Ep 74: Lance Rubin

Grab a beer with me and Lance Rubin, author of DENTON LITTLE'S DEATHDATE and its sequel, DENTON LITTLE'S STILL NOT DEAD (Feb. '17!) while we talk improvising teen dramas, the importance of establishing reader expectations, and the ephemeral nature of art.   Lance Rubin Show Notes HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOON by Frank Asch PEE WEE SCOUTS Judy Delton MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN by Bruce Coville Louis Sachar THE STINKY CHEESE MAN by Jon Sciezka Beverly Cleary Judy Blume JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton Dick Francis (Is Dick Francis a horse?) Mary Higgins Clark WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN Mr. Show (TV show) Upright Citizens Brigade Ray Munoz (his friend, of The Lance and Ray Podcast) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins Dawson's Creek Felicity The O.C. Beverly Hills 90210 Judd Apatow advice to Freaks & Geeks, telling them to write Joe Iconis?? Jason Sweet Tooth Williams "Broadway Bounty Hunter" at Barrington Stage, Written by Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason "Sweettooth" Williams  BIRD BY BIRD Ann Lamott ON WRITING Stephen King THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield