by Mike Carlon | Sep 5, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Writing is a dynamic and ever-evolving process. By embracing change and finding inspiration in unexpected places, you can breathe new life into your writing. Just ask Stephanie Cowell, whose latest book, A Boy in the Rain, was started over forty years...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 31, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Today, we have the fabulous Wendy Holden, a British journalist and novelist with global success, joining us to spill the tea on her latest book, “The Princess.” We’re talking about the ultimate royal celebrity, Diana Princess of Wales,...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 29, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch I was once eating dinner alone at a bar in Petaluma, CA when a fellow solo diner started a conversation by saying, “I’m no conspiracy theorist but…” and what came out of his mouth would make Dan Brown raise an eyebrow. When I was offered the chance to...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 24, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Given my love of Columbo, I love it when a guest has a good Peter Falk story, and Alison Gaylin doesn’t disappoint. She doubled down when expressing her appreciation for The Love Boat—and now I think I have to marry her. Don’t tell our spouses. Meet...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 22, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch My twin brother and I are very close—so close in fact that we can finish each other’s sentences. That said, I couldn’t imagine writing a book with him, let alone a series of books. That’s just one of the things that amazes me about sisters Lynne and...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 17, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch While many of us dream of being writers from a young age, the truth is, not all of us can do it early on in our lives and find that we have to defer that dream for another time. Jenny Jackson, whose debut novel Pineapple Street is quite possibly the most...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 15, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Today’s guest, Peter Maeck, inspired me with his words of advice for his younger self—”If you have an impulse and are young enough to start at an entry level, do it! Don’t worry about the risks and the outcomes.” These were words that I wish I heard in my...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 10, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch They say you can never go home again, but no one told that to Andrew Ridker. During the height of the Covid 19 pandemic, Andrew left his apartment in Brooklyn, NY to head back to his childhood home in Brookline, MA. It was being back in his hometown,...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 8, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Sometimes it takes a while to find out who we truly are, particularly if we didn’t give ourselves the time to explore life prior to settling down and starting a family. Those of us who did that young may find that, after our kids have grown, we really...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 3, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Giving yourself the right to write badly is excellent advice for aspiring and established authors. Writing is a muscle which has to be exercised in order to get stronger. Not everything we write will be gold, but every rep serves a purpose—to make our...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 1, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Josh Winning is the author of the critically acclaimed The Shadow Glass. He is a senior film writer at Radio Times, has written for Total Film for over a decade, and is the co-host of movie podcast Torn Stubs. During his years as a film journalist, he has...
by Mike Carlon | Jul 27, 2023 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Elevator pitches are critically important when selling your book. Ideally, you’d answer the question, “So, what’s your book about?” with a one sentence description that gets the agent/publisher/reader interested in knowing more. Today’s guest, Karen...
