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Kelly talks about the history and legacy of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War for its 50th anniversary, including its long-running favor among book banners. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What's Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it's part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Cormier Archives on Censorship Cormier Archives letter to Liz New York Times on Cormier and The Chocolate War's Censorship Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to my home, we of course are here for another Wednesday Night Book Club, this week we are discussing the book "We All Fall Down" 1991 by Robert Cormier. A group of teenagers trash a house and assault a young girl resulting in her coma, little do they know that The Avenger saw what happened, and he is not going to let them get away with it. Part Batman fantasy, part love story, this is a fun read for young adults!We are on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5MHpzbpH9H0jXRCJI34KlC?si=a95fe723c01c4b6cCheck out our website: www.friedricepodcast.comCall our VOICEMAIL: (702) 829-0117 and give me a recommendation for a book to read!(don't worry, Andy isn't sitting in his room, waiting by his phone like it's the 90s, just fiddling with the long chord, reading "Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?"...

Welcome to another Wednesday Night Book Club, this week I discuss the books "The Chocolate War" 1974 and "Beyond the Chocolate War" 1985 by Robert Cormier.Two of my all-time favorite young adult novels! Welcome to Trinity High School and meet "The Vigils" a secret society of students built to keep order at school. Meet Archie, the "assigner" for The Vigils, his job is to come up with twisted assignments for students to do, and his newest victim, Jerry, the new kid at school still grieving from the loss of his mother. What happens when a rock meets a hard place?Let's get high and talk about it!Next Week's Book: We All Fall Down 1991 by Robert CormierWe are on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5MHpzbpH9H0jXRCJI34KlC?si=a95fe723c01c4b6cCheck out our website: www.friedricepodcast.comCall our VOICEMAIL: (702) 829-0117 and give me a recommendation for a book to read!(don't worry, Andy isn't sitting in his room, waiting by his phone like it's the 90s, just fiddling with the long chord, reading "Babysitters Club: Dawn and the Older Boy"...)

Welcome to another Wednesday Night Book Club, this week I discuss the book "Stranger in a Strange Land" 1961 by Robert A. Heinlein (recommended by Austin from acclaimed "Fried Rice Podcast" fame...)Our resident old man, Mike, told me he read this in high school as a required reading.... So, basically, Austin chose homework for me, thanks Austin...Luckily, this is actually quite an interesting book with a lot of complex themes, most of which I probably didn't understand or ignored to focus on all the fun Jubel Herschaw shenanigans. Plus, I was high 90% of the time I was listening to this audiobook, so I might not have even a 1970's high schooler's grasp on what I was supposed to get from the book other than enjoyment. Next week's book(s): "The Chocolate War" 1974 by Robert Cormier, AAAAAANND the underrated sequel "Beyond the Chocolate War" 1985 by Robert Cormier ---------- High School secret societies, kids going door to door selling chocolate and a freaking guillotine, what could go wrong? One of my all-time favorites! (Plus it's routinely on the banned books list for the American Library Association's list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books)We are on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5MHpzbpH9H0jXRCJI34KlC?si=a95fe723c01c4b6cCheck out our website: www.friedricepodcast.comCall our VOICEMAIL: (702) 829-0117 and give me a recommendation for a book to read!(don't worry, Andy isn't sitting in his room, waiting by his phone like it's the 90s, just fiddling with the long chord, reading "The BFG"...)

