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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