Just a quick note from me today.
I've set myself an every-other-week publishing goal, so this newsletter is unofficial. :) I could not wait until next week to alert you to a fabulous podcast I listened to recently.
On How I Write David Perell interviews Amor Towles, plumbing his writing wisdom for a solid hour and a quarter. You'll most likely know Mr. Towles from his most acclaimed works:
Rules of Civility
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Lincoln Highway
Of these, I confess, I have only read the first, as recently as last year. It is brilliant. (I have some catching up to do.)
In the podcast, you will learn about Towles' process, his thoughts on craft such as writing descriptions through the eyes of point of view characters, and his sense of responsibility to his readers. At the end, he waxes on about the unique attributes of New York City as a melting pot of passions.
Towles also notes an upcoming short story/novella collection, Table for Two, due out on April 2, 2024, currently on pre-order from Amazon.
Here’s the Apple Podcast link.
I found it on my regular podcast catcher so you should be able to search for it of you use other than Apple. The How I Write podcast website does not have this episode updated yet. It was aired on 2/14/24.
In writing this, I see there’s a YouTube version of the interview.
Thanks for the rec. I'm finishing an audiobook and was wondering what to listen to next!