Episode 177 #AudioWriter

Joshilyn Jackson doesn't just write best-selling thrillers. She narrates them, too. Should we?

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LINKS FROM THE PODCAST

#AmReading (Watching, Listening)

Jess:

I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution, Emily Nussbaum

KJ:

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein

Joshilyn:

Gretchen, Shannon Kirk

The Better Liar: A Novel, Tanen Jones

Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman

#FaveIndieBookstore

Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, GA

Our guest for this episode is Joshilyn Jackson.

She is the author of:

Never Have I Ever

The Almost Sisters

The Opposite of Everyone

Someone Else’s Love Story

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty

Backseat Saints

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Between, Georgia,

Gods in Alabama

My Own Miraculous

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Wedding Cake for Breakfast

This episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingfor details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s Inside-Outline template.

Find more about Jess here, Sarina here and about KJ here.

If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship.

The image in our podcast illustration is by TK

Transcript (We use an AI service for transcription, and while we do clean it up a bit, some errors are the price of admission here. We hope it’s still helpful.)

KJ: 00:01 Hey all. As you likely know, the one and only sponsor of the #AmWriting podcast is Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps writers all the way through their projects to the very end. Usually Author Accelerator offers only longterm coaching and they're great at it, but they've just launched something new inside outline coaching, a four week long program for novelists and memoir writers that can help you find just the right amount of structure so that you can plot or pants your way to an actual draft. I love the inside outline and I think you will too. I come back to mine again and again, whether I'm writing or revising. Working through it with someone else helps keep you honest and helps you deliver a story structure that works. Find out more at www.authoraccelerator.com/insideoutline.

Jess: 00:57 Go ahead.

KJ: 00:57 This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone like I don't remember what I was supposed to be doing.

Jess: 00:57 All right, let's start over.

KJ: 00:57 Awkward pause, I'm going to rustle some papers.

Jess: 00:57 Okay.

KJ: 00:57 Now one, two, three.

KJ: 00:57 Hey, I'm KJ Dell'Antonia,

Jess: