Justin and Jon are thrilled to welcome Trey Dowell to Writing in Progress on the heels of teaching at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Trey’s list of accomplishments are extremely impressive:

-Traditionally published novel (The Protectors) through Simon and Schuster (Stephen King’s publisher)

-Former NYC Midnight overall flash fiction winner. The very next NYCM competition, Trey finished second overall in short story. In total, Trey has made six NYCM finals, winning a cash prize in three.

-Derringer Award winner and four-time finalist. 

-Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Award finalist.

-Writing Battle runner-up for alternate history flash fiction

Subjects include Trey’s writing process, specifically how he approaches NYC Midnight. We compare NYCM and Writing Battle. Trey also gives us interesting insight into his experience being traditionally published through Simon and Schuster and important lessons he learned for his next attempt at writing a novel. We also briefly touch on writing conferences and how important they can be.

I think the biggest takeaways from this episode:

Luck is a big part of it. Celebrate the wins. Keep writing.

The interview with Trey begins at 16:00, after check-ins with Justin and Jon.

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