What do police stations, firehouses, and zoo have in common? Join bestselling author and Edgar Allen Poe Award-Winner SJ Rozan for a glass of vodka and a wide-ranging chat on your work, her travels, her time as an architect, and her books, The Murder of Mr. Ma and Mayors of New York. Oh, and she reads one of the most fantastic fight scenes you'll ever hear!Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!Links:William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/SJ Rozan's website: http://sjrozan.net/Mayors of New York: https://www.amazon.com/Mayors-New-York-Mystery-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BV1CYL47/The Murder of Mr. Ma: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Mr-Ma-SJ-Rozan/dp/164129549X/Bios: William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.SJ Rozan, a native New Yorker, is the author of eighteen novels and six dozen short stories.  Her work has won the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards for Best Novel and the Edgar for Best Short Story. She’s also the recipient of the Japanese Maltese Falcon Award and recently received the Life Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. BRONX NOIR, a short story anthology SJ edited, was chosen NAIBA “Notable Book of the Year.” She also co-edited, with Jonathan Santlofer, the anthology DARK END OF THE STREET. Spring 2022 will see CRIME HITS HOME, the Mystery Writers of America anthology, edited by SJ,SJ has served on the National Boards of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and is ex-President of the Private Eye Writers of America. She speaks, lectures and teaches, and she runs a summer writing workshop at the Art Workshop International in Assisi, Italy.About WDW:And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!)… Welcome to your literary happy hour, Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find the next AUTHOR you're going to love. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets.Chapters:00:00:00 Start00:00:30 Introducing SJ Rozan00:02:17 Where to get a drink in lower Manhattan00:03:57 Vodka talk00:05:49 Writing as architecture00:19:08 Travel advice00:24:40 Writing Talk: writing like an architect00:33:06 Collaborative writing00:48:29 Biggest risk SJ Rozan has ever taken00:50:10 Worst advice SJ Rozan ever received00:53:49 What drew SJ Rozan to mystery and crime fiction00:56:05 Writing tips_how to wrap up a mystery00:59:03 Rapid fire questions01:07:46 Author reading MAYORS OF NEW YORK01:18:12 Last CallBrought to you by Whiskey-Winged LitFiction for the modern reader. Life is the accumulation of scars—tell the stories! Here we go!#booktube #books

Boyhood, stalled males, and the wonder and beauty of late life. Join award-winning author and whiskey-drinking host William R. Hincy in his poignant, life-affirming chat with Richard Hawley, writer of the ON MY WAY OUT series.Chapters:00:00:00 Start00:00:20 Introducing author Richard Hawley00:02:26 Whiskey Time!00:05:55 Hawley's author journey00:11:21 Boyhood00:14:32 The Three Lives of Jonathan Force00:20:17 How to NOT lose your sense of wonder00:22:32 The Headmaster's Papers00:28:46 How to foster WONDER in our children00:36:23 Stalled Males00:50:43 Mid-life as headmaster of boy's school01:00:12 Fiction Craft: form or story first01:03:53 The Dead Language of Letter Writing01:12:12 Book Three: late Life01:20:41 Shots Rapid-Fire Questions01:22:51 What is a shiv and how do I bate one into a cake?01:26:12 Author Reading ON MY WAY OUT and poetry01:27:16 Overcome with Prayer at Childbirth01:28:41 ON MY WAY OUT Vol 401:33:20 Last Call Life Hack01:34:06 Learn more about author Richard HawleyBios:“Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now hosts the popular podcast Writers Drinking Whiskey and lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.Richard Hawley was born in 1945 in Chicago. He attended suburban public schools in Arlington Heights, Illinois, before attending Middlebury College, where he completed his B.A. in political science. He went on to graduate studies at Case Western Reserve University, where he earned an M.S. in Management Science and a Ph.D. in political philosophy. He also studied theology for a year at St. John’s College, Cambridge University, as an M.A. research student under the tutelage of the theologian W. Norman Pittenger.In the fall of 1968 he began teaching at Cleveland’s University School, an independent college preparatory school for boys. He would go on to teach history, economics, philosophy and English literature, while also serving the school as history department chairman, dean of students, director of the Upper School, and, from 1988 until his retirement in 2005, Headmaster. In 1995 he was named the founding president of the International Boys Schools Coalition.A writer of fiction, poetry, and literary non-fiction, he has published more than twenty books and several monographs. His essays, articles and poems have appeared in dozens of literary, scholarly, and commercial journals, including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, American Film, Commonweal, America, Orion, and The Christian Science Monitor and is represented in many literary anthologies For ten years he taught fiction and non-fiction writing at The Breadloaf Writers Conference in Vermont, and he continues to teach developing writers in a variety of settings. Recent work, including work in progress, draws increasingly from depth psychology and classical philosophy to illuminate contemporary problems.

