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Episode 174: Novelist Spotlight #174: Flash- and micro-fiction author Ran Walker on the nature of the craft
In the spotlight is Ran Walker, short fiction proponent and the author of more than 35 books, ranging from novellas, short stories and flash fiction to micro-fiction and poetry. Walker worked in magazine publishing and practiced law in Mississippi before fully committing himself to fiction writing. He is also at work on various short movie projects, with an eye toward films around one minute in length. Walker is also an associate professor of English and creative writing at Hampton University and teaches with Writer’s Digest University. We discuss: >> Moving from novels to short fiction >> Flash fiction compared with micro-fiction >> Giving oneself the gift of time >> Growing up with books >> Micro-cinema >> Career turning points >> Lydia Davis >> Miles Davis >> Etc. Learn more about Ran Walker here: https://www.ranwalker.com Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no Write to Mike Consol at [email protected]
In the spotlight is Alyson Richman, a USA Today and international bestselling author of historical novels, including “The Velvet Hours,” “The Garden of Letters,” and “The Lost Wife,” which is in development as a motion picture. Alyson Richman is also an accomplished painter, and her novels combine her penchant for art, historical research and travel. Her novels have been published in 25 languages and have reached the bestseller lists both in the United States and abroad. We discuss: >> Writing like one paints >> The writer’s code of honor >> Writing in a dreamy, gossamer state of mind >> Starting a novel with a question to be resolved >> Avoiding formulas and outlines >> Writing as though each novel is the last >> Her next novel >> Etc. Learn more about Alyson Richman here: www.alysonrichman.com Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no Write to Mike Consol at [email protected]
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Episode 172: Novelist Spotlight #172: National Book Award finalist moves from traditional to self-publishing
In the spotlight is Sandra Scofield, a National Book Award finalist who made the monumental decision to move from traditional publishing to self-publishing with her ninth novel, titled “Little Ships,” which Scofield deems her best and most mature work yet. In addition to her novels, Scofield has authored a memoir, a book of essays, a book of stories, and two books on the craft of writing. She is a faculty member of the Solstice MFA low residency program at Lasell University and has taught at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival since 1993. We discuss:>> Literature versus genre writing >> Not finding a place in the market >> Living in convent boarding schools >> The agent in a self-publishing situation >> Her next novel: “All the Nuns Are Dead” >> Retirement >> Etc.Learn more about Sandra Scofield here: https://www.sandrajscofield.com/ Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no Write to Mike Consol at [email protected]
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Episode 171: Novelist Spotlight #171: Opera singer faced the music and became a fiction writer instead
In the spotlight, joining us from the City of Brotherly Love, is C.J. Spataro. C.J. (who also goes by the name Carla) is cofounder of the literary magazine Philadelphia Stories and director of the MFA writing program at Rosemont College, as well as director of the master’s in publishing program at the college. Her short fiction has won numerous awards, including her short story “The Twi-Lite,” which won the Iron Horse Literary Review Fiction Trifecta. Though she made her name in short fiction, Spataro’s debut novel, More Strange Than True, hit the market this year. We discuss: >> The nexus between music and writing >> The utility of short stories >> The 3X writing process >> The unpublished novels lying in wait >> Her next novel >> How “Philadelphia Stories” literary journal came into being >> Etc. Learn more about C.J. Spataro here: https://www.cjspataro.com/ Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no Write to Mike Consol at [email protected]
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Episode 170: Novelist Spotlight #170: Remembering the great novelist Paul Auster and his electric imagination
In the spotlight is the late, great novelist Paul Auster and one of his friends and biographers, I.B. Siegumfeldt, who spent three years logging conversations between herself and Paul Auster and compiling those conversations into a book titled A LIFE IN WORDS — a wide-ranging dialogue between Auster and the Danish professor, in what has been called a “remarkably candid and sharply focused investigation” into Auster’s art, craft and life. In total, Paul Auster wrote more than 30 books, some translated into more than forty languages, as well as writing the screenplays for a selection of films. We discuss: >> The first sentence of his novels>> His imaginative characters and storytelling>> Work style>> Popularity in Europe>> The Paul Auster Research Library and The Paul Auster Society>> His passion for and involvement in cinema>> Etc. Learn more about Paul Auster here: https://www.faber.co.uk/author/paul-auster Learn more about I.B. “Gita” Siegumfeldt here: https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/inge-birgitte-siegumfeldtNovelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no Write to Mike Consol at [email protected]
Novelist Spotlight is a gathering place for people interested in reading and writing great fiction and literature. This is where you will hear from the authors who write the novels and learn of their motivations, writing process, characters, struggles and successes. Novelist Spotlight is hosted by Mike Consol, a lifelong journalist and author of four novels.
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