What do punk rock, the cult classic buddy flick ROADSIDE PROPHETS, and law enforcement have in common? The answer: author David Swinson. From his time booking and promoting punk rock and alternative legends like the Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to his relationships with Hunter S. Thompson and Timothy Leary that helped birth the spoken-word record, SOUND BITES FROM THE COUNTER CULTURE, all the way through his time as a detective in Washington, DC to his acclaimed novels, we learn that some of us are just attracted to troublemakers. Join us.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we say “counter-culture!”

Links:
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
David Swinson’s website: https://davidswinson.com/

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards and an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

David Swinson is the author of the critically acclaimed Frank Marr trilogy, The Second Girl, Crime Song, and Trigger. He is also the author of City on the Edge. He began his career at the height of the punk rock movement in the early 1980s. After attending California State University as a film major, he booked and promoted punk rock and alternative music at Fender’s Ballroom and Bogart’s Nightclub in Long Beach.

Would you kill a bigfoot to prove its existence? Author Matt Pruitt stops by to discuss his new book The Phenomenal Sasquatch: Seeking the Natural Origins of a Cultural Icon. We dive deep into the mystery, discussing what makes the iconic footprints so compelling, the infamous Patterson-Gimlin film, and the morality of killing a Sasquatch to obtain a type specimen. The big question: is Sasquatch a physical reality or a product of the human mind?

Today’s drinking game: drink every time we say Sasquatch

Links:
William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William...
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
The Phenomenal Sasquatch ordering link: https://www.amazon.com/Phenomenal-Sas...
Matt's website: https://mattpruittonline.com/
Bigfoot & Beyond pod: https://www.bigfootandbeyondpodcast.com/
Beyond Yacht Rock pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mYti5k...

We live our legacies long before we leave them behind. Join authors John Engell and William R. Hincy as we discuss life, heart-stopping health scares (literally), and John's short story collection. And we get two readings from one of the very best readers in the business.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:19 Introducing author John Engell
00:04:29 Best place to get a drink in San Francisco
00:06:03 Author Reading of "Bridal Bouquet"
00:17:19 What are we drinking?
00:21:02 Writers Grotto of SF
00:26:55 How stage of life affect your writing
00:30:34 John's heart-stopping TWICE
00:33:28 Writing legacy
00:38:27 Writing tips
00:45:14 SHOTS! rapid fire questions
00:52:42 Author reading "Party on the Point"

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Are author’s heroes? Join us as we examine award-winning author and superstar fantasy writer Ken Liu’s journey via the beats of the Hero’s Journey. We also discuss dealing with failure and how AI affects writing and what role it might play in assisting writers (and readers!) in the future.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever the audio gets garbled!

Links:
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
Ken Liu’s website: https://kenliu.name/

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

Ken Liu is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, he wrote the Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series (starting with The Grace of Kings), as well as short story collections The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. He also penned the Star Wars novel The Legends of Luke Skywalker.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. Liu frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami.

About WDW:
And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!)… Welcome to your literary happy hour, Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find the next AUTHOR you're going to love. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:26 Introducing Ken Liu
00:01:51 Where in the world is Ken Liu
00:03:36 The Hero's Journey - author style
00:14:23 The call to action
00:24:00 On failure
00:30:14 Author tips with Ken Liu
00:35:07 Artificial Intelligence and writing
00:50:35 What would you tell the younger you
00:51:52 Learn more about Ken Liu
00:52:17 Community question

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We will be eschewing all safety standards and jumping directly into HARM’S WAY to celebrate the release of New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap’s latest book entitled, you guessed it, HARM’S WAY. But in usual WRITERS DRINKING WHISKEY fashion, we meander our way there, discussing John’s time as a volunteer fireman, the first amendment issue that led him to quit the high school paper, and his various “Big Boy” day jobs.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Links:
William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
Gilstrap’s website: https://www.johngilstrap.com/
Harm’s Way ordering link: https://bookshop.org/p/books/harm-s-way-john-gilstrap/19279470?ean=9780786050086
Gilstrap’s YouTube page: @AuthorJohnGilstrap

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

John Gilstrap is the New York Times bestselling author of award-winning action novels including the Jonathan Grave Thrillers and the Victoria Emerson Thrillers. A master of action-driven suspense, he's touted as one of the most accomplished writers on the planet and his books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the recipient of an International Thriller Writers' Award for Against All Enemies and a two-time ITW Award finalist. He also won the ALA Alex Award for Nathan's Run, which was optioned for film by Warner Bros. A nationally recognized weaponry and explosives safety expert, John Gilstrap frequently speaks at conferences, events, clubs, youth programs, and military bases. He is a former firefighter and EMT with a master's degree in safety from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. John lives in Fairfax, Virginia and can be found online at JohnGilstrap.com.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:32 Introducing John Gilstrap
00:02:57 Where on Earth is John Gilstrap
00:07:00 First Amendments Issues... in high school
00:08:45 Volunteer fire department
00:19:09 Nathan's Run - the novel that changed John Gilstrap's life
00:24:53 The pressure of following up a bestseller
00:26:21 Getting a "big boy" job after writing full time
00:31:15 The loss of the pack
00:35:07 Six Minutes to Freedom and the origins of the Jonathan Grave series
00:40:23 On the military community
00:45:20 Did John Gilstrap considering joining the military?
00:47:39 Writing Craft talk
00:47:56 How the Jonathan Graves series developed
00:51:45 Victoria Emerson trilogy
00:57:26 Writing tips - how to instill dread in a thriller
01:00:00 Common misconceptions about thrillers
01:03:45 Writers' Strikes
01:06:10 Shots - rapid fire questions
01:12:55 John Gilstrap reads from Harm's Way
01:26:42 Last Call life advice
01:27:27 Final Round - audience question