Talking poetry, life, and "doin' stupid stuff" with award-winning poet Ray McManus. For video, check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3AUnnPyBhSgLinks:William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/Ray's website: https://www.raymcmanuspoetry.com/Bios:“Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.Ray McManus’s poems and prose have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. His poems can be quirky, sometimes funny, sometimes quite dark, often both at the same time.  His first book, ­­Driving Through the Country Before You Are Born, was selected by Southern poet Kate Daniels and published by USC Press in 2007. Since then he has gone on to publish three more books: Left Behind (published by Stepping Stones Press in 2008), Red Dirt Jesus (selected by Alicia Ostriker for the Marick Press Poetry Prize and published by Marick Press in 2011), and Punch. (published by Hub City Press in 2014, and winner of the 2015 Independent Publishers Book Award). McManus has recently co-edited an anthology with USC Press called Found Anew.Although McManus’s books seem placed in the semi-rural and sometimes repressive Southern culture of the Carolinas, where the laughter or worse silence of others “is the threat that keeps us moving forward,” there are also repeated themes about the haunting presence of Ireland -- or more precisely, that unreal Ireland of the imagination that exists in family story and immigrant memory. McManus’s work explores themes that wrestle with loss, faith, denial, and rebellion, the narrative of hope and the heroics of failure. His latest book, Punch., is very much a book about the working class, the grit and grime that hammers at the once romantic ideal of America, and perhaps out of all of McManus’s work, it is the most autobiographical.Ray McManus earned his MFA in poetry and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of South Carolina. An Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina in Sumter, McManus teaches creative writing, Irish literature, and Southern Literature, and has won many awards for teaching and scholarship on southern and Irish culture.  He is the director of the Center for Oral Narrative housed in the Division of Arts and Letters, Writer in Residence at the Columbia Museum of Art, and the Chair for the South Carolina Academy of Authors.  McManus is the founder of Split P Soup, a creative writing outreach program that places writers in schools and communities in South Carolina, and former director of the creative writing program at the Tri-District Arts Consortium. His current outreach project is Re:Verse, a teaching initiative that works with teachers and administrators on developing effective strategies for bringing creative writing back to standard education. Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at [email protected]. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2. 

Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Stephen Hunter discusses his latest book, FRONT SIGHT: THREE SWAGGER NOVELAS. We also discuss how film has changed through the years, what it was like to have on of his books adapted into the movie SHOOTER with Mark Wahlberg (as well as a TV series), and his time in the military. And we're calling this special episode: Writers on Zoom Drinking Coffee. For the video version, head over to YouTube: https://youtu.be/_Q3gz1BE4ycLinks: Front Sight ordering link: https://bookshop.org/p/books/front-sight-three-swagger-novels-stephen-hunter/20165460?ean=9781668030363WRH's website: https://williamrhincy.com/WRH's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZBios:Stephen Hunter: Stephen Hunter has written over twenty novels. The retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, he has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work, American Gunfight. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.Chapters:00:00:00 Start00:00:31 Introductions00:02:48 Baltimore thrilling00:07:14 Film criticism with Pulitzer Prize winner00:09:11 How has cinema changed over the years00:16:35 Film criticism changes over the years00:24:20 Changed-mind reviews00:28:53 Differences between film and literature00:37:19 What is it like to have your novel adapted to film00:42:03 Differences between the movie Shooter and the book00:48:08 JFK Inspiration 00:54:49 How Hunt's time in the military informed his writing01:01:02 On guns01:06:36 Shots - rapid fire questions01:15:59 FRONT SIGHT discussion01:34:37 Last Call - avoid the bitter

