Lisa Yee is a prolific author of books for children and young adults. Her latest series is The Misfits. Show notes: Lisa Yee (http://www.lisayee.com) The Misfits (http://www.lisayee.com/the-misfits.html) Miranda July: On All Fours (https://mirandajuly.com/all-fours/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store). If you like the podcast, please follow it on Apple Pod...
Jun 04, 2025•29 min
Michael Jamin has been writing for TV for decades, and just published his first book of humorous short stories, A Paper Orchestra. Show notes: Michael Jamin (https://michaeljamin.com) A Paper Orchestra (https://michaeljamin.com/book/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store). If you like the podcast, please follow it on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com...
May 07, 2025•26 min
Nicolas Binge is an author of four science fiction novels; his latest is Dissolution. Show notes: Nicholas Binge (https://www.nicholasbinge.com/) Dissolution (https://www.nicholasbinge.com/dissolution) Richard Powers: Playground (https://www.richardpowers.net/playground/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store). If you like the podcast, please follow it on Appl...
Apr 02, 2025•29 min
Mimi Kwa is an Australian television personality and descendant of a Chinese family with a rich history. Her book, House of Kwa, tells about four generations of this family. Show notes: Mimi Kwa (https://www.mimitv.com.au) House of Kwa (https://www.mimitv.com.au/books) The Dressmaker, Rosie Ham (https://rosalieham.com/the-dressmaker/) A Radical Awakening, Dr. Shefali (https://www.aradicalawakening.com) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check ...
Mar 05, 2025•33 min
April Davila is a novelist, and she explores how mindfulness can help writers. Show notes: April Davila (https://aprildavila.com/april-davila-bio/) 142 Ostriches (https://aprildavila.com/142-ostriches/what-people-are-saying/) The Field Guide for Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit (http://rebeccasolnit.net/book/a-field-guide-to-getting-lost/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener (https://www.literatureandla...
Feb 05, 2025•29 min
David Goodman's first novel, A Reluctant Spy, is a story about how a man makes a deal and gets more than he bargained for. Show notes: David Goodman (https://www.davidgoodman.net) A Reluctant Spy (https://www.davidgoodman.net/books/) The Americans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans) Moscow X, David McCloskey (https://www.davidmccloskeybooks.com/moscow-x) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener...
Jan 08, 2025•34 min
Jean Kwok is the best-selling author of four novels, including her latest, The Leftover Woman. Show notes: Jean Kwok (https://www.jeankwok.com) The Leftover Woman (https://www.jeankwok.com/the-leftover-woman) Danielle Trussoni: The Puzzle Box (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717439/the-puzzle-box-by-danielle-trussoni/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/...
Dec 04, 2024•31 min
Holly Seddon has written several thrillers, and says that she "writes novels under cover of darkness." Show notes: Holly Seddon (http://hollyseddon.com) The Short Straw (http://hollyseddon.com/my-books/the-short-straw/) 59 Minutes (http://hollyseddon.com/category/59-minutes/) (release August 2025 in the UK, and November 2025 in the US) Julie McDowall: Attack Warning Red! (https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/244327/julie-mcdowall) Gillian MacAllister, Just Another Missing Person (https://gillianmca...
Nov 06, 2024•30 min
Veronica Roth is the author of many fantasy novels, including the Divergent series. Show notes: Veronica Roth (https://veronicarothbooks.com) When Among Crows (https://veronicarothbooks.com/books/when-among-crows/) Veronica Roth's three favorite Scrivener features (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9U_Dc4JDut/?igsh=MWxveGhudHhubDJuZg==) BBC interview with Ken Follett (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t7k0) Why You Should Print Your Manuscript and Edit It on Paper (https://www.literatureandlatt...
Oct 02, 2024•30 min
William Shaw writes crime fiction and adventure thrillers. Show notes: William Shaw (http://williamshaw.com/) The Wild Swimmers (http://williamshaw.com/book/the-wild-swimmers/) Aphantasia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia) The Conspirators (http://williamshaw.com/book/the-conspirators/) Raymond Carver: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24963/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-love-by-raymond-carver/) Writers just want to be left alone...
Sep 04, 2024•30 min
Natasha Bell writes psychological thrillers and teaches creative writing. Show notes: Natasha Bell (https://natashabell.co.uk) His Perfect Wife (https://natashabell.co.uk/his-perfect-wife-uk) How author Ken Follett sold nearly 200 million books (video showing how he writes) (https://youtu.be/1Q1NEmOZdgw?feature=shared&t=1095) Faber Academy: Finish Your Draft (https://faberacademy.com/product/finish-your-draft-30-september-2024/) Catherine Lacey: Biography of X (https://us.macmillan.com/books/978...
