Ink and Worm 16: Swimming, Writing and Publishing

11/03/2016 58 min
Ink and Worm 16: Swimming, Writing and Publishing

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The Guests: Alec Shane, Literary Agent for Writers House @alecdshane
Casey Barrett, Olympic Swimmer, Co-Founder of Imagine Swimming, and Writer @CapsandGoggles
UNDER WATER coming out Fall of 2017


The Books: “Fablehaven” by Brandon Mull, “Goosebumps” by R. L. Stine, “Misery,” “Dolores Clayborne,” “On Writing,” “The Shining” by Stephen King, John D. MacDonald, Raymond Chandler, James Lee Burke, “The Alexandria Quartet” by Lawrence Durrell, “The Chronology of Water” by Lidia Yuknavitch, “Encyclopedia Brown” by Donald J. Sobol, “Jack Reacher” by Lee Child, “The Chairman” by James Kaplan, “Blood Meridian” Cornac McCarthy, “The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher” Molly Bang, Shel Silverstein, Sara MacLean, “Danny Champion of the World” Roald Dahl


The Music: “Underwater” by Architecture in Helsinki and “Gypsy’s Curse” by Calexico


Writing: “The real function of a spiritual friend is to insult you.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Write about the people who love you enough to offend you.


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