Check out my appearance on The Drunken Odyssey Podcast

The Drunken Odyssey is a forum to discuss all aspects of the writing process, in a variety of genres, in order to foster a greater community among writers. It’s been around a good while now. In fact, I’m episode #600!

Host John King, is thoughtful and fun, and I never know what’s going to happen when I sit down to speak with him.

Episode 600 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).

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All Things Writing: interview

With Research Randy and the Mystery of Grandma’s Half-eaten Pie of Despair now available for pre-order (at your favorite bookseller), the publicity train has fired up and left the station.

My first stop was a very enjoyable interview by Bryan Nowak for his podcast All Things Writing. Besides running a successful podcast, Bryan is amazing writer of science fiction, mystery, and horror. Learn more about Bryan here.

We talked about world building, the craft of writing, my books new and previous, and some other interesting tidbits.

You can listen here or find the All Things Writing podcast on your podcatcher of choice.

Thanks. Hope you enjoy.

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Writing a Screenplay: How to Make Your Ideas a Reality

Ideas are cheap. If you are a creative, you should have a deep, deep well of ideas to draw from at any given moment. Ideas pop up while you’re stuck in traffic, while doing yard work, or when having an existential crisis at 3am on a Tuesday morning (not that I would know anything about that). Your results may very.

IMO, It’s really about the execution. How do you take an idea for a story and turn it into something viable, something that will speak to people in a meaningful way?

Or perhaps more relevant — How can you take an idea for a story or a screenplay and turn it into something that will sell?

Artistic integrity aside, if you are writing for an audience then you are dodging cars at the intersection of Art Street and Commerce Boulevard.

I don’t have all the answers for you, and with today’s market constantly changing, I could hardly tell you what’s a GOOD idea for a story. Well, I could but that would be in highly subjective terms.

That being said, perhaps this can help:

Last week, I sat down with two of my favorite colleagues, Susan and Carol, to discuss where to get ideas from, how to determine if they are viable, and how to develop that idea. We had a great time, so I imagine you will too.

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The Annual Supervillains July 4th Picnic: In Review

Man on mic

I recently had the opportunity to be a featured reader at one of Orlando’s finest regular gatherings of literary types, drunks, and those that check off both boxes — Loose Lips.

Hosted by John King, who also hosts the long-running lit podcast/website, The Drunken Odyssey with John King, recorded the entire show which is now available on iTunes and for download.

Here’s the link: https://thedrunkenodyssey.com/2019/07/06/episode-374-june-2019-installment-of-loose-lips/

Listen, and the title of this post will make complete sense. Don’t, and live out the rest of your life haunted by a nagging emptiness and general lack of completion.

I finished out the night, so I’m at the end. However, you should check out the other readers…that being said, the guy before me was a stand-up comedian who thought it was a general open-mic, not scheduled readers. He is just off-the-cuff and it’s well-worn material — single vs. married, sex, etc. Not for everyone, but you decide for yourself.

 

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