07Distractions - Jonathan Carroll

<p>In this week’s podcast, Shut Your Monkey author and host Danny Gregory talks with the novelist Jonathan Carroll. The conversation is freewheeling — from how to start a novel, to day-jobs to the benefits of self-criticism, how to make your creative self your friend to the pleasures of handwritten manuscripts. </p> <p>Here's an example of a second draft of his manuscript for Bathing the Lion.</p> <p></p> <p>He also pointed me to this great video of Francis Ford Coppola showing the manuscript for The Godfather.</p> <p>Monkey Tale: Liz introduces us to her purple monkey</p> <p>...