Hacks. Episode 7: Dave White.

Before I bring you part two of the epic podcast with Luca, Eva, and Nick, here's Dave White.

Dave and I were set to do a recording with Russel McLean, but we had some spare time before Russel was free, so we had a chat.

Topics discussed Include;

Where Do You Write?
Reaction To Dave’s New Book.
Worst Review?
“Whats The Best Way To Buy Your Book?”
Jay And Amazon.
Dave And Polis.
Calamari Wrestler.
The Avengers.
Daredevil (With Spoilers.)
Tennant And Eccleston.
Liam Neeson’s On The Phone.
Ways To Die In Glasgow.
Getting Cranky When We Don’t Write.
Internet Arguments.
The Scottish Referendum.
Political Pigeons.
Dave On Tour With Pearl Jam.
Signing Books.
Baseball.
MLS.
Breaking Bad.
Better Call Saul.
Let It Ride.
What We’re Working On.
Moving House.
Literary Vs. Genre.
Dave’s Serial Killer Book.
Writing Crime In The Modern Day.

Hacks. Episode 7: Dave White.

Hacks. Episode 6: Eva Dolan, Luca Veste & Nick Quantrill, Part One.

Jay is joined by Eva Dolan, Luca Veste and Nick Quantrill

Topics up for discussion include;

Fucked-Up Teeth.

Posh Boy Joe Strummer.

Punk Liaison Officer.

Where Does The North Start?

Hull’s Isolation.

Liverpool’s Development.

Liverpool and Glasgow’s Slave Trading Past.

Slavery Hasn’t Gone Away.

The Immigration Debate.

State Arts Funding.

Should Writers Talk Politics?

Being Challenged By Crime Fiction.

How To Write Racist Characters.

Sectarianism In Glasgow.

Hatred In And Of Religion.

Harrogate Crime Festival.

Bloody Scotland.

The Crime Fiction Community.

Is There A Generation Of Writers Coming Through?

Does Art Need Fear?

Did We Not Land On The Moon?

Hacks. Episode 6: Eva Dolan, Luca Veste & Nick Quantrill. Part One.

Hacks. Episode 5: Alex Segura & Scott Adlerberg

Jay is joined by Alex Segura (Silent City, Archie Comics) and Scott Adlerberg (Jungle Horses.)

Topics for discussion include;
Birmingham, Muslims & Fox News.

Is Satire Still Possible?

Retconning Real Life.

Bouchercon.

Noir At The Bar.

What To Read At an Event.

Writing Short Stories.

Pantsing or Plotting?

Searching For The Perfect Fart Joke.

How Will Justified End?

Villains Being More Articulate Than Heroes.

Gary Phillips.

Crime Writers & Comics.

Meeting Famous Writers.

Nerves Before Doing Events.

Survival Of The Least Pretentious.

The Life And Crimes Of Doris Payne.

Fear Of Flying.

Surviving L.A.

Tarantino Chat.

Comedians Playing Against Type.

David O. Russel Films.

Hacks. Episode 5: Alex Segura and Scott Adlerberg

Hacks. Episode 4: Melissa F. Olson, Part Two.

Part Two of the marathon chat between Melissa and Jay.

Topics in this episode include; To Review Or Not To Review? Blurbing. Horror Films. Discussing Not Discussing Religion. People Scoring Political Points Off Tragedy. Celebrating Killers And Not Victims. What's Your Favourite Tim Curry Movie? The Robocop Remake. Jay's Shitty Batman Impression. Elementary VS. Sherlock. How To Write A Mystery. Circling Back To Watchmen and Comic Book Movies.

Hacks. Episode 4: Melissa F. Olson, Part Two.

Hacks. Episode 3: Melissa F. Olson, Part One.

Jay is joined by Melissa F. Olson, author of a million different series. (Slight exaggeration.)

Topics Include; Getting Into Fights On The Internet, Justified Versus The Wire, Depressing Fiction, Watchmen, Female Characters, ConstanTEEN and ConstanTYNE, Wee Bit Of Casual Sexism From Jay, Fun Times At Jurassic Park, Rules In Storytelling, Why Melissa Has Alan Moore's Name On A List.

Melissa F. Olson, Part One

Hacks. Episode 2: Josh Stallings.

Jay is joined by Josh Stallings, author of All The Wild Children and the Moses McGuire novels.

Topics discussed in the rambling journey include;

Drugs are hard work, Detachable Penis Noir, Writing with dyslexia, Ken Bruen, Writing sex scenes, Parents re-writing history, Strippers, Men who lie to themselves, Apology VS. Atonement, Offence, Sexism & Racism, Writing about poverty, Where now for the police procedural after Ferguson?, Writing about violence, Strange panel questions, The value of blurb, How long it takes to write books, Toilet Terrorism

Hacks. Episode2: Josh Stallings

Hacks. Episode 1: Steve Weddle.

Jay is joined by Steve Weddle, author of Country Hardball and evil genius behind Needle magazine.

The topics discussed include;

Fixed gear bikes, Save The Cat!, the rules about who to put in acknowledgements, the art of the epigram, why Brits can't be trusted to queue, whether porridge is an alcoholic beverage, Jay's first ever public reading, and Steve's story due out from Playboy.

 Hacks. Episode 1: Steve Weddle