Writing in Real Life

Ep 029: The One where Morgan Makes a Comic Book Reference

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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We finish (?) discussing the New York Times bestsellers list. Leia eats everything imaginable. “Lady guilt is heavy.” Parenting advice and anti-advice. High-chair condoms. Feeling like a one-hit wonder as an author. The tension between what readers like and what writers want to write. Lyga’s Law of Publishing.

The NYT's Pamela Paul discusses the YA bestseller list on Twitter

Don't feed babies honey

Guardians of the Galaxy

Skip Hop Take Care Shopping Cart & High-Chair Cover

Munchkin Warm Glow Baby Wipe Warmer -- The wipes warmer Morgan had to have and never used

Friday Night Lights TV show

NPR: "Reflecting On Football And Addiction As 'Friday Night Lights' Turns 25"

Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

A Prayer for the City by H. G. Bissinger | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Barry's opus: "The Book that Will Kill Me"

Misery by Stephen King | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Barry’s Recommended Reading: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Morgan’s Recommended Reading: Tiny Little Things by Beatriz Williams | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

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Ep. 028: The One that Was Almost Planned

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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Barry tours with a movie star. Can authors write while on the road? The true authorship of Gone Girl…revealed! Leia takes her first steps toward super-model-hood. What is a good minimum for maternity leave? Plus: Some necessary follow-up on the New York Times bestsellers list…and Barry rants about the Oscars.

After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga, Peter Facinelli, & Rob DeFranco | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Peter Facinelli talks After the Red Rain on Live! with Kelly and Michael

USAToday interview with Barry, Peter Facinelli, and Rob DeFranco

MTV reveals trailer for After the Red Rain

Morgan on CBS Evening News

Buzzfeed: "Netflix Announces “Unlimited” Maternity And Paternity Leave For The First Year"

The fourth trimester

FMLA

The Illuminati

RIAA: History of Gold Albums

Barry is Still Reading: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Morgan Recommends: Adrift by Paul Griffin | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Morgan is Reading: Tiny Little Things by Beatriz Williams | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

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Ep. 027: The One where They Both Get Pissed

Barry Lyga

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Some more talk about essays and writing classes. Is there a non-jerk way to self-promote? Why are the same books recommended over and over? Plus, Barry rants about the New York Times bestsellers list…and Morgan agrees!

Paul’s comment on Episode 25: "I refuse to live my life at the speed of light."

Suzanne Collins’ social media accounts

Roughly 50,000 books published in U.S. each year

Ouroboros

#quietYA -- "The YA you've never heard of."

August 9 YA bestsellers (accessed on Aug. 1)

Fiction (accessed on Aug. 1)

The Daily Beast: "Is Ted Cruz A Bestselling Author Or Isn’t He?"

Morgan is (Still) Reading: The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

New York Times: "It’s the End of the World as She Knows It" --The difference between male and female dystopia

Barry is Reading: Find Me by Laura van den Berg | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Barry is Also Reading: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

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Ep. 026: The One with Chunks of Food

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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Vaccinate your kids. Thanks, grandmothers! Barry disses personal essays and remains a man of mystery. The submission process as quantum weirdness. What kind of writing class is the best for aspiring authors? Why Morgan married Barry. Plus: Morgan's secret terror.

The CDC: "Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism"

Baby Led Weaning

The Pit of Despair (a reference Morgan missed, of course)

Spine-out on Facebook

"The End of My Career" -- Barry Lyga Dot Com

Gotham Writers' Workshop

Mediabistro classes

2016 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition

Friends: The One Where Everyone Finds Out

lukalpostophobia -- fear of the post office

Morgan is Reading: The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Everyone should be Reading: Adrift by Paul Griffin | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Barry's tour schedule

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Ep. 025: The One that's Sort of Backwards

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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Our 25th episode! Barry’s wish comes true. A discussion of authors responding to controversy on social media. Building a community vs. an audience. Should authors be held to the standards of brands and celebrities? Should authors work on stories they abandoned in the past? Does easy writing equal good writing? Leia takes her first steps.

Barry is Reading: I Am the Traitor by Allen Zadoff | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Morgan is Reading: The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Strange Fruit #1 by Mark Waid & J.G. Jones | Comixology

Waid tweets:

https://twitter.com/MarkWaid/status/622063250243514368

 https://twitter.com/MarkWaid/status/622062359402708992

#HasJustineLandedYet?

Fortune: "Taylor Swift and Apple: The back story"

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Ep. 24: The One with Spoilers for The Princess Bride

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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A hammock may or may not exist…and Barry may or may not be in it. Leia goes in a pool for the first time. The deadly menace of the Triple Lull. Morgan relates her tragic tale of being on submission. Also: colorful side characters, limited cursing, and Barry wishes he had a British accent.

