Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

A Murakami Minute: FPS On A Stone Pillow

We continue our dive into Haruki Murakami's newest short story collection, First Person Singular, and discuss the second story in the collection titled "On A Stone Pillow." In this episode, we talk about memory, nostalgia, and all those forgotten slivers of life that come back to us at the most random of times. 

IRC #8: Jerusalem Is Canceled

Welp, we have some news for you. As you know, Alan Moore's Jerusalem is a challenging book. This is why we chose it for our Inebriated Reading Challenge. Unfortunately, life can be even more challenging. This is why we have chosen to cancel this particular IRC series. But fear not! We do discuss the book one last time before we ride off into the hazy sunset.

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A Murakami Minute: FPS Cream

With this new series, we will be exploring the works of legendary Japanese author, Haruki Murakami. We are starting things off by reading his newest short story collection, First Person Singular. In this episode, we are discussing the first story in the collection called "Cream."

#80: Forgotten And Future Classic Books

We start the cold open off with an announcement! Then we spend the first half of the episode talking about forgotten books that were once considered classics but are now bargain bin books.

The second half of the episode is about what modern books and authors might be considered classic literature in 100 or more years in the future.

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DBS #43: Books, Writing, And Japanese Fiction

During the cold open, Spencer gives us his mini-review of Stephen and Owen King's co-written novel, Sleeping Beauties. After that, we get into a mix of reading and writing talk. 

We discuss some words we avoid using in our writing, and then the conversation morphs into narration styles and storytelling techniques that bug us. We end things by talking about what we want to read next for the podcast and get into a conversation about Japanese authors.

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#79: Drinking With Hemingway

In this episode, we discuss the new Ken Burns PBS documentary on Ernest Hemingway. We cover some of the wild parts of his life, what made him the writer (and drinker) he was, and what we could take away from his writing style.

We also go over his writing process and how he compares to that of Hunter S. Thompson. 

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DBS #42: Cyberpunk And Porn

This episode is 100% NSFW and also, it's probably not our best. We start off harmless enough by discussing dumb TikTok trends and whatnot.

Eventually, we do get into the supposed topic at hand and talk about some awesome cyberpunk books. But we get derailed numerous times talking about how stupid we find certain porn genres/tropes to be. In fact, we struggle to stay on topic for most of the episode, which is why it's a Drunken Bullshit Episode!

#78: Should You Quit Your Job To Write Full-time?

In the cold open Caleb shares some quick news about a project. Then we discuss some of our personal pet peeves when dealing with book, anime, manga, and comic book snobs. 

After that, we get into the meat of the episode and have a long talk about what it takes to quit your day job to become a full-time writer. We don't pull any punches here and give you the harsh reality of what it'll take to make that dream a reality.

You can find the original article we used, written by Spencer, at https://drunkenpenwriting.com/2017/09/04/10-questions-you-must-ask-yourself-before-quitting-your-day-job-to-become-a-full-time-writer/

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DBS #41: Indie Authors And Story Titles

We open the episode by announcing the books we've chosen for Indie April. We read the descriptions of the books and where you can find the authors. We also give you a handy tip in regards to Amazon book reviews.

After that, we get into the episode. Though, it really isn't much of an episode. We simply discuss book and story titles and what we think makes for a good or bad title. We also give plenty of examples of good titles. 

Here is the list of our Indie April books:

Ballad of the Dead: A Modern Fairy Tale by D.N. Moore - Twitter is @therealdnmoore

No More Tales To Tell by Thomas Muller - Twitter is @ThomasM20073887

Feminine Shades by Tracey Chizoba Fletcher - Twitter is @zobafletcher

Life of Maggot by Paul Jameson - Twitter is @Modquokka

Neon Druid: An Anthology of Urban Celtic Fantasy edited by I.E. Kneverday - Twitter is @kneverday

DBS #40: DPW Is Back!

Guess who's back... back again! DPW's back. Tell a friend! 

We open the episode with our mini-review of the hit anime Attack On Titan. After that, we discuss in detail Caleb's recent ordeal with covid-19, how it derailed DPW, and how it almost landed him and his fiance in the hospital.

Then we talk at length about indie publishing, traditional publishing, the different types of readers, and what we think of people who brag about not reading. We end things by discussing the importance of getting your kids interested in reading and how the public school system absolutely fails at turning kids into readers.

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