In this week's episode, we take a look at eight pieces of writing advice from famous writers. I also discuss why I decided to change the name of my SEVENFOLD SWORD ONLINE series to STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE. To celebrate the release of GHOST IN THE VEILS, let's get caught up with some of Caina's older adventures in the GHOST NIGHT series. This coupon code will get you 25% off any of the GHOST NIGHT ebooks at my Payhip store: SPRINGNIGHT The coupon is valid through April 16th, 2024. So if you're looking for some spring reading, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 194 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is March the 28th, 2024 and today we are talking about eight pieces of writing advice from famous writers and what I think of those pieces of writing advice. So it should be an interesting show. Before we get to our other topics, let's have Coupon of the Week. To celebrate the release of Ghost in the Veils, let's get caught up with some of Caina's older adventures in the Ghost Night series. This coupon code will get you 25% off any of the Ghost Night ebooks at my Payhip Store:  SPRINGNIGHT and that is SPRINGNIGHT. And of course that will be in the show notes, along the link to the Ghost Night ebooks on my Payhip store. This coupon code is valid through April 16th, 2024, so if you're looking for some spring reading, we have got you covered. Let's have an update on my current writing projects. As we mentioned with the Coupon of the Week, Ghost in the Veils is done, it is out, and selling briskly. Thank you for that, everyone. You can get it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Smashwords, and Payhip. The reviews so far have been good, and it's been selling briskly. So thank you everyone for that. Now that that is done, my next main project will be Wizard-Thief, the second book in the Half-Elven Thief series, and I am in fact almost done with that. I'm on Chapter 11 of 12 though it might turn out to be 14 chapters in the edit. I would in fact be finishing it tomorrow, but I am taking the weekend off for Easter so hopefully I will get the rough draft wrapped up in the first week of April and the book out and available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited before the end of April. After Wizard-Thief is out, my next two main projects will be Cloak of Titans (I am 17,000 words into that) and then Shield of Darkness, the sequel to of the sequel to Shield of Storms from earlier in the year. In audiobook news, the Half-Elven Thief audiobook is done and I'm pleased to report it was narrated excellently by Leanne Woodward (the first book she has narrated for me). That should be available in the next couple of weeks at all the audiobook stores. Recording will start in a few weeks for the audiobook version of Ghost in the Veils, and that will also be excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. 00:02:20 Question of the Week/Title Change to the Sevenfold Sword Online Series Before we get to our main topic, we will do Question the Week and then an update on my books formerly known as Sevenfold Sword Online. Our Question of the Week was: what is your all-time favorite video game, like the one you keep coming to back play at to play again and again across decades? No wrong answers obviously and we had some good comments on this. Todd said, well, this is an easy one. Diablo and then Lands of Lore. Patrick Stewart really did give the King Richard character gravitas. Sam says Final Fantasy 14, an MMO with an amazing story and an amazing community. Justin says World of Warcraft, though I'm not very good at anything but the Auction House and Conquest of the New World, a DOS turn based strategy game I've played for 30 years now. For myself, I think I might be one of the few people who have played computer games in my generation who never played World of Warcraft. I spent a lot of time supporting it and fixing computers that broke when they tried to run World of Warcraft, but I never actually have played it. Pamela says, I play Lord of the Rings Online every day with my husband. I occasionally go back to Age of Empires. Ross Logan says Morrowind, though TIE Fighter is pretty solid also. For myself, I have played both TIE Fighter and Morrowind and thought they were both great, great games. Jay says XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. John says, played the old Wizardry series in the early ‘80s fanatically. I've played Eve Online since 2006, but lately I just refuel alliance stations. Also used to play a lot of the real time strategy Warcraft and StarCraft games, Age of Empires, Homeward, and also the first Diablo. Becca says the Mass Effect trilogy for me. Michael says, I spent a lot of hours on Skyrim, played it on PS3, 4, and 5, but spent even more time on Final Fantasy 14. They keep adding more DLCs with the newest one and the whole new storyline coming at the end of June. Ultimately, the whole Final Fantasy franchise has been my favorite ever since about 1990. I can relate with Michael there because I have played Skyrim on PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox, but I've only actually beaten it on Switch and Xbox, never on PC. Brandy says all the Diablo games I don't have the hand eye coordination or computer to play much these days. My partner is much more game-oriented, from tabletop to 40K to Fallout, and Franken Fallout. I read a lot, which I suppose works out. As a writer, I support that! Jason says Dragon Quest 9 on 3DS is my ultimate going back to game. I'm waiting for port remaster, aiming to be able to play it somewhere than other on that tiny 3DS screen. Justin says Elden Ring. Before Elden Ring came out, it was probably Diablo 2. Yogi says Skyrim, can't get enough, want a new version come out. Had to get into New World to satisfy that need. Mike says I have not played as much over the last few years, but I enjoyed the Diablo series. A different Michael says, some epic answers here already. Morrowind is my all-time favorite, but not because I keep going back to it. In fact, the opposite. The game moved and impressed me so much that I've never played it again as to not dim the memory with repetition. Also, the old Infocom text adventures, Zork III in particular. For games I keep going back to, probably Master of Magic, Medieval 2: Total War, and Lord of the Rings Online. Rhion says, Master of Magic. I still have my DOS diskettes for it! For myself, I think it comes down to a toss-up between two titles. The oldest one is Master of Magic from 1994, though I think the remake from 2022 is a worthy successor. Admittedly, the 2022 remake took a bunch of patches to get there, but in the original form from 1994, the game also required many patches, so it's just continuing the legacy of the original game. The newer one is Skyrim, which as I mentioned, I've been playing on and off since 2011 and even though I finally beat the main campaign during COVID in 2020, I still keep coming back to the game. Though if we are measuring by the length of time I've been coming back to the game, Master of Magic wins since I first played that in 1994 and Skyrim was first in 2011. A semi-important announcement: I have decided to rename the Sevenfold Sword Online series to the Stealth and Spells Online series. The motivation for this decision came from the many, many, many emails I have received asking where Sevenfold Sword Online fit in between Dragontiarna, or Sevenfold Sword, or if the Calliande Arban NPC in the books will turn out to be the real Calliande Arban from Frostborn. And the answer to all these questions is no, of course not. Sevenfold Sword Online is something totally different than the Frostborn epic fantasy series. It's a LitRPG series with many science fiction elements. The premise is that 700 years in the future, an evil corporation made a virtual reality MMORPG game based on my Frostborn books and a former developer sets out to expose the evil corporation from within by playing the game. It's not part of Frostborn or the other Andomhaim series, but all this confusion is not the reader's fault. It's my fault. By naming it Sevenfold Sword Online, I think I set the table wrong, so to speak. What do I mean by setting the table wrong? Imagine that you sit down to a meal. The tablecloth is the red and white pattern traditionally associated with Italian restaurants. On the table you see a shaker of garlic salt and another of Parmesan cheese. Next to your plate is a pizza cutter, and in front of it is a basket of garlic breadsticks. Your beverage is in one of those red plastic cups that Pizza Hut had back in the ‘90s. Naturally, you're expecting the waiter to bring out a pizza. Instead, the waiter brings out a plate with carne asada tacos and lime and jalapeno tortilla chips. You're going to be very confused. Why is there a pizza cutter next to your plate if you're having tacos? I mean, they could potentially be the best tacos in the history of Mexican cuisine, but it's still weird because you sat down and everything indicated that you were about to get a pizza. By naming the LitRPG series Sevenfold Sword Online, I think I set the table wrong and created incorrect expectations that it was actually part of the main Frostborn, Sevenfold Sword, Dragontiarna, Dragonskull, and the Shield War series. It probably also kneecapped sales for the series, since people assumed it was part of Sevenfold Sword. Therefore, Sevenfold Sword Online has been renamed to the Stealth and Spells Online series. Hopefully this will be a better indicator of what kind of book it really is. Now after talking about all of that, I really want some tacos. 