Ledger: A Writing Podcast

Tommy Dean writes and edits flash fiction and also teaches creative writing courses that focus on flash fiction as well as writing in general. He stopped by Ledger to talk about flash - which are usually stories of 1,000 words or less - including Hollow, a collection of his work out through Alternating Current Press. What does success look like for a writer? Is writing flash easier than writing long-form fiction? How does Tommy write and edit his own work (including how those processes are affected by others helping him)? We cover all of this and a lot more!

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You can find Tommy Dean on Twitter under @TommyDeanWriter and at his website tommydeanwriter.com. Order (or preorder, depending when you see this) his book Hollows here.

Keep your eyes peeled for my fiction in Ahoy Comics and in the Tales From the Quarantine anthology. You can also read fiction on my website austinRwilson.com and follow my twitter accounts, @Ledger_Podcast and @austinRwilson.

I appreciate you listening!

Robin Sloan’s first novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, was a New York Times Best Seller, translated into more than twenty languages. His latest novel, Sourdough, was published in 2017. With his partner Kathryn Tomajan, Robin produces California extra virgin olive oil under the label Fat Gold. He lives in Oakland and works out of the Murray Street Media Lab, down by the railroad tracks.

Mr. Sloan stopped by Ledger to talk about computer coding, the ways it intersects with fiction/novel writing, videogames, decapitation (and his lack of expertise in the field), and taking time to appreciate a good flower. Visit RobinSloan.com to subscribe to newsletters and look around at all the cool stuff.

Thank you to Robin Sloan for the chat and thank YOU for listening!

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Visit austinRwilson.com for comics and short stories.

Alec Nevala-Lee is the author of "Astounding," a group biography of John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard. He's written three novels, a lot of short stories, and has published non-fiction in the New York Times and the L.A. Times.

Alec stopped by to chat about sci-fi as a genre, that famous quote about the "Golden Age" of sci-fi being 12, how long it took him to write this book (plus his forthcoming bio on Buckminster Fuller), and the relationship between a writer and their agent.

To check out more of Alec's stuff head over to nevalalee.com. Thanks so much for listening!

Author Erika Swyler has written two novels, The Book of Speculation and Light From Other Stars, and has received starred reviews from both Booklist and Kirkus. She chats with Ledger about her writing process, the reasons she bristles at certain points of view in stories, her super-secret softcore erotica novel (shhhh), and which videogames she loves.

Thank you so much to Erika for being the first interview on Ledger. Visit her website at erikaswyler.com to subscribe to her newsletter and stay up-to-date on all things Swyler!

My website is austinRwilson.com and you can find this episode there, along with a transcript of the interview, plus my own fiction and non-fiction. Thank you!

The first episode of Ledger is here! It's a writing podcast that will be 95% interviews with a sprinkling of news from the publishing world as well as about my own projects.

Go to @Ledger_Podcast or @AustinRwilson on Twitter to comment on the show or click on Contact over on austinRwilson.com.

Let's talk about writing!