Books and Booze w/ Monica Drake

In Episode 33 of Books and Booze Monica Drake joins us to talk about elephant mating habits, balloon animals, meth lab dollhouses, clowning, Clifford the Big Red Dog, motherhood, bitter writers and MORE (we talk about her books, too).

Books and Booze w/ Neal Pollack

In episode 32 of Books and Booze, Neal Pollack joins us to talk about his latest novel, Downward Facing Death, that debuted as one of the first Kindle Serials. He discusses the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles yoga, writing (and reading) about things outside your interests,and everybody's favorite character from Downward Facing Death. We chat a little about Jewball and Neal's experiences with the different forms of publishing.

Jack Ketchum is the author of such books as Red, Off Season, The Girl Next Door, and many others, most of which were adapted to film. His latest novel The Woman is now available.

Need more Ketchum? Check out his official website!

SYW: What is your writing process in its brevity? By that I mean, is your inspiration fueled by caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and music when you write?

 Books and Booze w/ Suzy Vitello

In episode 30 of Books and Booze Suzy Vitello joins us again, and this time, we record it! We talk about love, lust, happy endings, the reality of ever after, smutty books, and more, more, more!

Books and Booze w/ Leah Rhyne

In Episode 26 of Books And Booze we sit down with Leah Rhyne to discuss her novel Undead America: Zombie Days and Campfire Nights, the joys of killing shit indiscriminately (in your writing), and working with small publishers. In the second segment we talk a little about Sylvia Plath, pen names, porno names, and lots of other great stuff.

The first person I knew who died was a ten year-old girl in my Elementary School who was strangled by the drawstring on the hood of her winter coat.  As she walked down the steps of the bus the wide end of the drawstring, meant to keep it from being pulled out of the jacket, caught on the bus's handrail.  This bit of plastic wedged right where the thin metal pole connected to the wall, like the grappling hook Batman used to climb buildings. 

Unlike most magazines or other kinds of lists you will find on the internet stating the people you should like best, SYW took a different approach. We decided each staff member should pick anyone who influenced them most in the year 2012 (no particular order). What we have come up with so far is a list of idols, friends, and mentors that have changed our lives in some way.