Overview

Amanda loves to watch classic movies and television when she isn't writing and reading. And a lot of that consists of horror, which started with R.L. Stine.

We discuss her interesting book - Smithy - about a group of college students working with a chimpanzee to study language. That is, until it appears Smithy is signing with a ghost.

Her Book

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1950301214/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1950301214&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=dafa4e8f52119a2bde498377ff379e2e

Favorites

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FGKT89M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01FGKT89M&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=dd5eb4817c6bd493721aefe5206b9417

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014313017X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=014313017X&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=61a9d2a9d35d8c06abfc7252ab68dbeb

Book Off - https://www.bookoffusa.com

YouTube

https://youtu.be/OdziEoqcbqg

Transcript

I've got a really great interview with Amanda. She does some horror and has written a really cool, interesting horror book. That's different [00:02:00] than most. Anything else I'd heard about? Uh, so you really have to listen to the interview, find out more about it. If you like horror, this is definitely one you should want to check out.

I also wanted to mention again, uh, that promo, uh, you just heard was from my friends, JP and Christine. If you are a reader and you want to try reading some serial fiction, go check out their show. They talked to some of the hottest serial fiction authors out there today. Uh, and they themselves have serial fiction that you might want to check.

I've got a whole bunch of episodes lined up for this year and some really good stuff coming up. So please come back, listen to the authors, you know, give us some, a thumbs up on the podcast. Get some more people here discovering us, discovered wordsmiths. It is and help out the authors, especially new authors with just one book like Amanda.

Uh, why don't we just get to the interview? Here's Amanda. So Amanda, welcome to discover the word Smith. Good evening. How are you today? [00:03:00] Oh,

[00:03:00] Amanda: I'm well, thank you for having

[00:03:01] Stephen: me. Yeah, it's great that you're on. I'm glad to have you on here. Uh, so, uh, to get started, let everybody know a little bit about you and your background, what you like to do, uh, where you live that.

[00:03:15] Amanda: Sure thing. I live in California. I've lived all my life in the Los Angeles area. I studied psychology and anthropology when I was in college. And both of those topics have inspired. Some of my work psychology was definitely influential in the writing of this novel Smithy. Uh, when I'm not writing, I'm reading a lot as I'm sure you can imagine.

I also love classic movies. Classic television shows. I've always been drawn to the horror genre and I'm a member of the horror writers association.

[00:03:46] Stephen: Well,