The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
Kelton Reid
“Learn how acclaimed writers keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer’s block.”
Each week, host Kelton Reid chats with guests like Nobel Prize ...
How Psychology and Neuroscience Prof. Kurt Gray Writes
Psychology and Neuroscience Professor Kurt Gray spoke with me about the timely release, and inspiration behind his latest book OUTRAGED: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground.
Kurt Gray is a Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding.
Kurt Gray's, new book OUTRAGED: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground “... explains the science behind the United States' current political divide.”
A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK • It is described as “A groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us.”
#1 New York Times best-selling author Adam Grant called it, "A riveting read. . . . Overturns widespread assumptions about why we’re divided and reveals how we can come together."
Kurt Gray received a PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University, has published over 120 scientific papers, and his findings have been featured in The New York Times, the Economist, Scientific American, Wired, and Hidden Brain.
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In this file Kurt Gray and I discussed:
What it finally feels like to publish a book after decades of research
How we have misunderstood the moral mind
Who makes a profit from the “outrage machine”
Why humans are innately storytelling creatures
How to unplug, get words on the page, keep going
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
kurtjgray.com
Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground By Kurt Gray (Amazon)
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Why We Fight About Morality and Politics | Kurt Gray | TEDxReno
Kurt Gray on Twitter
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How #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Crais Writes: Part Two
Award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author, Robert Crais, returns to talk with me about the destruction of the recent LA fires, writing “enlightened” crime fiction, and the 20th in his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series THE BIG EMPTY.
Robert Crais is the author of 24 novels, 20 featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. The first in the series, The Monkey’s Raincoat, won the Anthony and Macavity Awards and was nominated for the Edgar Award.
The 20th in the series, THE BIG EMPTY, is described as an unpredictable and powerful thriller, and "Cole and Pike's toughest case yet, testing their loyalty to their clients and themselves in ways they've never been tested before.”
#1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson said of the book, “Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are right up there with Harry Bosch and Reacher as must reads….It’s close to flawless. Robert Crais has mastered the fine art of storytelling.”
In a previous life Robert Crais was an Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer and spent several years writing scripts for classic television series like Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and Miami Vice.
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In this Part Two of this file Robert Crais and I discussed:
What writing 20 novels for the same hit series means to him
How he became a master of LA detective fiction
Why every novel gets harder than the last
The catharsis of storytelling for both writer and reader
How to keep going
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
How #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Crais Writes: Part One
robertcrais.com
The Big Empty (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel) by Robert Crais (Amazon)
Robert Crais Author Page on Amazon
Robert Crais on Facebook
Robert Crais on Instagram
Robert Crais on Twitter
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How #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Crais Writes: Part One - Redux
NOTE: Preface to Part Two of this prescient interview with a master of the craft: “[Crais is] an enlightened crime writer.”—New York Times Book Review
Award-winning and #1 NY Times bestselling author, Robert Crais, spoke to me about breathing life into the ur detective novel, the legacy of Raymond Chandler, his love of LA, and his latest, "Racing the Light."
Robert Crais is the author of 23 novels, 19 of which feature private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. The first in the series, The Monkey’s Raincoat, won the Anthony and Macavity Awards and was nominated for the Edgar Award.
The latest is Racing the Light, described as "... a pulse-pounding read and Elvis Cole's most dangerous case yet." Bestselling author David Baldacci called it "... another grand slam for the master storyteller Robert Crais. If there’s a better dynamic duo than Elvis Cole and Joe Pike in all of crime fiction, I’m not aware of it.”
On Reader's Digest's list of "30 new books we can't wait to read in 2022," Kirkus Reviews said that, "... [Crais] keeps the traditional detective novel alive and well."
In a previous life Robert Crais was an Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer and spent several years writing scripts for classic television series like Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and Miami Vice.
screenwriting thesis program at an American university.
