Drinks with Tony

Richard Kadrey is the author of Ballistic Kiss, the 11th novel in the Sandman Slim series. He’s currently writing the 12th and final Sandman Slim novel.

Richard came on Drinks with Tony about 15 years ago when we were in studio at Radio Valencia in San Francisco to discuss his first Sandman Slim book. It’s so much fun when all of this comes around years later.

We talk a lot about graves, like Hollywood Forever, that appears in the Sandman Slim novels as well as Pere Lachaise.

My class at UCLA Extension, Writing for the Screen II, starts on September 29th. Join us.

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Carolyn Terry and A. M. Black are the co-authors of Tenderloin available from The Outsider Agency.

The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in San Francisco that’s often misunderstood, usually just driven through with the windows up and doors locked, and it has taken a really hard hit since the pandemic. Black has worked there for 30 years as a bartender, I spent some of my years living in the TL, as the locals call it, after moving from the Mission District, and Carolyn has spent a major part of her SF life there as well.

My class at UCLA Extension, Writing for the Screen II, starts on September 29th. Join us.

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Barbara Bottner is the author of I Am Here Now, a Novel in Free Verse. Sign up for her virtual launch party here, happening on August 15th.

Barbara is a NY Times best selling author of over 40 books, her story is fascinating from her time in NYC, working with Sam Shepard, to her creative methods, and relocating to the wonderful city of Los Angeles.

My class at UCLA Extension, Writing for the Screen II, starts on September 29th. Join us.

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Joe Meno is the author of Between Everything and Nothing: The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum. Joe’s other books include Hairstyles of the Damned, The Boy Detective Falls, and Office Girl.

Join my online 8-week screenwriting workshop starting August 3rd at WritingWorkshops.com as well as my free creative writing workshop on August 5th at 6pm via Zoom at LAPL.org.

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Miriam Feldman is the author of He Came In With It, a Portrait of Motherhood and Madness. It’s not all tragedy as there are layers and Miriam’s memoir is beautiful on every level.

Enjoy the show.

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Arthur Nersesian is the author of The Five Books of (Robert) Moses. His other books include The Fuck-Up, Mesopotamia, Suicide Casanova, and Manhattan Loverboy.

Check him out on Thursday at 7pm Eastern time when he’s in conversation with Bob Odenkirk regarding his new 1506 page book.

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Tommie Vaughn is the author of This Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream, the final book of the Frankie Spencer Trilogy.

She’s also the front woman of Wall Of Tom. We chat juicy stories about how she started as a receptionist at a recording studio in Los Angeles and met all of her heroes, including Dave Grohl. There was a trick to her longevity in the music scene and she talks about that as well.

We had fun, and I hope you do too as you listen to episode 93.

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Kim Dower is the author of Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave, Slice of Moon, and The Soapy Shrimp Boat. She was the City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood from 2016-2018.

Join me July 1st at 6pm Pacific time for a free online creative writing workshop at the Los Angeles Public Library. Go to LAPL.org to sign up for the event.

Thanks for listening, remember to rate the show wherever you receive your podcast feed.

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Isaac Fitzgerald is the author of the new children’s book How To Be A Pirate. His previous books include Pen & Ink and Knives & Ink. He’s a regular guest on The Today Show and I drilled him with too many questions about every minute detail of what it’s like to appear on the show….it turns out it’s oddly similar to appearing on Drinks with Tony.

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John Martin Fischer is the author of Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life.

Want to join my class at UCLA Extension? There is ONE spot left as of Tuesday evening…and sometimes a person drops before the quarter begins…. Writing The First Screenplay, go here and search for DuShane.

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