Aug 07, 2024•29 min
Show notes: Wendy van Camp (https://wendyvancamp.com) The Planets (https://wendyvancamp.com/?page_id=1290) SFWA - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (https://www.sfwa.org/) The Curate’s Brother: A Jane Austen Variation of Persuasion (https://wendyvancamp.com/?page_id=1441) NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) (https://nanowrimo.org) Stuart Horwitz: Blueprint Your Bestseller (https://penguinrandomhousehighereducation.com/book/?isbn=9780399162152) Learn more about Scrivener (https:/...
Jul 03, 2024•29 min
Kate Heartfield writes historical fantasy novels, games, and stories. Show notes: Kate Heartfield (https://www.kateheartfield.com) The Embroidered Book (https://www.kateheartfield.com/the-embroidered-book/) The Valkyrie (https://www.kateheartfield.com/the-valkyrie/) John Gardner, Grendel (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/58201/grendel-by-john-gardner/) Aeon Timeline (https://www.aeontimeline.com) Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors (https://vajra.me/books/the-saint-of-bright-d...
Jun 05, 2024•31 min
Veronica G. Henry writes fantasy, mystery, and speculative fiction novels. Show notes: Veronica G. Henry (https://www.veronicahenry.net/) The Canopy Keepers (https://www.veronicahenry.net/copy-of-bacchanal) Shinrin-yoku - forest bathing (https://www.japan.travel/en/guide/forest-bathing/) How to Store Handwritten Notes and Texts in Scrivener Projects (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/do-you-write-longhand-store-handwritten-notes-and-texts-in-scrivener-projects) 47North (https://amazonpubli...
May 01, 2024•31 min
After many years writing short stories and essays, Debbie Urbanski has published her first novel, After World, about AI at the end of humanity's physical presence on earth. Show notes: Debbie Urbanski (https://debbieurbanski.com) After World (https://debbieurbanski.com/after-world/) Alan Weisman, The World Without Us (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250834003/theworldwithoutus) M.R. Caray, The Girl With All the Gifts (https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts) Marle...
Apr 03, 2024•29 min
Todd Henry writes books helping people improve their productivity, creativity, and teamwork. He calls himself "an arms dealer for the creative revolution." I can't imagine writing a book in anything other than Scrivener. Show notes: Todd Henry (https://www.toddhenry.com) The Accidental Creative (https://www.toddhenry.com) The Thing You Do Every Day (https://www.toddhenry.com/business/thing-every-day/) Alone with Your Thoughts (https://www.toddhenry.com/creating/alone-with-your-thoughts/) Distra...
Mar 06, 2024•32 min
George Stevens Jr. has been a movie producer and director for decades, and has written a memoir about his life in Hollywood. Show notes: George Stevens Jr. (https://www.georgestevensjr.com) My Place in the Sun (https://www.georgestevensjr.com/my-place-in-the-sun-memoir) George Stevens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stevens) A Place in the Sun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(1951_film)) Oppenheimer (https://www.oppenheimermovie.co.uk) Lawrence of Arabia (https://www.imdb...
Feb 07, 2024•30 min
Fonda Lee is a science fiction and fantasy author, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and many others. Show notes: Fonda Lee (https://www.fondalee.com/) The Green Bone Saga (https://www.fondalee.com/books/jade-city/) Untethered Sky (https://www.fondalee.com/books/untethered-sky/) Robert Jackson Bennett: The Tainted Cup (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/648051/the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrive...
Jan 03, 2024•30 min
Carl Zimmer is a science writer, author of 14 books, is a professor adjunct at Yale University, and writes the Origins column for The New York Times. Show notes: Carl Zimmer (https://carlzimmer.com/) Carl Zimmer's Origins column for the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/by/carl-zimmer) To Beginning Writers (https://carlzimmer.com/to-beginning-writers/) Life’s Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive (https://carlzimmer.com/books/lifes-edge/) Bookends (https://www.sonnysoftware.com/bo...
Dec 06, 2023•31 min
John Wyver writes about the history of television in the United Kingdom, produces films about the arts and performance, and is a Professor of the Arts on Screen. Show notes: John Wyver (https://cream.ac.uk/people/john-wyver/) Illuminations (https://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/about/) Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/screening-the-royal-shakespeare-company-9781350006584/) Ed Conway, Material World (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/446267/m...
