In this one, Benjamin Gorman gabs with Michael Roth, the writer of a fabulous illustrated children’s book River’s New Friend which will be hitting store shelves soon. They talk about Vox Machina, the Denver Broncos coaching soap opera, themed literary anthologies, and allowing pets to sleep on the bed.

Find Michael Roth via his website, www.rothwrites.com . If you are a writer, he has resources for writers including a story structure spreadsheet that lays out 15 different popular story structures side by side. While you are there, you can sign up for his author newsletter to receive updates on upcoming books.

You can also follow him on Instagram and TikTok @River_Willow_Storytime where he posts silly videos of his dogs, like them reenacting fight scenes from Star Wars and Princess Bride

Mark your calendars for March 15th when you’ll be able to pre-order Michael’s River’s New Friend and get a copy for kids in need in Pittsburg, Denver, and West Virginia!

We have a couple live shows coming up! Come participate in a live recording of Writers Not Writing at the Portland Fan Expo which is from February 17th to 19th.

Use this link to get your tickets: https://purchase.growtix.com/eh/FAN_EXPO_Portland_2022?aa=u3c8ykR3yw843xkw

And we’ll be at Norwescon in Seattle April 6th to 9th.

https://www.norwescon.org/

Guests are TBA. We’d love to have you in the live audience, and bring some fun questions to ask our panels of procrastinating authors!

Things we discussed today:

Farther Reefs

https://www.amazon.com/Farther-Reefs-Adventure-Relationships-Nautical/dp/1735076880

The World of Juno

https://www.amazon.com/World-Juno-secondary-history-anthology/dp/1735076899

Warlock Holmes by G.S. Dennings

https://www.amazon.com/Warlock-Holmes-Brimstone-G-S-Denning/dp/1783299711

Stories (Within)

https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Within-Anthology/dp/1956892133

And if you want to get any of Benjamin Gorman’s books, he’s got some gently blasphemous religious satire, a scifi retelling of Shakespeare, a YA dystopia about corporations taking over public schools, a paranormal story about mortality and white male fragility, and a couple books of poetry, all of which can be found here: http://www.notapipepublishing.com/ourbooks