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Prolific author, poet, naturalist, "lister," and Hincy's former professor, Charles Hood stops by Writers Drinking Whiskey to discuss his latest book, A SALAD ONLY THE DEVIL WOULD EAT: THE JOYS OF UGLY NATURE. We discuss what he loves about mixed ecologies, why he describes the Antelope Valley as "the place old sofas crawl to the end of the road to die," and writing tips related to experimental fiction.

Links:
OTIUM (bar and restaurant): https://otiumla.com/
A Salad Only The Devil Would Eat: https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/a-salad-only-the-devil-would-eat/
Hincy's website: https://williamrhincy.com/
Hincy's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ

Bios:
Charles Hood: Charles Hood has studied birds and natural history from the Amazon to Tibet, and he has seen more than five thousand species of birds in the wild. A widely published poet, he has received numerous fellowships and writing awards and is the author of the Heyday collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat. His other Heyday titles include field guides to mammals and birds, and for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County he was the lead author and photographer for the book Wild LA.

William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:17 Introducing Charles Hood
00:02:52 Where to get a drink in LA (and Reno)
00:10:59 The joys of "ugly" nature
00:17:35 Old Sofas
00:24:57 Lake Una
00:27:31 In-between areas
00:32:27 Man vs Nature?
00:38:01 I heart Nature
00:39:16 Zone-Tailed Hawk
00:51:15 Listing obsession
01:01:37 Diorama-bama
01:06:26 Ancient Wounds
01:08:25 Rapid fire questions
01:20:28 Writing tips on experimental fiction
01:24:31 Divorce Insurance

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While vacationing in Fort Bragg, California, I stumbled into a local indie bookstore and bought a book from their "local author spotlight" section. After the owner mentioned what a great reader its author was, a Mr. Joe Smith, I left my information in the off chance Joe would ever like to come on the show. Well, I got two poets for one! Join me in welcoming Larry Felson and Joe Smith to the whiskey bar. We discuss revolution, the proper way to brew coffee at home, and they read their poetry throughout.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Links:
For more from host William R. Hincy: https://williamrhincy.com/
William R. Hincy's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ
Patterson’s Irish Pub: https://www.pattersonspub.com/
North Coast Brewing: https://northcoastbrewing.com/
Gallery Bookshop: https://www.gallerybookshop.com/
Belinda Point Press: belindapointpress.com/
Revolution Books: RevolutionBooks.org

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

About WDW:
And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!)… Welcome to your literary happy hour, Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find the next AUTHOR you're going to love. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets.

Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at contact@williamrhincy.com. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2.

Chapters:
0:00:00 Start
0:02:09 Introducing Larry Felson and Joe Smith
0:05:03 What are we drinking?
0:14:26 Where to get a drink in Mendocino County
0:24:09 Pet peeves
0:31:26 Pull-Down Poems (Poetry reading)
0:45:20 If Darkness Sings (Poetry reading)
0:50:59 The Birds Falling from the Sky (Poetry reading)
0:52:55 Poetry craft talk
1:02:46 Last Call Life Advice
1:05:15 Learn more about Larry Felson and Joe Smith

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What do pot lucks, swinging, and writing collaboration have in common? The answer: WRITERS DRINKING WHISKEY. Join author, editor and hilarious gentleman Keir Graff and I as we discuss failure, the power of persistence, how swingers can bring (writers) together, and the new book THE ROYAL GAME, written under the Linda Keir pen name. Keir also provides a delicious whiskey cocktail, REMEMBER THE MAINE, and provides some writing tips on mysteries and thrillers.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Links:
William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
Keir Graff’s website: https://keirgraff.com/
The Royal Game ordering link: https://exileinbookville.com/item/oyU2qBKYKzYFtFD_uXSUMA
Podcast: xxxx

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

Keir Graff writes thrillers, mysteries, and contemporary fiction for adults, and adventure novels for younger readers. Recent works include The Three Mrs. Wrights and Drowning with Others, both of which were coauthored with Linda Joffe Hull under the name Linda Keir. With James Patterson, he is the coauthor of the middle-grade mystery Minerva Keen’s Detective Club, and working solo has published four middle-grade novels, including The Tiny Mansion, The Phantom Tower (a Chicago Tribune Best Children’s Book) and The Matchstick Castle (an Illinois Reads official selection). He is the editor of the anthology A Million Acres: Montana Writers Reflect on Land and Open Space and coeditor (with James Grady) of the crime-fiction anthology Montana Noir (one of Parade‘s “Books We Love”). The former executive editor of Booklist, he lives in Chicago, where he is the cofounder and cohost of the much-loved literary gathering Publishing Cocktails. He provides writing advice and book recommendations in his free monthly newsletter, Graff Paper.

About WDW:
And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!)… Welcome to your literary happy hour, Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find the next AUTHOR you're going to love. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets.


Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at contact@williamrhincy.com. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2.

Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged Lit
Fiction for the modern reader. Life is the accumulation of scars—tell the stories!

Here we go!