EP 9: The Man. The Myth. The Legend. Featuring Author Gary Phillips.

Future Best Seller

“In the tradition of Dashiell Hammett . . . Makes us feel that the war he’s waging is for our own salvation.” —Walter Mosley

Gary Phillips has over 20 novels to his name. A best selling and award winning crime fiction, historical fiction, and pulp author, his latest novel, One-Shot Harry, has more accolades than you could haul in a dump truck. The sequel, Ash Dark As Night, will be out in 2024. He also co-authored the novelization of Batman the Killing Joke and has an upcoming collection titled, The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp Collection.

Gary Phillips is also an award wining anthology editor with title likes The Obama Inheritance, Culprits, and Hollis for Hire (Which includes a story by our very own Phillip Drayer Duncan). Gary was also a writer and co-producer for the FX hit show, Snowfall. And our very own J.H. Fleming's band, Wildwood Minstrels, has released its first single, Black is the Color. Sneak preview at the end of the episode!

GUEST CHAT:

- Gary is getting in his steps joining the WGA strikes.

- What's it like working with big traditional publishers versus the smaller presses? Comics? Hollywood?

- Working on Batman the Killing Joke novelization.

- Being the lead editor on anthologies.

- Balancing too many characters.

- For new authors - Don't sweat the market! Write the story you want to write!

NEWS:

- WGA Writer Strike: Gary gives us a first hand account of the strike, as he's been on site and participating in demonstrations.

- Chuck Tingle takes over Tor.com.

- We can enjoy the Nebulas year round now with the Nebulas Online!

- The Library of America honors Ray Bradburry with an upcoming panel: The Enduring Genius of Ray Bradburry on July 19th.

- Writer Beware - Scammers pretending to be the Zon!

- Ingram Spark updates it's Shipping.

- Amazon beta testing new library system which we can't see because it's a private beta.

- Wattpad has revamped its Creator Program .

- Harlequinn adds new imprint, Afterglow Books.

- USA Today's Bestseller list is back.

- The Hugo finalists have been revealed.

AI NEWS:

- Gary Phillips A.l. Short Story - "It's all over, baby!"

- How to tell human writing from AI, according to CNN.

- Voice Actors not happy with how their voices are being used, according to a story from PC Gamer.

TOOLS:

- Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules for Writing.

CREATIVES ON FIRE:

- Gary tells us about working with Hollywood.