{"id":8882,"date":"2015-07-06T20:23:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2015-07-07T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:37:13","slug":"episode-124-dont-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-124-dont-fall","title":{"rendered":"Episode 124 &#8211; Don&#8217;t Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show #124:<br \/>\nJonathan David Kranz &#8211; Don&#8217;t Fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5940\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8882-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8882-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I feel some frustration with contemporary literary fiction: there&#8217;s stuff that&#8217;s well written without really being good writing. Lovely prose, but stories that feel flat and empty.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathandavidkranz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8883\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-124-dont-fall\/brotherssea\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/brotherssea.jpg?fit=231%2C346\" data-orig-size=\"231,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brotherssea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/brotherssea.jpg?fit=231%2C346\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8883\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/brotherssea.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"brotherssea\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathandavidkranz.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan David Kranz<\/a> joins the show to talk about his new novel,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1627790500\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1627790500&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=TOIFL74CYYQU462G\">Our Brothers at the Bottom of the Bottom of the Sea<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1627790500\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Henry Holt).We talk about\u00a0what it means to miss New Jersey, what makes The\u00a0Shore different from any other seaside amusement region,\u00a0what he learned while writing for the\u00a0YA category, what he <em>un<\/em>learned from his\u00a0copywriting day-job, the value of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grubstreet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grub Street<\/a> writing courses vs. an MFA, and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;New Jersey has two urban centers: New York and Philadelphia. And what they have in common is that neither one is in New Jersey.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also compare our New Jerseys (I go on at length; sorry), then talk about his history with the Society for Industrial Archeology, what it&#8217;s like to celebrate\u00a020 years as a freelance commercial copywriter\u00a0(and it <em>is<\/em>\u00a0cause to celebrate), and what it was like when he came face to face with\u00a0the Jungian nature of Tillie the clown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5941\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8882-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8882-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_124_-_Dont_Fall.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-manga-loids-and-steampunks\" target=\"_blank\">Diana Renn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-you-cant-get-there-from-here\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Borders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-121-the-limits-of-love\" target=\"_blank\">Christie Watson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-way-of-pen-and-sword\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Alexander<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-jewish-gothic-and-the-restless-artist\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Lippmann<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathandavidkranz.com\" target=\"_blank\">On his blog<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathandavidkranz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8884\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-124-dont-fall\/tillie\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tillie.jpg?fit=190%2C170\" data-orig-size=\"190,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tillie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tillie.jpg?fit=190%2C170\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8884\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tillie.jpg?resize=186%2C166\" alt=\"Tillie\" width=\"186\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>, Jonathan David Kranz\u00a0writes, &#8220;I was born on an island, Manhattan, but grew up in New Jersey, where I did not go to the beach as often as I would have liked. I studied painting in college (Rutgers), then framed pictures, installed kitchen cabinets, and worked as a backstage theater go-fer before pursuing my MFA in creative writing. True to form, I bummed around again\u2014this time with a family in tow, making my living as a marketing copywriter\u2014before a vacation in Ocean City gave me the inspiration for my first novel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1627790500\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1627790500&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=TOIFL74CYYQU462G\">Our Brothers at the Bottom of the Bottom of the Sea<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1627790500\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Today, I live with family (and an annoying little dog) in a suburb north of Boston.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>4th of July<em>\u00a0by Lori Carson. The conversation was recorded at the Virtual Memories Studio on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. 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