The Writing Table with Kris Clink

Kris Clink
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The Writing Table is a podcast for writers and book lovers. Whether you're a seasoned writer or curious about the writing life, pull up a chair. Hear from authors from every stage-from New York Times list-makers to debuts. You'll get a behind-the-scenes view of your favorite books-from writing the ugly first drafts to the final editorial processes. Check out interviews with Phillipa Gregory, Jennifer Weiner, Lemony Snicket, Laurie Frankel, and so many others. Come on in-there's always room at the writing table. Hosted by Kris Clink, author of Goodbye, Lark Lovejoy and Sissie Klein is Completely Normal. Kris’s novels are set in middle America where front porches offer the best views, books are treasured, and there’s always room to pull up an extra chair at dinner. A native Texan, she’s now at home in Kansas with her husband, two spoiled pups, and the gorgeous cardinals who visit her back deck.

  1. 6H AGO

    Andrew Forrester: How The Story Goes

    Debut novelist Andrew Forrester is a writer and former English teacher whose work has appeared in McSweeney's and Parents magazine. He holds a PhD in nineteenth-century British literature and lives in Austin, Texas, with his family. How the Story Goes is his first novel. Learn more at andrewforresterbooks.com Special thanks to NetGalley for early previews.  Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    19 min

  2. APR 29

    Debut Novelist Kate Clark Stone: Last Sunday in May

    Kate Clark Stone’s fiction features strong and vulnerable heroines, a lot of heart, and endless love for flyover states. Kate attended her first Indianapolis 500 at six years old and wrote her first book at eleven. A former attorney, Kate relishes watching fast cars, swimming and paddling sports, the Oxford comma, and traveling here/there/everywhere.  Kate lives in southeastern Tennessee with her husband, children, and two very good dogs. While Kate has lived in the South for decades, she is and will forever be a Hoosier at heart.  Her debut novel is called THE LAST SUNDAY IN MAY.   Learn more at kateclarkstone.com  Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    21 min

  3. APR 10

    Jennifer Chiaverini on her Elm Creek Series, Historical Fiction, and Quilting

    Jennifer Chiaverini   is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-six novels, including critically acclaimed historical fiction and the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series. In addition to her novels, Jennifer has created six collections of quilt patterns inspired by her books. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin. About her historical fiction, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes, "In addition to simply being fascinating stories, these novels go a long way in capturing the texture of life for women, rich and poor, black and white, in those perilous years." Her latest novel is THE PATCHWORK PLAYERS.  Learn more at jenniferchiaverini.com  Special thanks to NetGalley for early previews.  Jennifer Chiaverini has been combining two analog hobbies since 1999: Reading and Quilting. Chiaverini’s bestselling series, Elm Creek Quilts, centers around Elm Creek Manor and the generations of quilters who practice their craft there. Through quilting, characters build beautiful relationships, face difficult truths, and learn more about themselves in the process. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    21 min

  4. APR 1

    Sally Kilpatrick on Wuthering Heights, the Romance Genre, and her latest, Little Miss Petty

    Sally Kilpatrick discusses how growing up in a rural area and being raised by a librarian informed her decision to become a novelist. She illustrates how the novel, Wuthering Heights, and the 2026 film vary in the way each manages consent between romantic partners, and introduces her latest novel, Little Miss Petty.  Sally is the USA Today bestselling author of seven novels and counting. She has won multiple awards, including the Georgia Author of the Year, the Maggie Award of Excellence, the Booksellers’ Best, and the Nancy Knight Mentorship Award. She lives in California with her husband, two kids, and two cats.  Learn more at sallykirkpatrick.com  Special thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy of Little Miss Petty.  Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    25 min

