Don’t Worry, No One’s Listening (DWNOL)

Internationally bestselling author Natasha Pulley joins Edward Savio on  Don’t Worry, No One’s Listening  to talk about writing the impossible, breaking genre conventions, and why becoming a novelist once seemed like a reliable way to die in your mother’s cellar. From  The Watchmaker of Filigree Street  to her latest novel,  The Salt King , Pulley has built a career blending historical fiction, sc...

Scott Meyer has built a career around very smart ideas and the people who immediately find very stupid things to do with them. The author of Off to Be the Wizard , the Magic 2.0 series, The Authorities , Grand Theft Astro , Brute Force , and more joins Edward Savio to talk about his unlikely path from stand-up comedy and Walt Disney World to webcomics and novels. They get into Douglas Adams, writi...

New York Times bestselling author Liv Constantine joins Edward Savio to talk about the machinery underneath psychological suspense: collaboration, character, point of view, planted clues, and twists that sometimes change because the characters refuse to cooperate. Liv talks about writing  The Last Mrs. Parrish  with her sister, why Amber Patterson works as a remarkably honest villain, pushing towa...

Nicole Galland joins Edward Savio for a funny, craft-heavy conversation about acting, screenwriting, historical fiction, point of view, collaboration, and the writer’s block that led her back to the novel that changed her life. From  The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.  to  Boy , Galland talks process, research, theater, editing on paper, and why writing a novel feels a lot like putting on a play. Prese...

Ray Porter joins Edward Savio for a funny, candid conversation about storytelling, performance, and a voice listeners already know from some of the biggest audiobooks in the genre—including  Project Hail Mary , the Bobiverse series, and Savio’s own  League of Auld . Newly inducted into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame, Porter talks about what makes narration work, why the job is to serve the stor...

Liza Tully joins Edward Savio to talk pen names, mystery structure, writing process, and the pleasure of exact language. From literary fiction and dark suspense to The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant , this is a conversation about trust-your-instinct writing, reader expectation, giant handwritten notebooks, and why the best advice may be learning which advice to ignore. Pres...

Max Barry joins Edward Savio to talk satire, persuasion, and why even the most ridiculous ideas have to feel real. From Lexicon to Jennifer Government to The 22 Murders of Madison May , which sets a serial killer loose across the multiverse with reality-bending consequences, they get into dialogue, power, and the problem of writing satire in a world that keeps outpacing it. Funny, sharp, and a lit...

Software developer turned bestselling sci-fi author Dennis E. Taylor joins Edward Savio to talk about the unlikely path that led to the Bobiverse series. They discuss engineering, artificial intelligence, writing habits, and the moment a bad Kindle book inspired Taylor to start writing fiction himself. Presented by Bookstr.com Music: “Local Forecast - Slower, ” “Loopster,” “I Got a Stick Arr Bryan...

Bestselling novelist and cultural critic Kat Rosenfield joins Edward Savio for a candid and hilarious conversation about writing by instinct, trusting creative chaos, and the difference between building stories and breaking them apart. Rosenfield discusses her novels No One Will Miss Her , You Must Remember This , and the just-released How to Survive in the Woods , her instinct-driven writing proc...

Bestselling author Jonathan Maberry joins author and screenwriter Edward Savio to talk monsters, trauma, productivity, and the joy of writing without fear. A candid, wide-ranging conversation about craft, character, and surviving the long haul. Presented by Bookstr.com “Writing is 99% thinking about it. The rest is typing.” “You find the speed at which you do your best work — not the speed people...

Julia Whelan on acting, audiobooks, writing, and why "this story" is never really about her. Actor-turned–audiobook superstar–turned-novelist Julia Whelan joins Edward Savio for a candid, funny, and unexpectedly revealing conversation about how she found her creative voice on and off the page. She reflects on her Once and Again years, the childhood improv moment that shaped her writing p...

Guts, glory, and funny stories. Boot camp, writing, and the journey from feeling invisible to finding your place. Greg Cope White joins Edward Savio to talk identity, the Marines, and turning survival into story—from The Pink Marine to the Netflix series Boots. Presented by Bookstr.com Music: Songs by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - “Local Forecast - Slower,” “I Got a Stick Arr Bryan Teo,” “Loop...

Writing, rewriting, and the occasional F-Bomb. In the premiere episode of DWNOL, screenwriter and novelist Edward Savio interviews Christopher Moore, international bestselling author ("Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal", "A Dirty Job", and "Bloodsucking Fiends", and "Fool"), known for his humorous and absurd storytelling. They di...

In this introduction, screenwriter and novelist Edward Savio explains what this podcast is—and what it isn’t. It’s not the standard writer interview. It is a conversation between two creatives—a deep dive into process, the blank page, and the ways stories save us. DWNOL is presented by Bookstr. Music: Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licen...