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.
Episodes
153 episodes
Making It Up with Lauren Thomas, author of You Shouldn't Be Here
Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction for teens and adults. Her debut novel, I'll Stop the World, was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling through her eponymous imprint, Mindy's Boo...
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Episode 150
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53:55
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...
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Episode 149
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1:00:10
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Episode 145
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Making It Up with Erica Wright, author of Hollow Bones
Erica Wright is the author of eight novels, including her newest novel Hollow Bones, a contemporary retelling of Shak...
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Episode 144
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50:05
Making It Up with Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado, authors of Fatal Intrusion
Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA. He is the author of more than forty novels, three collections...
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Episode 143
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50:12
Making It Up with Marc Guggenheim, author of In Any Lifetime
Marc Guggenheim is an Emmy-award winning screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist. He is best known as the creator of the television series Eli Stone (2008–2009),
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Episode 142
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56:27
Making It Up with Mary Adkins, author of Palm Beach
Mary Adkins is the author of the novels When You Read This (Indie Next Pick, “Best Book of 2019” by Good Housekeeping and Real Simple), Privilege (To...
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Episode 141
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50:28
Making It Up with Dean Monti, author of The Monosexual
Dean Monti has worked creatively in a variety of mediums including short stories, plays, novels, journalism, and screenwriting. His latest novel, The Monosexual, will be published July 2024. He is also the author of several one-act plays and ha...
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Episode 140
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54:20
Making It Up with Victoria Helen Stone, author of Follow Her Down
Victoria Helen Stone, author of the runaway best seller Jane Doe, writes critically acclaimed novels of dark intrigue and emotional suspense. Aside from Follow Her Down, At The Quiet E...
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Episode 139
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47:28
Making It Up with Aimie Runyan, author of Mademoiselle Eiffel
Aimie Runyan is a multi-published and bestselling author of historical and contemporary fiction. She has been nominated for a Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Writer of the Year Award, a Historical Novel Society’s Editor’s Choice selection, an...
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Episode 138
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50:10
Making It Up with Kimberly Giarratano, author of Devil in Profile
Kimberly Giarratano is an author of mysteries for teens and adults. Her debut novel, Grunge Gods and Graveyards, won the 2015 Silver Falchion Award for Best YA at Killer Nashville. In May 2024 she released the second n...
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Episode 137
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57:45
Making It Up with Matt Scott, author of the Surviving the Lion's Den trilogy
Matt Scott is the author of the Surviving the Lion’s Den thriller trilogy which debuted in 2021. Matt earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Hampden-Sydney College. During his subsequent stu...
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Episode 136
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45:10
Making It Up with Louise Doughty, author of A Bird in Winter
Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels, most recently A Bird in Winter. Her previous books include Platform Seven, filmed for ITVX; Black ...
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Episode 135
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50:17
Making It Up with Tim Booth, author of When I Died for the First Time
This week's Making It Up is extra-special as it features Tim Booth, lead singer and lyricist of James, a British band who has been performing for over 40 years and has sold more than 25 million albums globally (James is also Carter’s absolut...
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Episode 134
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52:49
Making It Up with Christopher Reich, author of Matterhorn
Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Take, Numbered Account, Rules of Deception, Rules of Vengeance<...
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Episode 133
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45:49
Making It Up with Danny Cherry Jr., author of The Pike Boys
Danny Cherry Jr., a Customer Service Representative with an MBA, and he writes political and personal essays; novels; narrative nonfiction; and short stories. He has written for Buzzfeed News, Politico, The Daily Beast, and more; and fiction...
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Episode 132
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44:17
Making It Up with Peter Blauner, author of Picture in the Sand
Peter Blauner is the author of nine novels, including Slow Motion Riot, winner of an Edgar Allan Poe award for best first novel from Mystery Writers of Ame...
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Episode 131
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45:57
Making It Up with Caroline Cleveland, author of When Cicadas Cry
Caroline Cleveland credits growing up in the rural South and its quieter way of life for her lifelong passion for books and storytelling. Her dedication to the written word led her to law school at the University of South Carolina, where she...
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Episode 130
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47:44
Making It Up with Diego Báez, author of Yaguareté White
Diego Báez is a writer and educator. He is the author of Yaguareté White, a finalist for the Georgia Poetry Prize and a semifinalist for the Berkshire Prize for Poetry. A fellow at CantoMundo, the Surge Institute, and ...
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Episode 129
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52:38
Making It Up with Jeff Hoffmann, author of Like It Never Happened
Jeff quit his job at the age of 47 to return to college for his MFA, and his first novel, Other People’s Children, emerged from that decision. His second novel, Like It Never Happened, was just r...
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Episode 128
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49:09
Making It Up with Peg Tyre, author of Strangers in the Night
Peg Tyre is director of strategy at the Edwin Gould Foundation in New York City. In addition to her two creative fiction novels that have recently been republished, Tyre has written about education for The New York Times, Politico, The Atlan...
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Episode 127
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50:46
Making It Up with Araminta Hall, author of One of the Good Guys
Araminta Hall began her career in journalism as a staff writer on teen magazine Bliss, becoming Health and Beauty editor of New Woman. On her way, she wrote regular features for the Mirror's Saturday supplement and ghost wrote the supermodel...
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Episode 126
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