Drinks with Tony

Paul Cody is the author of Walk The Dark. We take a deep dive into his time teaching in prison, what landed him in the psych ward and how it changed his life, when after 25 years of sobriety he fell off the wagon to dire consequences, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gato...

Nicholas Belardes is the author of The Deading. We chat how a novel should feel like a song, approaching novel writing like an athlete, how to set yourself up before getting an MFA in writing, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM in Los Gatos and 101.9 FM in Santa Cruz on Pirate Cat...

Joyce Maynard is the author of How the Light Gets In. She’s a best selling author and her books To Die For and Labor Day have been adapted to films. We chat: How to be an authentic writer, embracing that life is messy, her hotel in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, her affair with J. D. Salinger, being on set for To Die For, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and...

Joe Clifford is the author of A Moth To Flame. His novel Lamentation was recently translated to Italian and he just came back from an author tour of Italy. We pine for cafe culture in Italia We whine about phonies and the suck of life We pontificate about our artistic integrity We diss Kanye West …..and so much more… Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets....

Danielle and Kyler join my spontaneous writing course. We discuss being uncomfortable as a writer, the importance of journaling, the intimacy we have with our characters, how to rewrite, and so much more. Join my  Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, join absolute beginners and grizzled intermediate writers coming together to ultimately craft your...

Ann Leary is the author of I’ve Tried to Be Nice: Essays. Join my Summer Online Novel Writing Workshop June 16 – August 4. We’re all innate storytellers, learn how to harness what you already have onto the page and ultimately craft your novel. Register at www.tonydushane.com. Limited to 10 students. Ann Leary and I discuss: When her and her husband Denis Leary went to couples cou...

Matthew Daddona is the author of The Longitude of Grief: A novel. We discuss cafe culture in Sarajevo, the virtues of Philly, writing compelling characters, how to hit a deer in Hungary, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Nicolás Medina Mora is the author of América del Norte. We discuss being a debut novelist, the literary scene in Mexico City, the culture shock of living in the United States and moving back to Mexico, what it means to heed the calling as a writer, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9...

Ari Gold is the co-author of Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems, with his late father and author Herbert Gold, and his brother Ethan Gold. Herbert died when he was 99, in November 2023. We discuss how living in San Francisco leads to longevity of life, how poetry created a communication bond that was extremely intimate, the 4:39 rule to poetry, living under the legacy of his father, and...

Sasha Vasilyuk is the author of Your Presence is Mandatory. We discuss the generations of her family’s experience in Ukraine, researching a novel based in true events, how pregnancy is a great deadline for writers, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Alex Kazemi is the author of New Millennium Boyz. We discuss s ocial hierarchy, living the authentic artist life, book censorship, Kabbalah, Woodstock ‘99, when writing is emotionally damaging, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Jeff Zentner is the author of Colton Gentry’s Third Act: A Novel . Jeff started as a musician, then hung it up to work with organizations helping teenagers. That’s when he developed a love of YA novelists and became one himself. Colton Gentry’s Third Act is his first adult novel. We discuss Jeff’s three rules of getting a novel finished, doing book tours vs band tours, Biphasic sleep,...

Andrew Miller is the author of Namaste Mart Confidential . We discuss: Sexy masculinity. How to take a punch. Why the year 2013 is important to his novel. Crime fiction…and so much more… Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Cat Howell is the author of Magic Source Codes: The Craft of Reality. We start the 8-Week Novel Writing Workshop on Monday, this is your last call. TWO spots left. Go to tonydushane.com/novel to register. We already have a solid group of veterans and beginners. We discuss: How to become rich by masturbating. My limiting beliefs I didn’t even know I had. Alchemy, gnosis, sex magick, and so much mor...

Cara Black is the author of Murder at La Villette. It’s the 21st novel in her Aimée Leduc Investigation series. Join my free Novel Writing Workshop March 9th at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern, go to tonydushane.com/free to register. Cara and I discuss the 19th Arrondissement in Paris, how her research for her latest novel brought her into the neighborhood of a serial killer, film adaptations of...

This week I answer a few questions from our listeners about outlining, finding the ending to your story, and more. I also include my interview with Robert McKee from last year. Join my 8-Week Novel Writing Workshop starting March 18th. Go to tonydushane.com/novel to register. Early birds pay $375 for the class where we’ll deep dive into what it takes to write a novel, do writing exercises, w...

Kris Saknussemm is the author of A Guide To Creative Writing and The Imagination. Join me for an 8-week novel writing workshop on Monday nights at 6pm Pacific on Zoom. Go to tonydushane.com/nove l to register. Class runs March 18 – May 6. If you’ve been looking for a time to dive deep into your novel, it’s March 18th. Kris and I discuss psychics vs. mentalists, living in Las Vega...

Sarah Tomlinson is the author of The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers. She has also ghostwritten many books. We discuss ghostwriting for celebrities, Taylor Swift, novels as the perfect storytelling medium, her debut novel coming out 30 years after she decided to write a novel, great journalism and sad journalism, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other...

Kelley McNeil is the author of Mayluna. Join my Free Online Novel Writer Workshop on February 24th here:  at tonydushane.com/free Kelley and I chat: How our brains work with memory and trauma to shift the stories, the trappings of fame for musicians, that time Jon Bon Jovi laughed at her, how Dave Matthews is great even if you don’t like his music, judging friends by their like or dislike of Neil...

Melinda Lee Holm is the author of Your Tarot Guide: Learn to navigate life with the help of the cards. Join my Free Novel Writer Workshop on February 24th here: at tonydushane.com/free Melinda and I discuss how Tarot saved her life as a kid when she grew up being bullied and living in an abusive house, does Tarot really tell us the future? the joy and terror of writing books, and so much more. Dri...

Arthur Rapkin is the author of Poison For Rats: Six Kilos that Changed Everything, a Memoir . We chat about his cocaine smuggling years, surviving Mexican prison, how he got out and escaped to Canada to avoid drug charges in the United States, and so much more. Don’t miss this episode. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursd...

Elle Nash is the author of Deliver Me: A Novel. We chat Christianity, joining the Muslims, leaving the Muslims, literary scene in Glasgow, social media sucks, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9 FM, KPCR-LP, Santa Cruz.

Anne Leigh Parrish is the author of A Summer Morning. Join me for a free creative writing workshop at the Los Feliz branch public library on Wednesday, November 8th at 6pm . Just show up and we’ll have some fun. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

Donna Marie Hayes is the author of These Broken Roads: Scammed and Vindicated, One Woman’s Story. We discuss love, faith, what happened when someone died in front of her on the subway, her fear of rats, my fear of heights, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cru...

Rykarda Parasol’s new record is called Tuesday Morning . We discuss Rykarda’s creative rebirth in Paris, how her mom shot up her stuffed animal with a gun in the backyard when Rykarda was 7 years old, her new record and collaborations with Marc Ottavi, and so much more. Drinks with Tony is on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening...