Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

We kick things off with some gripes we have regarding submissions. After that, we continue our discussion on great dialogue.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We open today's episode with the worst news! After that, we move on to part one of a two-part discussion about great dialogue. We share 15 examples of great dialogue and explain cool, unique ways to make your dialogue stand out.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com.

We begin today's episode by discussing our new guest policy. After that, we settle in and dissect a ranking we found of Cormac McCarthy's darkest novels.  You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @dpwpodcast. You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We begin today's episode with a look at some current events. After that, we revisit a topic we covered a long time ago. We discuss the daily routines of some famous writers, and since we're on our way to literary stardom, we also talk about our personal writing routines.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast. You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We open today's episode with a double dose of good publishing news! After that, we settle in and learn about the writing styles of famous authors.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com .   

Today, we kick things off with some BAD publishing news. You know, to change things up! After that, we discuss two interesting lists. One is a list of the top male hobbies that women find attractive. The second list is the top male hobbies that women find unattractive. Guess which one reading and writing fall under. We also include what makes the list of female hobbies that we males find unattract...

We open today's episode with a round of great publishing news! After that, we continue last week's discussion on narrative voice. In this episode, we delve deeper into the mechanics of narrative voice and explore some interesting tricks you can use to tell a unique story.  You can follow us @dpwpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We open today's episode with some life stuff and book talk. After that, we have a detailed discussion about narrative voice. What is it? How do you use it? Why does it matter? We answer all these questions and more in this first part of a two-part conversation.  You can follow us @dpwpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We kick off today's episode with tales of woe from being a writer.  After that, we discuss a list of the worst Marvel comic books ever. Incredibly, people got paid to make some of these! You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's stuff at www.calebjamesk.com . 

For May's Book of the Month, we're discussing John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning absurdist classic, A Confederacy of Dunces.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We open today's episode with some great publishing news about Spencer. After that, we discuss a list detailing the best ways to write crime fiction. Here's a hint: the list isn't great! You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We open today's episode with news about our good friend Nicolás Obregón and his newest novel, The Sugar Man.  After that, we sit back and discuss the greatest writers in history and where they fall on our tier list as storytellers. Believe it or not, some of the best writers are actually terrible at telling stories. You might be surprised by who tops the list and who gets a bad rating. You can fol...

Today, we are diving back in and discussing a second Q&A email we received from the editor of Story Magazine. We learn more about the story publishing process used by major literary magazines and your chances of acceptance.  You can follow us @dpwpodcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We start today's episode with some excellent publication news, and then quickly digress into a best storyteller tier list.  After that, we attempt to finish discussing a list of the top 51 amazing lines of prose. Here's a bit of a spoiler, most of the lines are neither amazing nor worthy of being on such a list. Our disgruntled rebuttals are peppered throughout. You can follow us on Facebook, Inst...

We kick off today's episode with some excellent publishing news! After that, we discuss some of the "greatest" lines of prose. Despite the title of this episode, we do not take things seriously at all.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We begin today's episode with some publication updates. After that, we read a list of what are supposedly considered the best lines in fiction. Unsatisfied with said lines, we go ahead and read some of our favorite lines from our own stories.    You can follow us @dpwpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.  You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We open today's episode with some decent writing updates. After that, we discuss an absolutely awful list of the "most awful authors" of all time. Do not expect a serious conversation from this one! Follow us @dpwpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We begin today's episode with some "what if" talk regarding famous writers. For instance, what if Robert E. Howard lived for another 30 or 40 years? How much would his writing style have evolved? What if Stephen King stopped writing in the 1980s? You get the idea. After that, we cover some defunct (dead) book genres. We discuss whether the mentioned genres are actually dead, why some deserve to be...

Caleb starts today's episode with some trouble he's having reading Ulysses by James Joyce. After that, we sit back, relax, and discuss the numerous obstacles we've encountered from editors when reviewing the edits for our works set for publication.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We begin today's episode with a quick review of "The Monkey, " adapted from the Stephen King short story of the same name. After that, we go into a deep and nuanced discussion about reading the works of authors who have done terrible things in their personal lives. The main culprit we discuss is Neil Gaiman who has recently come under fire for allegedly assaulting women in the worst ways. You can...

We kick things off with a rant about people who boycott art they were never going to purchase in the first place—especially the jerks who try to cancel books even though they don't read. After that, we settle into a fun discussion about writing good dialogue. This begins with David Foster Wallace's opinion on Stephen King's method for writing dialogue and why Wallace thought King wrote below his c...

Caleb opens today's episode with a mini (sarcastic) review of "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner. After that, we discuss our Book of the Month, "Native Son" by Richard Wright. We cover the topics of racism, social injustice, class status, and poverty.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com . 

We have an extra-long cold open as we discuss some good, bad, and worse news. But that's not what takes so long. Caleb dives into his recent read of Crime and Punishment and shares what he took away from the book. After that, we discuss the supposed downfall of contemporary fiction and the belief that nearly all modern writing is terrible (not our words). This takes us down an interesting road ful...

In today's cold open, we discuss the AI tool for plot development on Microsoft Word. Things get a bit heated! After that, we discuss Lester Dent's formula for writing easy-to-sell pulp stories. Things don't go quite as planned, but we do our best to relay the information provided.  You can follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dpwpodcast You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.c...

We start with an extra "cold" cold open as Caleb talks about his recent illness and working in frigid temperatures. After that, we read an AMA from the Editor-In-Chief of Story Magazine and learn about their submission reading practices. We discuss how different publications handle submissions, what we think is fair, and what is absolute garbage. Overall, this is a really informative episode.  You...