Author Lectures

Howdy! In between rounds of drafting, writing, revisions, I like to learn how better to write. I've compiled a list of mostly free resources which I share here. As below, those I've utilized are marked with an asterisk. Lately, I've been leaning away from strictly how-to lessons, and listening more to author lectures that cover a wider scope. Most of these authors were pulled straight from my Goodreads "Read" list.

Free Online Author Lectures/Interviews:

• *Alan Moore: (Keynote) Trans- States conference 2016

• *Aldous Huxley: interviewed by Mike Wallace, 1958

• *Alice Hoffman: Between The Covers

• *Andy Weir: a Talk at Google

• *Christopher Paolini: Worldbuilding, Fantasy/Sci-fi, How to plot, and Themes

• *Cormac McCarthy: in conversation with David Krakauer

• *David Mitchell: Melbourne Writers' Festival at the Athenaeum Theatre

• *Eoin Colfer: on Highfire: A Novel

• *Haruki Murakami interview: BBC 45' Radio Doc Reveals Writing Methods

• *Holly Black: 2013 National Book Festival

• *Isabel Allende: at the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing

• *Isabel Allende: On Living a Literary Life

• *Jonathan Safran Foer: on Ethics and Realities of Eating Things with Faces

• *JRR Tolkien: Interview compilation

• *Kazuo Ishiguro: Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Speech

• *Kurt Vonnegut: 2004 Lecture at Case Western Reserve University

• *Libba Bray: 2015 National Book Festival

• *Mark Haddon: Empathy, connection and the power of listening

• *Margaret Atwood: Understanding Debt Through Literature

• *Matt Haig: on living with depression, social media addiction & changing the nervous planet

• *Max Brooks: Speaking about WWZ to the USA Armed Forces

• *Maya Angelou: One on One Interview, 1983

• *Melissa Broder: Speaking on The Pisces

• *Natalie Goldberg: on Haiku, Writing, and Awareness

• *Nick Harkaway: on Turning Ideas into Stories

• *Orson Scott Card: Being Interviewed at The Red Booth

• *Ottessa Moshfegh: Speaking at Kelly Writers House

• *Patrick Ness: 2013 National Book Festival

• *Philip K. Dick: Speaking at Metz, in France, 1977

• *Philip Pullman: Open University 40th Anniversary Lecture

• *Ray Bradbury: at The Sixth Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea

• *Robin Sloan: on Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

• *Sayaka Murata: International Women’s Day, Speaking on “Gender, Sexuality & Identity”

• *Stephen King: His Books, and Their Origins at Lisner Audiotorium

• *Terry Pratchett: 'Imagination, not intelligence, made us human'

• *Toni Morrison: on Language, Evil and 'the White Gaze'

• *Tyler Wittkofsky: Finding Hope in Storytelling

• William Gibson: Technology, Science Fiction & the Apocalypse

• *Zadie Smith: How I Became a Best Selling Novelist

• *Zadie Smith: On Being an Artist And a Citizen

I'll keep adding to this list as I locate more. Hopefully you found this helpful. Thanks for stopping by! Toodles!