Episodes
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
DBS #77: Birthday Brainstorm
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
It's Caleb's birthday! Well, at least it was when we recorded this episode. To celebrate taking his next step toward the grave, Caleb drinks some fine Hibiki whiskey and uses Spencer as a means to brainstorm his latest story.
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
DBS #76: Great Novels And Bad Submissions
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Today we discuss some novels that we consider great. Not good, not awesome, but truly great! After that, we talk about what things literary magazine editors are tired of seeing in submissions. Here's a hint: EVERYTHING!
Caleb ends the episode by doing some live editing of an old story he's fixing up.
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
#116: True Crime With Nicolás Obregón
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
We begin our episode with our annual Edgar Allan Poe toast to celebrate Halloween. This year we read Spirits of the Dead and then discuss Poe's booze of choice. We also talk about the absinthe we drank for the toast.
After that, we are super excited to have Nicolás Obregón back on the podcast. Author of the Inspector Iwata trilogy—featuring the novels Blue Light Yokohama, Sins as Scarlett, and Unknown Male—Nic is the host of the new true crime podcast, Faceless.
Throughout this episode, we discuss the infamous Setagaya family murder that occurred in Tokyo in the year 2000. The murder was so brutal that it not only shocked Japan, it changed its society. We cover some possible theories of the murders as well as discuss some things that didn't make it on Faceless (put out by USG Audio, the podcast arm of Universal Studio Group).
At the end of the episode, Nic tells us about his current projects and we discuss writing for a bit.
You can read more about Faceless at https://deadline.com/2022/09/usg-audio-faceless-true-crime-podcast-1235128782/
You can also check out Nic's other work at http://obregonbooks.com/
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Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
DBS #75: Clerks 3, Beer, Absinthe, And Writing Submissions
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
We open things up with a mini-review of Kevin Smith's Clerks 3. After that, we somehow stumble upon the topic of beer which eventually leads to the discussion of absinthe and Caleb's annual Poe Toast. We end things by talking about our recent foray into the world of literary magazine story submissions.
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Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
#115: Guess That Stephen King Story
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
We open the episode with a mini-review of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. After that, we get into some fun by reading Stephen King excerpts and seeing if Spencer is able to guess what story or book they came from. Since we liked it so much, we also broadened our range and did the same thing for other famous works.
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Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
DBS #74: Story Submissions And Writing Gimmicks
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
This is a packed episode! We discuss some tips on submitting to literary journals and our current efforts. Then talk about people's weird obsession with serial killers, the importance of creating a writing gimmick, woke vs anti-woke bs, and why manufactured outrage is hurting the movie and TV industries.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
BOTM #12: Chasing The Boogeyman
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
After an unnecessarily long cold open about math, we discuss the novel Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar. We highly recommend it. Five out of five whiskey shots!
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
#114: Why We Shut Down The DPW Website
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Well, it has been a sad week. We had to shut down the Drunken Pen Writing website and are no longer accepting submissions, nor can you read any of our back catalog of work. In today's episode, we discuss what led to this awful outcome and what the future holds for DPW.
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Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
#113: Talking Shop In The Bog
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Caleb informs the world of his new status in life. After that, we discuss our current writing projects, what it's like getting stuck in a literary bog, and a bunch of other writing-related topics.
This episode was recorded before certain events unfolded, but our Halloween Submission period has been canceled and the website is shut down for the time being.
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Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
#112: These Books Are Hard!
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
After we botched the first take of recording this episode, we decided to go easy on you by ditching the cold open and just reading about some of the most challenging books ever written.
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