00:08:58 Main Topic: Eight Pieces of Advice from Famous Authors So let's look at eight piece of advice from famous authors and see what I think about them and if I agree with them or not. The first one is from Robert Cormier, who says “the beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” I would definitely agree with that. For instance, when I published Ghost in the Veils, I forgot that in the first book I said that Calliope's eyes were green and in the second book her eyes were suddenly dark and reader Juanna pointed that out. So I made sure to go back and quickly change the color of Calliope's eyes to the correct green color in Ghost in the Veils. But you know, a little annoying to make that mistake. It's not a big deal, whereas if you make a mistake in brain surgery, that is pretty much a one and done situation. Our second piece of writing advice is from George Orwell, who of course wrote 1984 and Animal Farm and other classics of dystopian fiction. He says, “writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” I think that applies more to authors who are traditionally published than indies, because I've never found writing a book to be objectively painful. It helps to have perspective. I mean, I used to spend eight hours a day unloading trucks. That got painful, especially when it happened to be 100° out in the summer. By contrast, when I write a book, I'm sitting in my office chair pressing buttons on a keyboard. That is objectively less painful, and I suppose the like the mistake I mentioned earlier about Calliope's eye color would have been more painful if it was traditionally published and I couldn't just change it myself as opposed to if it was traditionally published and then, well, that's it. It's going to be that way forever now. So I think that writing in general is less painful for indies than it is for the traditionally published. Our third piece of writing advice is from Margaret Atwood. She says, “If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” That is also very true. As we mentioned earlier, you definitely don't have to worry about your rough draft being perfect. You just got to get it on the page and then I would also suggest you don't have to worry about your final draft being perfect. You have to worry about being good enough and get it to the point where it is good enough because perfection does not exist in this world. Our fourth piece of advice comes from Stephen King, who says, “Good fiction almost always starts with the story and progresses to theme. It almost never starts with the theme and progresses to story.” If you swap out the word story for conflict, I definitely agree with that because I know some writers tend to worry a great deal about what is my book going to be about when I think instead they should be worrying about what's the conflict in my book going to be and how is that conflict get resolved? Our fifth piece of radio advice is from Elmore Leonard. He says, “Cut all the parts people will skip.” I agree with that very much. The tricky part is learning what the parts that people skip are going to be. So overall you want your book to be not boring and you want to cut out as many of the boring parts as is physically possible to do so. Our six piece of advice is from Neil Gaiman, who says simply, “Finish things.” That is very good advice because I've noticed that a trouble many new and starting out face is actually finishing the books and I often say that when a new writer says, do I need to be working on, you know, my website or my mailing list or my social media or all that? I say no, the best thing to learn how to do is to finish a book, because that is a skill that will serve you well for the entirety of your writing career. If you can't finish the book, then there's no point in having the social media and the website and the mailing list and all that. So learning to finish things is the vital skill for any writer. Our seventh piece of writing advice is from Harper Lee, who said, “I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent, he would be wise to develop a thick hide.” There is also good advice, especially considering she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, which when it came out engendered a fair bit of unfair criticism for her. It is definitely important to have a thick hide when you are a writer. We've all seen the news reports of a writer who gets a bad review on Goodreads and flips out and melts down on Twitter. Or, in the worst cases, drives across the country to confront the reviewer in person. That is always a bad idea, do not do that. The trick to deal with any kind of criticism, especially online criticism, is to just not respond to it. The Internet criticism cycle tends to have a very short attention span, and so if you just wait it out, eventually some other bright shiny object will capture people's attention and that will be that. So the best way to cultivate a thick hide in the in the era of the Internet and Twitter and social media and all that is to learn to not to respond to things. Our eighth and final piece of advice comes from Kurt Vonnegut, who says, “No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them in order that the reader may see what they are made of.” That ties in with our earlier talk about conflict and that is how you indeed see what your characters are made of and how you find the bones of your story. What is the conflict and how will the conflict test and put the characters to the trial and how will the characters grow, develop, and change as a result of the trial to which they have been subjected? If you want your characters to have a happy ending, they have to suffer for it first. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful and a quick note of thanks to my transcriptionist for helping me to pull together the quotes for this episode. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com, many with transcripts. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer Phil Norman, who's swinging by the sweat room for some punishment with Pertwee in the hope of finding any trace of BBC junior science show Over The Moon, Amityville (The House On The Hill) by Lovebug Starski, I Am The Cheese by Robert Cormier, WFLA Milkshake, Children's BBC game show Spy Trap, educational textbook Mediamind, The Black Tower, Soul Train by Swans Way and Paul And Peta Page's 'Hot Dogs'. Along the way we'll be charting the rise and fall of 'Frisps Chic', assessing the commercial viability of a Hauntological Space Hopper, speculating on whether Derek Griffiths' vocal extemporisations were a coded warning about AI, listening to Morrissey's Classic Horror Impressions and trying to determine the difference between a Home Bargains Morph and Bloke Who Stands Next To The Genie.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Phil talking about S-S-S-Single Bed by Fox, Leapfrog, The Country Life Christmas Box, Humrush by KMD, Body Contact, Oscar The Rabbit In Rubbidge, Erasmus Microman and Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humpe And Find True Happiness? here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Unfortunately as there's no 'U' in WFLA there's not really any opportunity for a Looks Unfamiliar-related 'wacky' acronym but that's a milkshake anyway.

