Podcast appearances and mentions of William W Johnstone

Just a short update. No new episode today but next week we'll kick off the Billy the Kid series. In the meantime, check out some of these book recommendations and give a listen to a few of my friends! Topics include: Louis L'Amour, Larry McMurtry, Cormac McCarthy, William W. Johnstone, Terry C. Johnston, rebelliousness, awesome YouTubers, mushrooms, western cinema, and vampires. Yeah, vampires.   Fiction Books | Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/2H6WTE0CNW87P?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d   11 Bang Bang featuring The Wild West Extravaganza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0UYgXf78SM   11 Bang Bang YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZW1XuaZrR92BhXE09AOd5Q   Duke Frazier Productions – https://www.youtube.com/user/dukefrazier   Snapper's Antique Firearms - https://www.youtube.com/@snappers_antique_firearms   To Be A Rebel Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/3MB010NPTevGamVDMF4kqW   Wrong Reel Podcast w/ David Lambert | Winchester '73 - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7H5Cy2rOAh25Oacag8h2D0   How The West Was Cast – https://open.spotify.com/show/2X2OXWe8P0czZOlJG3DyTj   Texas History Lessons - https://www.texashistorylessons.com/

The first chapter can make or break a reader's engagement with a story. We as writers must craft brilliant opening pages in order to hook those picky readers, so let's study the stories of others to see how they do it! At last, I have done it! I have read a western. I was expecting something a bit saccharine, a bit melodramatic, and much to my delighted surprise, I got neither of those things. The first five pages of When the Shooting Starts by William W. and J.A. Johnstone don't coddle us readers with updates on the previous three books; instead, we're thrust into a conversation between the protagonist Smoke Jensen and an old acquaintance named Rowdy. Both were gunmen for hire in the past, but these days Smoke has settled into a domestic life as a rancher and family man, while Rowdy is eager for work. The fifth page ends with readers learning that another man named Louis, who also has shares some old shadows with these men, has settled in the town, and Rowdy don't much care for that. I will be the first to admit that as a writer, these first pages are a lovely example of bringing a reader up to speed without any exposition dumps. Because Rowdy knows Smoke from his previous life, it's expected of Rowdy to ask Smoke questions about what's been going on the past few years. Smoke succinctly answers them, never diving into much detail, but giving just enough so readers understand what Smoke is like and why. The dialogue never drags, nor is any single event ever dwelt on. This keeps the scene moving crisply along without making readers feel like *this* story's been put on pause for a recap. If I had one niggle, it's the protagonist Smoke making a couple of choices that, as a gunman, seem obviously foolish but necessary for the sake of plot. For a former gunman who would need to read people very quickly for the sake of staying alive, he has some very obtuse moments with Rowdy that I can only assume will ensure this story's plot gets moving. What will you, fellow creative, learn in the first five pages? Let's find out!

 This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the second half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.  

 This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the second half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting. 

This week Declan and Edward start a new book. Black Friday, by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, is a book where the people of the American Way Mall are forced into a life and death situation when terrorists attack. Edward and Declan cover the first half of the book and oh boy is it disorienting.

Love Westerns? Join the non-stop action with Rollie "Stoneface" Finnegan. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://marionmarchetto.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/by-the-neck-by-william-w-johnstone-book-review/

William W. Johnstone (and Jo) joins the English Club with their controversial novel Trigger Warning. Is it really "one of the worst books of all time", or is it a satirical, tongue-in-cheek masterpiece? Our hosts will find out!

Episode 91 is a special Father's Day episode! Eric and his father Chris discuss the life and literary works of William W. Johnstone. We delve deep into Johnstone's prolific career, determine the identity of J.A. Johnstone and examine the publishing mysteries surrounding the Johnstone name after his death. The two discuss The Last Mountain Man, Rig Warrior, Out of the Ashes, Matt Jensen, The Eagles and so much more. Tom calls in with commentary on Johnstone's contemporary thrillers like Stand Your Ground and Black Friday. Listen on any podcast app, paperbackwarrior.com or download directly here: https://bit.ly/3gWF5vk

It's Episode 90 and we're bringing you a two-fisted 1970s WW2 paperback series called Sgt. Hawk by Patrick Clay. Also, Tom hits the road hunting for books in Alabama while Eric checks out new books from Justin Marriott and Robert Deis. Also, Robert Silverberg, John Jakes, William W. Johnstone, Warren Murphy and disaster fiction! Listen on any podcast app, paperbackwarrior.com or download directly here: https://bit.ly/3fAbCrz

This week, Rob and Michelle pick some materials from the library’s digital collections to share. Both of your hosts found old favorites to revisit on Hoopla, and then they close the episode with a discussion about grief and allowing yourself the stages of grief right now, even though it can be difficult to put a finger on what you’re grieving. 2020 was quite the ride, and your hosts would like to encourage you to take the time to acknowledge your feelings in whatever stage of grief you might be in and allow yourself the space to work through it. Materials mentioned in this episode: Open Book by Jessica Simpson, Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt, The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan, The Twilight Man: Rod Sterling and the Birth of Television, A Rocky Mountain Christmas by William W. Johnstone and JA Johnstone, Christmas Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley, Frozen Hell by John W Campbell, Jr, and Monolith by Shaun Hutson. Music - Story has Begun (Kielokaz 156)by KieLoKazis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. Visit our blog for show notes.

