A Writers Life

Preview of my new podcast "The Drifters' Podcast" whilst we await Apple's approval process for the new RSS feed.   Thanks for listening. We'll see you at the new feed! Listen to the New Drifters in Vellichor EP NOW ON SPOTIFY! https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DnkeRXw0ztMfT6L8Hgqno   Dave Grohl's article in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/dave-grohl-irreplaceable-thrill-rock-show/611113/   Vinyl of the week: Rick Wakeman's: Journey to the Center of the Earth ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Instagram(personal): https://www.instagram.com/danblackmusic Instagram(band): https://www.instagram.com/driftersinvellichor Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dvellichor Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tLZrfRINxqlQRSvYFHmjA Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] driftersinvellichor [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com    

Go to the new podcast: on iOS - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drifters-podcast-music-books-whatever-else-catches/id1515171569 on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7kM9RhhlBqNmygEFt4w5um?si=GyOy7kSdQUGg7Z3erZeFOg   Thank you all for listening! -DB

COME SEE US March 27th @ The Pond, Franklin, TN Listen to the New Drifters in Vellichor EP on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DnkeRXw0ztMfT6L8Hgqno   Follow on our instas: Dan - instagram.com/danblackmusic Rich - instagram.com/zombie__cowboy band - instagram.com/driftersinvellichor   Mentioned: Razia's Shadow by Forgive Durden - https://open.spotify.com/album/1TtcqoTGxpZdPIWPrFqO5t Envy on the Coast - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6RvruFAgvsAb4B82u8wsSH Katy Perry - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jJ0s89eD6GaHleKKya26X Led Zeppelin - https://open.spotify.com/artist/36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp     ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/driftersinvellichor Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dvellichor Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tLZrfRINxqlQRSvYFHmjA Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] driftersinvellichor [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com    

Today I'm on about eating and suggesting everyone just stay away from each other. I also get into storytelling in season 2 of Breaking Bad.     ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Website: https://www.awriterslifepodcast.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] awriterslifepodcast [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Today I'm on about the splitting of the Booker Prize and trying to get a turkey sandwich at the worst and largest franchise in American history: Subway. If your armpits could take sh--s it would taste like a Subway sandwich.   There's other stuff too, but you gotta listen, bro.   ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Website: https://www.awriterslifepodcast.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] awriterslifepodcast [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Today I'm on about how to live freely in a yellow-green VW Beetle, Pickin' festivals, and really all around silliness. ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] palefirecreative [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Today I'm on about how to find the point of view and clarifying story as well as the sad state of the publishing industry ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] palefirecreative [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Today I'm on about human patterns and the idea that we are in a simulation and how that connects to the idea of God. There's also some other stuff about writing in there too.     ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] palefirecreative [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Today I talk about my anxiety troubles and how I got out of them. I also get into why I think stand up comedy is experiencing such a boom.     Mentioned:   Saul Bellow ("Henderson the Rain King") Stephen King ("The Institute" - his newest book) Bad Boys 3 trailer (on YouTube)     ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] palefirecreative [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Today I talk about someone who made me angry on Twitter, how boring some lit mags are, and my science fiction kick. There's also a call to writer's everywhere to take Dave Chappelle's example and express themselves freely.   Click this to send Duotrope a tweet about how they should sponsor the show (No writing involved, just one click!): https://bit.ly/2NFbWYy   Books I mention: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Tin House Magazine Alaska Quarterly Review The Paris Review The New Yorker Daily Science Fiction     Music: Snakes and Ladders by Snowman   Other Stuff: www.duotrope.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative Goodreads.com: https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://link.chtbl.com/writers-life-podcast Email me, bro: dan [at] palefirecreative [dot] com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com    

Today I talk about how molecules travel from butts to noses and how gross it is. There's also a lot about short stories and being present while writing.     Mentioned on the Show: John Updike's Collected Poetry We Bare Bears on Netflix Mind Hunter on Netflix Dave Chappelle's new special on Netflix David Fincher's IMdB   What is the composition of the human fart? Quora has an answer here: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-composition-of-the-human-fart#targetText=The%20general%20composition%20of%20a,1%25%20of%20your%20average%20fart.   Short Stories: Frozen Charlottes by Lucy Sussex The Owl by Conrad Williams The Specialist by Alison Smith Watch and Wake by M.T. Anderson The Skin of the World by Douglas Clegg   All of the short stories are all from the same book: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection       ------------------------------------------------------- https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH - Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes http://www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod - Follow on Twitter. http://www.youtube.com/palefirecreative https://www.goodreads.com/awriterslife Review us on ios: https://apple.co/2ZlJDFH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.palefirecreative.com

