof=true&sd=true
Publishing Novellas In The Thriller Market With Peter Swanson | SCC 128
October 27, 2023 15:13 - 37 minutes - 52 MBThe Christmas Guest: A Novella PETER SWANSON is the New York Times bestselling author of nine previous novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger; Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and Eight Perfect Murders, a New York Times bestseller and Kirkus Reviews book of the year. His books have been translated into thirty languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Sci...
AI Tools For Writers: ChatGPT
October 26, 2023 16:38 - 20 minutes - 741 MB VideoIf you’ve been hiding from the robot apocalypse and haven’t yet heard of ChatGPT, or Claude, or any of the other AI tools that have appeared on the market lately, then I have some bad news for you. The robots are here. But the good news is that this robot (for the time being) isn’t currently taking over the world and is actually quite helpful for writing fiction. In this first video we’re going to look at ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a powerful language model developed by OpenAI that can generate h...
Contemporary Romantic Comedies With Katie Shepard | SCC 127
October 24, 2023 19:41 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBSweeten the Deal Katie Shepard is, in no particular order, a fangirl, a gamer, a bankruptcy lawyer, and a romance author. Born and raised in Texas, she frequently escapes to Montana to commune with the trees and woodland creatures, resembling a Disney princess in all ways except age, appearance, and musical ability. When not writing or making white-collar criminals cry at their depositions, she enjoys playing video games in her soft pants and watching sci-fi shows with her husband, two chil...
Sweet Seasonal Spirit With Annie England Noblin | SCC 126
October 20, 2023 15:53 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBChristmas at Corgi Cove: A Novel Annie England Noblin lives with her son, husband, and three dogs in the Missouri Ozarks. She graduated with an M.A. in creative writing from Missouri State University and currently teaches English and communications for Arkansas State University in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She spends her free time playing make-believe, feeding stray cats, and working with animal shelters across the country to save homeless dogs. When you click a link on our site, it might ju...
Coming Of Age With Exotic Fantasy Settings With Jade Shyback | SCC 125
October 17, 2023 19:37 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBAqueous From debut young adult novelist Jade Shyback comes the first in the Aqueous series. On the eve of Earth’s collapse, young Marisol Blaise is taken to live on an underwater mersation known as Aqueous with parents not her own. There, she must compete in the trials, grueling tests designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each trainee, hoping to be assigned to the all-male elite diving team known as the Cuviers. Desperate to prove to herself, the residents, and all of her pare...
Dark Magic, Deadly Beasts, And Fantasy Romance With Kate Golden | SCC 124
October 13, 2023 14:42 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBA Dawn of Onyx (The Sacred Stones) Kate Golden lives in Los Angeles where she works full time in the film industry developing stories with screenwriters and filmmakers. A Dawn of Onyx is her debut novel, and the first in the Sacred Stones trilogy. In her free time she is an avid book reader, movie fanatic, and functioning puzzle addict. An embarrassing LA cliché, she likes to hike, brunch, and go to the flea market with her fiancé and her puppy. When you click a link on our site, it might ...
Humorous Action Romance With Carlie Walker | SCC 123
October 10, 2023 14:50 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBThe Takedown Carlie Walker attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she first majored in Peace, War and Defense, a feeder program for intelligence services—before realizing that she is way too anxious to be a spy. Having gone on to study at Oxford University and at City, University of London, she worked briefly in publishing before becoming the bestselling author of seven books for children and young adults. She has a registered 250-pound dead lift, volunteers in a cat...
Haunted House Psychological Thrillers With Carissa Orlando | SCC 122
October 06, 2023 14:28 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBThe September House Carissa Orlando has a doctorate in clinical-community psychology and specializes in work with children and adolescents. In her “day job,” Carissa works to improve the quality of and access to mental health care for children and their families. Prior to her career in psychology, Carissa studied creative writing in college and has written creatively in some form since she was a child. It was only a matter of time before Carissa, an avid horror fan for much of her life, merg...
Taking The Step From Aspiring To Published Author With Zach Kristensen | SCC 121
September 29, 2023 16:04 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBWith over 10 years of experience as a co-founder and CEO of Juxtabook, Zach helps current and aspiring authors learn the habits to successfully write, launch, and market their books and author brands. He has a passion for creating and sharing impactful stories that can influence and change our culture. As a Columbia-certified Professional Executive Coach and a Master's degree holder in Social-Organizational Psychology, Zach has worked with thought leaders and authors from FranklinCovey and ...
