{"id":9016,"date":"2015-09-07T20:36:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9016"},"modified":"2015-09-07T20:38:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:38:29","slug":"episode-133-what-if-we-give-it-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-133-what-if-we-give-it-away","title":{"rendered":"Episode 133 – What If We Give It Away?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show #133:
\nStona Fitch\/Rory Flynn – What If We Give It Away?<\/a><\/p>\n

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“One of my favorite things is to take a character, figure out what’s most important to them, and then take it away and see what they do.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"ThirdRail_cover_277x419\"<\/a>Stona Fitch<\/a> joins the show to talk about balancing his careers as a novelist, a publisher, and a freelance writer with family life. We discuss his new novel, the crime thriller Third Rail<\/a>\"\", why he he wrote it under the\u00a0nom de plume<\/em>\u00a0Rory Flynn,<\/a>\u00a0his influences and favorite\u00a0crime writers, the challenges of writing a sequel, the futility of debating genre categories,\u00a0and more! Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“My mentor Russell Banks told me, ‘Go to Miami, you’ll see everything.’ He also said I’d be a great plumber.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also talk about what possessed him to write Senseless<\/a>\"\", which is one of the most disturbing novels ever written. But don’t worry; it’s not all crime and horror! There’s also Stona’s role as the founder of the Concord Free Press<\/a>, an innovative, generosity-based publishing house! Plus, we explore the benefits of doing corporate work by day and learning about fields you’d otherwise never have any experience in.<\/p>\n

“My wife said, ‘Stona, I think you’ve found a brand-new way for writers not to make money.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We talk about a bunch of books in this episode. Here’s a list of ’em (Note: if I ever go to a Patreon crowdfunding model for the show, this is the first thing that goes subscriber-only)<\/em>:<\/p>\n