Author, writer and award-winning columnist Sean Kirst has lived in and written about upstate New York his entire life. He joins Brian this week, and they talk about why writers work best at extreme times of day (late night for Brian, early morning for Sean), the discipline that comes from writing on deadline, how column writing is like both archery and pitching, and why communion is the essence of writing. They also break down the subtle differences between Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse and what makes a good Central New York Story.