The Lively Grind Cafe: Recent Episodes
LS Hawker, Chloe Hawker
Weekly writing podcast with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Hosted by cynical pro thrillerista LS Hawker and fresh-faced fantasy-writing ingenue Chloe Hawker.
Today on the podcast, Lisa and Chloe talk about canoes (the elements in your manuscript that just don’t belong). Language warning. Stuff we mentioned today: Antonya Nelson Andre Dubus Lighthouse Writers Workshop JKS Communications Sesame Street Body and Bone by LS Hawker Chelsey Emmelhainz Apollo 13 The Drowning Game by LS Hawker Aaron Sorkin […]
Today on the podcast, Lisa and Chloe talk about what you don’t know that you need to know. Language warning. Stuff we mentioned today: Angie Hodapp, Director of Literary Development at Nelson Literary Agency Lisa’s article about beta readers on Writers Digest Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by […]
Today on the podcast, Lisa and Chloe talk about flow state and other things. Language warning. Stuff we mentioned today: Axis 360 Lump and Blood of 7 by Claire L. Fishback Nine Perfect Strangers Confidential The Kiss Quotient Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear To Shake the […]
In case you missed it, Chloe recorded audio from the Q&A session at THE THROWAWAYS Denver Release Event at the Aspen Grove Tattered Cover store on January 26. We had nearly 100 people and almost sold out their stock of TT paperbacks, landing me at the #1 spot on the Denver Post local fiction paperback […]
Today on the podcast, Lisa explains about THE THROWAWAYS (release date: January 22, 2019), The Vanishing Point Press Ltd., and the exhausting process of bringing a book baby into the world outside of traditional publishing. Stuff we mentioned today: The Good Place Jack Ryan The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel The Office Lizard Lounge Poetry Night […]
Harvard Law School Parody Show Chloe as the Draco Malfoy character in 2017’s Harry Palsgraf in Fantastic Briefs and Where to File Them. Stuff we mentioned today: HLS Parody Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook
Interview We met Chelsey Emmelhainz, Senior Editor at Crooked Lane Books, at Stella’s Coffee Shop in Denver for some catching up and industry talk. Stuff we mentioned today: Chelsey Emmelhainz Quills Conference Crooked Lane Books Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook
Thrillerfest 2018! No LS Hawker today…only Chloe got to go to Thrillerfest this year. Here’s her recap of Craftfest Day 1 as well as an interview with prolific, versatile, and renowned author Susan Furlong. Stuff we mentioned today: Susan Furlong Jon Land Kathleen Antrim R.L. Stein Walter Mosley Steve Berry Donald Maass […]
This podcast comes to you not from our usual cafe but from the road, on our way home from the 2018 Pikes Peak Writers Conference. Pikes Peak Writers Laurell K. Hamilton Mary Robinette Kowal Jason Evans Jennie Marts Darby Karchut Story Grid Jim Gaffigan DIY MFA – Gabriela Pereira Email us at […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Cell by Stephen King Laurel K Hamilton Disappointed Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert The Marshall Plan by Evan Marshall All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Caught Up in a Cowboy by Jennie Marts Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown Stein On Writing: A […]
Giveaway to celebrate NaNoWriMo: If you win NaNoWriMo, send me a link to your profile on the NaNo website showing that you’ve completed your 50,000 words and finished, and I’ll send you an autographed copy of one of my published novels for free! Stuff we mentioned today: National Novel Writing Month No Plot? No Problem! Chris Baty […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Bull Durham Secrets of Story Matt Bird Northern Colorado Writers Grant Blackwood Speak Louisa Hall How to write good legal stuff Mike Birbiglia Paramount Theatre Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)
Stuff we mentioned today: Harvard Law School Parody Illumify Michael F. Haspil Marc Graham Lighthouse Writers Workshop Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers International Thriller Writers Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America Grub Street Cambridge Writers Workshop Anthony Franze Don’t Try to Find Me Holly Brown Stolen Carey Baldwin The Mystics of Mile End Sigal Samuel Private Citizens […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Laura McHugh, author of WEIGHT OF BLOOD and ARROWOOD Carey Baldwin, USA Today bestselling thriller author Alex Dolan, author of THE EUTHANIST and THE EMPRESS OF TEMPERA Come From Away Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)
Stuff we mentioned today: The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne The Secrets of Story by Matt Bird Story Engineering by Larry Brooks CHLOE HAWKER, WRITER. BOOK WIZARD. FUTURE LAWYER. Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)
Stuff we mentioned today: The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne Harry Palsgraf tickets The Code of the Hills by Nancy Allen Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Ten Percent Happier by Dan Harris Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)
Stuff we mentioned today: END OF THE ROAD by LS Hawker To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling After Anna by Alex Lake Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins Fallen by Lauren Kate Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay Real Plans Moana Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Email […]
