EP7 Cocktails with Bright Antenna - Benjamin Percy
Author Benjamin Percy talks writing, novels vs. comics, super fans, hillbilly braces, phobias and Stephen King.
Cocktail: Three variations on the Manhattan
Topics:
• Switching from writing literary fiction to genre fiction
• Discovering literary writers
• Writers Ben loves
• Narrative vs emotional writing
• How he started writing (thanks to his wife)
• Writing for comics
• Dealing with rejection
• Ben’s two superpowers
• Music and writing
• Family/Life/Work balance
• Cell phones – the good and the bad
• Facebook vs Instagram vs Twitter
• Writer types: architect versus gardener
• The difference between hurriedness and urgency
• Studying how good writing works
• Learning the rules before you can break them
• Clown, sharks and dentists
• Hillbilly braces
• On meeting Stephen King
• On having passionate fans
• Handling reviews
Mentioned in discussion:
Manhattans, vermouth, Grand Marnier, Jackson Hole, bourbon, rye whiskey, Frangelico, High West Double Rye, Grenadine, Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Tim Sandlin, Pushcart, Plimpton Prize, Marvel, DC, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, Wisconsin, Conan the Barbarian, Glacier National Park, Green Arrow, Bon Iver, U2, Bono, Trampled by Turtles, John Coltrane, Jonny Cash, Avett Brothers, Wilderado, Aries, Red Barn Concerts, Spike Lee, Dave Eggers, The Circle, The Dark Net, Facebook, Instagram, Pink Rabbits, The National, James Lee Burke, Dan Chaon, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Flannery O’Connor, Everything that Rises Must Converge, So Cruel, Achtung Baby, Jaws, Thrill Me, Cujo, Pennywise, Shawshank Redemption, Wolverine, Suicide Woods, Hotel Jackson
Find & read Benjamin Percy:
Web - http://benjaminpercy.com/
FB - / benjamin.percy
IG - / benjamin.percy
TWT - / benjamin_percy
Jackson Hole Writers Conference - https://jacksonholewritersconference....
Intro/outro music: "Desperate Dance" by In the Valley Below http://inthevalleybelow.com/