Co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch launch into an in depth discussion of current western writers living up to the reputations of the icons from the past...01:18 — Paul and Rich share a few reviews, including Muskrat Hill by Easy Jackson, the Australian TV-show, Mystery Road, Where the Wildflowers Dance by Phil Mills, Jr.06:22 —What was the first western book Rich ever read?07:53 —What western titles did Paul read first?10:31 -Paul reviews O’Rourke’s Revenge and Whiskey When We’re Dry.12:22— Paul and Rich go beyond the usual suspects of Louis L’Amour and Max Brand to shine a light on contemporary western writers who are dominating traditional Western publishing.14:00 — A look at the William W. Johnstone titles.16:09 — Where to start reading Johnstone?17:54 — Paul’s Ralph Compton title recommendations.19:29 — Rich and Paul visit about their own personal histories in the cowboy way.22:58 —Paul and Rich go back and forth, sharing their favorite western writers and their best books.28:15 — More western memories.32:40 —Shoot-outs and Shout-outsSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=suROpN0f2hQhThddyTchkgR4CytqmFW705g1jNJV3rCDT8OLxSCXKbf8j0oyifmCvb3fAW&fromUL=true&country.x=US&locale.x=en_US)

Hej! I det här avsnittet snackas det om Nancy A Collins VAMPIRELLA: BLOOD INVASION. På menyn står bland annat blod, blod och blod. Och människors objektifierande av utomjordiska vampyrer. Avsnittet innehåller även en gripande berättelse från Johan Wanloos liv, samt ett resonemang där Magnus använder Barbapapa för att förklara magisystem i fantasyböcker. Nästa avsnitt: Intelligenta rymdskepp Vad kommer nästa avsnitt handla om då? Jo, THE TEA MASTER AND THE DETECTIVE av Aliette de Bodard. High concept scifi! Andra saker som nämns "Dog the Bounty Hunter", Johanna Frid "Nora eller Brinn Oslo brinn", William W. Johnstone "Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming", Anthony Horowitz, "The word is murder", Sherlock Holmes, John Dickson Carr "Svart sabbat", Kwame Mbalia "Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky", Rick Riordan "Percy Jackson", JK Rowling "Harry Potter", Max Gladstone "The Craft Sequence", Barbapapa, Jim Butcher "Harry Dresden", Doctor Strange, Stålmannen, Johan Wanloo "Rock Manlyfist", Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher, James Warren, serietidningen "Chock", Witchblade, Tomb Raider, Sharknado

An aquatic terror haunts the pristine blue shores of the California coastline. Will the mermaid skeleton give birth to a vengeful water baby? Plus, a skull session w/ a fellow vintage horror paperback fan Chris from Minnesota . Bonus segment: a Twilight Zone article (June 1989) on the launching of horror literary publication "Pulphouse ". Topics: paperbacks from hell, book collecting, book stores, William w. Johnstone, occult books, native American horror, The Amityville Curse, and plenty more pulp interests.

This week, we're talking about one of the most prolific authors in the post-apocalyptic genre, William W. Johnstone.  His Ashes series lasted for a few dozen installments and had impacts beyond just the genre.  Then, we move over to the Three Minute Survival Tip, this week discussing survival improvisation.

William W. Johnstone released Trigger Warning on an unready world, despite having been dead since 2004, and we stepped up to give it the informed literary criticism that it deserves, but got bored of that and just laughed at how dumb it is. Guest Joe Thrashnkill of Toilet Ov Hell (www.toiletovhell.com) joins us for a discussion that takes in anime, Die Hard, Charles Whitman, boner-farts, and the films of Adam Sandler. Music by Neckbeard Deathcamp: https://neckbearddeathcamp.bandcamp.com/ and Thou: https://deathwishinc.bandcamp.com/album/rhea-sylvia

In the latest edition of Duane’s Pick of the Week Podcast, our Director of Production features the new Tim Colter 1: Colter's Journey by William W. Johnstone! In this thrilling epic of the American West, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone capture the human side of the frontier experience in all its glory, grit, and grandeur—through the eyes of one remarkable teenage boy... Leaving their Pennsylvania home to forge a new life in the untamed Oregon Territory of 1845, the Colter family is ambushed by a kill crazy gang of cutthroats on the Oregon Trail. Fifteen-year-old Tim Colter manages to escape and hide—only to return and find his parents butchered, his sisters Nancy and Margaret missing, and one last killer waiting for his return. Forced to fight for his life, the young Colter embarks on a perilous journey across a lawless frontier, hoping to save his sisters and salvage the dream they lived for. But first, Tim has to figure out how to survive. Luckily, he finds a new friend in Jed Reno, a grizzled one-eyed trapper who’s lived in the Rockies since the 1820s—and who was attacked by the same gang that ambushed Tim’s family. Together, the mountain man and the greenhorn set out after the marauders, blazing a trail of vengeance that leads them to one of the deadliest men in the territory. With danger at every turn, and death just a heartbeat away, Colter has no choice but to grow up fast—one bullet at a time... https://www.graphicaudio.net/tim-colter-1-colter-s-journey.html

Bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone have thrilled readers with the epic struggles and hard-fought triumphs of the pioneering Jensen family. Now this great American saga continues—with the next generation of Jensens...