Nov 01, 2023•32 min
Mary Robinette Kowal writes science fiction and fantasy, and starts writing all her novels during NaNoWriMo, which takes place each year in November. Show notes: Mary Robinette Kowal (https://maryrobinettekowal.com) The Spare Man (https://maryrobinettekowal.com/writing/the-spare-man/) Episode 19, Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo (https://podcast.scrivenerapp.com/19) Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World (https://matthewsalesses.com/craft-in-the-real-world/) Jessi Honard and Ma...
Oct 04, 2023•30 min
Sean Carroll is a quantum physicist, who has written several books explaining the complexity of his topic to general readers. Show notes: Sean Carroll (https://www.preposterousuniverse.com) Mindscape Podcast (https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/) Hijack (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/hijack/umc.cmc.1dg08zn0g3zx52hs8npoj5qe3) The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Vol. 1: Space, Time, and Motion (https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/biggestideas/) Katie Mack: The End of Everything (Astrophysi...
Sep 06, 2023•30 min
Michael Jecks has written more than 50 novels, including 33 in his Templar series of medieval mysteries. He also writes books in other series, set in modern times, the Tudor period, and 1920s Shanghai. Show notes: Michael Jecks (https://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/) Michael Jecks's books (https://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/titles.html) Medieval Murderers (https://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/medievalmurder/index.html) Michael's Morris Dancing (https://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/morris.html) George MacDonald Fraser...
Aug 02, 2023•33 min
Sheila O'Flanagan left a career as a banker for writing, and has written more than 30 romance novels, which "put women in situations where they have to dig deep inside themselves to find their inner strength even though sometimes they struggle to realise it’s there." "You always regret the things you didn't do more than the things that you did do." Show notes: Sheila O'Flanagan (https://www.sheilaoflanagan.com/) What Eden Did Next (https://www.sheilaoflanagan.com/titles/sheila-oflanagan/what-ede...
Jul 05, 2023•30 min
S J Watson, author of the hugely popular Before I Go to Sleep, is starting a new project called The Experiment, where he shows readers his first drafts. S J Watson, author of the hugely popular Before I Go to Sleep, is starting a new project called The Experiment. He will write a novel, showing readers his first drafts as he progresses, and inviting readers to suggest how the novel is to proceed. Show notes: S J Watson (https://www.sjwatson-books.com) Before I Go to Sleep (https://www.sjwatson-b...
Jun 07, 2023•31 min
Jaime Green has just published her first book, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos, where she discusses whether there is life out there, and, if so, whether we will ever know. Show notes: Jaime Green (https://www.jaimegreen.net) The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos (https://www.jaimegreen.net/book) Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life (https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/entangled-life) Learn more about ...
May 03, 2023•32 min
Becca Caddy writes about science and technology, and is a self-avowed tech addict. Her book Screen Time tells us how to make peace with our tech devices and not be overwhelmed by them. Show notes: Becca Caddy (https://beccacaddy.com) Screen Time (https://beccacaddy.com/screen-time-book/) Composition Mode and other focus features in Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/distraction-free-writing-with-scrivener) Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War (https...
Apr 05, 2023•32 min
Joanna Penn combines her talents as a thriller author with her skills in marketing to have a successful writing career. Her latest book is Pilgrimage: Lessons Learned from Solo Walking Three Ancient Ways. Show notes: Joanna Penn (https://jfpenn.com/) Pilgrimage (https://jfpenn.com/book/pilgrimage/) Pilgrimage Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecreativepenn/pilgrimage-book-travel-memoir-with-practical-walking-tips) The Way (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_(2010_film)) Paul...
Mar 01, 2023•30 min
After decades as a corporate executive for a financial services firm, Bill Thompson retired and became a bestselling author of archeological thrillers. Show notes: Bill Thompson (https://billthompsonbooks.com) My Second Act: Bestselling Novelist (https://www.nextavenue.org/second-act-bestselling-novelist/) Bill Thompson's books (https://billthompsonbooks.com/books/) Kindle ebook royalties (https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634500) Kindle Unlimited royalties (https://kdp.amazon.com/en_U...
Feb 01, 2023•29 min
Allison K. Williams is a writer, editor, and coach, as well as former circus performer, and is the author of Seven Drafts, a book about self-editing. Seven Drafts helps writers get from the messy first draft to final draft. Show notes: Allison K. Williams (https://allisonkwilliams.com) Seven Drafts (http://sevendrafts.com) Writer Beware (https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/) Scrivener Blog (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog) Matt Bell, Refuse to Be Done (https://...
Jan 04, 2023•30 min
