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Hey CNFers, it’s the creative nonfiction podcast, the show I speak to primarily writers about the art and craft of telling true stories. I’m Brendan O’Meara, very tired, very tired, had a big, eventful weekend and my battery has bottomed out. And I’m going to the Redwoods for 3 days so I’m producing this episode on a Monday and what do you know? Who the fuck does this host think he is being a guest on his own fuckin’ podcast? The fuckin’ nerve of this guy. That’s right, for the third live taping of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast at Gratitude Brewing, I was interviewed by the brilliant Daniel Littlewood, who kinda makes me look and sound like a jabroni’s jabroni.
Daniel is Group Creative Director at The Explainer Studio at Vox Media, Inc. He edited the documentary feature film “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll.” Formerly, he was the lead producer for HuffPost’s Live’s multi-million dollar sponsored content division. He has a tremendously easy-going, conversation nature to interviewing with tremendous shot-clock awareness that required next to no editing on my part.
So The Front Runner has, at this point, been out for four months. Daniel and I recorded this on July 27 so the book was only out for two months at that time. This was a painful edit for me because I’m so sick of hearing myself talk and talk and talk. I’m not so sure I took a single breath during this conversation, but Daniel was an incredible partner and if something should happen to me, I want Daniel to take over CNF Pod.
In this episode, I talk about:
- My love of my editor
- Valorization of pain
- Making the case for why I was the person to write this book
- Asserting POV in biography
- World building
- And why it was a good thing I forgot the combination of our gun safe
Ruby McConnell introduces us at Gratitude Brewing. Parting shot on getting ambushed by Linda Prefontaine at my Coos Bay Library Event, but for now here’s … ugh … me … I’m so sorry … riff …
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