Episode 494
494: "I Had the Full Heart of the Question In My Hand."
#AmWriting · #AmWriting with Jess & KJ
March 6, 202624m 29s
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Show Notes
It’s very rare for me to demand that the readers of my #AmReading substack pre-order something. And the bar to be my “Just One Book” is high. But here we go:
The book is The Fountain—debut speculative fiction from Casey Scieszka—and you’ll want to read it, but even more, you’ll want to hear us talk about what it took to pull this big, beautiful novel from her Tuck-Everlasting-loving soul.
And here’s the question her agent asked her that is now stuck on a post-it on my computer and may be my next tattoo:
How can you reveal these things in action?
Casey is reading:
Open Throat by Henry Hoke (“It’s funny and deeply tender and unlike anything I’ve ever read.”
Follow Casey on Instagram and Substack: Spruceton Inn.
The book is The Fountain—debut speculative fiction from Casey Scieszka—and you’ll want to read it, but even more, you’ll want to hear us talk about what it took to pull this big, beautiful novel from her Tuck-Everlasting-loving soul.
And here’s the question her agent asked her that is now stuck on a post-it on my computer and may be my next tattoo:
How can you reveal these things in action?
Casey is reading:
Open Throat by Henry Hoke (“It’s funny and deeply tender and unlike anything I’ve ever read.”
Follow Casey on Instagram and Substack: Spruceton Inn.