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Writer's Bone

Daniel Ford and the Writer's Bone Crewwww.writersbone.com
Aspiring writers, best-selling scribes, and award-winning screenwriters confront existential dread and writing angst! A podcast for the conversationalist.
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Episodes

Episode 591: Matthew Norman, Author of Charm City Rocks

Author Matthew Norman brings over some Natty Boh and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest Baltimore-set novel Charm City Rocks . To learn more about Matthew Norman, visit his official website , like his Facebook page , and follow him on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to his appearances in Episode 127 , March 20, 2020's Friday Morning Coffee , and Episode 488 . Subscribe to his Charm City Rocks playlist on Spotify . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , The Movie Loft Podcast ,...

Jun 06, 202338 min

Episode 590: Holly Goldberg Sloan, Author of Pieces of Blue

Holly Goldberg Sloan, screenwriter ("Angels in the Outfield," "The Big Green," "Made in America") and YA scribe ( The Elephant in the Room , Counting by 7s ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut adult fiction novel Pieces of Blue . To learn more about Holly Goldberg Sloan, visit her official website , like her Facebook page and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , The Movie Loft Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze podcast ....

Jun 01, 202344 min

Episode 589: Rosie Walsh & Julia Bartz

Author Rosie Walsh returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about the paperback edition of her novel The Love of My Life . Then we welcome debut author Julia Bartz for the first time to discuss her novel The Writing Retreat . To learn more about Rosie Walsh, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our first conversation with the author in Episode 305 . To learn more about Julia Bartz, visit her official website , like her...

May 30, 202354 min

Friday Morning Coffee: Kai Thomas, Author of In the Upper Country

Author Kai Thomas joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about his debut novel In the Upper Country . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses Thomas' work with Soul Fire Farm , "an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system." She also talks about other community farming efforts, including food forests like the one found in Mattapan, Mass . To learn more about Kai Thomas, visit his official website . Writer's Bone is proudly...

May 26, 202331 min

Episode 588: Emily Henry, Author of Happy Place

Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and People We Meet on Vacation , joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her latest novel Happy Place . To learn more about Emily Henry, visit her official website and follow her on Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , The Movie Loft Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze podcast ....

May 23, 202338 min

Episode 587: Jack Curry, Author of The 1998 Yankees

Author and YES Network broadcaster Jack Curry returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his latest book The 1998 Yankees . To learn more about Jack Curry, follow him on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our previous conversation with Curry on Episode 532 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze podcast ....

May 16, 202336 min

Friday Morning Coffee: Zibby Owens, Host of 'Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books'

Podcaster, publisher, author Zibby Owens drops by Friday Morning Coffee to chat with Daniel Ford about " Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books ," her imprint Zibby Books , and her memoir Bookends: A Memoir Of Love, Loss, And Literature . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses Owens' Medium post " An Insider’s Guide to Publishing " and the backstory of Hana Lee's " publishing calculator ." To learn more about Zibby Owens, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and In...

May 12, 202333 min

Episode 586: Savannah Conley, Singer-Songwriter

Singer-songwriter Savannah Conley joins Daniel Ford on the show to talk about her album "Playing the Part of You Is Me." To learn more about Savannah Conley, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . You can listen to her music on Apple Music , YouTube , and Spotify . Watch the music video for " Don't Make Me Reach ," a track off of her new album "Playing the Part of You Is Me," which drops May 12. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro....

May 09, 202342 min

Episode 585: Stona Fitch, Author of Death Watch

Author Stona Fitch (finally) returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his new book Death Watch . To learn more about Stona Fitch, visit his official website and follow him on Instagram . Also revisit an early chat we had with Fitch in Episode 128 or experience our very first live event at Trident Booksellers & Cafe way back in 2015. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

May 04, 202329 min

Episode 584: Megan Tady, Author of Super Bloom

Author Megan Tady drops by the show to chat about her debut novel Super Bloom , out now from Zibby Books. To learn more about Megan Tady, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also check out her company Word-Lift . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

May 02, 202336 min

Friday Morning Coffee: Julie Carrick Dalton, Author of The Last Beekeeper

Author Julie Carrick Dalton returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about her latest novel The Last Beekeeper . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses No Mow May and how lawn care helps conservation efforts. To learn more about Julie Carrick Dalton, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , or follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our first conversation with the author . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriti...

Apr 28, 202327 min

Episode 583: Caroline Kepnes & Dennis Lehane

Well, if you love crime fiction like we do, if it’s in your blood and your words and your noir heart, you have come to the right place. Today we have two master storytellers, and while both are certainly worthy of standalone episodes, the fact they’re both dropping books the same day was too good an opportunity to pass up in creating an epic literary team up. Caroline Kepnes returns to the show to discuss her latest Joe Goldberg novel, You and Only You , available now from Random House. Then Den...

Apr 25, 20231 hr 4 min

Episode 582: Bonnar Spring, Author of Disappeared

Bonnar Spring returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about her book Disappeared . Learn more about Bonnar Spring by visiting her official website , liking her Facebook page , and following her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our previous interview with the author . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

Apr 20, 202328 min

Episode 581: Don Winslow, Author of City of Dreams

Author Don Winslow returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about City on Fire and City of Dreams . To learn more about Don Winslow, visit his official website , like his Facebook page , and follow him on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 348 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

Apr 18, 202329 min

Friday Morning Coffee: Meg Howrey, Author of They're Going to Love You

Meg Howrey ( The Wanderers , The Cranes Dance ) joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to talk about her novel They're Going to Love You . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses disability discrimination in the workplace. Some further reading material: "Why Union Membership Is Good For Workers With Disabilities" | The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) "Building a Community of Disabled Workers Changed My Relationship with My Union" | Jacobin "EEOC Sues Total Systems Services for Disabili...

