Brian O’Hare is the author of the story collection Surrender.

We discuss: How to be rich as a writer, seeing characters in everyday life that end up in our books, and the secret to a long romantic relationship is being stubborn.

I teach a free creative writing workshop at Los Feliz library on August 9th at 6pm. Join us.

Drinks with Tony is on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.