Podcast appearances and mentions of jake needham

Books and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Jake Needham is an American lawyer who became a screen and television writer through a series of coincidences too ridiculous for anyone to believe. When he realized how little he actually liked movies and television, he started writing crime novels. Jake has lived in Asia and Australia since 1980, first in Sydney, then in Hong Kong, and from 1992, in Bangkok. He and his wife, an Oxford graduate and prematurely retired concert pianist, have been married for thirty-two years and have two adult sons. Jake has published seventeen novels that have collectively sold over a million copies. You see? The great tradition of the American expat novelist isn't entirely dead yet. We talked about masks (psychological, not covid), childhood trauma, plastic surgery…and Aquanet wiggling into tight pants in the 80! (And more!)  00:00 START 05:30 Drink 1: Mango Cinnamon Margarita 08:11 Reading 1: Charlie and the Dogs 13:48 From law to writing for film & TV 24:27 Character-driven fiction 25:05 Drink 2: Singapore Sling 28:24 Reading 2: A Hot Day in Singapore 33:31 Misbehaving Characters: Plotting and Pantsing 41:20 Cultural differences and life in Singapore  44:40 Drink 3: The Zombie 48:18 Reading 3: Charlie Trust 56:16 Living next door to Farrah Fawcett 58:01 Law, the legal system, and justice   Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with Ashley and Andrea Www.booksandbrews.net www.lauravosika.com www.gabrielshornpress.com www.glenmirrilfarms.wordpress.com Www.jakeneedhamnovels.com  ~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We've been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode. Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika  Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products: https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come) Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us booksandbrewslive@gmail.com COMING NEXT MONTH:  Kristie Wolf, thrillers UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: CHILDREN  See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk Our theme music is from www.bensound.com. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to get notifications of all our new videos. We have now interviewed more than 115 authors! Would you like to be featured? Leave a comment. https://www.youtube.com/@booksandbrews

Things heat up at Hope's Memorial as Jennie strengthens her relationship with Kurt. Meanwhile, Cartwright and Blue decide to take Kurt's investigation into their own hands.   Season 1, Episode 13   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

Things between Jennie and Keller escalate. Fisher starts to question their own morality.   Season 1, Episode 9   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

Patient 33 is kicked out of his own room after Detective Crunch opens the investigation into who killed Nurse Margie. Meanwhile, Jennie does not get along with her new supervisor.    Season 1, Episode 8   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

A bad smell in the hospital puts everyone in poor spirits. Dr. Terrier starts to doubt Nurse Jennie.   Season 1, Episode 7   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

It's spaghetti day at Hope's Memorial, and things get messy.   Season 1, Episode 6   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

Dr. Why's new therapy dog stirs up some trouble in the coma ward. Jennie starts growing concerned over Nurse Margie's continued disappearance.   Season 1, Episode 4   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts or Podchaser so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

Tensions rise in the hospital as Dr. Homely and Janitor Fisher work to cover up their mess from the night before. Season 1, Episode 3   — Content Warnings at the bottom of the description —   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review on either Apple Podcasts or Podchaser so that others can as well! It would be much appreciated

Jake Needham is the author of two major crime series set in Singapore and Asia: the Inspector Samuel Tay novels and the Jack Shepherd series. An international attorney turned crime novelist, Jake was kind enough to talk with me about his storylines, his approach to writing, and the use of "elaborate hanging out," to construct realistic and meaningful backdrops. Jake uses the city of Singapore as an active character within his work, and his storytelling is right up there with Elmore Leonard and Lawrence Block. Better than Block in my opinion. You heard me, Lawrence.  Check out his work at JakeNeedham.com, or follow him on Twitter @jakeneedham This is a rebroadcast of an older, re-edited interview. Click HERE to enter the Amygdala short story contest, and send us something better than Lawrence Block. 

Back before the TripAdvisor was around, people experienced Thailand in different ways. Jake Needham got his first idea of the…

Jake Needham is the International Bestselling Author of the Inspector Samuel Tay and Jack Shepherd Series. He is a lawyer by education and was a screen and television writer who began writing crime novels when he realized he really didn’t like movies and television very much. Jake Needham has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, and...

Author Jake Needham discusses his noir fiction series', character development, and "Elaborate Hanging Out," as his research techniques in writing. Jake Needham is the author of the Inspector Tay and the Jack Shepard Series, both crime fiction set in Asia.