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Drinking With Authors
by 4 Horsemen Publications
We always imagine a day when we’re having a drink at our favorite bar, dive, or even eatery and our favorite author comes through the doors. Much to your luck, they sit next to you and conversation ensues! That’s what Drinking With Authors is all about! Join us over drinks to discover the backstory and journey of authors like Tamara Lush, Connie Y Harris, Kenya Wright, Jonathan Maberry, Dan Wells, Jeffe Kennedy, Heather Graham, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and so many more. We interview authors all over the spectrum including those who just started their journey with their debut book and those who have scripted some of our favorite television and Netflix shows! Pour yourself a drink, pull up a seat, and join us as we get to know our favorite authors and gain some inspiration for fellow writers and sheer entertainment for fans! DWA is a proud member of the #ESONetwork
Episodes
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Ep 516 | Writing personal awakenings in Pillywiggin, interviewing the big 5 AI, and creatorstage.show
***Disclaimer: We at Drinking with Authors and 4 Horsemen Publications do not support the use of AI and will be screening our guests more thoroughly in the future. *** Drinking With Authors | Featuring Debbie Bishop Guest: Debbie Bishop says she is a nerd. loves science and loves research. And...
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Ep 520 | extreme horror in Junkman, the convention circuit life, and authentic Chicago cuisine
rinking With Authors | Featuring Christopher Bevard Guest: Christopher Bevard does the NYT crossword puzzle every day, is obsessed with puzzles and cryptography, and recently developed an app for veterinary records management. Author of Junkman (novel), Cicatrix (podcast) Drink of Choice: Either...
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Ep 511 | Naïevity and abuse in I Was Never Broken, cycles of violence in domestic abuse, and affecting change as a prosecutor.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Hazel Anthony Guest: Hazel Anthony spent a year in Seoul, South Korea, save been a prosecutor for 14 years, and grew up in East TN but now live in Alaska. Author of I Was Never Broken. Drink of Choice: Slush 4 tea bags in two cups of boiling water Add two cups of...
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Ep 510 |Alcohol, Depression, and finding oneself by keeping it real with a collection of poems in Blink. The deepest digging interview yet.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Timothy Found Guest: Timothy Found (I have four cats. My favorite color is purple. My first DnD character was a warlock who didn't know he was a warlock named Ted Tox who just signed his promotion paperwork and reports to "upper management." Author of Blink Drink...
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Ep 519 | Katrina and her lasting devastation, finding hope in that loss, and a short reading from Hurrican Baby: Stories.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Julie Liddell Whitehead Guest: Julie Liddell Whitehead was the first kid tested for gifted education in her school district in 1977. The little town she grew up in has produced two governors of Mississippi. She was the first female in her family tree to earn a...
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Ep 509 |Nick's little misunderstanding on Devrani's work and her helping create functionality in society for special needs learners with Focused Learning Institute.
There were some technical difficulties at the beginning, but it works out. Drinking With Authors | Featuring Devrani Barrios Guest: Devrani Barrios enjoys cooking, the school she owns and operates is for special needs kids, and she really enjoy movies. Author of Foundation Readers Level 1 to 4....
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Ep 508 | Running trails in the Jefferson Memorial Forest, a love of swimming, and collecting souls in Blue Lights in a Jar
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Brick Marlin Guest: Brick Marlin is an avid trail runner, triathlete and play blues harmonica. He used to play professionally in blues bands. Author of The Zaphnurr Phase, Shadow Out of the Sky, Ozarium, Sectors, Blue Lights In A Jar, Nettie and the Shepherd…
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Ep 518 | Societal satire with Lilith and vampires, rock climbing in a Jeep Wrangler, and learning from history.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring MZ Pak Guest: MZ Pak lives in a 36' Class A RV with her husband, 4 cats, and two dogs. She loves to go off-road climbing rocks and driving on trails. Author of Becoming Lilith "The One..." first in the Becoming Series. Drink of Choice: Water or Vodka Cranberry…
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Ep 507 | Women in tech com, tech bros, and the rise of the independent woman.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Sharon Burton Guest: Sharon Burton has done standup comedy, is on husband #4, and lived in Italy and Mexico. Author of Women in Technical Communication: From Typewriters to Touchscreens Drink of Choice: Coffee, water, or wine. Sharon Burton helps people and...
