The Every Day Novelist
Summary: The Every Day Novelist delivers a new 3 to 30 minute episode each day discussing writing craft, discipline, publishing, and business, all geared toward helping you achieve a professional pace (four to twelve or more novels in one year) in your writing. The direction of the show is steered by your questions, ideas, and disagreements.
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- Artist: J. Daniel Sawyer
Podcasts:
Simon asks: What is the young adult genre? Is it just young protagonists, or is there more to it than that? Resources Mentioned Secrets of the Heinlein JuvenileHarry Potter seriesTwilight by Stephanie Meyer
Ed asks: How can a writer oppose the moral panic du jour without being consumed by it? Resources MentionedAdventures of Huck Finn by Mark TwainStarship Troopers by Robert A HeinleinThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEvery Day Novelist Success Stories: Mel ToddMel Todd on KDP Select Archivos
Charles has feedback on mid-life crises and writing. Resources Mentioned: Watership Down by Richard AdamsLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderBill and Ted’s Excellent AdventureQuarter Share by Nathan LowellPure Heat, by ML Buchman
Simon asks: Can you recommend any particularly great uses of an unreliable narrator? I mean, aside from Suave Rob… Resources Mentioned: Suave Rob’s Amazing AdventuresThe Usual SuspectsAn Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain PearsLolita, by Vladmir NabakovThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark TwainLetters from the Earth, by Mark TwainThe Screwtape Letters by CS LewisEdgar Allan Poe, The Works ofThe Coffee Service by J. Daniel SawyerThe Lombard Alchemist Tales by J. Daniel Sawyer
Simon asks: Can you push an unreliable narrator too far, and just break people’s immersion?Resources Mentioned: Lolita, by Vladmir NabakovSuave Rob’s Amazing Adventures
Simon asks: What are the pitfalls with using an unreliable narrator? Resources Mentioned:The Usual SuspectsThe Sixth SenseThe VillagePenn and Teller Fool Us
Simon asks: Are there any rules or conventions when using an unreliable narrator? I’m writing in first-person already which feels like it would be recommended if not outright required.Resources MentionedThe Usual SuspectsAn Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain PearsClueThe Murder of Roger Akroyd, by Agatha ChristieLolita, by Vladmir NabakovTime Enough for Love, by Robert A HeinleinThe Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler HarrisAmerican Tall TalesThe Call of Cthulhu, by HP Lovecraft
Simon has feedback on ways to experiment with genres to see what you’re good at or enjoy writing. Resources Mentioned Clarke Lantham MysteriesFeedback: Short Cuts to Identifying Your GenreFeedback: Knowing What You’re Good AtFeedback: More on Knowing What You’re Good At My Luck, by Mel Todd
Ed has feedback on the episode Romance Tropes and Healthy Relationships. Archivos
Roland has feedback on a recent episode. Resources Mentioned:The Living DaylightsMy Luck, by Mel Todd
Roland has feedback on showing language barriers in fiction. Nanogang Bangs On — Day 1/Using Foreign LanguagesCoupling: The Girl With Two BreastsThe Journeyer by Gary JenningsAztec by Gary JenningsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Charles has feedback on Nanogang Bangs On: Day 13 on figuring out what you’re good at. Resources MentionedSoullessYoung Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the BluesDirty JobsOpen Vistas: After the Peak Archivos
Tim asks: What are the deadlines for submissions to the Open Vistas anthologies?
Nichole asks: How do I get to older episodes of Every Day Novelist?
Dawn asks: Do you consider psychology of your characters in your writing? If so, at what point in the writing process and how deeply? Resources Mentioned Star Wars original trilogyStar Wars prequel trilogyAmerican Graffiti