Books I mention: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (I mention the short story "Uncle Otto's Truck", but I call it "The Red Truck" or something idiotic. Moby Dick by Herman Melville   Contact: dan@palefirecreative.com www.goodreads.com www.twitter.com/awriterslifepod    Support: If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com www.palefirecreative.com www.goodreads.com/danblack   

Today I give a proper introduction literally from birth. There's also some stuff about short stories and religion.     Books I Mention:   Lost Horizon by James Hilton The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis     Some of the STAR WARS books I've read:     Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyres    The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton Jedi Search by Kevin J. Anderson  

Today I babble about getting the most out of your narrative voice. I also talk about Writer's Digest creative suggestions(link to the article)   The Bourne Identity (movie)   Books Mentioned:   The Chronicles in Amber by Roger Zelazny The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World by Gabriel García Márquez - FREE READ         Support:   If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com   www.palefirecreative.com www.goodreads.com/danblack    Today I babble about getting the most out of your narrative voice. I also talk about Writer's Digest creative suggestions(link to the article)   The Bourne Identity (movie)   Books Mentioned:   The Chronicles in Amber by Roger Zelazny The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World by Gabriel García Márquez - FREE READ         Support:   If you would like to advertise on the show you can contact us at palefirecreative [at] gmail [dot] com   www.palefirecreative.com www.goodreads.com/danblack   

Today I wonder if it’s possible to write words that rile passions as well as music does.  Mentioned on the Podcast: www.duotrope.com (a must-use tool if you’re a short story writer. www.querytracker.net  Performed by the great Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 Antonin Dvorák: 9Symphony No.9 Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - The Nightingale Bach: Preludes, Fughettas & Fugues - Gould Remastered   Books:   The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition (Absolutely essential if you're a short story writer. Actually, every writer needs a copy of this, whether you like Hemingway or not. He is one of civilization's best writers. Love him or hate him, he was incredible.) The Sound And The Fury by William Faulkner   As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner   And here's something by Brad Thor if you really want...     Support: If you would like to become a sponsor of the show, contact us at palefirecreative@gmail.com www.palefirecreative.com Click through our AMAZON link here and drop a little coin in the bucket of the ol' DB  

Today was a real ranger, pals. I talk about exercising, writing narratives that lead nowhere, there's also a little love showed to non-fiction, which I'm reading a lot of these days. I also discuss how my interest in physics is rudimentary at best. Pretty lame for how many science books I've read.   Also, I go through the New York Times Best Seller List and see what's happening there.   Click on the links below to support the show. Thanks!     Books Mentioned:   Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Road to Reality by Roger Penrose The New Girl by Daniel Silva The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Educated By Tara Westover Three Women by Lisa Taddeo Born a Crime by Trevor Noah   Roger Penrose Video #1 Roger Penrose Video #2 Roger Penrose on The Joe Rogan Experience     Music: Pink Lemonade by Closure in Moscow

Today I discuss how every moment should be savored for later use. I also talk about the dire situation the industry is in and how to save the whole thing. You're welcome, Humanity.       BOOKS: OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens MOBY DICK by Herman Melville WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens   UNDER CURRENTS by Nora Roberts   CITY OF GIRLS By Elizabeth Gilbert   BACKLASH by Brad Thor   MUSIC: CURRENTS by Tame Impala THE BROTHEL Susanne Sundfor   Movies:   GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2   VENOM      -----------------------------------------   www.palefirecreative.com www.palefiredesign.com www.awriterslifepodcast.com        

On today's podcast I fail again to explain what I mean by "treading water" when writing. I'll do it next time, folks. I also make the mistake of making fun of someone's work and look like a jerk doing it.       Please leave a review for us! It really helps...   Books I mention:     Gentlemen of the Road - Buy on Amazon     Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro   Salem's Lot on Amazon               The Stand by Stephen King     Other Mentions: https://bookriot.com/2019/07/19/bill-gates-book-recommendations/   https://bookriot.com/2019/07/20/the-perfect-fragrances-for-harry-potter-characters-2/   https://bookriot.com/2019/07/19/falling-in-and-out-of-love-with-harry-potter/         The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Volume Two: Swords Against Wizardry, The Swords of Lankhmar, and Swords and Ice Magic    The Buried Giant         www.palefirecreative.com www.palefiredesign.com awlpodcast.com    

Today I talk about writing patterns, Dan Brown's work as well as Garcia Marquez.   Buy the Cursive record here:  https://music.apple.com/us/album/vitriola/1423375538?mt=1&app=music&at=11lSgf   Gabriel Garcia Marquez Autobiography: https://amzn.to/2lkbmmT   James Joyce's lame crypto novel https://amzn.to/2llFfmQ        

Well, that's it! I'm doing the podcast again.   If you like the idea please subscribe and leave areview on itunes!