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Ep 506 | Rumination of thunder, dimension hopping in a trash can, and an encounter with serial killer BTK
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Brian Johnson Guest: Brian Johnson is a storm chaser, his work has been used by NASA, and he’s been alone with a serial killer in his house. Author of Aristid. Drink of Choice: Either a Jack and Coke or an Old Fashioned (Bullett Rye, orange bitters, simple syrup)...
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Ep 515 | Dark romance, ADHD, and being with her partner since they were 15.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Alyson Dawn Guest: Alyson Dawn has been with her husband since they were fifteen. She has 12 tattoos. And she has ADHD. Author of The Shadowed series: Marked (Book one), Bound (Book two), Sons of Solstice: Ruined Drink of Choice: Alani-Purple Cotton Candy Alyson...
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Ep 505 | Creating a wonderful and unique world for the Fold, the surprisingly startling appearance of mold rats, and whiskey and popsicles.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Erik Tucsok Guest: Erik Tucsok likes long walks on short beaches, loves dogs, and eats way too much salt. Author of Of Perfect Spirit. Drink of Choice: Rye and Cola, lots of rye with some cola Erik Tucsok is a loving father and fantasy author who lives in London,...
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Ep 504 | The emotions of ending a series, Costs of editing on your own vs having a traditional publisher, and Michigan Beaches
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Maren Jenner Guest: Maren Jenner loves going to the beach, Coke Zero and chocolate are her afternoon pick-me-ups, and she collects books and movies Author of Wrighting the Wrong. Drink of Choice: Pinot Grigio Maren Jenner lives in Michigan with her supportive...
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Ep 514 | A romance based on JAWS, mental health representation, Marvel's Winter Soldier, and SMUT LOVERS
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Jordyn Barnes Guest: Jordyn Barnes is one of those true crime junkies, she has a masters in graphic design from Full Sail, and she lived in California for 10 years (and she friggin loved it)) Author of Hollywoodland series & Wrath of the Furies Drink of Choice:...
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Ep 503 | Necromancers and enucleation, D&D, Brutalism, and Golum impressions
Drinking With Authors | Featuring A.N. Anderson Guest: A.N. Anderson served in the US Army, is an architect, and has a good Sméagol impression. Author of The Necromancer Legacies- The Gravekeeper and The Soulweaver Drink of Choice: A Pumpkin martini (or two) - 1 part Kavanaugh Pumpkin Irish…
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Ep 502 | Coziness of the Pine Grove mysteries series, plotting out stories and the characters who change that, and the joy of jigsaw puzzles
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Marla A. White Guest: Marla A. White loves putting together jigsaw puzzles (though she’s not sure that's all that interesting ). She owns a "sonic screwdriver" from the 10th Doctor from Doctor Who, and once took a horseback riding trip across "the rooftop of…
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Ep 513 | Happy endings in M/M romance, Star Wars, and volunteering in your home town
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Jamiel Lynn Miller Guest: Jamie Lynn Miller has taken multiple citizen police and fire academy classes, is a Star Wars nerd, and her favorite way to vacation is on a cruise ship. Author of Shadow Unit series (5 books, special ops soldiers) and Partnersseries (3...
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Ep 501 | A story of redemption in Mirror, inspirational hip hop, and Italian Fiesta pizza.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Samuel Abraham Jr Guest: Samuel Abraham Jr is an US Air Force Veteran, has lived in Spain, and has 6 sisters and no brothers. Author of RORRIM Drink of Choice: Drinking Water Samuel Abraham Jr is the CEO of Muzik And All That LLC an independent music media…
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Ep 500 | A 6-foot vagina, finding your future in your past with The Six Loves of Ebony Jones, and plus-size modeling.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Terreece M. Clarke Guest: Terreece M. Clarke was a plus model, she is a journalist & an artist. Author of The Six Loves of Ebony Jones– recent Release; The Courageous Love Series - Bestselling series Drink of Choice: Brazilian Lemonade:...
