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- EP45: 5CQ for Lane Stone, Author of THE COLLECTOR
Shawn and Lane chat about her new book The Collector, the first in The Big Picture trilogy, art heists, the art of leaving clues, how long it takes to drink a beer, cheap dates, and upcoming author events. Recorded live from ThrillerFest in New York City!
22 min - EP44: 5CQ for M.A. Monnin, Author of The Intrepid Traveler Mysteries
Shawn and M.A. discuss being a debut author, the importance of not giving up, General Hospital, the movie SOAPDISH, and international travel as an inspiration for mystery writing.
22 min - EP43: 5CQ for Annette Dashofy, Author of The Zoe Chambers Mysteries
Shawn and Annette chat about the words they can't say, writing a long running series, smelling gross things for work, random passwords, the honor of being nominated for awards, and Annette's big interview with James Patterson.
35 min - EP42: 5CQ for Teresa Trent, Author of The Swinging Sixties Mysteries
Shawn and Teresa chat about women's roles throughout the years, writing a good series with believable characters, keeping things moving while writing that first draft, vomit drafts and Patrick Swayze, writing on the go, and transitioning from being a self pubbed author to being traditionally published.
36 min - EP41: 5CQ for Tina deBellegarde, Author of the Batavia-on-Hudson Mysteries
Shawn and Tina discuss women's fiction and stories worth telling, being good enough to write, believing in your writing self, luxuriating in words and processes, memorable quotes from Shawn, their mutual love of film, and many random things they have in common.
47 min - EP40: 5CQ for Mark Levenson, Author of THE HIDDEN SAINT
Shawn chats with Mark Levenson, author of THE HIDDEN SAINT, about colorful family history, being shot at in South Florida early on in Mark's journalism career, Jewish folklore, wanting to be an astronaut, grandma magic, and regional coffee drinking championships.
27 min - EP39: 5CQ for J.C. Kenney, Author of The Darcy Gaughan Mysteries
Shawn and J.C. chat about what it's like to be from Indiana, surviving rejection, their love of music, High Fidelity, and J.C.'s new web series TheBookishHour.com
37 min - EP38: 5CQ for Sarah E. Burr, Author of The Trending Topic Mysteries
Shawn and Sarah chat about writing multiple series, their mutual love of editing, celebrating progress, the art of the perfect witty comeback, a John Cena and Miranda Priestly character mashup, and Sarah's new venture TheBookishHour.com
43 min - EP37: 5CQ for Jeff Houlahan, Author of LONG TRAIN HOME
In the Season Two opener, Shawn chats with debut novelist Jeff Houlahan about the writing life, if in fact writers are different than other human beings, listening as an art form from a musical perspective, not being a sociopath, and baseball.
42 min - EP36: 5QC for Jennifer Bee, Author of THE KILLING CAROLIn the season one finale, Shawn and Jen talk about Holiday Mysteries, Christmas music, Planet of the Apes, negative reviews, dealing with the jitters that come along with knowing others are reading your work.24 min
About Five Compelling Questions with Shawn
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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,…
staying motivated, writing as a career, staying sane during the creative process, and balancing fictional and real life.