Apr 14, 202334 min

Episode 580: Tara M. Stringfellow, Author of Memphis

Author, poet, and activist Tara M. Stringfellow joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel Memphis , which is now out in paperback. To learn more about Tara M. Stringfellow, visit her official website and follow her on Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

Apr 11, 202335 min

Episode 579: Daisy Alpert Florin, Author of My Last Innocent Year

Author Daisy Alpert Florin chats with Daniel Ford about her debut My Last Innocent Year . Learn more about Daisy Alpert Florin by visiting her official website and following her on Twitter and Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

Apr 06, 202327 min

Episode 578: Emily St. John Mandel, Author of Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel , joins Daniel Ford to chat about her novel Sea of Tranquility , which is now out in paperback. To learn more about Emily St. John Mandel, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to the NovelClass episode featuring The Glass Hotel . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Film Freaks Forever! , and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

Apr 04, 202336 min

Friday Morning Coffee: The Kinswomen Podcast

Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana and Hannah Summerhill, hosts of T he Kinswomen podcast , join Caitlin Malcuit on the show to discuss their book Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations (out April 4 from Park Row Books). To learn more about The Kinswomen podcast, visit the official website and follow the show on Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast ....

Mar 31, 202342 min

Episode 577: Shelley Read and Heinz Inus Fenkl

We close out March with another author double billing. Shelley Reid stops by to chat about her debut Go as a River and then Heinz Inus Fenkl joins us to discuss his debut Skull Water . To learn more about Shelley Read, visit her official website and follow her on Instagram . To learn more about Heinz Inus Fenkl, visit his official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm ....

Mar 28, 202353 min

Episode 576: Quan Barry, Author of When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East

Author, poet, and playwright Quan Barry stops by to chat with Daniel Ford about her novel When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East . To learn more about Quan Barry, visit her official website and learn more about her playwriting . Also read our print interview with the author way back in 2015. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm ....

Mar 23, 202333 min

Episode 575: Heather Webb, Author of Strangers in the Night

Author Heather Webb joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her latest book Strangers in the Night . To learn more about Heather Webb, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm ....

Mar 21, 202333 min

Episode 574: Tracy Clark & Ana Reyes

Two crime writers for the price of one! Award-winning author Tracy Clark returns to chat about her latest book Hide , the first in her Harriet Foster series. Ana Reyes joins us after that interview to discuss her debut The House in the Pines , which was selected for Reese's Book Club in January 2023. To learn more about Tracy Clark, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 427 . T...

Mar 16, 202334 min

Episode 573: Isaac Fitzgerald, Author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts

We've always been intoxicated by the adrenaline rush that comes with hosting a live event, but our recent turn as moderator for a live virtual chat with Dirtbag, Massachusetts author Isaac Fitzgerald had us good and righteously smashed. Please enjoy the replay from our March 7 Crowdcast broadcast. The Reading Public Library hosted this event with a coalition of libraries from throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It was generously sponsored by the Reading Public Library Foundation . To l...

Mar 14, 202353 min

Friday Morning Coffee: Janet Somerville, Author of Yours, For Probably Always

Author Janet Somerville joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her book Yours, For Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn's Letters of Love and War 1930-1949 . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses Atlanta's "Cop City" and the Atlanta Solidarity Fund , which "bails out activists who are arrested for participating in social justice movements, and helps them get access to lawyers." To learn more about Janet Somerville, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also ...

Mar 10, 202349 min

Episode 572: Jenny Jackson & Jai Chakrabarti

Author double feature! Jenny Jackson joins Daniel Ford to discuss her debut Pineapple Street and then Jai Chakrabarti stops by to chat about his short story collection A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness , which was just named as Good Housekeeping 's Book of the Month for March 2023. To learn more about Jenny Jackson, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Jackson was also recently profiled in The New York Times . Discover more about Jai Chakrabarti by visit...

Mar 07, 202349 min

Episode 571: Mark Whitaker, Author of Saying It Loud

Author, journalist, and "CBS Sunday Morning" contributor Mark Whitaker joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his latest book Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement . You can learn more about Mark Whitaker by following him on Twitter and watching his work on " CBS Sunday Morning ." Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and the Reading Public Library's Evening with Dirtbag, Massachusetts author Isaac Fitzgerald ....

Feb 28, 202344 min

Friday Morning Coffee: Sarah Kendzior, Author of They Knew

Author and journalist Sarah Kendzior joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to chat about her book They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent . Caitlin Malcuit also discusses the continued fallout from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the just-released National Transportation Safety Board report that details their preliminary findings. Further reading material: "Officials burned off toxic chemicals from Ohio train. Was it the right move?" | The Washingto...

Feb 24, 202343 min

Episode 570: Rebecca Makkai, Author of I Have Some Questions for You

Author Rebecca Makkai returns to the show to discuss her latest novel I Have Some Questions for You (out today from Viking). To learn more about Rebecca Makkai, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our first interview with the author . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and the Reading Public Library's Evening With Dirtbag, Massachusetts author Isaac Fitzgerald ....

Feb 21, 202332 min

Episode 569: Amy Poeppel, Author of The Sweet Spot

How fitting that we welcome author Amy Poeppel back on Valentine’s Day! She chats with Daniel Ford about her latest book The Sweet Spot . To learn more about Amy Poeppel, visit her official website , like her Facebook page , and follow her on Twitter and Instagram . Also listen to our previous chat with the author in Episode 435 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , Pop Literacy , The Thoughtful Bro , and A Mighty Blaze podcast ....

Feb 14, 202340 min
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