Carter Wilson's Making It Up
In this conversation series, USA Today bestselling novelist Carter Wilson talks to writers of all backgrounds in order to find out why they do what they do. He and his guests discuss childhood influences, roots of creativity, luck and loss, tools of the craft, and the highs and lows of publishing. At the end of their conversation, they pick a random sentence from a random book and use it to create an impromptu short story. Visit Carter at www.carterwilson.com.
Podcasting since 2021 • 152 episodes
Carter Wilson's Making It Up
Latest Episodes
Making It Up with Elka Ray, author of A Friend Indeed
Elka Ray is a Canadian/UK author, and a former journalist and travel writer, who writes fiction for adults and children. She is the author of the romantic mysteries Divorce is Murder, Killer Coin...
September 12, 2024
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Episode 149
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Making It Up with John DeDakis, author of Enemies Domestic
Award-winning novelist, writing coach, and manuscript editor John DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis is the author of six mystery-suspense-thriller novels. John is a former White House corresp...
September 06, 2024
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Episode 148
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53:20
Making It Up with Lori Roy, author of Lake County
Lori Roy is an award-winning novelist. Her debut novel, Bent Road, was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Until She Comes Home was a New York Times Edit...
August 30, 2024
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Episode 147
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52:06
Making It Up with Mary Bly (Eloisa James), author of Viscount in Love
Mary Bly, writing under the pen name Eloisa James, is a tenured Shakespeare professor at Fordham University who also writes best-selling Regency and Georgian romance novels. Her novels are published in 30 countries and have sold approximatel...
August 22, 2024
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Episode 146
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48:31
Making It Up with Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh, authors of Echo Road
Kendra Elliot has landed on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list multiple times and is the award-winning author of the Bone Secrets and Callahan & McLane series, the Mercy Kilpatrick novels, and the Columbia River novels. She's a thre...
August 16, 2024
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Episode 145
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39:24