  5. MAR 27

    Wildlife Researcher Alice Henderson on Writing Thrillers

    Alice Henderson discusses the challenges of writing thrillers set in nature, her adventures in plotting, and how listeners can contribute their own regional climactic observations to ecological research. Plus, she offers a preview into the latest installment of her Alex Carter thriller series, Storm Warning.  Alice Henderson’s love of wild places inspired her new thriller series, which begins with A Solitude of Wolverines, as well as her novel Voracious, which takes place in Glacier National Park. Alice is a dedicated wildlife researcher. Using a variety of methods including bioacoustic studies, she undertakes wildlife surveys to determine what species are present on lands that have been set aside for conservation. There she ensures there are no signs of poaching and devises ways to improve habitat. Using geographic information systems (GIS), she also designs wildlife corridors and builds habitat suitability models and species distribution models. She has surveyed for the presence of grizzlies, wolves, spotted owls, wolverines, jaguars, endangered bats, and more. She has also written media tie-in novels, including official novels for the TV shows Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While working at LucasArts, she wrote material for several Star Wars video games. She was selected to attend Launchpad, a NASA-funded writing workshop aimed at bringing accurate science to fiction. She holds an interdisciplinary master’s degree.  Learn more at alicehenderson.com More information about the topics Alice discussed:  US Phenology Network Nature’s Notebook American Pika North American Pika Consortium  Irina Shapiro James Rollins Graham Brown / Clive Cussler Special thanks to NetGalley for early novel previews.  Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    24 min

  6. MAR 24

    Shea Serrano, In time for March Madness: Expensive Basketball

    Shea Serrano is an American author, journalist, humorist, and former teacher. He is best known for his work with the sports and pop culture websites, The Ringer and Grantland, as well as his books, including The Rap Year Book, Basketball (and Other Things) and Movies (and Other Things), all of which were The New York Times #1 best-sellers. Serrano lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife, Larami Serrano, their three sons, and their French bulldog Younger Jeezy. Shea and Larami met in college in 2000 and were married in a hospital after Larami was hospitalized the day before their wedding. His latest book is Expensive Basketball. Find him on Instagram at Shea.serrano.  Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    24 min

  7. MAR 16

    Jessi Cole Jackson's Romantasy Debut: Ruinous Creatures

    Jessi Cole Jackson grew up in rural Michigan surrounded by lakes, cornfields, and hard-working pragmatists who would never call themselves artists, despite woodworking, sewing, baking, flower arranging, building, drawing, and crafting. Thus, it took her twenty long years to accept that she was, in fact, creative, just like everyone had been telling her all along. But she wasn’t quite ready to admit her true dream of writing, so she studied and pursued a backup career: theatre.  Jessi spent twelve years building costumes for various award-winning theatres in Cincinnati, DC, Philadelphia, Princeton, and the north shore of Boston. After getting an MFA in writing at Hollins University–where she honed her craft and found her people–she left theatre and moved back to rural Michigan where she lives with her family, has a very practical day job, and rarely calls herself an artist despite sewing, amateur sculpting, embroidering, and, of course, writing. Jessi has published various short stories, mentored emerging writers. RUINOUS CREATURES is her debut novel.  Learn more at JessiColeJackson.com Thanks to NetGalley for early previews.  Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    19 min

  8. MAR 10

    Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney: Bringing the Seventies to Life in Lake Effect

    What does an author do when her debut novel becomes an instant bestseller?  Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney went right back to work on her next one, and her next-also instant hits. In this episode, Cynthia discusses growing up in the seventies, her hometown, and her parents' book collection influenced her latest novel, Lake Effect. People Magazine calls Lake Effect: “Astute and immersive with a surprising twist.” Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling novels The Nest (named a best book of the year by People, the Washington Post, and NPR) and Good Company (a Read with Jenna selection). She has been a guest on Today, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and NPR’s All Things Considered. Her work has been translated into more than 28 languages, and The Nest is in development as a limited series with AMC Studios. Sweeney holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She and her husband live in New York City.  Her latest novel is LAKE EFFECT.  Learn more at daprixsweeney.com  Thanks to NetGalley for early preview copies.  Ragdale Writing Residencies Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcast Email questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

    26 min
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The Writing Table is a podcast for writers and book lovers. Whether you're a seasoned writer or curious about the writing life, pull up a chair. Hear from authors from every stage-from New York Times list-makers to debuts. You'll get a behind-the-scenes view of your favorite books-from writing the ugly first drafts to the final editorial processes. Check out interviews with Phillipa Gregory, Jennifer Weiner, Lemony Snicket, Laurie Frankel, and so many others. Come on in-there's always room at the writing table. Hosted by Kris Clink, author of Goodbye, Lark Lovejoy and Sissie Klein is Completely Normal. Kris’s novels are set in middle America where front porches offer the best views, books are treasured, and there’s always room to pull up an extra chair at dinner. A native Texan, she’s now at home in Kansas with her husband, two spoiled pups, and the gorgeous cardinals who visit her back deck.

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