Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

DBS #115: Offending Publishers And Your Audience

We begin the episode by discussing Cormac McCarthy and a specific scene in his novel Suttree that depicts a young man fornicating with watermelons. 

After that, we have a much longer discussion about offending publishers and your audience. We start with what big comic book creators and movie studios have been doing wrong by alienating their core audience, how that correlates with authors on a much smaller scale, and the simple fixes that can avoid many headaches. 

Around 40 or so minutes in we finally get to the heart of the episode by discussing a specific scene (or in this case, word choice) that might derail one of Caleb's future submissions. We talk about when you should be brave and stick to your guns, and when it's important to know when to concede and make the proper changes to a work to get it published. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com 

BOTM #17: Violent Advents: A Christmas Horror Anthology

We kick off the episode with some publishing news, a quick discussion about putting your previously published stories into your own collection, and what changes we think are acceptable from a publisher's editors. 

The actual episode begins around the 17:36 mark for those who want to jump straight to our review of Violent Advents: A Christmas Horror Anthology which features Caleb's story, Maggot Party. We digress several times in this one with one of the more interesting topics being that of contemporary authors writing in first person present tense. If you're a fan of horror anthologies, you will love this collection!

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

DBS #114: Sick Conspiracy Novels

We open the episode with some publishing talk. After that, a very ill Caleb does his best to talk about conspiracy novels. Things do not go well.

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#177: Investigating The Best Detective Stories

We start the episode with some BAD publishing news with a good outcome. At least for us. 

After that, we attempt to discuss 20 of the best detective crime stories according to the good people at Forbes. Our train seems to have a bad track though, and we go off the rails every 30 seconds. Despite this, we have a great time. Also, make sure to get checked for HAUNTED BONES! It's a serious ailment. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

 

DBS #113: A Halloween Spooktacular

We kick things off with some controversial Edgar Allan Poe news. Did he steal The Raven from another writer!?

After that, we discuss some potentially bad publishing news, a newly found Bram Stoker book, and Caleb ends the episode by reading a scene from his story "Dead Men Don't Scream" which will be featured in Beautiful Darkness 3: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology released on October 30th. 

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You can find Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

BOTM #16: We Have Always Lived In The Castle

We discuss "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson. We review the book by breaking down the characters and their motivations, the feminist themes throughout, and what we took away from the story. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

DBS #111: Bonus Review Of Basketful Of Heads By Joe Hill

After an exhausting recording gauntlet, we do a terrible job of reviewing Basketful of Heads by Joe Hill. We constantly interrupt ourselves with giggly nonsense, but we had a great time, which is all that really matters!

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

Bonus Horror Of The Month: The Boy At No. 9 Whitlock

We open the episode with more great publishing news—a trend we hope never ends! After that, we get into the episode proper with a review of L. Stephenson's new horror novella, The Boy at No. 9 Whitlock. 

At first it was bad parents, bullies, and budding romances. But the tragic life of young Matthew Rose is about to get much worse...because the boy who lives at No. 9 Whitlock is about to meet a demon.

"One of the darkest coming-of-age horrors I've read. Grizzly and unrelenting. I wanted to look away, but I couldn't." - KEV HARRISON, Author of Shadow of the Hidden & Below

"Stephenson shows that horror isn’t all about sending chills down one’s spine; sometimes, it can be about moving the heart." - REBECCA ROWLAND, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated Author of White Trash & Recycled Nightmares

You can purchase the novella now on Amazon. 

You can follow L. Stephenson on Instagram @l._stephenson

 

#176: The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

We were so eager to record this episode that we forgot to do a cold open and the introduction! What we did record is an entertaining discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece, The Raven. 

While we break down the poem in style and structure, we also discuss how it came to be, its influences, the life of Poe after writing The Raven, and some writers he influenced. We also talk about some of his other notable works. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

#175: Boogie Down With The Best Horror Authors

We discuss a list featuring the best horror authors of all time. Some we know very well, some we've never heard of. 

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