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A nonprofit writing and arts podcast aimed at exploring various aspects to the craft of writing, reading, drinking, and literature's impact on society and pop culture. A mix of raunchy humor and useful information, DPW is sure to have something you'll enjoy.
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Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
We decided to have a short, relaxed episode for a change. So instead of a long educational episode or one breaking down our favorite books and movies, we take things easy and have a simple discussion on what we think makes someone a professional writer.
If you want to check out our work you can head on over to:
Twitter: @drunkpenwriting
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
It's giveaway time! In this Drunken Bullshit episode, we go over the rules to our giveaway, which is a sweet vegan leather DPW journal. We also discuss John Travolta, go into some hot movie takes on IT Chapter 2 and Doctor Sleep, and cover a few other random topics. But here's what you came for!
If you want to enter the giveaway you have three options:
1. Send us a funny name for Spencer. We give Spencer a funny name every week using alliteration. Such as "The Manitoba Mauler" or "The Babbling Brute of Baghdad." Just make sure to use a real city, state, or country in the name.
2. Send us a flash fiction story on any topic or theme of up to 500 words.
3. Send us a funny name for Spencer and a flash fiction story to double your chances of winning.
We're keeping things simple and pulling names out of a hat. If you send us a funny name you get your name entered one time into the hat. If you send a flash fiction story you get three names entered into the hat. And if you send us a funny name and flash fiction story, you get your name entered FOUR times in the hat. That's four whole chances to win the sweet DPW journal!
You can DM us funny names on Twitter @drunkpenwriting or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting/
DO NOT SEND US FLASH FICTION STORIES ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK
You can send your flash fiction stories in the body of an email by going to our contact page at https://drunkenpenwriting.com/contact-us/
You can also send your funny names, or funny names and flash fiction together in an email. This would be most preferred.
We will let the giveaway ride out until we have a decent number of submissions. We will announce the winner on the podcast as well as contact the winner privately.
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
In this episode we have a special guest, Ash Caton from the Ear Read This Podcast, and he helps us go over the essential rules of how to write a good story. We also break out into a few ridiculous discussions about classic writers, Ernest Hemingway fighting Orson Wells, and the weird differences between England and the US.
If you want to read the article this episode is based on, head on over to http://www.aaronshep.com/youngauthor/elements.html
You can check out the Ear Read This Podcast on:
Podbean: https://earreadthis.podbean.com/
Twitter: @earreadthis
Instagram: @earreadthis
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/earreadthis/
If you want to check out our work you can go to www.drunkenpenwriting.com
Twitter: @drunkpenwriting
Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
Our white American ignorance shines extra bright in this episode as we cover ten of the best African writers and their amazing work. We also have a discussion on the differences between African fiction and American fiction, cultural appropriation in literature, and how writing has become somewhat segregated as of late.
We struggle to pronounce some of the names on this list so you should definitely check out the article at https://theculturetrip.com/africa/articles/the-top-10-contemporary-african-writers-you-should-know/
You can also check out our work over at www.drunkenpenwriting.com
Follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting
Hit us up on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting/
And if you enjoy the podcast please feel free to donate to help keep the lights on by going to https://drunkenpenwriting.com/about/donations/
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
All work and no play makes for a boring podcast! That's why we decided to go over the differences between Stephen King's The Shining and the movie adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. And with Doctor Sleep coming to theaters in a few months we also touch on the novel version of that as well.
Make sure you stick around until the end of the episode for a few important announcements related to the future plans of the podcast.
Be sure to check us out at www.drunkenpenwriting.com
And make sure to follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting
And like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting/
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Boy howdy, where do we even start with this one? Well, Spencer had other plans and couldn't be in this episode. So we got a friend of DPW, Mr. Dominick Welsh, to hop behind the mic to discuss ten of the best novels dealing with God.
This discussion takes many twists and turns, especially since we get hammered drunk on a fine bottle of tequila as the episode goes on. We cover plenty of controversial topics and how they relate to the article at hand, including the death of God, if we think God is real, the current state of religion, creationism, the Catholic Church scandal, why Mr. Rogers was the real Jesus, and much more.
If you want to check out the article that this episode is based on, head on over to https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/06/top-10-novels-about-god
If you'd like to donate to the DPW Podcast, please do so at https://drunkenpenwriting.com/about/donations/
You can also follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting
Or like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting/
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
For our second Book of the Month episode, we cover The Black by Paul E. Cooley.
"Under 30,000 feet of water, the exploration rig Leaguer has discovered an oil field larger than Saudi Arabia, with oil so sweet and pure, nations would go to war for the rights to it. But as the team starts drilling exploration well after exploration well in their race to claim the sweet crude, a deep rumbling beneath the ocean floor shakes them all to their core. Something has been living in the oil and it's about to give birth to the greatest threat humanity has ever seen."
"The Black" is a techno/horror-thriller that puts the horror and action of movies such as Leviathan and The Thing right into readers' hands. Ocean exploration will never be the same."
We go into our usual bouts of nonsense but we keep on topic for the most part in this one. Even as Caleb fights off a wicked hangover.
You can check out the book at https://www.amazon.com/Black-Paul-Cooley-ebook/dp/B00NLWVMA6
You can check out our work at:
Twitter: @drunkpenwriting
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting/
And if you'd like to donate to DPW to help fund the podcast and website, you can head on over to https://drunkenpenwriting.com/about/donations/
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Today we have for you our first ever ConCast episode! As members of the press, we were fortunate enough to cover the Wizard World con in Pittsburgh for the first time since the event was last here in 2016. In this review, we go over what we liked and disliked about the event, as well as our suggestions on how to make the event better in the future.
This is a quick review for those who don't want to read our write-up at www.drunkenpenwriting.com
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
After a bizarre intro dealing with the personal hygiene of hairy men, Jason Momoa getting shamed for his "dad bod," and rapper Method Man eyeing up a role in the MCU, we get into a long and wonderful discussion about Ray Bradbury's best writing advice. You can skip the intro if you like but you'll definitely want to check out the topic at hand. There's a lot of great info in this episode.
If you want to check out the article that this episode is based on you can go read it over at https://lithub.com/ray-bradburys-greatest-writing-advice/
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
This turned out to be a very informative episode. We discuss, sandwiched between dick jokes and talking about boobs, how successful authors use social media to build their brand as well as their readership. We give great tips on how to improve your social media presence and get quality followers who actually care about you and your work.
You can check out https://insights.bookbub.com/how-successful-authors-use-social-media-content-ideas/ to read the tips in more detail.