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S5 BONUS: This Day in Literary History || Author Mark Schorr


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Today is a special day in literary history! Listen to a new brief segment on the pod: This Day in Literary History! Then, catch Kat's convo with author Mark Schorr about:

  • His path to writing
  • Drawing from real-life experiences
  • Research
  • Going “incognito” to do internet searches
  • How federally-funded ESP experiments in the 1970s inspired his newest novel, The Mastermind
  • Getting nominated for an Edgar Award for his first book, Red Diamond Private Eye
  • The process of nominations and picking an Edgar winner
  • Getting followed and questioned by the FBI
  • The entire process of having novels optioned for film (and the payment that comes with it!)
  • What he’s working on next
  • Advice for writers
  • Boiling your book down to one word!
  • Connect with Mark on Twitter @schorrm and on his website at markschorr.com

    Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

    If you're interested in being a guest on the show, please fill out this form. Please note interview bookings are now full until mid-August 2023.

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    Recommend a book or give a shoutout to someone who helped you immensely or to your readers in general: record a short voice memo and email it to [email protected], and I'll air it on the pod! More details on my website here.

    Submit an interesting literary fact for This Day in Literary History: click here.

    Music credits: Intro and Exit music and in between segments is Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeat.io). Music during This Day in Literary History: A Ten-Course Banquet by David Celeste (epidemicsound.com)

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    #badasswritersBy Kathleen Foxx