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This is an excerpt from Hobbies You Enjoy by Brian Alan Ellis.
This week on Friendless, your pal James Avramenko chats with returning guest Brian Alan Ellis. They discuss creative routines, the inate hostility of social media, indy publishing, networking with artists, and pro wrestling! Give Brian a follow on Instagram Buy his books at House of Vlad Sign up for the Friendless Substack Check out the Friendless Pensight Follow Friendless on TikTokSupport the showIf you like this show and want to support it why not Buy Me A Coffee or visit the Friendless Linktree to sign up for the newsletter, get free downloads, and so much more!
This week on Friendless, host James Avramenko is joined by author Brian Alan Ellis (Sad Laughter, Road Warrior Hawk, Hobbies You Enjoy). They talk about living in Florida vs British Columbia, sensitivity readers, earnest vulnerability not playing to modern readers, the ups and downs of self-publishing and so much more.Check out Brian's writing at House of VladFollow Hobbies You EnjoyAnd buy his shit!Follow Friendless on Instagram and on TwitterAnd don't forget to sign up for the monthly newsletter!Support the show
Brian Alan Ellis runs House of Vlad Press. Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. Erin Calabria is a co-founding editor at Empty House Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brian Alan Ellis runs House of Vlad Press. Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. Erin Calabria is a co-founding editor at Empty House Press. (Transcript) Welcome to Micro, a podcast for short, but powerful writing. I'm your host, Drew Hawkins. Sumac trees,Continue reading "Ellis x Faulkner x Calabria"
MANIA AND THE ART OF THE EXPLODING BUDDHA // Brian Alan Ellis is the author of Something to Do with Self-Hate, Sad Laughter, Road Warrior Hawk, and other books, as well as the sole publishing force behind House of Vlad. Follow him on Twitter @brianalanellis
BRIAN ALAN ELLIS runs House of Vlad Press and is the author of several books, including Sad Laughter (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018). His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Heavy Feather Review, Electric Literature, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Fanzine, and HTMLGIANT. He lives in Florida. In this episode we explore all the different music mediums that you used to listen to and how we used to burn CDs and make mixtapes, obviously, we discuss KISS because he’s the man behind that question I ask almost every episode, and we hit on when we first met at a reading in Miami.
Jon sits down with author and publisher Brian Alan Ellis to discuss his beloved press, House of Vlad, his books, and much more. Brian is the author of Sad Laughter (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018) and Something to Do with Self-Hate (House of Vlad/Talking Book, 2017). His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Fanzine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Funhouse, Heavy Feather Review, and Yes Poetry, among other places. He lives in Florida. Thanks for tuning into the episode. Follow Brian on Twitter at @brianalanellis and follow House of Vlad at @HouseofVlad.
Brian Alan Ellis is the author of several books of both literature and poetry and he is the creator of House of Vlad, his own publishing company. In this interview we talk about his childhood, his early days as a musician and zine printer, and about how professional wrestling has influenced both his life and his work. His latest book Road Warrior Hawk: Poems about Depression, Anxiety, and Pop Culture is out now. Music in this episode is by Michael Kilcullen.
5 Questions is a series where I ask artists 5 questions about their creative process. This episode features writer Brian Alan Ellis. Music in this episode is by Michael Kilcullen, and this episode features three poems by Ellis' forthcoming book Road Warrior Hawk: Poems About Depression, Anxiety, and Pop Culture (House of Vlad).
Brian Alan Ellis runs House of Vlad Productions, is the author of novellas, short-story collections, Something to Do with Self-Hate, & Sad Laughter. His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Electric Literature, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Funhouse, Talking Book, and Queen Mob’s Tea House, among other places. We got down & talked suicide, his sad life & AWP travel plans. He lives in Florida, and tweets sad and clever things at both @brianalanellis and @HouseofVlad.
Brian came on to talk about videogames, alcohol, when to cut people out of your life, and writing his new book, Sad Laughter.
KAREN STEFANO is the author of the forthcoming memoir 'What A Body Remembers' (Rare Bird Books 2019) and the short story collection 'The Secret Games of Words' (1GlimpsePress 2015). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Ms. Magazine, California Lawyer, Psychology Today, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She is also a JD/MBA with more than twenty years of complex litigation experience. BRIAN ALAN ELLIS is the author of several books, including 'Sad Laughter' (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018) and 'Something to Do with Self-Hate' (House of Vlad Productions/Talking Book, 2017). His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Fanzine, Electric Literature, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Funhouse, Connotation Press, Heavy Feather Review, and Queen Mob’s Tea House, among other places, and he lives in Florida.
B. Diehl is obsessed with The Room, Brian Alan Ellis with Troll 2, and Ryan Boyd is as obsessed with Ed Wood. So we got together and argued about which of these films is truly the worst! How do new movies stack up to the King of Bad Movies. Find out!
Episode 2 of the Talking Book Podcast featuring Brian Alan Ellis and his book "Something to do With Self-Hate" featuring special guest Mary Moore who narrated the audiobook.
In this episode, we talk self-publishing, Florida, punk bands, Henry Rollins, depression, bad relationships, drinking, writing, pro wrestling, and being chill with regards to making books. Brian's books are a lot of fun. Check them out here. Here's his publishing work: House of Vlad
I debut my new cohost Miss Ophelia Piggly, who asks rude and invasive questions and interjects insults while I interview self hating author of great books such as Failiure Pie in the Sadness Face, Brian Alan Ellis. We talk fetishes, conspiracy theories, sex parties, piss drinking, stupid shit we have done while drunk, fucked up dreams, what our superhero powers would be if we were superheroes, and other sad and depressing shit.
Brian and I doing some chatting over pizza and beer.
Two geniuses discussing their hearts and minds.
This episode stars Brian Alan Ellis and Bud Smith (King Shit, Tables Without Chairs #1, F250, House of Vlad, Unknown Press). It was recorded* over the Skype between the This Podcast Will Change Your Life corporate offices in Chicago, IL and Ellis' home in Tallahassee, FL Smith's home in Washington Height, NY in February 2016. *With apologies for the glitchy volume during the first several minutes. It gets addressed. Promise.
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