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On today’s episode we’re joined by Tom Straw, best selling author of The Accidental Joe. Together, we talk about fountain pens, writing and narrating The Accidental
Noir-Vember is here and I’ve got the list of the top five you should be reading (but probably haven’t heard of) (friends would be proud
Suit Up! We are joined again by Raymond Benson to talk about his epic saga, The Black Stiletto. A five book series which manages to be
Recently, I had an amazing opportunity to join Terrence McCauley on his show, Spies, Lies and Private Eyes. We chatted about One Man’s Treasure, and
Today we’re joined by Terrence McCauley, award winning author of multiple generes. We’ll be discussing his latest novella, Chicago ’63, the upcoming JFK Dallas trilogy, westerns,
Suit Up! With Starlite Pulp and their merry band of rogues. We’ll talk today with Brian Townsley, Alex Slusar, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, and Manny Torres
Suit Up! For Treasure hunting! National Treasure is twenty years old, does it hold up? Joined by Scott Hebert, we review and discuss the good,
Suit Up! With Gregg Podolski, author of The Recruiter. We’ll talk about his debut novel, the influence of Indiana Jones, his love for physical media,
Join today’s episode, author David Darling uncovers the mysteries of his latest book, The Egyptian Enigma. We’ll discuss how he started writing, the name change of
On today’s episode we are joined by the hosts of the Men’s Adventure Fiction Podcast, Luke Goozdich and Nathaneal Hummel to discuss one of the
Suit Up! Join the show as we talk with James R. Benn about his Billy Boyle series, crafting memorable titles, writing historical fiction, Ian Fleming
Suit Up! Revisit the 80’s with Roland Hulme as we discuss the romance tropes in Romancing the Stone, the good, the mediocre and the early
Today we’re joined by Jeff Circle from the Writer’s Dossier. We’ll talk about how he started the Dossier, writers who everyone should be reading, Bogart
Suit Up! With Sean Jacques and Doe Run. Today, we’ll be talking about books everyone should read, Sean’s journey from screen writing to novels, his
With Eric P. Bishop and Breach of Trust! We’ll talk about the release of Breach of Trust, publishing the second edition of The Body Man, building writing
Suit Up! With Oswald Black and Wedding Bandits. On today’s episode we’ll talke about how Oswald wrote his debut novel, what his marketing for the
Suit Up! With Matt Sherman, he’s a James Bond expert who facilitates and organizes Bond events around the globe. We’ll discuss his books on Bond,
Suit Up! With Voodoo 5 and Skip Heller. Returning to the Podcast, we talk the history and creation of exotica music and how it was
Suit Up! With Ice Station Zebra and author Steven Hartov. We discuss the carrer of Alistair MacLean, writing ensambles, life experience in story, and the
Suit Up! With The Goonies, we revisit this nostalgic childhood film with Matt Pagorgis and John Borges from American Pulps! Does it hold up? We
Suit Up! With Brian Nelson, author the Course of Empire Trilogy. We’ll be discussing the final installment, The Great Unmaking along with Connan the Barbarian, world
Suit Up! With Matt Bauer, director of the award winning documentary The Other Fellow. The film tells the story of real life men named James Bond
Suit Up! With Gary Phillips, author of The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp Collection, One-Shot Harry, Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem among many others,
Suit Up with Phillip Thompson, best selling of author of the Colt Harper series. We talk about the latest instalment, Not Dead Enough, along with his
On the show we’re joined by Jim Beard, a prolific writer who brings pulp style to new stories. He’s the mind behind Sgt. Janus, the
Charles Ardai, Edgar Award winning author and editor of Hard Case Crime, returns to the show! We talk about the upcoming titles for the 20th
The final episode of 2023, join the boys in their conversation about the best books of 2023 from their annual reading. Check out Scott’s website
We ran the numbers, here’s the Top Ten Podcast episodes of 2023 #10 #9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Suit Up! With John C. Bruening author of The Midnight Guardian series and co-editor of Flinch! Books. Today we’ll be talking about golden age heroes, indi publishing, writing
Suit Up! With Eric P. Bishop, author of Ransomed Daughter and The Body Man. Today we’re talking about starting his own publishing business, book marketing, novellas and much
Suit Up! With Steven Hartov, author and adventurer. We’ll be talking about the craft of historical fiction, Hemingway, his latest book, The Last of the