Is it nature or nurture? That is the eternal true crime question. Jenn, aka Childfreesista, has never been able to turn away from the dark side. While many girls of her generation were reading books like The Baby-Sitters Club, she was buried in books by Robert Cormier, the Stephen King of Young Adult literature. Then came Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Alice Sebold's memoir Lucky. Her fascination with exploring what true crime stories can teach us about our human condition was born.    In this premier episode, Childfreesista introduces a much-needed perspective that challenges the current pronatalist approach to true crime.    Childfreesista is an award-winning poet, short story author, and essayist holding a BA in Anthropology and a Masters in Library and Information Science. She is a librarian and Jamaican American atheist raising two pandemic puppies in the DC Metro Area.     Full transcript available here!   Stay up-to-date with the latest content and events for the childfree community by subscribing to the Childfree Media newsletter.  

Let's say you want to own a business, but you're not sure what kind. A clever idea is probably a good place to start, but believe it or not you don't have to have your own concept or business model to own your own.  You could own a franchise. Franchises are everywhere in the American marketplace — think of ubiquitous fast food brands like McDonalds or Jimmy Johns. It's a $500 billion industry representing 750,000 individual franchises.  Owning a franchise solves a number of problems for entrepreneurs — they don't have to worry about branding or recipes or product development. Franchisees buy a license — in essence — to sell a brand on their own terms.  Burgers might be the most common kind of franchise, but it's not the only way to go. If you live in Acadiana, you might want to own — a boudin franchise. Boudin is big business in this market. And as Acadiana grows, so too is its appetite for boudin and specialty meats. One of the very best known brands in the business is the Best Stop, a staple in Scott, Louisiana. But thanks to a new franchise, you don't have to go to the Boudin capital to get your fix.  Shaina Credeur and Danee Deville are the owners of a Best Stop franchise in Carencro and own the rights for locations in Lafayette.  Shaina grew up in Broussard. She and her husband run a jewelry store and have a portfolio of real estate investments. So investing in Boudin was a natural fit.  Danee didn't have to buy into the Best Stop way of life — she was born into it. She is the oldest grandchild of the Best Stop's founder. Robert Cormier. Growing up around sausage makers gave her the envie for owning a Best Stop of her own. When franchising became an option, she brought the idea to her friend Shaina and the two found themselves in hog heaven. Out to Lunch Acadiana is recorded live over lunch at Tsunami Sushi in downtown Lafayette. You can find photos from this by Astor Morgan at itsacadiana.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™: We remember Louise Fletcher, Robert Cormier, Kitten Natividad, Zack Estrin, and Coolio. In Moving Pictures: Star Trek 4 is not happening. “Armor Wars” has been upgraded to a feature film. The “Grendel” series is not moving forward at Netflix. In Comics, Carlos Pacheco shared his final […]

Heart to Heartland is back from its summer hiatus! If you're new to the family, Heart to Heartland is a fan-run podcast about CBC's Heartland from a fan perspective. Season 2 of this podcast starts with acknowledging Robert Cormier's passing and going over the season 16 launch event. Content warning: death and spoilers. Follow the podcast on Instagram: h2hlpodcast or watch the visual version from Youtube, under Heartlandians. Opening credits music by: Hyde

