Sheila Heti joins the show! I still can't believe it. We talked about the interviewing process, autofiction and creating art from one's life, and writing novels as a "game," and much more, including Friends OFF with Sheila Heti, and a haphazard Penultimate segment feature Sheila the AI Bot.

Included as this month's bonus audio archive material is some "off-the-record" chatter that she and I kept up after the episode ended. It's less formal and doesn't fit the "vibes" of the actual episode, but there's some interesting stuff: more about interview, about my new glasses, and about some new projects I've got going on.

Anyone can access the Bonus Audio Archive if you become a listener supporter through my patreon: patreon.com/timblackett  Last month, Emily Austin submitted a reading of a poem from her forthcoming collection of poetry (not out until 2024!)

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Emily Austin, author of Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead and the forthcoming, Interesting Facts about Space, joins the pod for our first episode. It's full of technical difficulties and poor sound quality, but we snuck some fun little tidbits, and a few writerly tips in there as well.

Let me know what you think of my sweet Intro diddy!

Author (and Book-Tokker), Tim Blackett, Interviews his writing heroes about the process of writing, the act of creating art, and the joys and struggles of being alive.

Friends On!