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Episode 124 - How Matthew Quick Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - November 03, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to the Episode 124 How Matthew Quick Writes 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. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, received a PEN/Hemingway Awa...
Episode 124 - How Matthew Quick Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - November 03, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to the Episode 124 How Matthew Quick Writes 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. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, received a PEN/Hemingway Awa...
Episode 123 - How Deanna Raybourn Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - October 27, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 123 - How Deanna Raybourn Writes Deanna Raybourn is a 6th-generation native Texan. Her novels have been nominated for numerous awards including two RT Reviewers’ Choice awards, the Agatha, and most recently the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She launched a new Victorian m...
Episode 122 - How Mur Lafferty Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - October 13, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 122 - How Mur Lafferty Writes Mur is a podcaster and writer from Durham, NC. She made her name with podcasting (I Should Be Writing, The Angry Robot Podcast, and Escape Pod, the premier SF podcast magazine) and has written for magazines, roleplaying games, and audio and video...
Episode 121 - How Alexandra Rowland Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - October 06, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 121 How Alexandra Rowland Writes Alexandra is the author of several fantasy books, including A Conspiracy Of Truths, A Choir Of Lies, and Some by Virtue Fall, as well as a cohost of the Hugo Award-nominated podcast, Be the Serpent. Alexandra holds a degree in world literatur...
Episode 120 - How Alexis Henderson Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - September 29, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 120 - How Alexis Henderson Writes Alexis is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. She grew up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, which instilled in her a life-long love of ghost stories. And no...
Episode 119 - How Jamie Ford Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - September 08, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 119 - How Jamie Ford Writes In this episode, Jamie and I dive into my current favorite topic - writing and reading dystopia. Jamie and I ponder what pulls us into dystopia, and whether or not our generations are more drawn to the genre. We also chop up themes, and how a write...
Episode 118 - How Belinda Huijuan Tang Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - September 01, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to the How Writers Write Podcast. I am your host, Brian, and today's guest is Belinda Huijuan Tang. Belinda is a 2021 graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. She holds a BA from Stanford Universit...
Episode 117 - How Zoe Sivak Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - August 25, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 117 - How Zoe Sivak Writes Welcome my friends to a fun, power-packed episode with Zoe Sivak. Zoe Sivak aims to restore diversity to historical narratives. In her writing, she explores famous male figures through the lens of the women beside them–women who could have existed...
Episode 116 - How Mark Tufo Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - August 18, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 116 - How Mark Tufo Writes Mark is an author, former Marine, and father. Mark is the author of multiple series, including the wildly popular Zombie Fallout novels. Mark's books are generally written in a first-person narrative style and crossover into several genres including...
Episode 115 - How Karl Iglesias Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - July 28, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsSupport the show
Episode 114 - How Jennifer Probst Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - July 21, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 114 - How Jennifer Probst Writes Jennifer is the NYT, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. Her book, The Marriage Bargain, spent 26 weeks on the NY Times best sellers list. Her work has been translated in over a dozen ...
Episode 112 - How Austin Kleon Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - July 14, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsSupport the show
Episode 113 - How Austin Kleon Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - July 14, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsSupport the show
Episode 112 - How Janet Burroway Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - July 07, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWe're back with Episode 112 - How Janet Burroway Writes Janet Burroway is the author of eight novels as well as short fiction, plays, poetry, essays, texts for dance, and children's books. She is also the author of "Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (tenth edition)," which is the o...
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How Writers Write by HappyWriter - June 23, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsSupport the show
Episode 111 - How Deborah Halverson Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - May 26, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 111, How Deborah Halverson Writes After 110 episodes, I finally got to interview an author of one of the "For Dummies books." Mission. Accomplish. Among many other craft books and novels, Deborah wrote the "Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies" guide, and in this episode,...
Episode 110 - How Jordan Rosenfeld Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - May 19, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 110 - How Jordan Rosenfeld Writes Welcome, my friends, to a wonderful episode with Jordan Rosenfeld. Jordan is a writer, teacher, and coach, as well as the author of many craft writing books. I'm on a deep dive with authors who have also written craft books, and this episode...
Episode 109 - How Carole Lawrence Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - May 12, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 109, how Carole Lawrence Writes I am so incredibly excited to be back! I took a few months off to rest, get moved, and let my life calm down a bit. And, for the most part, we've settled down into our new town of Charleston. I've laughed to myself that over the course of this...
Episode 109 - Carole Lawrence
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - May 12, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 109, how Carole Lawrence Writes I am so incredibly excited to be back! I took a few months off to rest, get moved, and let my life calm down a bit. And, for the most part, we've settled down into our new town of Charleston. I've laughed to myself that over the course of this...
Episode 108 - How J. A. Jance Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - March 03, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 108 - How J. A. Jance Writes. Today's returning guest from episode 63 is JA Jance. J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 60 novels, including the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, and the Joanna Brady series, as well as five interrelat...
Episode 107 - How Maurice Ruffin Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - February 24, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 107 - How Maurice Ruffin Writes Maurice is the author of The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You, which was published in August 2021. His first book, We Cast a Shadow, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the PEN America Open Book Prize...
Episode 106 - How Rebecca Ross Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - February 17, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 106 - How Rebecca Ross Writes Welcome welcome to a special episode with fantasy author Rebecca Ross. Rebecca and I dive into the difference between writing for teens and adults and her journey to becoming a storyteller. I'm also so excited to release this episode right as her...
Episode 105 - How Matt Bell Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - February 10, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 105 - How Matt Bell Writes Matt Bell penned one of my favorite novels of the past year, Appleseed, and so it is kinda like a pinch-me moment to interview Matt for the show. In this podcast, we dive into how to write poetic prose, how so much of the writing life is rewriting, ...
Episode 104 - How Patti Callahan Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - February 03, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 104 - How Patti Callahan Writes This is the first website intro that I am recording from the comfort of our new home in Charleston, SC. I'm so excited to settle in here and explore this amazing part of the country. I'm also so excited to share this interview with Patti Cal...
Episode 103 - How Fiona Davis Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - January 27, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to episode 103 - How Fiona Davis Writes Welcome my friends to a wonderful episode with best-selling historical author Fiona Davis. Join Fiona and I as we jump into what makes New York City just so amazing for writers, how she researches her novels, and how she designs her work. This is...
Episode 102 - How Thrity Umrigar Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - January 20, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 102 - How Thrity Umrigar Writes. I'm so excited to bring this episode to you, episode 102 with Thrity it's something special; in this episode, Thrity and I discussed all the parts of the writing life and you'll tell from the very beginning that she is somebody that is both, ...
Episode 101 - How Benjamin Percy Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - January 13, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 101 - How Benjamin Percy Writes Before we get started, just want to say thank you for hanging with me over the past month or so of the podcast. I've been through a real season with my family. We've all struggled with the flu AND Covid, back-to-back, and we, unfortunately, lo...
Special Episode: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - December 23, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsSupport the show
Episode 100 - How Jillian Cantor Writes
How Writers Write by HappyWriter - December 16, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsWelcome to Episode 100 - How Jillian Cantor Writes Before we get started, I am just kinda pinching myself here as I say, "Episode 100." It's so hard for me to believe that we are publishing our 100th episode. I can still remember how nervous I was before my first interview. I had absolutely n...
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