: Pop culture update! Why Ned Fulmer is not longer apart of Try Guys, the sudden passing of 33 year-old Canadian actor Robert Cormier, and Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine in the upcoming Deadpool movie with founder of Howl & Roar Records and broadcaster Allison Dore

Book Vs. Movie: The Chocolate War Robert Cormier 1974 YA Novel Vs. The 1988 Keith Gordon FilmThis September, the Margos are going to cover books that have been placed on “Banned Books” lists at schools and libraries in America over the last 100+ years, starting with The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, which has consistently been banned in high schools for language, religious questioning, and sexual imagery since its publication. The story of Jerry Renault, a lonely high school freshman at a Catholic school mourning the loss of his mother and trying to figure out how to find his way in life while maintaining his individuality. The main high school clique, the Vigils, run by creepy Archie, wants Charlie to refuse to sell chocolates to make him stand out (badly) to Brother Leon. Leon needs to sell 20,000 boxes of chocolates because he borrowed too much cash ahead of time and the school administration is close to finding this out. When Jerry is “allowed” by the Vigils to sell the chocolates, he continues to refuse to cause an escalation of destabilization and violence at the school. Was it worth it for him to “disturb the universe?” The film, directed by Keith Gordon, was made for a tiny budget (used mostly for the kickass 80s soundtrack featuring Kate Bush and Yaz) and made little impact at the time. It is now having a revival due to the popularity of Bush's Running Up That Hill feature on the Netflix show Stranger Things. So between the book and the film, which did we like better?In this ep, the Margos discuss:Banned Books and recent U.S. issues with this at schools across the nationThe themes of the book Why this movie may be controversial and why it also strikes a chord with readersThe cast: John Glover (Brother Leon,) IIan Mitchell-Smith (Jerry,) Doug Hutchinson (Obie,) Wallace Langham (Archie,) Corey Gunnestad (Goober,) Brent Fraser (Emile,) Robert Davenport (Brian Cochran,) Jenny Wright (Lisa,) Bud Cort (Brother Jacques,) Adam Baldwin (John Carter,) and Ethan Sandler as David Caroni.Clips used:Jerry refuses to sell the cookies The Chocolate War trailerBrother Leon harassed BaileyLisa meets JerryArchie and John Carter know they need to sell more chocolate. Archie and Carter at the boxing match “Greedy and Cruel”The Chocolate War soundtrack Book Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine

Book Vs. Movie: The Chocolate War Robert Cormier 1974 YA Novel Vs. The 1988 Keith Gordon FilmThis September, the Margos are going to cover books that have been placed on “Banned Books” lists at schools and libraries in America over the last 100+ years, starting with The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, which has consistently been banned in high schools for language, religious questioning, and sexual imagery since its publication. The story of Jerry Renault, a lonely high school freshman at a Catholic school mourning the loss of his mother and trying to figure out how to find his way in life while maintaining his individuality. The main high school clique, the Vigils, run by creepy Archie, wants Charlie to refuse to sell chocolates to make him stand out (badly) to Brother Leon. Leon needs to sell 20,000 boxes of chocolates because he borrowed too much cash ahead of time and the school administration is close to finding this out. When Jerry is “allowed” by the Vigils to sell the chocolates, he continues to refuse to cause an escalation of destabilization and violence at the school. Was it worth it for him to “disturb the universe?” The film, directed by Keith Gordon, was made for a tiny budget (used mostly for the kickass 80s soundtrack featuring Kate Bush and Yaz) and made little impact at the time. It is now having a revival due to the popularity of Bush's Running Up That Hill feature on the Netflix show Stranger Things. So between the book and the film, which did we like better?In this ep, the Margos discuss:Banned Books and recent U.S. issues with this at schools across the nationThe themes of the book Why this movie may be controversial and why it also strikes a chord with readersThe cast: John Glover (Brother Leon,) IIan Mitchell-Smith (Jerry,) Doug Hutchinson (Obie,) Wallace Langham (Archie,) Corey Gunnestad (Goober,) Brent Fraser (Emile,) Robert Davenport (Brian Cochran,) Jenny Wright (Lisa,) Bud Cort (Brother Jacques,) Adam Baldwin (John Carter,) and Ethan Sandler as David Caroni.Clips used:Jerry refuses to sell the cookies The Chocolate War trailerBrother Leon harassed BaileyLisa meets JerryArchie and John Carter know they need to sell more chocolate. Archie and Carter at the boxing match “Greedy and Cruel”The Chocolate War soundtrack Book Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 455, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure 1: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger. Spider-Man. 2: Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast. "Green Eggs and Ham". 3: A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-foot plunge on the ride named for this 1993 film. Jurassic Park. 4: Seuss Landing is home to a rollicking ride named for this famous feline. The Cat in the Hat. 5: On Marvel's Superhero Island you may turn green when you ride the roller coaster named for him. The Incredible Hulk. Round 2. Category: Teen Book Scene 1: Amazon.com allows you to add this "Fudge" author's "Forever" to your "Wedding Registry" list. Judy Blume. 2: "Troy" by Adele Geras is a young adult novel reworking of this Homer epic. "The Iliad". 3: There's now a series of books based on this WB series about Lorelai and Rory. Gilmore Girls. 4: This Meg Cabot book is the first in her series about royal-in-training Mia Thermopolis. "The Princess Diaries". 5: "They murdered him" begins this Robert Cormier novel. "The Chocolate War". Round 3. Category: "Bag" 'Em Up 1: It's where Tiger can keep his irons and drivers and tees, oh my!. a golf bag. 2: Bellowing Highland instrument. a bagpipe. 3: It's a Middle East capital. Baghdad. 4: Derived from the Italian for "little stick", it's a long, narrow loaf of French bread. a baguette. 5: A trifle, or a short piece of music. a bagatelle. Round 4. Category: This Means War! 1: The French Revolution inspired a similar one in this Caribbean country in 1791. Haiti. 2: The USA's began in 1861, Angola's in 1975. Civil War. 3: The Pequot, Pontiac's and the Nez Perce were 3 of these "wars". Indian wars. 4: (Hi, I'm Andy Summers.) The U.S. government called the Korean War this, which sounds like a lawsuit by my old band. police action. 5: Frederick the Great's invasion of Silesia in 1740 launched the war of this country's succession. Austria. Round 5. Category: Humpty Dumpty 1: Humpty Dumpty's perch. a wall. 2: After Humpty's fall, they tried to put him together again. all the king's horses and all the king's men. 3: "Cornflake Girl" who wrote a song in which "Humpty Dumpty and Betty Louise... stole a Sony and some Camembert cheese". Tori Amos. 4: This comedian played Humpty Dumpty in the 1933 Paramount film "Alice in Wonderland". W.C. Fields. 5: Alice had some of the unusual words in this Lewis Carroll poem explained to her by Humpty. "Jabberwocky". Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Josh MacDonald is a veteran of stage and screen, familiar to Halifax audiences through films and shows like Diggstown, Spinster, Little Grey Bubbles, and Sex & Violence. As a screenwriter his works include the horror film The Corridor and the coming-of-age story Faith, Fraud and Minimum Wage, which was based on his play Halo. He's got his playwright's hat on when he visits the show this week to discuss #IAmTheCheese, his adaptation of Robert Cormier's 1977 bestseller. On January 30, he'll discuss its evolution along with the show's director, Ann-Marie Kerr, as part of Eastern Front Theatre's Early Stages Festival.

We chose to go dark on this one, all except for Lauren who went with some lighter fare because sometimes you read what the book gods send your way and you don't ask any questions. Aileen tips off the book talk with her pick, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. Alisa cuts the line with Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lauren brightens the mood with A Season for Second Chances by Jenni Bayliss, and Josie wraps things up with the dark and heavy, Dune, by Frank Herbert.Lauren also gives some insight into the way libraries acquire books and muses about who decides what books are worthy for awards, and exactly how does one become invited to a dinner with the original influencers, the ALA.  

We chose to go dark on this one, all except for Lauren who went with some lighter fare because sometimes you read what the book gods send your way and you don't ask any questions. Aileen tips off the book talk with her pick, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. Alisa cuts the line with...

Our talking shop episode this week gifted us with another of Ashley's mini-lectures, where she explained a useful article she read on the young adult dystopian genre: A Creative Exploration and Analysis of Contemporary Dystopian Fiction. Munira Ezzi. Writing in Practice. Volume 4, 2018. Sarah, meanwhile, was struggling to find time. So, in an effort to find a useful resource to discuss, she headed over to YouTube and found a useful channel, 'Outstanding Screenplays' that had snippets of interviews from famous authors and screenwriters which she found inspiring. In our leisure reading, Ashley discussed a book, 'The Chocolate War' by Robert Cormier, and Sarah reviewed 'When We Were Lost' by Kevin Wignall.

In this episode I chew the fat with Robert Macnaughton, star of the 1982 mega hit ET The Extra Terrestrial. We chat about the movie and plenty of other things including being at Harrison Fords house! Robert MacNaughton (born December 19, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, for which he won a 1982 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. MacNaughton also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the 1983 film I Am the Cheese, based on the young adult novel by Robert Cormier. Sponsored by and part of the Scene Stealers Podcast Network www.scenestealersglobaluk This interview was recorded in 2019 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geeky-retro-nerds-show/message

From the climax of your story to those final words, what’s an author to do? The group talks about wrapping up plot lines and reminds folks about keeping your promise to the reader. Tracey points out how to end a novel within a series versus a stand-alone, Jess cautions against letting subplots fizzle out, and Anne laments the curse of Episode Fourteen.   QUOTE: “The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” – Robert Cormier   CREDITS: This episode of Your Writing Does Not Suck was recorded and edited by Anne M. Belen.  