Stopping by the whiskey bar is the only author with the distinction of being compared to Bob Dylan and George Orwell, with his latest book being likened to To Kill a Mockingbird, award-winner James Grady. Best known for his novel SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR, which was famously adapted to film as THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR starring Robert Redford and directed by Sydney Pollack, James shares stories of his time helping to craft the Montana State Constitution, muckraking with investigative journalist Jack Anderson, and reads from his poignant new novel, THE SMOKE IN OUR EYES. For video, join us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4CaSuUwnlrsToday’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!Links:For an ads-free version and loads of other free content, check out my website: https://williamrhincy.com/ For more about James Grady: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Grady_(author)Unfamiliar with the show? Welcome to your literary happy hour! Writers Drinking Whiskey is the show where we share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find the next AUTHOR you're going to love! Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets. Bios:James Grady: James Grady is a longtime author of thrillers, police procedural and espionage novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974. During college, he worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana as a staff member.From 1974 - 1978 he was an investigative journalist for the famous muckraker Jack Anderson. Best known as the author of Six Days of the Condor , which was adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford in 1975.James Grady has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels in the thirty-eight years since Six Days of the Condor was published.In the past James Grady has written under the pseudonyms of James Dalton and Brit Shelby.William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at [email protected]. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2. Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged LitFiction for the modern reader. Life is the accumulation of scars—tell the stories! Here we go!

Welcome to the Writers Drinking whiskey! In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares a drink with writer and astrophysicist Ioanna Arka, author of A Natural, Switch, and Until We Meet in Denver (among others). Find out the correct pronunciation of Ioanna, hear about Bavaria and what you should do on a visit, learn about Ioanna’s struggles with ADHD, and listen to the author read from A Natural and Until We Meet in Denver. Today’s drinking game: take a sip every time WRH mispronouncing something… there are probably more than what is counted. New episodes will drop the second Monday of every month, with bonus episodes the third Monday (whenever possible). For an ads-free version and loads of other free content, check out my website at https://williamrhincy.com/ Links:Ioanna site: https://ioannaarka.com/ William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ Recipes:Slyr Whiskey, shot glassOuzo Number 12 with a dash of waterBios (short)Ioanna: TBDBill: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Hincy has won the American Fiction Award and been named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award and two International Book Awards. Without Expiration, his personal anthology of short fiction, was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and spiced rum.Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at [email protected]. We’re currently booking for season 2. Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged Lit.Here we go!#booktube #books #whiskey

Welcome to the sixth episode of Writers Drinking whiskey, your literary happy hour and the show where you find more than your next read: you find your next author… along with cocktail recipes, travel advice, life hacks, and a healthy dose of comradery. In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares a drink with award-winning author Janice Hardy. In part 1, we get to know Janice, the person; in part 2, Janice reads from Blood Ties (written under J.T. Hardy) and we get to know the writer. For the video version of this show, go to YouTube: https://youtu.be/JehU-2IDx_sLinks:Janice Hardy’s author site: http://www.janicehardy.com/ Janice’s Fiction University: http://fiction-university.com/ William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZMentions [no affiliate links]:Place to drink in the Orlando area (DE LA VEGA): https://delavegart.com/ The Sexton Irish Whisky: https://www.thesexton.com/ Recipes:• Janice: two fingers of Evan Williams honey bourbon, ice and water• The Sexton Irish whisky on the rockBios:Janice: Janice Hardy is the award-winning author of the teen fantasy trilogy The Healing Wars, including The Shifter, Blue Fire, and Darkfall from Balzer+Bray/Harper Collins. She also writes the Grace Harper series for adults (Starting with Blood Ties) under the name, J.T. Hardy. When she's not writing fiction, she runs the popular writing site Fiction University, and has written multiple books on writing, including Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting It), Plotting Your Novel: Ideas and Structure, and the Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft series.WRH: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Hincy has won the American Fiction Award and been named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award and two International Book Awards. Without Expiration, his personal anthology of short fiction, was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and spiced rum.Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at [email protected]. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2. Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged LitFiction for the modern reader. Life is the accumulation of scars—tell the stories! Here we go!

