First Draft With Sarah Enni

Morgan Matson, New York Times best-selling author of THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING, AMY & ROGER'S EPIC DETOUR and SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE, among others, on reading on the bathroom floor, death defying road trips, and being forced to think of book ideas because Twitter is down.   Morgan Matson Show Notes Vroman’s bookstore Christopher Pike Judy Blume R.L. Stine FEAR STREET SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot WRITING DOWN THE BONES by Natalie Goldberg Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft interview here) David Levithan Jenny Han Siobhan Vivian Coe Booth Melissa C. Walker David Benioff (show runner Game of Thrones), CITY OF THIEVES Stephen King DESPERATION   Sarah Dessen THIS LULLABY Scandal (TV show) The Good Wife (TV show)  

Lightning round questions with some of the fantastic authors I came across at the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, including Susan Dennard, Ransom Riggs, M.A. Larson, Tahereh Mafi, Maggie Hall, Danielle Paige, Victoria Aveyard, Kara Thomas, Maurene Goo, and Julie Buxbaum! Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Roundup Show Notes   Susan Dennard, author of the SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY series and TRUTHWITCH Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica (TV show) Mal from Firefly (TV show) BLOOD RED ROAD by Moira Young THE CATHEDRAL OF THE WILD by Boyd Varty Ransom Riggs author of MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez M.A. Larson author of THE PENNYROYAL ACADEMY Tahereh Mafi SHATTER ME series and FURTHERMORE RainyMood.com Maggie Hall author of THE CONSPIRACY OF US and MAP OF FATES   Cassandra Clare Danielle Paige author of the DOROTHY MUST DIE series and STEALING SNOW Mary Shelley FRANKENSTEIN Crimson Peak (film) Guiding Light (soap opera) Margaret S

Hang out with kittens, wild parrots, and Maurene Goo, author of SINCE YOU ASKED and a forthcoming K-Drama romcom, due out in 2017! We talk about writing fan fiction of her own life, letting teen girls be silly, and not being able to deny being an L.A. girl.   Maurene Goo Show Notes Elvis Costello THE GOOD EARTH by Pearl S. Buck THE BABYSITTER’S CLUB books by Ann M. Martin Mary Higgins Clark V. C. Andrews Charles Dickens Robin Benway (listen to her First Draft interview here) Felicity (TV show) THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth (listen to her First Draft interview here) John Green  David Sedaris How Did This Get Made's “Teen Witch” podcast Amy Spalding (listen to her First Draft interview here) STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL by Louis Sachar

This episode is the audio equivalent of a spray tan! Join me and Jessi Kirby, author of THINGS WE KNOW BY HEART, GOLDEN, IN HONOR, and MOONGLASS, as we discuss human hearts, the lasting impact of inspiring teachers, and what actual IRL teens are reading. Jessi Kirby Show Notes FRECKLE JUICE, TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING by Judy Blume Herman Hesse SIDDHARTHA, NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA by Robert K. Massie Robin Benway (listen to her First Draft interview here)  THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin Kerry Winfrey’s blog Year of Romcoms Nora Ephron Compatible immune systems Gail Godwin HEART  

Victoria Schwab (also known as V. E. Schwab), New York Times bestselling author of A GATHERING OF SHADOWS, VICIOUS, THE ARCHIVED, and more!, talks about the slippery nature of memory, book-writing amnesia, why editorial letters should be more like stacked Oreos, and feeding the fanfic trolls.    Victoria Schwab Show Notes Kristin Kittscher (hear her First Draft interview here) Harpeth Hall Robert Ludlum, THE BOURNE IDENTITY Kelly Link, GET IN TROUBLE Victoria’s sticker system Susanna Clarke JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL Neil Gaiman NEVERWHERE Victoria Aveyard (listen to her on First Draft Live here, and her First Draft interview here) Holly Black   SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller  

Talking to Elana K. Arnold (author of FAR FROM FAIR, out now!, as well as INFANDOUS and THE QUESTION OF MIRACLES) about literal and metaphysical skin suits, sex on the page, whether we write FOR teens or ABOUT teens, and middle grade as a happy place.   Elana K. Arnold Show Notes Cheryl Strayed, “The Love of My Life,” TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS Sarah MCarry (listen to her First Draft interview here) Madonna Cyndi Lauper ROOM (and the movie) Mark Childress CRAZY IN ALABAMA Thelma & Louise (movie) SPLENDOR by Elana K. Arnold Squaw Valley Community of Writers STORY by Robert McKee TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer   Cheryl Strayed’s letter to a young writer ("Write Like a Motherfucker") Aimee Bender     Carrie Mesrobian   Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft interview here) Andrew Karre (editor with Dutton Books for Young Readers)   Rubin Pfeffer   Neil Gaiman Paul Auster  