Native American Suspense Thrillers With Deborah J. Ledford | SCC 120
September 26, 2023 17:37 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBRedemption (Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran Book 1) DEBORAH J LEDFORD is the award-winning author of the upcoming Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran thriller REDEMPTION from Thomas & Mercer Amazon Publishing, set in Northern New Mexico. Her first series, the Smoky Mountain Intrigue Native American police procedural series, includes the titles, CAUSING CHAOS, CRESCENDO, STACCATO, and The Hillerman Sky Award Finalist SNARE. CAUSING CHAOS and CRESCENDO, are Anthony Award Finalists for Best Audiobook. Th...
Cozy And Whimsical Rom-Coms With Meg Cabot | SCC 119
September 22, 2023 16:07 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBEnchanted to Meet You: A Witches of West Harbor Novel The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for both adults and tweens/teens. Born in the year of the Fire Horse (a notoriously unlucky astrological sign) and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Meg also lived in Grenoble, France and Carmel, California (the setting for her bestselling Mediator series) before moving to New York City after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Indiana Univer...
Twisty Psychological Thrillers With Jamie Sogn | SCC 118
September 19, 2023 16:40 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBSalthouse Place: A Novel Jamie Lee Sogn is a Filipina American author of adult thriller novels. She grew up in Olympia, Washington, studied Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Washington and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law. She is a "recovering attorney" who writes contracts by day and (much more exciting) fiction by night. While she has lived in Los Angeles, New York City, and even Eugene, Oregon, she now lives in Seattle with her husban...
Practice Makes Published With Joe Bunting | SCC 117
September 15, 2023 15:52 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBJoe Bunting is a bestselling writer, novelist, and dad. He has written nine books, is the host of the podcast Character Test, and his organization, The Write Practice, has helped over 10 million people become better writers. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Talia and their three children. You can follow Joe on Instagram (@jhbunting), Facebook, or on his website, joebunting.com. https://thewritepractice.com/ https://thewritepractice.com/join https://thewritepractice.com/the-write-s...
Mysteries With Heart And Humor With Nina Simon | SCC 116
September 12, 2023 21:10 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBMother-Daughter Murder Night: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick Nina Simon has worn many hats: NASA engineer, slam poet, game designer, museum director, and nonprofit CEO. Her work on community participation in museums, libraries, parks, and theaters has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NPR, and the TEDx stage. Mother-Daughter Murder Night is Nina’s first novel. She wrote it as a love letter to her mother, as a way to entertain, comfort, and connect with her du...
Love, hope, dreams, ambition...and family secrets with Denene Millner | SCC 115
September 08, 2023 15:27 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBOne Blood: A Novel New York Times best-selling author DENENE MILLNER is a highly respected and sought after award-winning journalist whose captivating books, columns and essays have secured her foothold in the entertainment, parenting, book publishing and social media industries. The veteran author has written and collaborated on 31 critically acclaimed and bestselling books, penning tomes with Taraji P. Henson, Will Smith, Charlie Wilson and Jessye Norman, among other celebrities, and co-au...
Historical Romance Authorpreneurship With Laura Beers | SCC 114
September 07, 2023 14:37 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBAn Improper Courtship: A Regency Romance (Lords & Ladies of Mayfair Book 3) Laura Beers is an award-winning author. She attended Brigham Young University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management. She can't sing, doesn't dance and loves naps. Laura lives in Utah with her husband, three kids, and her dysfunctional dog. When not writing regency romance, she loves waterskiing, hiking, and drinking Dr Pepper. You can connect with Laura on Facebook, Instagram, or on her s...
The Western Renaissance With Craig Johnson | SCC 113
September 05, 2023 19:25 - 31 minutes - 43 MBThe Longmire Defense: A Longmire Mystery Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction and the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's Reading the West Book Award for fiction. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26. Walt Longmire fa...
A Thriller Veteran Talks About The Author Life With Kyle Mills | SCC 112
September 01, 2023 13:39 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBCode Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills Kyle Mills is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three political thrillers, including Code Red, Total Power, Lethal Agent, and Red War for Vince Flynn and The Patriot Attack for Robert Ludlum. He initially found inspiration from his father, the former director of Interpol, and still draws on his contacts in the intelligence community to give his books such realism. Avid outdoor athletes, he and his wife split their time between Jacks...
White Knuckle Thrillers That Read Like Action Movies With Don Bentley | SCC 111
August 29, 2023 16:20 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBForgotten War (A Matt Drake Novel Book 4) Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Matt Drake thriller series including Hostile Intent, The Outside Man, and Without Sanction as well as one forthcoming title. Don also writes in the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. universe with Zero Hour, Target Acquired, and one forthcoming title. Don spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot during which time he was stationed in South Korea, Germany, and Texas. While deployed to Afghan...
