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Award-Winning Author and Editor Shawn Reilly Simmons gets to know her guests by asking Five Compelling Questions (plus a few bonus ones) about the writing life. Topics include finding inspiration, sta... more
FAQs about Five Compelling Questions with Shawn:How many episodes does Five Compelling Questions with Shawn have?The podcast currently has 290 episodes available.
March 24, 2023EP100: 5CQ for Paige Toon, author of ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THISShawn and Paige chat about Paige's American debut, Indiana, Paige being the daughter of an INDY 500 driver, immersing yourself in your work, method acting to develop characters, a love of dialogue, finding the sweet spot, and how everyone loves pie. ...more19minPlay
March 17, 2023EP99: 5CQ for Mary P Karnes, Author of BRIDE DOOM AND GLOOMShawn and Mary chat about wedding planning, being a debut author, personal drama, being tenatious in life, real life drama, changing the murderer, taking shady revenge, the weirdest wedding experiences, being nosy and also calm. ...more20minPlay
March 10, 2023EP98: 5CQ for Lisa Scottoline, NYT Bestselling Author of LOYALTYShawn chats with one of her idols, Lisa Scottoline, about her new book LOYALTY, the concept of justice, being Italian American, the mafia, historicalfiction and thrillers, what kinds of people pantsers are, how food is everything, and important advice for writers, especially women. ...more21minPlay
March 03, 2023EP97: 5QC for Elizabeth L. Silver, Author of THE MAJORITYShawn and Elizabeth chat about the Supreme Court, motherhood and career, the "inferior lives" of powerful women, legal studies as they relate to fiction, RBG and her legacy, hydrating your fiction, and surviving cancer. ...more18minPlay
February 24, 2023EP96: 5CQ for Marcy Dermansky, Author of HURRICANE GIRLShawn and Marcy chat at about attention spans, fiction vs. memoirs, hurricanes, water as a metaphor, movies about writers, not being psychiatrists, and staying positive. ...more25minPlay
February 17, 2023EP95: 5CQ for Julia Argy, Author of THE ONEShawn and Julia chat about mathing things out, reality TV, how we find ideas, mining our normal lives for entertainment content, statistics as it relates to fictionwriting, social media and the role it has in our lives, and more math tips. ...more22minPlay
February 10, 2023EP94: 5CQ for Chanel Cleeton, NYT Bestselling and Reese's Book Club Pick Author of THE CUBAN HEIRESSShawn and Chanel chat about choosing fiction writing as a career, Chanel’s Cuban-American experience and intergenerational family stories and how that influences her writing, choosing favorite characters, and not persevering through rejection in your writing career. ...more14minPlay
February 03, 2023EP93: 5QC for Kate K.B. Jackson, Author of SECRETS DON'T SINKShawn and Kate chat about her new novel, writing multiple books a year in different genres, how long it takes to write, family dynamics, sisters, being on a cleanse, and going viral on TikTok. ...more37minPlay
January 27, 2023EP92: 5CQ for Ramona Ausubel, Author of THE LAST ANIMALShawn and Ramona chat about the concept of de-extinction, writing realistic youthful voices, grief and loss as it relates to hope, taking a while to write a novel, writing short vs. long fiction, and inspiring words from an expert crafter of words. ...more27minPlay
January 20, 2023EP91: 5CQ for Rocky Hirajeta, Author of WHAT THE RIVER BURIESShawn and Rocky chat about books for younger readers, writing YA vs writing for adults, the importance of reading, how being derivative isn't always a bad thing, not wanting to practice violin, and writing into the future. ...more21minPlay
FAQs about Five Compelling Questions with Shawn:How many episodes does Five Compelling Questions with Shawn have?The podcast currently has 290 episodes available.