Angry Typewriter

Everyone knows about novels and short stories, but do you know the often overlooked middle child of the fiction genre? In today's Throwback Thursday episode we get to know the novella. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Have you always dreamed of writing a novel but just didn't know where to start? In today's episode we're going to point you in the right direction. Today we're talking about Camp NaNoWriMo, an offshoot of the phenomenon that is National Novel Writing Month. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode I want to ramble a bit about something I've mentioned before but never devoted an entire episode to: the books that I've written. Here are the links to the books I mention in the episode: The Last Word: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692235388/ Writer in Residence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692496572/ Book Town: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692142991/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Everyone knows about novels and short stories, but do you know the often overlooked middle child of the fiction genre? In today's Throwback Thursday episode we get to know the novella. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It is time again for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and today's episode looks at that annual phenomenon of writing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time again for our not-always-weekly Short Story Saturday episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today we're looking at the tendency some authors have to keep revising their books on social media long after they're published, and why we should avoid doing it. Yes, JK Rowling, I'm talking about you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

I said in an early episode that I don't have a writing process. After thinking about it for a while I realized that's not actually true. In today's Throwback Thursday episode I talk a little bit about my process. Hopefully you'll find something in it that you can use too. One warning though: it's a bit of a ramble. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Sylvia Beach has been rightly called the Patron Saint of Booksellers. She was also an author, and most importantly for this Banned Books Week episode, she took on the task of publishing one of the most famous banned books ever. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's Throwback Thursday episode we discuss something all authors hate: self-promotion. Also, please note that the free book offer mentioned in the episode is no longer available, as the episode is from April. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time again for Short Story Saturday, and stay tuned after the story for an important announcement. Also, check out our new Patreon page at www.patreon.com/bookishpodcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time for another installment of our not-as-regular-as-it-should-be Author Profile segment. Today's author is one you probably don't know, but definitely should. Let's meet Patrick Modiano. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's Short Story Saturday, and today we're doing something a little different. Today's short story is a work in progress that may be a short story, and may end up as a chapter in the next book in The Last Word series. Time will tell. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode I break with tradition to offer you my personal Top 10 Books list. Feel free to argue in the comments/voice message section or on our Facebook page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's Labor Day here in the US, as well as the start of the autumn reading season, and for our holiday ramble we'll be talking about something near and dear to writers (and readers) everywhere: Fiction. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's first Author Profile segment, we look at Bret Easton Ellis, author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho, and a key voice of Generation X. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's Flashback Friday episode we look at the benefits, and even the joys, of writing your first drafts not on a computer, but by hand. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States, and today's episode looks at why our independent bookstores matter now more than ever. Ensuring they survive the current health and economic crisis is as important as the survival of any of our local small businesses, so support your local indie today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time again for our not-at-all-regular Short Story Saturday episode. Today's story is called "Now Hiring," and I hope you both enjoy it and start writing more short stories of your own. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today's flashback episode takes a look at several books about writing by writers. Even if you're not a writer, reading these gives a unique insight into the minds of the writers you love, but for you writers they are indispensable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Everyone knows about novels and short stories, but do you know the often overlooked middle child of the fiction genre? In today's episode we get to know the novella. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

I missed Short Story Saturday, so instead you get Flash Fiction Sunday, with my story "Therapy." I hope you enjoy it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today's Throwback Thursday episode was inspired by procrastination. It seeks to destroy the nonsense of "trying" to be a writer. Don't try...be one. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today's short story is one I posted last year as well, but I wanted to post it again because it reminds me (and us) of a time when we took things like crowded carnivals for granted. Here's hoping those days return soon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

There are 5 Thursdays this month, so to keep Throwback Thursday on schedule, I'm doing it in the spot it would normally occupy. Today we take a look at an interesting question: why writers write. You probably have your own reasons, may know some others, and some may surprise you. I'll also give you a few of the reasons that I write. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today is the birthday of the great Ernest Hemingway. Let's meet the man who wasn't just a legend, but also one of the greatest writers of all time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode I want to ramble a bit about something I've mentioned before but never devoted an entire episode to: the books that I've written. Here are the links to the books I mention in the episode: The Last Word: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692235388/ Writer in Residence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692496572/ Book Town: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692142991/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today's episode is a crossover from my Bookish podcast, and it's dedicated to Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who passed away last month at 55. It is hard to express the impact he had on me, but I'm going to try. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time for our monthly Throwback Thursday episode, and today's throwback looks at the only positive to come from the social distancing/self-quarantining/mandatory lockdown we're all experiencing: writers have no excuse anymore for not writing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode we look at the benefits, and even the joys, of writing your first drafts not on a computer, but by hand. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Have you always dreamed of writing a novel but just didn't know where to start? In today's episode, we're going to point you in the right direction. Today we're talking about Camp NaNoWriMo, an offshoot of the phenomenon that is National Novel Writing Month. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode we're keeping things light, looking at the best and worst dads in literature. Happy Father's Day! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Walk into to any bookstore or library and you will immediately notice the ubiquitous book series. In today's episode we'll take look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the book series. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Writer's have a symbiotic relationship with booksellers; after all, they are the ones who usually put our books in the hands of readers. Today we meet the woman who knew all the great writers of the 1920s, helped publish one of the most acclaimed novels ever, and is rightly called the patron saint of booksellers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today we're looking at the tendency some authors have to keep revising their books on social media long after they're published, and why we should avoid doing it. Yes, JK Rowling, I'm talking about you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today's episode of Angry Typewriter takes a look at several books about writing by writers. Even if you're not a writer, reading these gives a unique insight into the minds of the writers you love, but for you writers they are indispensable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

On today's episode we look at the process of getting your book into bookstores using their consignment programs. It's an option you may never have considered, but one that you should. The benefits both to you as an author and to your local bookstore may surprise you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Stephen King famously said “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.” Given the truth of that statement, today's episode is about something every writer (and every listener of this podcast) should be: a book collector. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time for the June edition of Throwback Thursday (yes, with furlough over, this returns to its normal monthly slot). In today's episode we explode the myth of writer's block. You're not blocked, dear listener. Come hear why. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

On today's Sunday Ramble, we're stepping away from the nuts and bolts of writing to look at something we all love as writers: reading fiction. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

May is Short Story Month, so it's time again for Short Story Saturday. Today's short story is another of mine that ultimately became part of my first novel. I hope you enjoy it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's Throwback Thursday episode, we look at the good and the not so good of writing the novel series. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today we take a look at an interesting question: why writers write. You probably have your own reasons, may know some others, and some may surprise you. I'll also give you a few of the reasons that I write. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time again for Short Story Saturday here at Angry Typewriter. Today's story is from my novel "Writer in Residence," and is actually a flash fiction piece within the novel written by one of the characters. I hope you enjoy it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode we return to the greatest American author ever and look at five essential books on his time in Paris in the 1920s. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's time again for Short Story Saturday, this time with a story that falls under the category of flash fiction. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

Today's episode was inspired by procrastination. It seeks to destroy the nonsense of "trying" to be a writer. Don't try...be one. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

The short story is a sadly neglected form of fiction today, and during this Short Story Month I want to encourage you to change that. Read short stories and write them as well. As encouragement, I offer one of mine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

There are more opportunities for writers today than at any time in history. In today's Throwback Thursday episode we look at a few. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

It's Short Story Saturday, and today we're doing something a little different. Today's short story is a work in progress that may be a short story, and may end up as a chapter in the next book in The Last Word series. Time will tell. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support

In today's episode we discuss something all authors hate: self-promotion. We also have a free book offer for the next week at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L75YLEI/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angrytypewriter/support