The prolific and amazing A.R.Kahler, author of SHADES OF DARKNESS (out now!) among many many other things, sits for what is my favorite interview because I got to say, “Where was the circus?”   Alex Kahler Show Notes Neil Gaiman Phillip Pullman The Aerial Angels Dollhouse (TV show) by Joss Whedon 47 North Kirsten Hubbard You Must Remember This (Charles Manson podcast) WITCH EYES by Scott Tracy   C. Alexander London’s First Draft podcast  

First Draft Live Show Notes Victoria Aveyard RED QUEEN, GLASS SWORD Elissa Sussman, STRAY, BURN Lindsey Klingele, THE MARKED GIRL Maurene Goo, SINCE YOU ASKED Kirsten Hubbard, RACE THE NIGHT, WATCH THE SKY, WANDERLOVE, LIKE MANDARIN Skylight Books Isaac Asimov ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine The Legand of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede Alexandra Bracken A NEW HOPE: THE PRINCESS, THE SCOUNDREL, AND THE FARM BOY Joseph Campbell THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES   Modern Harry Potter My Book in a Bar SERAPHINA and SHADOW SCALE by Rachel Hartman 1776 by David McCullough YOU and HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes THE DEVIL AND THE BLUEBIRD by Jennifer Mason-Black

Isabel Quintero, Morris Award winner for GABI, A GIRL IN PIECES, talks getting in trouble for reading in the dark, the final straw that took her away from teaching high school, and when a life crisis almost made her into a pastry chef. Isabel Quintero Show Notes Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish e e cummings “anyhow lived in a pretty how town” Michele Serros William Carlos Williams Walt Whitman Pablo Neruda John Steinbeck M. Night Shyamalan FAT KID RULES THE WORLD by K.L. Going OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse CRANK by Ellen Hopkins DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney

Ava Dellaira, author of LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD, talks writing a book from a great title, hibernating with poetry in Iowa, and we enjoy a little bit of Greek pop music for spice. Ava Dellaira Leigh Bardugo called Ava “deep as a well” in her First Draft interview Nirvana (band) Lisa Loeb, “Sandalwood,” “Stay,” The Counting Crows, “Anna Begins” U2, “One” Stephen Chbosky, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER River Phoenix (actor) Jennifer Egan  

Elissa Sussman, author of STRAY and its sequel BURN, discusses the “f—k page” of her teen journal, how ‘guilty pleasure’ is a gross term, and what three things every writer needs. Elissa Sussman Show Notes RENT (musical) Archie comics Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin Roswell (TV show) X-Files (TV show) Battlestar Galactica (TV show) Star Trek (TV show) REDWALL by Brian Jacques DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (movie) The Secret World of Alex Mack (TV show) Downstage (program at Sarah Lawrence) Adrienne Dawes (playwright) Vagina Monologues Angels in America (play)   Wicked (play) Into the Woods (play)  

Hear the lovely Kristen Kittscher, author of THE WIG IN THE WINDOW and THE TIARA ON THE TERRACE talk about getting kicked out of high school, writing characters who are getting all growed up, and visualizing our inner writer. Kristen Kittscher Show Notes Danielle Steele Mary Higgins Clark Ellen Emerson White, THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry STUART LITTLE by E.B. White THE STAND by Stephen King WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams Au Revoir Les Enfants (movie)   Umberto Echo, THE NAME OF THE ROSE Write To The Finish (online class) Taos Writing Conference Kirsten Miller, KIKI STRIKE and NIGHTMARES with Jason Segel Rebecca Stead GOODBYE STRANGER Claire Legrand (her First Draft interview)  

The wondrous Amy Plum (author of the DIE FOR ME series, the AFTER THE END series, and DREAMFALL, due out in 2017) and Lenore Appelhans (author of the MEMORY CHRONICLES series) share stories of starting their literary careers writing letters, the false reality of social media, and psychopaths (real ones).   Amy Plum & Lenore Appelhans Show Notes Vermont College of Fine Arts SCBWI J.R.R. Tolkien Madelein L’Engle, A WRINKLE IN TIME Robert A. Heinlein (SF writer) Isaac Asimov C.S. Lewis Ursula LeGuin Emma Trevayne, CODA   Flatliners (movie) Wes Craven’s THEY (movie) The Far Side by Gary Larson  

Pour a glass of wine to keep up with me and Kendare Blake, author of ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD, the Goddess War series, SLEEPWALK SOCIETY, and the forthcoming THREE DARK CROWNS (due out in 2016), as we talk about her training as a stock trader, screeds about Superman, and living with anxiety. Kendare Blake Show Notes Stephen King, On Writing Anne Rice, Prince Lestat Fear Street, Freeze Tag Silent Hill (video game) Supernatural (TV show)    