Novelist Rufi Thorpe on Jane Smiley’s Private Life, balancing motherhood with artistry, and a brush with mortality. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Chocolate War and We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier and Private Life by Jane Smiley. Be sure to check out Rufi’s book, The Knockout Queen. Stay in the know about the latest Macmillan news by reading our free newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exploring “The Moustache” by Robert Cormier with ESL English

Leominster, Massachusetts is known for four things: Johnny Appleseed, a thriving plastics industry, Robert Cormier, and NYT bestselling author R.A. Salvatore.  With over 20 million books sold worldwide, more than four dozen books and numerous game credits, Salvatore has become one of the most important figures in modern epic fantasy.  A lifelong resident of Massachusetts, Salvatore, began writing shortly after receiving his bachelor of science degree in Communications/Medina from Fitchburg State College.

The Star Wars Breakdown continues! This week, Justin and Ken bring in educator, Robert Cormier, and Justyn Cortes from the Reel Talk Radio Podcast! It's a very in depth discussion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens! It gets deep. It gets funny. It's just a nerdy good time! #JOINTHEOFFENSIVE

End Bosses Nathan Schulz & Robert Cormier join the Geek K.O. gang for a round of the card game “Pitchstorm” for this mini-level!

Robert Cormier joins Ish & Justin’s party as they head into the Upside Down to do battle with End Boss Nathan Schulz (Agents of GUARD) as he quizzes them on Netflix’s “Stranger Things”! Who will defeat the Demogorgan & who will be forced to take a shift at Scoops Ahoy? Listen now to find out!

First Draft Episode #199: Robin Wasserman Robin Wasserman, New York Times bestselling author of adult novel Girls on Fire, as well as young adult novels The Waking Dark, The Book of Blood and Shadow, Hacking Harvard, The Cold Awakening series, the Seven Deadly Sins series. Her next novel, to come out with Scribner, is Mother Daughter Widow Wife. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Robin loved Diane Wynne Jones and Stephen King as a kid, particularly Salem’s Lot, The Stand, and It. (Robin wrote for The Atlantic about, “How Stephen King Saved My Life”) Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer, about whom Robin would gladly talk about forever. (And I would listen!) Robin wrote her senior thesis about Dr. Timothy Leary, who co-conducted studies known as the Psilocybin Project, which sought to test whether psychedelics could cure the emotional pain of Western man. Leary was fired from Harvard when the ethics of his studies came into question, and went on to continue promoting the use of psychedelics as a thought leader in the 60s counter-cultural movement. Leary has written extensively about his philosophy, including in books like The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, his book with his partner in the experiments, Richard Alpert* (now known as Ram Dass); his autobiography, Flashbacks; and Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out. Many have written about him, including The Timothy Leary Project: Inside the Great Counterculture Experiment, compiled by the archivist Jennifer Ulrich; and Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In by Robert Forte. *Of interest to me is that the TV show LOST paid homage to Ram Dass by naming a character Richard Alpert David Levithan, who has and does host a regular drinks night for New York authors of young adult fiction. Robin went to one of these gatherings and met John Green before Looking for Alaska won the Printz. Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of Nirvana, the band that broke open grunge. Cobain died by suicide in 1994. If you’re interested in Cobain, or Nirvana, or the grunge scene generally, I personally recommend Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm, and the documentary Montage of Heck by Brett Morgen (about which Robin wrote, “The Art of Resurrection: Montage of Heck,” in the Los Angeles Times Review of Books). The Satanic Panic was a phenomenon in the 1980s, wherein millions of Americans feared that an underground cult of Satan worshipers were practicing rituals and committing crimes. Robin particularly recommends Richard Beck’s We Believe the Children, which covers the phenomenon of, specifically, day care workers being charged with horrible accusations of child abuse. I’m obsessed with this phenomenon, and there are a ton of other podcasts that do a great job explaining it: For a broad overview, the Stuff You Should Know podcast released an episode about The Satanic Panic The Satanic Panic is a multi-part, deep dive into the phenomenon and many of the cases that came to define it (and their resources page isn’t to be missed) The McMartin Child Abuse trial was one of the most massive and egregious examples of the Satanic Panic as a community-seizing exercise of hysteria. Both WNYC’s The Takeaway and Generation Why have devoted episodes to exploring the case. Documentary filmmaker Penny Lane (whose most recent film, Hail Satan?, is awesome) went on KCRW’s The Document to discuss the case, and the phenomenon. Robin was inspired, in part, by an event of mass hysteria that afflicted dozens (of mostly high school cheerleaders) in LeRoy, New York, a phenomenon covered in the New York Times and Slate. Robin wrote about the phenomenon for the Los Angeles Times Review of Books (“Girl Trouble”), which is a non-fiction piece on the history of hysteria and a review of The Fever by Megan Abbott. Another book written about that phenomenon is The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas (listen to Kara’s episodes of First Draft here and here). The West Memphis Three was another case of hysteria leading to false convictions, in which three men in West Memphis, Arkansas were held responsible for the deaths of three young boys. The trial was controversial, and the three convicted men were released after serving more than 18 years in prison. The case is covered in a modern classic of documentary filmmaking, a trio of docs that begins with Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. The concept of “kindred spirits” put forth by Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery led Robin to some dysfunctional concepts of female friendship as a young woman Holly Black, who Robin calls “the queen of life modeling exercises” (listen to Holly Black’s First Draft episode here), asked her to write out what author she’d like to be. Robert Cormier and Neil Gaiman were among the many different answers to that question. Robin threw out that she’d like to be a cross between Michael Chabon and Joss Whedon. What/If, the TV show that Robin wrote for, is now available to watch on Netflix! Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 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Special guest Robert Cormier joins hosts Justyn and Jonathan as they celebrate 25 years of Jurassic Park and review Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.  If you enjoyed todays episode, be sure and leave us a rating and a review on iTunes to help us reach more movie lovers like you!  Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for even more Reel Talk! 