Join the boys as they discuss The Mummy (1999). Is it the best of the post-Indiana Jones adventure films? Topics include: Daring adventurers, sexy librarians,
Suit Up! With Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood. We talk Tarantino’s love letter for old Hollywood with Brian Townsley from Starlite Pulp. Our conversation ranges
Suit Up! With Jerome Preisler, author of Net Force: Moving Target among many others. Today we talk about writing tie in novels, narrative non-fiction, rebooting Tom
Suit Up! With Tony O’Neill, author of Down and Out on Murder Mile, Digging the Vein, Sick City and Black Neon. We talk about his background in music, how
Suit Up! With High Time to Kill, the third Raymond Benson written James Bond continuation novel. We are joined to discuss the start of the
Suit Up! with Raymond Benson, author of Zero Minus Ten, the Black Stiletto, the Mad Mad Murders of Marigold Way and more. Today we’ll be
Today we’re joined by Joshua Mohr. He’s an author, teacher, father and storyteller. We’ll be talking about his latest book Farsickness, it’s development, art and writing,
Suit Up! With Bob Deis and Bill Cunningham, today we talk about men’s adventure magazines, the art of Ron Lesser and the genres of men’s
We’ve reached the end of the road to Indy 5, today we are joined by Scott Hebert to talk about the Dial of Destiny. Follow
Suit Up! With Matt Scott, author of the Surviving the Lion’s Den series. We’ll be talking about how he became an author, the role of
Suit Up! With Frank Bill on today’s episode of the Podcast. He’s a New York Times best selling author, his most recent book “Back to
Suit Up! With Matt Bird on today’s episode of the show! He’s the author of The Secrets of Story and The Secrets of Character, two
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Brian Townsley from Starlite Pulp joins the show to talk about his book, Trunk Full of Zeroes, the origins of Starlite Pulp and their Review
Suit Up! With Temple of Doom, the best prequel ever made. Joining the show is Roland Hulme to share his thoughts and memories of Temple
Join our conversation with author Nolan Knight. We’ll be talking noir, short stories and his latest book, Gallows Dome. Follow Nolan! https://www.instagram.com/nolan_knight_/
We’re covering the big one today, Scott Hebert joins the show to talk Raiders of the Lost Ark, the iconic start to the Indiana Jones
Today we’re joined by Bob Deis and Wyatt Doyle, the co-editors of the Men’s Adventure Library series. We’ll be talking about he rise and fall
Emmet Van Driesche joins the show again to talk about The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), another of the influences of Indiana Jones and
Today we’re joined on the show by JR. Sanders, author of the Nate Ross novels and the non-fiction book Some Gave All: Forgotten Old West Lawmen
Continuing the Road to Indy 5, we’re talking Gunga Din (1939). Joining us is Mike Monson, editor of Grizzly Pulp. It’s a great episode, talking
Today we are joined by Skip Heller, musician, band leader and singer songwriter. We’ll be talking about his love of books, the noir genre, and
Matt Pagourgis and John Borges from American Pulps are back to talk The Naked Jungle (1954) and how it inspired elements of Indiana Jones. Follow
Scott Hebert joins us again to talk about a modern masterpiece: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish we discuss storytelling, art, dialogue, and all the
On the road to Indy 5, we’re watching Zorro Rides Again (1937) and joined by Blake Powers from Bond Life Chicago to breakdown this serial
Today we’re joined by Scott Von Doviak, author of The Charlesgate Confidential, Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema and the upcoming Lowdown Road. We’ll
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Joining us to celebrate this holiday is Drew Hannush from the Whiskey Lore Podcast to discuss The Quiet Man (1952). We’ve
Today we’re joined on the show by Emmet Van Driesche as we continue down the road to Indy 5 with MacKenna’s Gold. Will film surprise
We’re joined on the show by Terry Mancour, author and Archmage to the Spellmonger world. On today’s episode we talk about writing, building a science
Secret of the Incas (1954) inspired much of the character and appearance of Indiana Jones and we’re joined to talk about it by Matt Pagourgis
On the road to Indiana Jones 5, we’re covering the influences to the Indiana Jones franchise. To start this series, we’re going for the big
Today we’re joined on the show by Scott Hebert to talk about his trip to Thailand. We also discuss his future creative endeavors, new plans,
Welcome to the 2022 edition of the best books! We are joined again by Scott Hebert to discuss our top six best books from 2022.
