The writing process | Writers Drinking Whiskey with William R. Hincy

The writing process from drafting, routine, and overcoming hurdles. Join an all-star panel of Linda Joffrey Hull, Keir Graff, Dario Ciriello, Sue O'Connor and William R. Hincy as we share some drinks and laughs as we dive deep into this vital topic.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we say “process!”

Bios:
“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 has won three American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his 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.
WDW Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lev5KHRpc5s
Website: https://williamrhincy.com/

Dario Ciriello is a professional author and editor as well as the founder of Panverse Publishing. His fiction includes Sutherland's Rules, a crime caper/thriller with a shimmer of the fantastic; Black Easter, a supernatural suspense novel which pits love against black magic and demonic possession on a remote, idyllic Greek island; and Free Verse and Other Stories, a collection of Dario's short science fiction work. Dario’s 2011 nonfiction book, Aegean Dream, the bittersweet memoir of a year spent on the small Greek island of Skópelos (the real Mamma Mia! island), was an Amazon UK travel bestseller. The Fiction Writing Handbook: The Rebel Author’s Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules (Panverse, 2017) is his second nonfiction work. Dario’s episode of WDW: https://youtu.be/fpDdxz5ChLM
Dario’s blog: dariospeaks.wordpress.com
Dario’s editing service: exactlyediting.com

Sue Alcon O'Connor is a West Denver native who now lives in Littleton Colorado with her husband and her two rather sketchy chihuahuas Kevin and Karen. Sue enjoys reading, cooking, inappropriate jokes, long walks on the beach and murder. “Killing someone in a novel is so fun and satisfying - and you don’t end up in prison.” The Bone Shelter is her first novel. Her second novel, A Justified Murder of Crows will be available mid 2024. If you thought The Bone Shelter was a rollercoaster ride of genre jumping weirdness, you haven’t seen anything yet!
Sue on WDW: https://youtu.be/844NQagEP7w

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.
Keir on WDW: https://youtu.be/bmvZqhxdyfc

Linda writes contemporary and crime fiction under her own name, and since 2016 with author Keir Graff as part of the writing team known as Linda Keir. She also ghostwrites nonfiction and has penned over a dozen memoirs, self-help, and business books. She is a former president, conference chair, and treasurer of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and a national board member of Mystery Writers of America. She is honored to have been named the 2013 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year.
Web: https://lindajoffehull.com/

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:01:33 Panel introductions
00:10:13 The writing process
00:49:14 Writing routine
01:08:27 Where to end your writing day
01:21:02 When is your writing process not working

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