Books, Glorious Books feat. Charlie Lovett, author of Escaping Dreamland

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Welcome to The Art In Fiction Podcast!
Meet Charlie Lovett, bestselling author of 5 novels listed on Art In Fiction, including his most recent, Escaping Dreamland.
Highlights:

• What is a bibliophile and why do they interest Charlie so much?
• Genesis of Escaping Dreamland - what's with those children's series novels?
• Who really wrote the children's series so many readers grew up with (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, et al)?
• Elements in Escaping Dreamland - New York, secrets, children's books, writers, and more
• Every good story starts with a question: what question launched Escaping Dreamland?
• Reading from Escaping Dreamland: Alice Gold: Girl Inventor
• Genesis of The Lost Book of the Grail - books, cathedrals, digital vs. analog, and history
• The intriguing character of Arthur Prescott and his dislike of academic committee meetings (among other things)
• Use of the physical structure of the cathedral to hang the novel's plot on
• Why Jane Austen in First Impressions?
• Writing the avuncular relationship between a man and a woman
• A favorite Jane Austen novel?
• The process of structuring a novel
• Inside the Writer's Studio - Charlie's podcast
• What's next for Charlie Lovett?

Press Play now & be sure to check out Charlie Lovett's novels Escaping Dreamland, The Lost Book of the Grail, First Impressions, The Bookman's Tale, and The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge, in the Literature category on Art In Fiction.
Charlie Lovett's website
Inside the Writer's Studio Podcast
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Chapter

1. Books, Glorious Books feat. Charlie Lovett, author of Escaping Dreamland (00:00:00)

2. Charlie's latest novel, Escaping Dreamland (00:05:38)

3. Children's series and their authors (00:08:18)

4. Every good story begins with a question... (00:10:50)

5. A reading from Escaping Dreamland (00:12:58)

6. The Lost Book of the Grail (00:17:58)

7. The character of Arthur Prescott (00:21:32)

8. The digital world vs. the print world (00:23:15)

9. The structure of the cathedral in The Lost Book of the Grail (00:25:37)

10. First Impressions and Jane Austen (00:27:03)

11. Charlie's favorite Jane Austen novel (00:32:51)

12. Charlie's writing process (00:34:10)

13. Charlie's podcast: Inside the Writer's Studio (00:41:08)

14. What's next for Charlie Lovett (00:43:42)