Writer's Bone

Sean Tuohy and Daniel Ford discuss dealing with rejection, why writers shouldn’t exclusively write for the market, the Korean War (no, seriously), how they develop story ideas, The Writers’ Room of Boston, and their favorite times to write.

Sean Tuohy and Daniel Ford talk about their fall reading lists, Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series, following an author or screenwriter’s career arc, and how their own writing careers have evolved in the past couple of years.

Author Amy Stewart talks to Daniel Ford about her desire to be a writer at a young age, her love of the natural world, and the inspiration behind her debut novel, Girl Waits With Gun .

Author and literary agent Bill Clegg talks to Gary Almeter at the Baltimore Book Festival about his serendipitous path into the literary world and the inspiration behind his debut novel Did You Ever Have a Family .

Screenwriter Ken Nolan, whose credits include “Black Hawk Down,” talks to Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy about his love of writing and movies, the art of screenwriting, and his awkward moment with legendary moviemaker Michael Mann.  

Eric Rickstad, author of The Silent Girls, Reap, and, most recently, Lie in Wait , talks to Sean Tuohy about capturing Vermont’s scary beauty, his organic writing process, and how his love of reading fueled his desire to become a writer.  

Eric Bennett, author of A Big Enough Lie , talks to Dave Pezza about his upcoming book, Workshops of Empire: Stegner, Engle, and American Creative Writing during the Cold War , and the state of American fiction.  

Best-selling author Matthew Reilly talks to Sean Tuohy about his novels, including The Great Zoo of China and the Jack West series, his approach to character development, the  toys on his desk, and why he enjoys taking readers for a ride.

Author Brian Panowich talks to Daniel Ford about his debut novel Bull Mountain .

Ming Chen, co-host of podcast “I Sell Comics” and regular on AMC’s “Comic Book Men,” talks to Sean Tuohy about his love of podcasting, working with Kevin Smith, developing friendships with the other cast members of “Comic Book Men,” and his appearance at this weekend’s Walker Stalker Con in Boston.

Author, screenwriter, #nicestguyinHollywood Doug Richardson returns to the podcast and talks to Daniel Ford about his new novel 99 Percent Kill and how he strives to provide readers with pure entertainment.

Sean Tuohy and Daniel Ford discuss revising their work, writing out of their comfort zones, and the differences between getting a screenplay noticed and landing a literary agent/publisher. Then, author Kevin P. Keating drops by to talk about his novel The Captive Condition .

Author Joshua Mohr sits down with Sean Tuohy to talk about his novel All This Life (which is available July 14), what lit is literary fuse, his brand of dark comedy, and the art of rabble rousing.

In the premiere episode of a new podcast series, Sean Tuohy and Daniel Ford talk about the challenge of finishing projects, how they describe their voices and writing styles, navigating today’s publishing market, who the guys would bring to a big premiere, and when their muses choose to deliver ideas.

Author Steph Post sits down with Sean Tuohy and Daniel Ford to discuss the inspiration behind her novel A Tree Born Crooked , what’s on her reading list, and crazy Florida stories.

On June 25, author Rory Flynn joined Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy during Writer’s Bone’s first live event at Trident Booksellers and Cafe, and read from his crime novel Third Rail . The author then discussed his time as a journalist in South Florida, his punk band roots, what’s on his reading list, and why he loves writing about Boston.

Author David Edmonds talks to Sean Tuohy about his novel Lily of Peru .

Jeff Shaara, author of Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure , returns to Writer's Bone to talk with Daniel Ford about his new novel The Fateful Lightning (available for sale starting today).

Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan, whose credits include “Reversal of Fortune,” “Matilda,” “Fallen,” and “Bicentennial Man,” drops by to talk to Sean Tuohy about how he got started in screenwriting, the occasionally strange ways scripts ideas strike him, his writing process, how the three-act structure can hinder quality screenwriting, and how young screenwriters can get their work recognized.  

Courtney Flynn and Adam  Tzelnic , hosts of Trident Booksellers & Cafe’s podcast "Tripod," talk to Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy about writing, their favorite bookstores around the country, how the young adult genre has evolved (but not necessarily improved), and how they developed their creativity.   

Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and life artist Dolph Lundgren talks to Sean Touhy and Daniel Ford about his new movie “Skin Trade,” his writing process, and how he’s more intellectual than most people might think.

Peter Sherwood, author of the pale of memory and The Murdery Delicious Hamwich Gumm Mystery , returns to Writer’s Bone to talk about his sequel The Murdery Delicious High Seas Horror , music, booze, and what’s next for his dynami c duo Reynald and Willoughby Chalmers.

Sean Tuohy talks to screenwriter Jeb Stuart, whose credits include “Die Hard,” “The Fugitive,” “Another 48 Hours,” and “Switchback,” about how he feel in love with writing, the driving force behind his screenwriting career, why he first focused on thriller and action movies, how he developed the script for “Die Hard,” and his experiences in Hollywood.  

Sean Tuohy and Daniel Ford talk to author Andy Weir about his hit novel  The Martian , Ridley Scott and Matt Damon's film adaption of the book, "Doctor Who," and Sean's chances of surviving on Mars (spoiler alert: the odds aren't great).  

In our latest podcast, Sean Tuohy talks to author Marko Kloos about how he developed his love of storytelling, his science fiction and fantasy influences, how his military career affected his prose, and the origins of his Frontlines series.