Writing Fantasy And Urban Fantasy With Jim Butcher | SCC 110
August 25, 2023 16:52 - 52 minutes - 72 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires Book 2) Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which wer...
Stories That Defy Genre With Mark Helprin | SCC 109
August 22, 2023 17:39 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBThe Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story (A Novel) Mark Helprin belongs to no literary school, movement, tendency, or trend. As many have observed, and as Time Magazine has phrased it, “He lights his own way.” His three collections of short stories (A Dove of the East and Other Stories, Ellis Island and Other Stories, and The Pacific and Other Stories), seven novels (Refiner’s Fire, Winter’s Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, Memoir From Antproof Case, Freddy and Frede...
Is This The End Of Drizzt? | SCC 108
August 17, 2023 20:52 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube Lolth's Warrior: A Novel (The Way of the Drow Book 3) Thirty-four years ago, R. A. Salvatore created the character of Drizzt Do’Urden, the dark elf who has withstood the test of time to stand today as an icon in t...
Dark and Twisted Mysteries With Lisa Jewell | SCC 107
August 15, 2023 16:01 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube None of This Is True: A Novel Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels...
Ironic Workplace Humor With Ben Purkert | SCC 106
August 11, 2023 17:31 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube The Men Can't Be Saved: A Novel Ben Purkert is the author of the poetry collection For the Love of Endings. His work appears in The New Yorker, the Nation, and the Kenyon Review, among others. He is the founder of...
Heart Stopping Thrillers With Gillian McAllister | SCC 105
August 08, 2023 21:14 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube Just Another Missing Person: A Novel Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the following novels: Everything But The Truth (2017) Anything You Do Say (2018) called The C...
Writing The Great American Saga With William Kent Krueger | SCC 104
August 04, 2023 15:10 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube The River We Remember: A Novel Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, wor...
Using Social Media To Find Your Audience With Mariana Zapata | SCC 103
August 01, 2023 15:49 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBDo you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube The Wall of Winnipeg and Me: A Novel Mariana Zapata lives in a small town in Colorado with her husbandand two oversized children—her beloved Great Danes, Dorian andKaiser. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sp...
Bringing Fireworks To Summer Reads With Brad Thor | SCC 102
July 28, 2023 14:06 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBDead Fall: A Thriller (The Scot Harvath Series Book 22) https://youtube.com/live/ET522mLtHQQ BRAD THOR is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two thrillers, including RISING TIGER, BLACK ICE (ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year), NEAR DARK (one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year), BACKLASH (nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller of the Year), SPYMASTER (“One of the all-time best thriller novels” —The Washington Times), THE LAST PATRIOT (nominated Best ...
Using Fiction As Scathing Social Commentary With Jessie Gaynor | SCC 101
July 25, 2023 20:34 - 32 minutes - 45 MBThe Glow: A Novel A desperate young publicist tries to save her career by turning the charismatic leader of a grungy retreat center into the hot new self-care brand in this “wildly funny, laser-eyed” (Michael Cunningham) debut novel. Jane Dorner has two modes: PR Jane, twenty-five, chummy, and eager to sell you a feminist vibrator or a self-care/bereavement subscription box; and Actual Jane, twenty-nine, drifting through mediocre workdays and lackluster dates while paralyzed by her crushi...
Taking Storytelling Into The Future With John Romero | SCC 100
July 21, 2023 15:22 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBDoom Guy: Life in First Person Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube The inspiring autobiography of video game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-per...
Horror and Suspense Mashups with Josh Winning | SCC 99
July 18, 2023 14:16 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBBurn the Negative Josh Winning is a nostalgia nut, book/film lover and author of The Shadow Glass, The Times’s Book of the Month, which is perfect for fans of Henson Company puppet classics Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, and The NeverEnding Story. He is senior film writer at Radio Times, has written for Total Film magazine for over a decade, and is the co-host of movie podcast Torn Stubs. He has been on set with Kermit the Frog (and Miss Piggy), devoured breakfast with zombies on The Wal...
Writing Fast Paced Slow Burns With Dwyer Murphy | SCC 98
July 13, 2023 21:17 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBJoin us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube The Stolen Coast: A Novel Dwyer Murphy is the author of An Honest Living, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, and the editor-in-chief of CrimeReads, Literary Hub’s crime fiction vertical and the world’s most popular destination for thriller readers. He practiced law at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, where he was a litigator, and served as editor of the Columbia...
Mysteries With Humor With Elle Cosimano | SCC 97
July 11, 2023 20:17 - 47 minutes - 65 MBFinlay Donovan Jumps the Gun: A Novel (The Finlay Donovan Series, 3) Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube Elle Cosimano is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, an International Thriller Award winner, a Bram Stoker Award finalist, and an Edgar® Award nominee. Her acclaimed young adult novels include Nearly Gone, Holding Smoke, The Suffering Tree, and Seasons of the Storm. Elle’s debut novel for adul...
Tightly Plotted Suspense With David Bell | SCC 96
July 07, 2023 15:39 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBTry Not to Breathe Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube David Bell burst onto the scene in 2011 with his first (now beloved) novel Cemetery Girl, which won the Prix Polar International de Cognac, a prestigious award for crime writing and has continued to publish some of the most well-received thrillers in the genre. His 2021 novel Kill Your Darlings was nominated for the illustrious Edgar Award. Praised by fello...
Darkly Comedic Family Fiction With Beth Raymer | SCC 95
July 05, 2023 17:28 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MBFireworks Every Night: A Novel Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews! https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube A young woman trapped in a deeply dysfunctional family in the seedy wilds of 1990s South Florida has to make a choice—save her family, or save herself—in this larger-than-life debut novel from the acclaimed author of Lay the Favorite (a memoir about Raymer’s years in Las Vegas and her work in the sports betting industry, which was made into a feat...
Turning Crime Fiction On Its Head With Clemence Michallon | SCC 94
June 30, 2023 13:41 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Quiet Tenant: A novel CLÉMENCE MICHALLON was born and raised near Paris. She studied journalism at City University of London, received a master's in Journalism from Columbia University, and has written for The Independent since 2018. Her essays and features have covered true-crime, celebrity culture, and literature. She moved to New York City in 2014 and recently became a US citizen. She now divides her time between New York City and Rhinebeck, NY. Join us LIVE on our YouTube channel an...
Celebrating Individuality with Holly Smale | SCC 93
June 27, 2023 17:45 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBCassandra in Reverse: A Reese's Book Club Pick Holly Smale is the Number One bestselling, multi-award winning author of the GEEK GIRL series. She fell in love with writing at five years old, when she realised that books didn't grow on trees like apples. A passion for travel, adventure and wearing no shoes has since led her all over the world: she has visited 27 countries, spent two years working as an English teacher in Japan, volunteered in Nepal, been bartered for in Jamaica and had a num...
Stories Ripped From The Headlines With Alex Marwood | SCC 92
June 23, 2023 16:39 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBThe Island of Lost Girls: A Novel Alex Marwood is the pseudonym of a former journalist who has worked extensively in the British press. She is the author of the word-of-mouth sensation The Wicked Girls, which won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original; The Killer Next Door, which won a Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel; The Darkest Secret; and The Poison Garden. Her novels have been shortlisted for numerous crime writing awards and been optioned for the screen. She lives in south Lo...
Healing Through Storytelling with Matthew Quick | SCC 91
June 20, 2023 20:36 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBWe Are the Light: A Novel Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook—which was made into an Oscar-winning film—and eight other novels, including We Are the Light, a #1 Indie Next Pick and a Book of the Month selection. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, was an LA Times Book Prize finalist, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, a #1 bestseller in Brazil, a Deutscher ...
Historical Crime and Speculative Fiction With T. A. Willberg | SCC 90
June 13, 2023 16:28 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBMarion Lane and the Raven's Revenge: A Novel (A Marion Lane Mystery Book 3) T.A. Willberg grew up on a small-holding in South Africa. At 27, she moved to Malta and wrote her debut novel, MARION LANE AND THE MIDNIGHT MURDER which was named one of Amazon's "100 Best Books of 2021" as well as a Strand "Book of the Month", a Library Reads pick and many more. It has also been translated into multiple languages. The sequel, MARION LANE AND THE DEADLY ROSE, was published around the world in Februar...
Low Country Summer Beach Reads With Victoria Benton Frank | SCC 89
June 09, 2023 16:01 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBMy Magnolia Summer: A Novel MY MAGNOLIA SUMMER is full of humor, fun, romance, and recipes guaranteed to make your mouth water. Most importantly, it’s a story about the bond of family and the strength of women. Everyone knows that when the three generations of South Carolina women join forces—the family pillar Gran, troubled Lily, impulsive Violet, and redoubtable Maggie—anything is possible. Victoria Benton Frank makes her home just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. A graduate of t...