Happy Halloween! On this episode, we discuss author Michael A. Kozlowski’s new book, AMERICAN GHOST STORIES, and he reads the "Minnie Quay" story based on his mother’s encounter with the haunt. We also discuss who would win between Freddie and Jason (“hit” movie not withstanding), if WRH’s doll is haunted, and Michael’s horror novels. And the “Magical Mistress of Mixology, the Patron Saint of Shots,” Christen Ballew stops by to share her recipe for the Michigan Manhattan. Our moms agree: “You won’t want to miss this!” For the video version, check-out YouTube: https://youtu.be/C1QrM09AQlsLinks:For an ads-free version and loads of other free content, check out my website at https://williamrhincy.com/ For more about Michael A. Kozlowski, visit his website at https://mikekozlowski.com/ And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!): Welcome to your literary happy hour Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets. Bios:“Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now hosts the popular podcast Writers Drinking Whiskey and lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.Michael A. Kozlowski has authored a book of "true" Ghost Stories, two books (thus far) in the John Angel, post-zombie apocalypse series, a collection of many of his horror short stories called "Some Days Suck, Some Days Suck Worse" (not many happy endings in this one), and a memoir of his family's experience moving to, and living in, Australia. Mike lives in Detroit, MI, with his girlfriend and a whole mess of critters. 

Join us as we explore the "internal landscapes" of author John Lane's life and writing. For any lovers of "nature writing" or "eco-writing" as it's often called today, you won't want to miss this illuminating conversation. And we get THREE readings from John's work, including an excerpt from his book on hawks that spurred the title of this episode: "A Woodstock of Frog Love."For the video version, go to YouTube: https://youtu.be/wYYsQjOpQIsLinks:For an ads-free version and loads of other free content, check out my website: https://williamrhincy.com/ For more about John Lane and his books: https://ugapress.org/author/john-lane/And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!): Welcome to your literary happy hour Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find your next AUTHOR. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets. Bios:“Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now hosts the popular podcast Writers Drinking Whiskey and lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.JOHN LANE is professor emeritus of environmental studies at Wofford College. A 2014 inductee into the South Carolina Academy of Authors, his books include Circling Home, My Paddle to the Sea, and Coyote Settles the South (all Georgia). He is also coeditor of The Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the South (also Georgia), and he has published numerous volumes of poetry, essays, and novels. Coming into Animal Presence is his most recent work. He lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at [email protected]. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2. Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged LitFiction for the modern reader. Life is the accumulation of scars—tell the stories! Here we go!

Welcome to Writers Drinking whiskey, the show where authors air their grievances, indulge in guilty pleasures, and disprove the notion that writers are problem drinking by…well…drinking. In this episode, host William R. Hincy shares a drink with writer and editor extraordinaire Dario Ciriello, author of Aegean Dream, Sutherland’s Rules, and Black Easter (among others). Hear about his attempt to start a new life on a tiny Greek island and listen to the author read from his insightful, thrilling thriller Sutherland’s Rules. For the video, check out the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CbhzMv3TJMgLinks:Dario’s site: https://www.exactlyediting.com/Dario's books: https://www.amazon.com/Dario-Ciriello/e/B002UF67GY Dario’s contact: [email protected] William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZRecipes:Glen Grant (12 Yr) on the rocksOuzo Number 12 with a dash of waterBios (short)Dario: Dario Ciriello is a professional author and editor as well as the founder of Panverse Publishing. His fiction includes Sutherland's Rules, a crime caper/thriller with a shimmer of the fantastic; Black Easter, a supernatural suspense novel which pits love against black magic and demonic possession on a remote, idyllic Greek island; and Free Verse and Other Stories, a collection of Dario's short science fiction work.Dario’s 2011 nonfiction book, Aegean Dream, the bittersweet memoir of a year spent on the small Greek island of Skópelos (the real Mamma Mia! island), was an Amazon UK travel bestseller. The Fiction Writing Handbook: The Rebel Author’s Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules (Panverse, 2017) is his second nonfiction work.In addition to writing, Dario, who lives in the Great Lakes Area, offers professional editing, copyediting, proofreading, and coaching services to indie authors.Bill: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Hincy has won the American Fiction Award and been named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award and two International Book Awards. Without Expiration, his personal anthology of short fiction, was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and spiced rum.Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at [email protected]. We’re currently booking for season 2. Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged Lit.Here we go!#booktube #books #whiskey