Scott Hebert returns to the Podcast to discuss The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life by Todd Herman. We
We are joined on the Podcast today by Blake Powers from Bond Life Chicago. A fellow midwesterner, Blake offers his thoughts on the Anthony Horowitz
He’s coming back on the show to breakdown and discuss The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Together we analyze the themes, characters, and writing
It was a delight to be a guest on Fully Booked The Hidden Gems Author Podcast. On the show I talked about my writing perspective,
Today on the Podcast we are joined by Roland Hulme, a digital Don Draper with a Hemingway Complex. A best selling author of romance adventure
Why is whiskey spelled with and without an “e”? Drew Hannush, our guest today, tells us this and more as we discuss the myths, history
It was a delight to sit down with romance author Roland Hulme and discuss Indiana Jones, Story Structure and of course, Reason and Romance. It
Today on the show, I was joined by Matt Pagourgis and John Borges from American Pulps. It was an amazing conversation about their debut novel
Join the conversation about all things pulp with Mike Monson from Grizzly Press. On this episode we talk about the origins of pulp fiction, how
Have you ever wanted to be a spy? When we watch James Bond films, it’s easy to want the Double-O lifestyle (minus the torture), but
Tuesday we had our book launch party for Reason and Romance! At the party we had a Q&A Session moderated by a friend of mine
My life was changed by writing a book, that’s the kind of challenge I look for.
Joined on the show again by Scott Hebert to breakdown the results of our London Challenge for writing, and talk about his current challenge to
The first interview on Suit Up Philosophy was a year ago! Hard to imagine. That guest will always be special. Charles Ardai, editor and co-founder
Here’s an exclusive behind the scenes look at what it took to write Reason and Romance. Learn what surprised me in the writing, insights into
Standing at the desk, Beth Simpson was filling out a sudoku puzzle. Somehow, she’d managed to get herself snowed in with the less than dozen
To celebrate the upcoming release of Reason and Romance, we’re giving away a curated gift box. Along with a signed copy of the book, the
Exciting news! Reason and Romance is now available for pre-order on Amazon and other major retailers. It’s incredible to think we’re less than a month
This is the first in a series of installments in a mystery series I’m writing. Please sit back and enjoy The Cancelled Conference. Weather was
“I believe that inspiration will always try its best to work with you—but if you are not ready or available, it may indeed choose to
“We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the
I’m excited to announce we’ve got a release date for my debut novel, Reason and Romance. It will be released on Amazon on Tuesday, May
“This is what happens when we practice in public: we not only hone our abilities but attract an audience interested in what we’re sharing.” Jeff
I’m super excited to share the cover of my debut novel, Reason and Romance! Description A serious author, George Austen believes romance is a worthless
The premise is your story stated in one sentence. It is the simplest combination of character and plot and typically consists of some event that starts
“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other
Since my 25th birthday, I was elected to the Board of Directors of an international training organization, I wrote a novel, I bought a home
“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use