Apologies for the first five minutes of the recording–the audio is badly synched. Skip to 5:50 to listen to the rest of it. Stuff we mentioned today: Presbicia Aesop’s Fables Polly’s Pancake Palace Bonfire of the Vanities Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy X-Men Magneto The […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Final episode Star Trek: Next Generation The Awakening by Kate Chopin Million Dollar Baby Jacob’s Ladder How I Met Your Mother Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 1984 by George Orwell Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane Flatland by Edwin A. […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Run You Down by Julia Dahl Checklist for Murder by Anthony Flacco The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty Dru’s Book Musings Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)
Stuff we mentioned today: @chloechristine21 Instagram The Law School Diaries: Moving In PantryCheck Pomotodo EveryDollar The Unprocrastination Challenge September Dropkick Murphys Pandora station Marc Graham, author The Kingdom of Speech by Tom Wolfe The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like […]
Stuff we mentioned today: The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew by Dr. Seuss The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis The Awakening by Kate Chopin A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl The Life-Changing Magic […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Exceptional Minds Santa Monica Pier “Are Christians Missing the Boat on Donald Trump?” by Chloe “A Good Man Justifies a Wicked Deed: Grudem on Trump” by John Mark N. Reynolds on Patheos Tess Gerritsen Wait But Why on procrastination Zen Habits on the fear involved in procrastination, how to procrastinate less, […]
Stuff we mentioned today: THE ADVOCATE’S DAUGHTER by Anthony Franze TESTAMENT by David Morrell THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF NOT GIVING A F*CK by Sarah Knight “How to Be Confident and Reduce Stress in Two Minutes a Day” by James Clear “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are” […]
Stuff we mentioned today: International Thriller Writers Interviewed on this episode: Carey Baldwin Holly Brown Here are some of the authors we met at Thrillerfest 2016: Sandra Block Julia Dahl Anthony Franze Lisa Hall Elena Hartwell Cheryl Hollon Mark Leggatt Gilly Macmillan Laura McHugh Nina Mansfield Jenny Milchman LM Pampuro Gabriela Pereira Michael Ransom Jack […]
Stuff we mentioned: BODY AND BONE release party recap Dialogue tag formatting: “This is dialogue,” he said. NOT “This is dialogue.” He said. “I’m going home.” She smiled. NOT “I’m going home,” she smiled. “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway Werdsmith Storyist Ulysses Next Steps with Jenny Milchmann on Authors on the Air Amy Stuart […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Autocrit The Music Behind the Book, Lisa’s guest post on BooksDirect Creation Over Consumption, Chloe’s latest blog post THE DROWNING GAME audiobook Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)
Stuff we mentioned today: Everything That’s Wrong With Your Story — Sight Unseen by Michael Swanwick See How They Run by Tom Bale Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Hamilton the Musical Blood Simple Camp NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo pep talk by Lemony Snicket The Writer Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things 100 days of rejection Why Procrastinators Procrastinate by Tim Urban All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg Chloe’s blog […]
Stuff we mentioned today: The Bechdel Test The War of Art for Writers, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue, and Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell Screenwriting Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff The Hero with 1000 Faces by Joseph Campbell The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Stucture for Writers by Christopher Vogler The Big Rewind by Libby Cudmore Seven Black Diamonds […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Level Up Your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story by Steve Kamb The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own by Joshua Becker The Semester of Our Discontent (A Lila Maclean Mystery) (Volume 1) by Cynthia Kuhn Freedom.to Self-control app […]
Stuff we mentioned today: The Big Purple Mommy – Coleen Hubbard Chris Guillebeau, author of Born for This, A Brief Guide to World Domination, The Art of Nonconformity, and The Happiness of Pursuit. Chris’s events page CIPA The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron SFWA RWA MWA The Writer’s Journey – Christopher Vogler Jami Gold BookBub mynoise.net asoftmurmur.com Email us at […]
Stuff we mentioned today: The Intern’s Handbook by Shane Kuhn A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Pikes Peak Writers Northern Colorado Writers Grant Blackwood, Author Michelle Major, Romance Author Jami Gold, Paranormal Author (amazing resources, worksheets, etc.) K.M. Weiland, Helping Writers Become Authors Inklings Literary Agency Tantor Audio Paula Munier, Talcott Notch Literary On Writing by […]
Stuff we mentioned today: Lighthouse Writers Workshop Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Pikes Peak Writers Northern Colorado Writers Sisters in Crime International Thriller Writers Email us at LivelyGrindCafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @LivelyGrindCafe Like us on Facebook Call us on GoogleVoice: 412-22-write (412-229-7483)