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Writing in Real Life
by Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden
New York Times bestselling author Barry Lyga (I HUNT KILLERS) and publishing communications executive Morgan Baden discuss a range of related issues, from writing to parenthood.
Episodes
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Episode 108: The One with Two White Chicks on a Beach
We had an AWESOME launch party! Jennifer Beals encounters Morgan’s aunt. Morgan and Barry visit an actual bookstore to see their book in the wild. Big transitions for Leia and Luke mean Barry and Morgan have more time with the kids…and less time with the keyboards. Links: Writing in Real Life —...
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Bonus Episode: The One that's Really Short
It’s Pub Day for The Hive, Barry and Morgan’s book baby! #HasCassieSurfacedYet? Links: The Best Books of Fall 2019 | PEOPLE.com Order The Hive: Amazon | BN.com | Indiebound The Hive Launch Party Rate us on iTunes
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Episode 107: The One with a Two-Book Deal
Morgan gets good news. Morgan gets good news. A cross-country trip with a 4-year-old! Barry does something he’s never done before and feels less bad about it than you’d imagine. Mmm; dried mango. Links: Preorder The Hive: Amazon | BN.com | Indiebound Barry tweets about his writing process Rate us...
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Episode 106: The One You Can Preorder
An update on Morgan’s leap of faith and work(s) in progress. Writers with day jobs and the world’s opinions of such. Barry takes on the preorder system. Also: Meet the sensational character find of 2019, the villainous…TweetStorm! Links: Preorder The Hive: Amazon | BN.com | Indiebound Morgan’s...
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Episode 105: The One where Morgan is Preternaturally Chill
Updates on marriage and the kids. Luke figures out the Apple Watch at age 2. Is it possible to become a successful author nowadays without using or being good at social media? “Be adequate!” Remember when Twitter was fun? What’s more important: talent or networking? Links: Jamie Attenberg Twitter...
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Episode 104: The One with the Book-Shaming
Updates on marriage and the kids. Luke figures out the Apple Watch at age 2. Is it possible to become a successful author nowadays without using or being good at social media? “Be adequate!” Remember when Twitter was fun? What’s more important: talent or networking? Links: Space Unicorn - Parry...
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Episode 102: The One where They Swear They’re Back
Catching up on the last year: Morgan quits her job. They have their first signing. Barry can’t run around in his underwear any more. Why is the dishwasher always running? Links: The Upside Where Storytelling and Pop Culture Collide - BookCon 2019 Talking about The Hive: Writing in Real Life —...
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Episode 101: The One where They Wrote a Book Together
Barry and Morgan are happy to finally be able to talk about their book together, THE HIVE. Plus: What does Jennifer Beals have to do with this?
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Episode 100: The One that Came after Episode 99
We hit episode 100 and invites special guests Carolyn Mackler, Jon Skovron, Maggie Lehrman, and more!
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Episode 99: The One where Barry Plans to Kill Half the Universe
Barry FINALLY gets to talk about his super-secret mystery project: THANOS! How on earth does he live with himself writing Marvel AND DC? Who is “Brick Charles?” Babysitting in the modern age. Morgan marvels at The Secret History of Twin Peaks. And an update on the I HUNT KILLERS prequel. Links:...
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Episode 98: The One with Sex
A man stupidly claims we don’t need women authors because he can write women just fine. (Dude…) Where is all the good sex in YA these days and why did it go away? Plus: Luke gives your hosts one hell of a scare and Barry has read a bunch of books for a change. Links: ...
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Episode 97: The One that’s Lucky
The pleasures and pains of returning to old projects. What do surfing and writing have in common? We’re gonna tell you! Plus: micro-progress is real progress, and believe it or not…Barry’s reading a book!
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Episode 96: The One with a Bunch of Topics
Links: 2018 Teen Book Fest Stephanie Squicciarini Obituary - Irondequoit, New York | Legacy.com Publishers already contacting Hicks about book deal: report | TheHill Hope Hicks Modeled for Gossip Girl Spinoff Book Cover — Donald Trump's Press Secretary Modeled for "The It Girl" We discussed Trump...