Pour a strong drink and leave your denim culottes at home for this conversation with Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, who together make up blogging and writing duo the Fug Girls (of Go Fug Yourself)! We talk about how terrible the new X Files is going to be, hear behind the scenes stories about America’s Next Top Model, talk writing as a team, and ask the universe for an oral history of how Summer '07 was the best time Hollywood gossip ever.   Fug Girls Show Notes Pamela Ribon Television Without Pity (previously Mighty Big TV) Tough Enough (MTV show) Judging Amy BrilliantButCancelled.com Wolf Lake (TV show) Linda Holmes, NPR's pop culture reporter Richard Glatzer (director, Still Alice) Morgan Spurlock Sleepover (movie) Brooks Barnes (formerly WSJ, New York Times) The Royals (TV show) Fug Girls articles on The Toast

Get red lipstick and fill up a goblet to enjoy this chat, wherein Leigh Bardugo, New York Times best-selling author of The Grisha series and the newest book in that world, SIX OF CROWS, talks about being a childhood outsider, making rules for magic, and profesh makeup tips. Leigh Bardugo Show Notes Inside Out (film) DUNE by Frank Herbert Jacqueline Kerry, author of KUSHIEL'S DART Ava Dellaira Aziz Ansari and Eric Klineberg, MODERN ROMANCE NK Jemisin Writing with Color  

For the first First Draft Live event on October 30, Marie Lu (NYT best-selling author of the LEGEND trilogy, THE YOUNG ELITES and its sequel, THE ROSE SOCIETY), Margaret Stohl (NYT best-selling co-author of the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES series, author of ICONS, IDOLS, and of Marvel's Black Widow's YA adaptation, FOREVER RED), Anna Carey (author of the EVE trilogy, and YA thriller BLACKBIRD and its sequel DEADFALL), and Kali Wallace (debut author of SHALLOW GRAVES, due out in January 2016!) got together at Vroman’s bookstore in Pasadena to talk about scary stories and why we love them. Also! Listen to full First Draft interviews with Marie Lu; Margaret Stohl; and Anna Carey. I want to thank three local authors and members of the First Draft Live team for making this possible: Elissa Sussman (author of STRAY and its forthcoming sequel, BURN); Maurene Goo (author of SINCE YOU ASKED and a forthcoming K-Drama rom-com due in 2017); and Kirsten Hubbard (author of middle grade series WATCH THE SKY and its forthcoming seque

Join me and Samantha Mabry, debut author of A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON*, in Dallas discussing JFK assassination conspiracy theories, grandmothers warnings about witches, and being close but not too close to dangerous things. *Note: In the show, Sam refers to A FIERCE AND SUBTLE poison by its earlier title, LEAVES. Samantha Mabry Show Notes LIBRA by Don Delillo Annie Dillard Jo Ann Beard Susan Orlean HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS by Isabelle Alende Louise Erdrich Salman Rushdie Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dennis Covington, SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN Most Haunted (TV show) Nathaniel Hawthorne, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER Esmerelda Santiago CONQUISTADORA William Carlos Williams, The Fountain of Eternal Youth (essay) Donald Judd (NY based artist who built Marfa) Cormanc McCarthy

Join me in chatting with Stephanie Kuehnert, author of BALLADS OF SUBURBIA and I WANNA BE YOUR JOEY RAMONE and a forthcoming memoir of her teen years. We talk about promises made to cats, heart cities, and Riot Grrl. Stephanie Kuehnert Show Notes Richard Hugo House Story Studio (Chicago, IL) The Replacements Laura Ingalls Wilder Riot Grrl Girl Power! by Hillary Carlip Stephanie’s essays on Rookie Sleater-Kinney Francesca Lia Block   Joe Meno, HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED Susie X, illiustrator The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD Pete Holmes’ podcast, You Made It Weird  

Amy Lukavics, debut author of YA horror DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS, talks about the appeal of truly scary stories, creepy kids, the tiny details that can drive an entire story, and “candy bar” scenes.   Amy Lukavics Show Notes Kirsten Hubbard PAINT IT BLACK by Janet Fitch GOOSEBUMPS, FEAR STREET, R.L. Stine FULL DARK, NO STARS Stephen King IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters (listen to her First Draft interview) BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by April Tucholke Katy Perry “California Gurls” The Red Dragon (movie) The Woman in Black (movie) Stephanie Perkins’ Love List Storm of the Century, written by Stephen King MISERY by Stephen King Laura Ingalls Wilder SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK by Alvin Schwarz AbsoluteWrite.com Sumayyah Daud (listen to her First Draft interview) Kody Keplinger THE DUFF   WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson