Lilliam Rivera

First Draft Episode #182: Lilliam Rivera

Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education Of Margot Sanchez, is back with Dealing In Dreams, out now!  She talks about writing a Latinx future, entering a room with hope, and getting to meet Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Lilliam’s first interview on First Draft here

• Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of Fruit Of The Drunken Tree

• Amerie, editor of the Because You Love to Hate Me anthology and she recently released two albums, 4 AM MULHOLLAND and AFTER 4 AM

• Zareen Jaffrey, executive editor at Simon & Schuster, who has edited Jenny Han, author of the New York Times bestselling To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Anderson Cooper, journalist, television personality, CNN host and author of The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess was given to her by a teacher in high school and influenced her writing.

• A Clockwork Orange (movie)

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton; and

• The Warriors (movie); and

• Mad Max Fury Road (movie), were stories in which she wanted to know more about the female characters and write her own version.

• Ray Bradbury, screenwriter and author of Fahrenheit 451

• Justice Sonia Sotomayor

• Pablo Cartaya, author of Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish

• Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling Author of the Divergent and Carve the Mark series (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here)

• Meg Medina, Newberry Award and New York Times bestselling author of Merci Saurez Changes Gears

• Matt de la Pena, Newberry Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street

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Soman Chainani

First Draft Episode #181: Soman Chainani

Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series, including the most recent A Crystal of Time (out today!) talks about the insidiousness of triumphant good, how tutoring taught him discipline, and the epic battle of Serena Williams versus Maria Sharapova.

LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Soman read The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary growing up before skipping over children’s literature and going straight to adult.

• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice turned Soman onto adult literature.

• Renee Ahdieh, author of The Wrath & the Dawn series and Flame in the Mist (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

• Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein addresses the “princess myth” created by Disney and how it’s affected girls today.

• Soman’s appearance on the Tim Ferriss podcast where he talked about tutoring and the seperation of work and money.

• Maria Sharapova, Russian Olympic level professional tennis player.

• Serena Williams, American Olympic level professional tennis player who has been named “the greatest athlete of all time”.

• Tiger Woods, American professional golfer who has been named one of “the greatest golfers of all time”.

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

• Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here)

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

• The Fault in Our Stars (movie)

• Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Versus The Homo Sapiens Agenda (listen to her First Draft episodes here)

• Love, Simon (movie)

• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (movie) based on the New York Time bestselling series of the same name by Ransom Riggs (listen to his First Draft episode here)

• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (Listen to her First Draft episode here)

• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (movie)

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BONUS: Sarah Enni Q&A

First Draft Episode #180: Bonus: Sarah Enni Q&A

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Sarah Enni, debut author of Tell Me Everything and usually the host of the First Draft podcast, answers questions from past First Draft interviewees about craft and ego, staying on schedule, Bob Costas’ pink-eye story, the evolution of her interview style, Hammer the cat’s origin story.

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LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE | TRANSCRIPT

• Maurene Goo, author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love and The Way You Make Me Feel (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• Kristen Kittscher, author of Wig In The Window and Tiara On The Terrace (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• Sarah uses a bullet journal to create a system to help balance and keep check of the different facets of her life.

• Allie Brosh’s comics about procrastination

• Shane Pangburn, producer of YALLWEST book festival and illustrator (listen to his First Draft podcast here)

• Kate Hart, author of After The Fall (listen to Kate Hart’s First Draft interview here)

• Bob Costas, sportscaster for the Olympics

• Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Beasts Made of Night and Crown of Thunder (listen to his First Draft podcast here)

• The Deftones, lead singer Chino Moreno

• The Darkness, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”

• Victoria Aveyard, author of the Red Queen series (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here)

• Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures and Cats Vs. Robots (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Jasmine Warga, author of Here We Are Now and (listen to her FIrst Draft episode here)

• Libba Bray, author of The Diviners (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here)

• Danielle Paige, author of Dorothy Must Die and Stealing Snow (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Arrested Development (Television Show)

• Stephanie Kuehn, author of Charm & Strange (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• “Welcome to New York,” by Taylor Swift

• Peter Stone, author of The Perfect Candidate (listen to his First Draft episode here)

• Kumail Nanjiani (actor, Silicon Valley)

• Sabaa Tahir, author of the Ember In The Ashes series (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Sam Maggs, author of Girl Squads and more (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Alison Cherry, author of Red and Pros of Cons and more (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here)

• Sarah’s podcast recommendations include: Pod Save America (podcast), NPR Politics podcast (podcast), The Daily (podcast), Keep It (podcast), Serial (podcast), and S-Town (podcast)

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• Beth Revis, author of the Across The Universe series and the Give The Dark My Love series (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• The Bigfoot Discovery Museum

• Kitchen’s Temple

• Jeff Goldblum, actor and musician

• Leigh Bardugo, author of the Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series, and her upcoming book, Ninth House (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)

• Kaitlin Ward, author of Where She Fell (listen to her First Draft podcast interview here)

• Brandy Colbert, author of Little And Lion and The Revolution of Birdie Randolph (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)

• Aminah Mae Safi, author of the upcoming Tell Me How You Really Feel (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• Kayla Cagan, author of Piper Perish and Art Boss (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• Susan Dennard, author of the Witchlands series (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• Amerie, editor of the Because You Love to Hate Me anthology and she recently released two albums, 4 AM MULHOLLAND and AFTER 4 AM

• Sara Farizan, author of Here to Stay (listen to her First Draft interview here)

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Sarah Enni

First Draft Episode #179: Sarah Enni

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Sarah Enni, debut author of Tell Me Everything and usually the host of the First Draft podcast, answers questions from fellow YA writer Maurene Goo! Sarah shares her lengthy path to publishing, the role of humor and tone in contemporary fiction, her outlining process, and the one cross-country flight that changed everything.

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LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE | TRANSCRIPT

• Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We Know, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and The Way You Make Me Feel and Since You Asked (Listen to Maurene’s first, second, and third episodes of First Draft)

• The Giver by Newbery Medal-winning author Lois Lowry wasa big turning point for her as a child

• Lord of the Flies by Nobel Peace Prize and Booker Prize-winning author William Golding

• Got into Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien due to her mom being an avid sci-fi/fantasy reader

• Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (movie)

• Realized she wanted to write YA when reading the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

• YALLWEST, a young adult and middle grade book festival

• Zan Romanoff, freelance writer and author of A Song to Take The World Apart and Grace and the Fever (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• Seattle Metropolitan, where Sarah had an internship in college

• Sarah also worked at Washington Business Journal

• American Lion by Jon Meacham

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, remains one of her favorite books ever

• Sara Zarr, author of Sweethearts and How to Save a Life (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• Amerie, editor of the Because You Love to Hate Me anthology and she recently released two albums, 4 AM MULHOLLAND and AFTER 4 AM

• Listened to the Interstellar (movie) soundtrack while writing her short story for the Because You Love to Hate Me anthology

• Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series (listen to her First Draft episode here)

• Kate Hart, author of After The Fall (listen to Kate Hart’s First Draft interview here)

• Kaitlin Ward, author of Where She Fell (listen to her First Draft podcast interview here)

• Stephanie Kuehn, author of Charm & Strange (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• Kirsten Hubbard, author of Wanderlove and Like Mandarin and co-founder of YA Highway (listen to her First Draft podcast here)

• YA Highway, online writing community resource of which Sarah was a contributor

• Sarah Burnes, Sarah Enni’s literary agent (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• Amanda Maciel, author of Tease and Lucky Girl and senior editor at Scholastic (listen to her First Draft interview here)

• Lorde (Musical Artist)

• Local Natives (Musical Artist)

• Listened to DJDS “Trees on Fire” constantly while writing Tell Me Everything

• Made her main character obsessed with Jeff Goldblum to help unlock the charcetr while writing her, as well as other similar interests.

• Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling Author of the Divergent and Carve the Mark series (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here)

• Never Been Kissed (movie)

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