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Ep 512 | Living in the Lizardville dam keeper's house, coin collecting, and frolicking through Italy.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Steve Altier Guest: Steve Altier is a ghost hunter, part of the Tampa Bay Spirits Paranormal team, he is also a coin collector, and he loves to travel. Author of Thrillers: The Woman in the Mirror Lizardville Ghost Stories: The Camping Trip Jimmy's Curse Return…
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Ep 499 | A unique magic system in Freedom's Vow, plotting and writing with a partner, and killing your characters in D&D.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Ben & Karen Gibson Guest: Ben & Karen Gibson Be runs at least two TTRPG sessions a week, with over 50 players in my games. Karen is a singer-songwriter who plays piano, mandolin, and Irish whistle. Both were homeschooled all their lives growing up. Author of...
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Ep 533 | Grief, humor, and familiarity in Beignets and Big Feelings and the perfection of Burton Guster and Psych.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Leslie Gray Streeter Guest: Leslie Gray Streeter is a single mom in her 50s and needs all the coffee. She is a Law and Order enthusiast. She was a vegan till the day she moved back to Maryland and was offered a crab cake. Is a very bad but passionate acoustic...
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Ep 498 | Gen x love stories, the myth behind The Winds of Tonia, and having James Cassidy narrate a book
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Cindy Kehagiaras (key-ha-jar-us) Guest: Cindy Kehagiaras Author of Tennent Series, Songs, Sails & Silly Dating Schemes, The Winds Of Tinos Drink of Choice: Greek liquor mentioned in THE WINDS OF TINOS book “Tsipouro” Join her award-winning MID LIFE CRISIS! Where...
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Ep 497 | HooDoo and African Divinity, A love for pizza, and a disdain for Malort.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Candice Lola Guest: Candice Lola is a graduate From NYU, can go days without speaking to anyone except herself, and is a closet circus freak. Author of Women of Glass and Other Parables. Drink of Choice: wine Candice Lola is a bold new voice in women’s…
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Ep 496 | The joy of discovering Sonder, a love for NYC, and traveling France.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Maureen Morrissey Guest: Maureen Morrissey has climbed the Manitou Incline, run half marathons, and been on 5 continents. Author of Seeing is Believing Drink of Choice: tea or wine Maureen Morrissey is a writer, retired educator, wife/mother/grandmother/...
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Ep 495 | Beauty beyond compare, turning a memoir into fiction for Two Years on Another Planet ... or is it Alaska?, and the aloneness of Alaskan living
Drinking With Authors | Featuring David Bernknopf Guest: David Bernknopf began work at CNN BEFORE it even went on the air. Is what you call an original CNN employee. He has flown (as a pool reporter) on Air Force 1 and has spent much of last year travelling the country attending live music…
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Ep 494 | Turning personal pains into dark/paranormal romance with The Undoing Series, talking with ghosts in Death's Undoing, and home buying in 2026
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Alexis and Jorge Romero Guest: Alexis and Jorge Romero Alexis's eyes change color. Jorge builds Gundham models. They met on a dating app. Author of The Undoing Series on Amazon Drink of Choice: Alexis Stella Rosa Black Jorge 3 Floyds Beer Alexis and Jorge Romero...
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EP 493 | Public vs private persona in American Royalty, making the most of beat sheets, and the (not so much) joy of hearing loss.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Suzy Langevin Guest: Suzy Langevin was a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2019. In addition to writing, she’s a trained classical singer and knows how to tap dance! She discovered she has a rare kind of hearing loss at 41, and it's been like this her entire life!…
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Ep 492 | Living with a kidney transplant, the joy of soap operas, and writing romance
Drinking With Authors | Featuring D. W. Brooks Guest: D. W. Brooks had a kidney transplant (over 8 years in), spent almost a month in Africa with her family last summer, and used to be on her high school and college dance teams, Author of Romantic Suspense: The CHAOS Universe Contemporary…
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Ep 491 | Bodily horror in Hatch, The Gen Z despair, and adventures in camping
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Madeline Sanderson Guest: Madeline Sanderson “Mule Capital” of America, her cardinal senses are better on water than on land. and supposedly, she is a distant relative of Benjamin Franklin. Author of Hatch. Drink of Choice: Rye whiskey and coke Madeline Sanderson...
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Ep 490 | Glitter as a power, EDS, and writing with ADHD
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Jenna Avery Guest: Jenna Avery teaches yoga, loves making sourdough, and has two devon rex cats. Author of Skies of Avalon. Drink of Choice: Red wine blend The origin story of Jenna Avery is complex, weird, and requires numerous alcoholic beverages to regale. The...
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Ep 489 | Romance on a high-seas cruise ship, the difficulty of falling overboard, and military appreciation
Drinking With Authors | Featuring J.D. Harbor Guest: J.D. Harbor met his wife on a cruise, is a former military journalist, and the parent of neurodivergent children. Author of RomantiSea Serenades series Drink of Choice: Spicy Margarita 2oz Mezcal or Tequila 1oz Lime Juice 1oz Cointreau 0.5oz...
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Ep 488 | Dungeons and Dragons over the years, Romance isn't always about happy endings, and world building made easier.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring JM Paquette Guest: JM Paquette just relocated to Canada, is a super Tolkien nerd, and is allergic to UV light. Author of Rock Star Fairy Tales, Klauden's Ring Saga, Conjuring Fascination Series, Shawarma Warrior King series, The General Worldbuilding Guide, 10...
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Ep 487 |Twisted fairy tales, deconstructing monster genitalia, and writing with a partner.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Nina Brown Guest: JC BRown has ADHD, used to perform in the Rocky Horror Picture Show with a small cast called the RKO Army, and went to Europe in high school. Author of: JC Brown: Breaking the Curse (A Dark Fairytale Retelling), The Sinful Seven Novels (Series):...
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Ep 486 | Living in Senegal, riding camels, creating realistic characters, and writing the book you want to read
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Patricia Smith Guest: Patricia Smith has ridden a camel in Timbuktu (lived and taught for a year in Senegal); has lived in Paris; and has been a hair model for L'Oreal. Author of The Year of Needy Girls. Drink of Choice: red wine! (probably cabernet sauvignon)...
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Ep 485 | Dreams and the occult in the Hollywood valley, the novelization of screenplays, and the beauty of languages.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Ayman Samman Guest: Ayman Samman fronted metal bands, was a tour Guide in Egypt, and worked with Clint Eastwood. Author of Hidden From View Drink of Choice: Coffee Ayman Samman was born in Cairo, Egypt. After earning a degree in Egyptology and fronting one of the...
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Ep 484 | Rage baiting with an invisibility suit, a response from Holly Black, Gen Z growing up Gen x
Drinking With Authors | Featuring S.S. Nightshade Guest: S.S. Nightshade started on masktok and crawled my way to booktok, has 3 cats: a classic orange, a blind calico and a tabby we're pretty sure is a skin walker, and during an ocean cleanup in college I found an ublasted torpedo from WW2 (that...
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Ep 483 | Surviving necrotizing fasciitis, the attitude of gratitude, and three questions to shift your perspective.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Chris DT Gordon Guest: Chris DT Gordon only uses deodorant on one armpit, collects Transformers, and has a portion of his leg on his arm. Author of From Survivor to Striver: How gratitude can transform you into a superhero! Drink of Choice: Water at least, maybe…
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Ep 482 | Aftercare and BDSM, Good narrators, and Pride Month
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Author A.E. LeMercier & Narrator Tyler Laux Guest: Author A.E. LeMercier is a Canadian living in San Francisco, she helps run a Canadian Anime con and its all-ages drag show, her wife (also a writer) and she share two cats and an obsession with Italy. Author of…
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Ep 475 | Boston life, connecting with your audience, and the allure of New England Beach Reads.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Jenn Bouchard Guest: Jenn Bouchard moved 8 times before college (military kid), worked at Disney World one summer in college (I am one degree of Kevin Bacon; I sat him and his kids at the Indiana Jones Stunt Show), and she cooks a lot (Ina Garten is my role…
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Ep 456 | 3 rules to live by, deception in advertising, and a virus spread by lies
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Tim Disney Guest: Tim Disney has studied classical Greek sculpture in college, is not world class, or even close, but is pretty good at crossword puzzles, and speaks fluent horse latin). Author of The A.R.C. Drink of Choice: a hot ginger and lemon drink. That is...
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Ep 474 | Spy Thrillers and scifi space adventures, Killing your darlings, Metal sculpting, and promoting positivity
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Jack Davies Guest: Jack Davies is a writer/director of award-winning feature films and shorts, he studies metal sculpture at the Henry Moore Studio in Lambeth, London, and he has a cat named Harley. Author of 944 Hidalgo (plus new novel, Jove, out June ‘26) Drink...