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Episode 95: The One where Morgan Finally Cares about Back Pain
The literal pain of parenthood. Morgan still hates The Princess Bride. Act single for a better marriage. Barry talks on the phone — a lot. Do graphic novels deserve their own bestseller list? Barry explains his insane schedule. Plus: #metoo comes to kidlit. Links: ...
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Episode 94: The One During the Super Bowl
Links: A listener wishes Barry good health The birth of Lyga’s Law of Publishing: Writing in Real Life — Episode 29: The One where Morgan Makes a Comic Book Reference Your Book Editor Just Snagged Your Spot on the Best-Seller List - The New York Times Our discussion of men writing under female...
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Episode 93: The One with Harsh Words, Guys
Links: Tori Amos - Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen cover) @ Beacon Theatre, NYC1 2017 - YouTube Miami Book Fair 2017 National Book Awards “Reading for All!” Dick Robinson receives Literarian of the Year Award from President Bill Clinton at the National Book Awards | On Our Minds Molly...
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Episode 92: The One with Tantrums
American Heart. Sorry. Also: We’re sick of Twitter. Links: The Flash: Hocus Pocus | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Navigating the choppy waters of life with a ‘threenager’ - The Washington Post We talk about The Black Witch: Writing in Real Life — Episode 88: The One where It’s All about…
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Episode 91: The One where We Need a Dance Pope
Links: mother! (2017) - Rotten Tomatoes Are you ready for parenthood? A quiz for couples on the precipice. Barry goes “viral,” ‘90s style. (About halfway down the page, someone named “Ushgarak” posts two lists. I actually wrote both of them.) 10 Reasons why Star Wars is better than Star Trek Book...
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Episode 90: The One with Barry’s Deep, Dark Secret
Links: EWin Calling Series Ergonomic Computer Gaming Office Chair with Pillows - CLD - ewinracing Thrifter | Spend Where it Matters UCLA Ergonomics - Tips for Computer Users More playtime with dad linked to lower obesity risk for young kids - The Washington Post Is Trump Ruining Book Sales? | New...
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Episode 89: The One where Morgan Read a Dude
Links: Parents’ social media habits are teaching children the wrong lessons - The Washington Post Dad recreates daughter's selfies | Daily Mail Online What Parents Can Do to Nurture Good Writers - The New York Times Want Teenage Boys to Read? Easy. Give Them Books About Sex. - The New York Times...
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Episode 88: The One where It’s All about One Thing, Really
Links: The Black Witch: An Epic Fantasy Novel (The Black Witch Chronicles) gone: Review: The Black Witch by Laurie Forest The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter Google manifesto spotlights hot-button issue of gender diversity Amazon.com: The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles) (9780373212316): Laurie...
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Episode 87: The One with Poopy in the Potty
Links: Younger | TVLAND.com Friends from College - Wikipedia Episode 3 · Friends From College · TV Review Friends From College takes on YA for some reason · TV Club · The A.V. Club Men Are Apparently Adopting Ambiguous Pen Names to Sell Psychological Thrillers to Women The History of Nancy Drew...
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Episode 86: The One with Two Rants
Links: Barry's July ACLU fundraiser The squatter on Instagram Barry is the only Barry Lyga in the country Netflix to trial technology that hands control to viewers | Daily Mail Online Writing in Real Life — Episode 15: The One where Leia Flirts Longform Podcast #249: John Grisham Inside the…
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Episode 85: The One where Barry is Aware that It’s the Wrong Flash
Links: The Flash, Supergirl to get middle grade novels The Flash: Hocus Pocus preorder | Amazon Flashpoint (event) | Arrowverse Wiki LB School: Barry Lyga | Little Brown Library | Resources for Teachers & Librarians The #1 book and author event - BookExpo 2017 SEPH LAWLESS | OFFICIAL WEBSITE...
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Episode 84: The One where It Is Happening Again
Links: Why Is ‘Twin Peaks’ So Influential? - The Atlantic Twin Peaks - Official Series Site | SHOWTIME The West Wing Episode Guide "Endings to be useful must be inconclusive." - Samuel R. Delaney The Leftovers | The Official Website for the HBO Series Mad Men - Wikipedia MARK FROST - novelist,...
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Episode 83: The One with a Time-Out
Links: The Inventor of Mother's Day Disowned the Holiday, and So Should We All - The Atlantic "You know, like Caine in Kung Fu" Janet Lansbury Time's Up for 'Timeout' - The Atlantic Americans’ Opinions On Spanking Vary By Party, Race, Region And Religion | FiveThirtyEight Imagining your future...
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Episode 82: The One where Morgan Isn’t Pregnant Anymore
Links: The Good Sleeper by Janet Krone Kennedy | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks The New Science of Siblings - TIME New Y.A. Novels Tackle Crime and Its Consequences (The New York Times reviews Bang) 'Bang' by Barry Lyga: EW Review Barry’s favorite movie: White Hunter, Black Heart Barry’s Facebook page...
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Episode 81: The One where Morgan’s Still Pregnant
Links: How publishing houses weigh a decision like giving Milo Yiannopoulos a book deal. The whole Leslie Jones Twitter feud, explained | Lifestyle News for College Students | USA TODAY College Turns out Milo plagiarized a lot of his "poetry" from Tori Amos. Defends himself by comparing it to…
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Episode 80: The One Right Before the Holidays
Links: Girls Write Now Traces of Time Lost - The Atlantic On Normalizing Teen Singlehood in YA Song without Words by Ann Packer | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound 36…
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Episode 79: The One in the Deeply Uncomfortable Phase of Pregnancy
Links: ISBN Joanna Penn on drop in ebook sales: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2016/07/25/author-voice/ (Specifically 19:00 to 21:35) http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2016/06/06/facebook-advertising-mark-dawson/ (3:45 to 6:20) http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2016/06/03/breakdown-book-sales/ Taking a...
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Episode 78: The One where Morgan Struggles
Links: Adult Books Sales Fell in First Half of 2016 Amazon vs. Hachette Luke Cage Sweet Christmas! Lath and plaster Magda Gerber and the Creative Child | Janet Lansbury Barry is Reading: The Indestructibles by Matthew Phillion | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks Another Anime Con Morgan Recommends:...
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Episode 77: The One after Trump Wins
Links: A kid asks for Jazz to save us on Twitter Barry’s blog about the election After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga with Peter Facinelli & Robert DeFranco | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence - The New York Times Bitch Sesh: A Real...
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Episode 76: The One with Veggie Burgers
Links: The Beast Burger | Beast Burgers | Beyond Meat - The Future of Protein™ Who Do You Write Like? Christa Desir's tweets Gordon Korman Resources for Infant Educarers Magda Gerber and the Creative Child | Janet Lansbury American Academy Of Pediatrics Lifts 'No Screens Under 2' Rule : NPR Ed :...
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Episode 75: The One where Barry Talks A Lot
Links: Washington Parent Objects to Pixelated Genitals in Mangaman | Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Office for Intellectual Freedom | Offices of the American Library Association Banned Books Week | Celebrating the Freedom to Read: September 25- October 1, 2016 Book banned in Carroll gets partial...
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Episode 74: The One not Sponsored by Sesame Place
Sesame Street vs. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse…to the death! Is a young writer more impressive than an old one? Who do you try to make happy when you write, and should it always be yourself? Practice vs. raw talent. Barry rants briefly about VOYA. Links: Sesame Place | Sesame Street Theme Park in...
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Episode 73: The One where They Saw Hamilton
Links: A Rough Six Months for Big Book Publishers Daniel Nayeri on Publishing Workman Publishing The origin of Knopf/Publishing as a gentleman’s industry Merritt Tierce on Publishing 'Love Me Back' - How Much Money Authors Make Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks |…
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Episode 72: The One with Cloudy Day Hermine
Links: Hurricane Hermine peters out An example of a YouTube video with 29 million views that Leia likes Scrubs on what it's like to have a baby Slice Literary Conference Panel: The Sex Talk Barry's quote on Twitter The Millions : There Is No Such Thing as the Young Adult Novel - The Millions…
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Episode 71: The One that’s Short
Links: Motherwell – Telling all sides of the parenting story Morgan is Reading: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Barry is Reading: Uprooted by Naomi Novik | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Rate us on iTunes
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Episode 70: The One in which Morgan Bites the Bullet
Links: The Princess Bride The Never-ending Story The Princess Bride by William Goldman | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Barry's new book: The Secret Sea | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Dahlia Adler's Twitter thread on what writers shouldn’t worry about Barry talks about his…
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Episode 69: The One where They’re Alone in the House
Links: Pretend Play | What to Expect Separation Anxiety Why swearing is good for you — Quartz Rejection, Part 14 - News From MENews From ME Writer Beware®: The Blog: PublishAmerica Is Now America Star Books The Secret Sea | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Pete Hautman - Home Barry and Pete...
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Episode 68: The One where Leia Drops the F-Bomb
Links: Watch President Barack Obama Full Speech At The DNC 2016 - YouTube Watch Hillary Clinton's full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention - YouTube Thinking positive is a surprisingly risky manoeuvre | Aeon Essays "I Learned It By Watching You" Anti-Drug PSA - YouTube Barry tweets...
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Episode 67: The One with Another One on the Way
Links: Eugene’s comment on Leia’s sleeping and baby nightmares Pregnancy Brain: Myth or Reality? On Being an Aging Children’s Writer - Just Thinking Morgan Recommends: The Diviners by Libba Bray | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Morgan is Reading: Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray | Amazon |...
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Episode 66: The One Right Before the Move
Links: Orlando nightclub shooting: Read about the victims - Orlando Sentinel The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound WubbaNub | WubbaNub Infant Pacifiers Rate us on iTunes
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Episode 65: The One with Melissa
Links: Melissa’s website Carolyn Mackler Doug Stewart at Sterling Lord Sassy magazine Episode 20: The One where Leia Goes to a Bar Mitzvah (and we talk about the value of twenty minutes) Pomodoro Technique Batcave - DC Database - Wikia Barry’s Goodreads rank (scroll down to "Average Rating") Sale...
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Episode 64: The One where They’re Moving
Links: Barry’s tweet about hating his book Sensitivity Readers — Writing in the Margins 4 out of 5 dentists... Bizarro World Growing Pains Episode #150: "There Must Be a Pony" SCBWI New Jersey | 2016 June Conference Rate us on iTunes
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Episode 63: The One with Sensible Screentime
Links: This Mom Is Extraordinarily Tired Of Making Dinner The debate over screen time is really about moms, not kids. Appliances and their impact: the ownership of domestic technology and time spent on household work Bitch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdown by Earwolf on iTunes SCBWI New Jersey |...
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Episode 62: The One with Eight Followers, Maybe Twelve
Links: This 10-Minute Routine Will Increase Your Clarity And Creativity — Life Learning — Medium Melissa Walker Episode 61: The One without a Daddy Blogosphere Imperious Leader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Writing in Real Life — Episode 35: The One with No Baby The Weekend Novelist by…
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Episode 61: The One without a Daddy Blogosphere
Links: Debut novels: Why new authors are making millions | EW.com Mad Men - Don breaks up with Dr. Faye Miller over the phone - YouTube "I hope she knows you only like the beginnings of things." Captain America: Civil War Black Panther The Great Darkness Saga Earth-1/Earth-2 What It’s Like When a...
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Episode 60: The One with Sylvia Plath on Zoloft
Links: Writing in Real Life — Episode 33: The One with Royalties The Neurological Similarities Between Successful Writers And The Mentally Ill | Thought Catalog http://www.warrenzevon.com/ Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract - YouTube When You Become The Person You Hate On The Internet : All Tech...
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Episode 59: The One with a Note under the Door
Links: The Happiest Baby Homepage | Happiest Baby | Sleep, Colic, and Health Solutions Family extremely offended after neighbors leave nasty note about their crying baby - AOL Reese Witherspoon’s New Role: Power Broker - WSJ #AskHerMore: How the Media Talks to Women On the Red Carpet - The...
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New York Times bestselling author Barry Lyga (I HUNT KILLERS) and publishing communications executive Morgan Baden discuss a range of related issues, from writing to parenthood.
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