On the fifteenth episode of The Deep List we interview Derek Prall about his forthcoming novel ON ALASKAN FIGHTING BULLS, which will be out on 20th of October via Madville Publishing.

Amrita’s Notes: Derek talks about covering themes of drug abuse, alcoholism and friendship between two friends, against the setting of a brutal fish processing plant in raw and beautiful Alaska. We chat about writing protagonists that readers may see themselves in, his publishing journey, the unique title of the book, and how his experience as a journalist has had an effect on writing fiction.

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On the fourteenth episode of The Deep List we interview Liz Kay about her forthcoming novel FALLOUT, which will be out on 13 October via Red Hen Press.

Amrita’s Notes: Liz talks about her background and education in poetry, her debut with a Big 5 imprint that was her first foray into writing fiction, and addressing difficult topics and toxic relationships, about drawing from her background as an army brat to write Fallout, struggling with multi POV narration, and her publishing journey.

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On the thirteenth episode of The Deep List we interview Swetha Amit about her writing career covering short stories, story collections, a memoir and now a chapbook.

COTTON CANDY FROM THE SKY & OTHER STORIES via Bottlecap Press, SAILING PAPER BOATS & OTHER STORIES and MANGO PICKLE IN SUMMER & OTHER STORIES by Alien Buddha.

Amrita’s Notes: Swetha talks about starting to write fiction after her long career in non-fiction and journalism. She talks of writing on South Asian themes, universal emotions, on food being a prominent motif and her advice on writing powerful stories with conviction and passion is just pure gold.

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On the twelfth episode of The Deep List we interview Ernie Wang about his debut novel, MANUAL FOR HOW TO LIVE MAGNIFICENTLY, which is now out via Acre Books.

Amrita’s Notes: Ernie talks about writing stories of people who have the strength to stand even after like has knocked them down many times. We talk about what connects each story in this collection, his approach to novel writing vs short story writing, why university presses should be talked about, and his publishing journey after a slew of rejections.

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On the eleventh episode of The Deep List we interview Jihoon Park about his debut novel, STICKMAN, which is currently on pre-order via 7.13 Books.

Amrita’s Notes: Jihoon talks about his MFA experience and wanting to write about a mass shooting incident that deeply affected the American South Korean community when he was growing up, that led to him writing his debut novel. He talks of designing complex characters and being inspired by elements of magical realism by Karen Russell, George Saunders and Haruki Murakami.

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On the tenth episode of The Deep List we interview Arwyn Sherman about her debut novel, WE, THE MISSING, which is currently on pre-order via Sobelo Books.

Amrita’s Notes: Arwyn talks about starting with reading and writing horror at an young age, her experience with editing anthologies and running a literary journal, her stance on AI in creative spaces, and her unconventional journey with changing indie publishers at the last minute after finding an agent.

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On our ninth episode of The Deep List we interview Steven T. Gibbon about his debut novel, LIPSNITCH SNILLY, which was released on September 01, this year by Dark Matter INK.

Amrita’s Notes: Steven talks about his traditional literary education and combining that with game design in his writing practice, designing absurdist characters in this dark urban fantasy, and his publishing journey with a small press.

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On our eighth episode of The Deep List we interview Hope Engel about her debut novel, AT YOUR PACE, which was released in May this year.

Amrita’s Notes: Hope talks about writing a romance novel just from the single POV of the male protagonist, navigating relationships that root out of religious trauma, keeping the narrative grounded in realism, writing with mental health representation in mind, her writing and drafting practices, and going from querying to self publishing.

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