Kent’s comment on negative reviews from Episode 23

Is Barry "gritty and crazy?" Kirkus weighs in.

Speaking of the Lull -- Episode 21: The One where Morgan Gets Her Groove Back

The Princess Bride;

Inigo faces Count Rugen (Best. Scene. Ever.)

Mrs. Weasley from Harry Potter

Friends — The One with the Embryos (a.k.a. "The One with the Trivia Contest")

Barry is reading: The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Morgan is reading: Dietland by Sarai Walker | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

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Ep. 23: The One where Anyone Can Get Married

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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Celebrating #MarriageEquality with some more talk about marriage, as well as an appreciation of single people. Plus: Life in the Age of Screeching, Barry rants about the future of publishing, and Morgan wants ice cream.

"Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide" -- The New York Times

@kellybaden's tweet on Justice Kennedy's opening sentence

Freedom to Marry: "Marriage vs. Civil Union or Domestic Partnership"

Rebecca Traister’s tweet about single-bashing

And her article following up on it, for The Cut: "Marriage Equality Is Also a Win for Single People"

Psychology Today: "Singles are Selfish. True or False?"

Barry’s Google Hangout on Male Survivors of Sexual Assault

BarryLyga.com -- This Week in Rejection!

WiRL Episode 15: The One where Leia Flirts -- Discussion of Netflix's program to determine when people stop watching shows

"Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited completely revamps how authors get paid" -- Mashable

"Before the Hunt!" -- I Hunt Killers prequels on BarryLyga.com

Morgan’s Recommended Reading: Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Barry is Reading: The Girl with the Wrong Name by Barnabas Miller (preorder links) | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks

Barney Miller

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Ep. 022: The One where They Finally Talk about Marriage

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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Morgan and Barry cheat at binge-watching. The only fashion name Barry knows. Some serious discussion about writers, math, and finances. Morgan loves being married. Barry’s still reading a book he doesn’t like.

Younger

Park Dietz -- Barry misremembered. Dietz had a different connection to Law & Order. But a search for the word "consultant" on the show's IMDB page brings up several legal consultants.

"U Can’t Touch This"

Alexander Hamilton’s idea that economic status can be used to compel people to do good is explained in this book.

The new $10 bill

Aziz Ansari on marriage

The marriage penalty

"Tax Day: Are You Receiving a Marriage Penalty or Bonus?" -- The New York Times

“The days are long, but the years are short.” Credit where credit's due -- it's from Gretchen Rubin.

Barry could've had a V8

Morgan’s Recommended Reading: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Treat Yo’self Day

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Ep. 021: The One where Morgan Gets Her Groove Back

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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A brief but necessary colloquy on baby poop. The paradox that is Morgan. “How is your book coming along?” Why they got married. The horrors of The Lull and the related wisdom of Mr. Thomas Petty. And you should totally watch The Leftovers.

Meghan’s comment on being a mom and finding time to write

Stephen King: The Rolling Stone Interview: King discusses writing The Tommyknockers in longhand

The Lowdown on Longhand: How Writing by Hand Benefits the Brain

Boy Toy in the New York Times

The Times is On It on Twitter

"Onwards and Upwards": The New York Times on High Buns

"Falling out of print is a book’s natural fate." -- From Teresa Nielsen Hayden's Making Light blog ("The life expectancies of books")

"Put all the wood behind one arrow"

Katniss (heroine of obscure YA dystopian series)

“The Waiting” — Tom Petty

Unsoul’d — Barry’s self-published novel

The Leftovers Season 2 teaser

Morgan’s Recommended Reading: In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

Barry’s Recommended Reading: "What is Code?" by Paul Ford

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Ep. 020: The One where Leia Goes to a Bar Mitzvah

Barry Lyga & Morgan Baden

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Some more discussion of the Leap. Morgan’s plans are foiled by the evil that is Microsoft copy protection. Barry’s views on #firstworldproblems. “Books happen in the time that they take.” The value of twenty minutes and the Twenty Minute Time Suck.

Comments on Episode 19 -- Amanda and Paul on the Leap

Simon Cowell Offers Advice

Frank McCourt

Pomodoro Technique -- 25 minutes on, 5 minutes off

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — "You can stand anything for 10 seconds."

Freedom.app

Instructions for blocking the internet on your router

Inertia

BookExpo: Where it’s been and where it will be

WWDC Keynote

On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple by Gil Amelio & William L. Simon | Amazon | BN.com

Barry's Recommended Reading: Teen Boat! by Dave Roman and John Green (not that John Green) | Amazon | BN.com | Indiebound

Morgan's Recommended Reading: Ravencliffe by Carol Goodman | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound

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