First Draft with Sarah Enni

Kayla Cagan, whose debut novel PIPER PERISH is out now, on fighting the green monster, the ultimatum that led to her first book deal, and how she wrote a book one day at a time (30 minutes a day).

The 100th episode of the First Draft podcast—wow!! Several of the amazing authors who attended the North Texas Teen Book Festival answer lightning-round questions from listeners!

Continue to support the podcast and help it grow by subscribing on iTunes (and leaving a rating or review!), following it on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, signing up for the newsletter, and spreading the word about First Draft using the hashtag #TryPod!

Thank you so, so, so much for listening <3

North Texas Teen Book Festival Show Notes

R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series

Victoria Aveyard, author of the Red Queen series. The most recent book in the series, King's Cage, is out now! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Maurene Goo, author of Since You Asked and the forthcoming K-Drama rom-com, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, out May 30! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Kate Hart, author of After the Fall. (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series and Carve the Mark. (listen to her most recent full First Draft interview here... and the first one, here!)

Samantha Mabry, author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison and All The Wind In The World, out October 10! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Raven Cycle series, Scorpio Races, and the Shiver series

Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After, and Summer Days and Summer Nights, as well as the forthcoming There's Someone Inside Your House due out Sept. 17!

Renée Watson, author of Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me and more, and founder of the I, Too, Arts Collective (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Kirsten Hubbard, author of Watch the Sky, Race the Night, Wanderlove, and Like Mandarin.

Brendan Reichs, author of Nemesis, out today!

Jennifer E Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and the forthcoming Windfall, due May 2!

Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, and more. (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Sara Shepard, author of The Amateurs series and the Pretty Little Liars series

Kiersten White, author of And I Darken, Paranormalcy and so many others! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Christina Soontornvat author of The Changelings and the forthcoming The Ramble Shamble Children, due in 2018!

Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark & Grimm and So You Want To Be A Jedi?

Julie Buxbaum, author of Tell Me Three Things and the forthcoming What To Say Next, due July 11! (Listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

Claire Legrand, author of Some Kind of Happiness, Foxheart, and the forthcoming Ashborn, due in 2018! (listen to her full First Draft interview here!)

The 100th episode of the First Draft podcast—wow!! Several of the amazing authors who attended the North Texas Teen Book Festival answer lightning-round questions from listeners!

Continue to support the podcast and help it grow by subscribing on iTunes (and leaving a rating or review!), following it on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, signing up for the newsletter, and spreading the word about First Draft using the hashtag #TryPod!

Thank you so, so, so much for listening <3

Get a hot weather beverage and relax on a porch with me and Sarah Nicole Lemon, whose debut novel DONE DIRT CHEAP (out now!) talks about being a 14-year-old high school junior, writing books in secret, motorcycle clubs, and Appalachian female revenge.

Sarah Nicole Lemon Show Notes

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Bill Gothard

Barbara Poelle (literary agent)

Holly Root (literary agent)

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Sons of Anarchy (TV show)

YALLFest

Renee Ahdieh

Ozzy Osbourne

Better Call Saul (TV show)

King Minos

John Green

Ray Bradbury

Get a hot weather beverage and relax on a porch with me and Sarah Nicole Lemon, whose debut novel DONE DIRT CHEAP (out now!) talks about being a 14-year-old high school junior, writing books in secret, motorcycle clubs, and Appalachian female revenge.

A special co-episode with Sara from Adventures in YA where we talk about the podcasting process. Sara and I discuss our equipment, software, workflow, and promo processes, and touch a bit on feeling like we're shouting into the void, and also tips for moderating at book festivals and other events.

Adventures in Podcasting Show Notes

Adventures in YA

Sara

Kristin Treviño

The North Texas Teen Book Festival

#TryPod

Adventures with Words (podcast)

Kate and Rob's off-shoot British YA show (podcast)

Man Booker Prize

Fresh Air with Terry Gross

You Made It Weird

WTF with Marc Maron

This Creative Life with Sara Zarr

Behringer Q1202USB 12-Channel Mixer

Behringer Microamp Ha400 Ultra-Compact 4-Channel Stereo Headphone Amplifier

Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone

BEHRINGER U-CONTROL UCA202

How to Start a Podcast – A Step-By-Step Podcasting Tutorial

Libsyn

Auphonic

Levelator

Audacity

Interview with NPR's chief sound engineer

Podcast Movement

Adobe Audition sound system

Zoom H2N

Zoom H4N

ElectroVoice RE50-B

FileZilla

Midroll

Art19

Epic Reads

Elise Gets Crafty (podcast)

A special co-episode with Sara from Adventures in YA where we talk about the podcasting process. Sara and I discuss our equipment, software, workflow, and promo processes, and touch a bit on feeling like we’re shouting into the void, and also tips for moderating at book festivals and other events.

Lilliam Rivera (whose debut young adult novel THE EDUCATION OF MARGOT SANCHEZ, is out now!) shares her first memories of walking to the library, talks about interning at Rolling Stone, the theatricality of funerals, and who wear masks (and why).

Lilliam Rivera Show Notes

UCLA Extension

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Toni Morrison

DROWN by Junot Diaz

Ana Castillo

Sandra María Esteves

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

"Between Going and Staying" by Lilliam Rivera (an interview with Lilliam about the short story here)

Shirley Temple

Al Watt The 90-Day Novel

Judy Blume

Laila Lalami Pulitzer Prize-nominated

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Lilliam Rivera (whose debut young adult novel THE EDUCATION OF MARGOT SANCHEZ, is out now!) shares her first memories of walking to the library, talks about interning at Rolling Stone, the theatricality of funerals, and who wear masks (and why).

The super-savvy, super-smart author Renée Watson (her most recent young adult novel, PIECING ME TOGETHER, is out now!) and founder of the I, Too Arts Collective, talks taking herself seriously as a writer from a young age, creative therapy for young people, and finding people who are about something.

Renée Watson Show Notes

An article about Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian student killed by three neo-Nazis in Portland.

Richard Scarry's Bedtime Stories

Judy Blume

BEEZUS AND RAMONA by Beverly Cleary

Lucille Clifton (poet)

Gwendolyn Brooks (poet)

Langston Hughes

Zora Neale Hurston

Toni Morrison

A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN by Renée Watson

THIS SIDE OF HOME by Renée Watson

Sarah McCarry

WHAT MOMMA LEFT ME by Renée Watson

Community-Work Project (NYC education organization)

DreamYard (NYC education organization)

Christian Robinson, illustrator

Meg Medina

Jason Reynolds

I, Too Arts Collective

Langston Hughes, "I, Too"