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In this file Robert Crais and I discussed:
Burning out as a TV writer and chasing the dream of becoming a novelist
Why he never anticipated fame
How his novel LA Requiem changed the trajectory of his career
When your author name gets bigger than the title
Why he'll always be a meticulous outliner
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
How #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Crais Writes: Part Two
robertcrais.com
Racing the Light (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel Book 19) by Robert Crais (Amazon)
Robert Crais Author Page on Amazon
Robert Crais on Facebook
Robert Crais on Instagram
Robert Crais on Twitter
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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How NY Times Bestselling Author L.M. Elliott Writes
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist L.M. Elliott spoke with me about the heyday of magazine writing and new journalism, why research tells her what to write, and her latest novel TRUTH, LIES, AND THE QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN.
L.M. Elliott (who also writes as Laura Elliot) was an award-winning magazine journalist for 20 years before becoming the New York Times bestselling author of 14 historical and biographical novels. The three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award and winner of multiple Dateline Awards, focused primarily on women's issues and human interest profiles.
Her latest novel Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between, is described as a “‘docu-novel’ … of 1973—the year of Watergate hearings, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Roe v. Wade…” and “... [explores] a fraught political era and the dangers of disinformation, unchecked power, hate-rhetoric, and censorship.”
NYT bestselling author Sharon Cameron said of the author, “... Elliott uses the pen of a journalist and the heart of a storyteller to create a masterful, page-turning, razor-sharp commentary on a past that looks eerily like our present.”
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In this file L.M. Elliott and I discussed:
Her journey to accidental bestseller and a second career
Why there isn’t any better training than writing historical fiction
The definition of “saving string” for journalists and fictionists
How her books mix photo documentary and in-depth research
Hanging out with Emily Brontë
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
lmelliott.com
Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between by L.M. Elliott (Amazon)
L.M. Elliott Amazon Author Page
L.M. Elliott on Instagram
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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How Award-Winning TV Writer & Novelist Georgia Jeffries Writes
Award-winning TV writer/producer turned novelist Georgia Jeffries spoke with me about why Cagney and Lacey was her film school, teaching screenwriting at USC, and the ghosts, grief, and grievance in her debut novel THE YOUNGER GIRL.
Georgia Jeffries is the Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer who became the first individual female screenwriter to earn a Writers Guild Award for Episodic Drama for her work on the ground-breaking series Cagney & Lacey.
Her debut is The Younger Girl: A Dark Labyrinth of Family Betrayal, based on a true crime. It was described by bestselling author Rachel Howzell Hall as “...historical fiction at its best. … [and] an eye-opening, immersive story about a family, then and now, nearly stripped bare from greed and the steadfast refusal to acknowledge a painful past.”
Jeffries has written docudramas and series pilots for CBS, ABC, NBC, HBO, and Showtime and is a professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where she created the first undergraduate screenwriting thesis program at an American university.
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In this file Georgia Jeffries and I discussed:
Her early years as a journalist
How she received rave rejections on her first attempt at a novel
Why she based her debut on true events from her family’s past
The throughline of her quest for justice and love of noir fiction
Writing genre-bending historical suspense
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
georgiajeffries.com
The Younger Girl: A Dark Labyrinth of Family Betrayal by Georgia Jeffries (Amazon)
Georgia Jeffries on IMDb
Georgia Jeffries on Instagram
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Over The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
“Learn how acclaimed writers keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer’s block.”
Each week, host Kelton Reid chats with guests like Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, on life after becoming a laureate; #1 New York Times bestselling author, Emily Henry on her past life as a YA mid-lister; Celebrated author, Walter Mosley, on his conflicted feelings after winning a National Book Award; NY Times bestselling author, Lisa Scottoline, on what she learned from literary lion Philip Roth; #1 NY Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane on what he borrowed from Clint Eastwood; and bestselling author, Matt Haig, on the process behind his novel, The Midnight Library, and serial guest hosts: neuroscientist Michael Grybko, journalist Adam Skolnick, and short story writer Robert Bruce.
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