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Ep 481 | The 4 Horsemen reimagined, growing up Gen X, and Cats ruling over humans.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Charlotte Chaos Guest: Charlotte Chaos plays piano and oboe, spent a semester abroad in Turkey and Greece, and has made friends with a squirrel that visits her and eats from her hand; her name is Chiquita. Author of Death Defiant Volume 1 & 2. Drink of Choice:...
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Ep 480 | Writing Virginia Wolfe in The Reliable Narrator, dealing with abuse and death, and asking the right questions
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Grace Sammon Guest: Grace Sammon has done autopsies, refueled the stealth bomber in mid-air, and has worked as both a Guardian ad Litem and a hospice volunteer. Author of THE RELIABLE NARRATOR Drink of Choice: at this time of day, honestly, water, but in keeping...
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Ep 479 | The ordeal of meeting Kevin Smith, unbalanced Orlando werewolves, and Florida conventions.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Wes Cambron Guest: Wes Cambron began writing after crying when he met Kevin Smith, worked at every theme park in Florida, and his first tattoo was in the back of a trailer with a homemade tattoo gun made from a spoon. Author of Unbalanced & Unprepared Drink of...
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Ep 477 | NSFW unhinged romance erotica, Smut Lovers the Conference, and the problems with JK Rowling
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Lavender Nicole Guest: Lavender Nicole has three wonderful dogs, over 30 tattoos, and is a huge Atlanta Falcons fan, she’s been reaching out to NFL players hoping one will cowrite with her. Author of Tattooed on Their Hearts, All Caged Up (Dancers for the Demons...
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Ep 473 | Mental health in Life Undecided, the queer BLT sandwich, DnD & Borderlands 2.
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Shayne Nicholai Guest: Shayne Nicholai is a firm believer that pineapple -does- go on pizza; he’s lost lawn-mowing privileges at our house with the ride-on mower; and have an associate’s degree in audio engineering and veterinary technology. Author of Life...
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Ep 478 | Writing realistic characters, self-destructive magic systems, and Scotland's Cymera Festival
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Rafael Torrubia Guest: Author Rafael Torrubia: Previous careers includ working in costume at the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre, interviewing ex-Black Panther Party members, and they worked as a gardener at a country house which was used to science experiments...
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Ep 472 | Family friendly sci-fi with hydrogen powered, commercially sponsored spaceships, and handling a virus outbreak from a microbiologist
Drinking With Authors | Featuring Bob Freeman Guest: Bob Freeman started writing Sci-Fi at age 70. Is a proud alumni of UCLA (he flunked out). Is owned by 2 Australian Shepherd minis. Author of H2LiftShips - Volume 1-5. Drink of Choice: Either whiskey or tea, or maybe both 🥃☕ Bob Freeman is a...
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Ep 471 | What it's like to have a book optioned for film, talking rats, and zombie heroes
Drinking With Authors | Featuring T.L. Bodine Guest: T.L. Bodine grew up in a motorhome and has lived in or passed through 30 states, she once coordinated a multi-person international rat rescue transport team to airlift 39 rats to Canada, and she went to college when I was 16. Author of These…
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We always imagine a day when we’re having a drink at our favorite bar, dive, or even eatery and our favorite author comes through the doors. Much to your luck, they sit next to you and conversation ensues! That’s what Drinking With Authors is all about! Join us over drinks to discover the backstory and journey of authors like Tamara Lush, Connie Y Harris, Kenya Wright, Jonathan Maberry, Dan Wells, Jeffe Kennedy, Heather Graham, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and so many more. We interview authors all over the spectrum including those who just started their journey with their debut book and those who have scripted some of our favorite television and Netflix shows! Pour yourself a drink, pull up a seat, and join us as we get to know our favorite authors and gain some inspiration for fellow writers and sheer entertainment for fans! DWA is a proud member of the #ESONetwork
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We always imagine a day when we’re having a drink at our favorite bar, dive, or even eatery and our favorite author comes through the doors. Much to your luck, they sit next to you and conversation ensues! That’s what Drinking With Authors is all about! Join us over drinks to discover the backstory...
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