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All the conversational signs that your are getting old. Small talk with strangers, conference call chatter, the "oh, ok" and getting excited about an air fryer. Harlan Coben has written 30+ novels and is the author/producer for The Stranger (on Netflix now). He joins us to talk about how to deal with critics, RL Stine, Dan Brown, what went wrong with Game of Thrones and Lost, and why people look at him like he is a zoo animal.TIMESTAMPS:(:00-4:00) signs of getting old, pot luck, social life circumstances(4:00) small talk, conference call talk(6:00) Oh, ok(7:00) Where did you go to school?(9:00) The gift and the curse, happy hour(12:00) Stealing signs (From bars), dancing at the bar(15:00) Becoming your own villain(16:00) Small talk with strangers, how have you been?(18:00) Adult BINGO(19:00) Kids(22:00) Real Estate(26:00) Kitchen(28:00) Minivans(30:00) Airfryer(32:00) Instagram ads(34:00) Diet, This Book I'm Reading, exercise bike(36:00) Intermittent Fasting/Starvation(38:00) Must Watch, podcasts you listen to(40:00) Reading, going to bed early(44:00) Living vicariously, judging young people(46:00) Get Roman (50:00-55:00) Astros(1:00:00) The Stranger, cameo(1:07:00) Horror genre, torture porn, the end of the show is different than the book(1:08:00) LOST not paying off on it's teasing, knowing the end of the story when you start writing(1:10:00) How to write suspense, adding in a twist to every story, asshole coaches(1:13:30) is Knives Out character based on you?(1:17:00) How to develop stories, asking What If? (1:19:00) why is everything British? 5 year deal with Netflix(1:21:00) Game of Thrones and where it went wrong(1:22:30) responding to critics and plot holes(1:24:00) Shonda Rimes created Grey's Anatomy for Bob Iger(1:25:00) RL Stine, why Girls would only work on HBO(1:28:00) writing blurbs for Dan Brown(1:31:00) what it's like to be a successful writer, only bad writers think they are good, how long does it take to write a book(1:34:00) Save The Cat, any formula to a successful book? Bird By Bird, writers vs bloggers(1:37:00) more gratified: book or Netflix series? first bestseller(1:40:00) working with Michael C Hall(1:42:00) finding balance, working from home, writing in Starbucks!!!