Robert Cormier joins hosts Justyn and Jonathan in a quest to crown the Best Movie in the MCU. They also discuss the upcoming "Marvel Lands" coming to 3 Disney Parks and talk about some surprising Infinity War news! If you liked todays episode, please leave us a comment and a rating on iTunes to help us reach more movie lovers like you! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @ReelTalkOC for breaking movie news and reviews, and visit us on the web at www.ReelTalkOC.com. What's your pick for Best MCU Movie? Let us know on our social media!  

Follow Jason on Twitter @jjgoad; visit his website jjgoad.com Jack Reacher books by Lee Child; Robert B. Parker’s Spenser books; Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe books; Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer books; Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswald; Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow; Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night by Jason Zinoman; Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin; Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast; Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House by Steve Stoliar; Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White by Michael Tisserand; So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Gialo Films by Troy Howarth; Dario Argento, director; Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger; The Complete Peanuts by Charles Schultz, published by Fantagraphics; Popeye by E.C. Segar; The Chocolate War & I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier; A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck; The Outsiders, Rumblefish, & Tex by S.E. Hinton; Rumblefish movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola; Bosch, Amazon tv series, based on Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch books; The Talented Mr. Ripley & The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith; Harper’s Interview w/ Ottessa Moshfegh (http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a17696/ottessa-moshfegh-eileen-interview/); Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, & The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier; Rebecca, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window: movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Frank Ocean; Tai Pai by Tao Lin Theme song from Schnupp & the pups (schnuppthepups.bandcamp.com/album/demo Follow Brent @blentfryberg; brentflyberg.com Follow Kelly @kerlyhan; kellyhannahcomedy.com

Follow Monica on Twitter @monicanevi; check out her website monicanevi.com; listen to her podcast huglifepodcast.com; and keep an eye out for the release of her dope documentary series, 80 for 80 The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; Salinger, documentary; The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner; The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway; Bhagavad Gita; Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; Night by Elie Wiesel; The Jungle by Upton Sinclair; The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Animal Farm by George Orwell; The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron; The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battle by Stephen Pressfield Theme song from Schnupp & the pups (schnuppthepups.bandcamp.com/album/demo Follow Brent @blentfryberg; brentflyberg.com Follow Kelly @kerlyhan; kellyhannahcomedy.com

The Star Wars Breakdown continues! This week, Justin and Ken bring in educator, Robert Cormier, and Justyn Cortes from the Reel Talk Radio Podcast! It’s a very in depth discussion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens! It gets deep. It gets funny. It’s just a nerdy good time! #JOINTHEOFFENSIVE

John and myself(Chris ) join returning guest Dr. Hans Utter, mindcontrolmusic.wordpress.com for another excellent discussion on; Postmodernity and Music, Abstract Expressionism, Philosophy and Art, Situationist Philosophy, The Society of the Spectacle Book by Guy Debord, The Panopticon, Cultural Marxism,The Plug-In Drug Book by Marie Winn, Television and Hypnosis, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey,Dee Dee Ramone, Erotic Crystallization Inertia, I Am the Cheese Novel by Robert Cormier, Dr. Utter is a composer he explores the crossover between Indian music, jazz, rock and Western classical music. He holds a Doctorate degree in Ethnomusicology from The Ohio State University. He has taught at the Ohio State University, Capital University and the Indira Ghandi National Open University. Dr. Utter is the author of Trance, Ritual and Rhythm (2010), and has three books currently in press. http://hansutter.com

Goat is joined by Trev to dissect one of the most delicious and grim teen dramas of the 1980s, The Chocolate War. Directed by Keith Gordon and based on the controversial young adult novel by Robert Cormier.

Banned book month (Novel Ideas edition) continues with The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, a YA classic that is one of the perennially most challenged books. This is a tale of corruption, disillusionment, and challenging authority, so you know that it must be a light, happy read. In this episode we talk about all of […]

This Prayercast Episode looks to Rev. Robert Cormier's words on Deciding on Faith and further, what that decision entails in our lives in his book "A Faith That Makes Sense."