In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Paul Lamb discusses his new book, One-Match Fire. Paul describes this novel as a love story—involving the love between grandfather, father and son, as well as the love they all share for a little cabin in the Ozarks. The cabin is a place where the characters can leave their lives behind and just be themselves. That setting was inspired by Paul’s own cabin in the Ozarks, and he admits that the cabin in his novel became a character itself with its own emotional journey. Paul also explains that he never intended to write this novel. In fact, it was never meant to be more than a short story. But when that short story got published, Paul decided to write another one…and then another and another. He wrote ten short stories in all, and by that time he decided there was probably enough to sit down and finally draft a novel. In this episode, I’ll chat with Paul about his writing journey, his plans to write more books featuring the characters from One-Match Fire, and why he believes “everybody is a story.”

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, best-selling author Matthew Farrell discusses his latest book, The Woman at Number 6, a gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist. Matthew loves to write characters that a lot of readers can relate to -- typical families, suburban neighborhoods, and so on. But what he really loves is to interject turmoil into that world, to place his normal characters into abnormal situations where something important is at stake. Matthew believes this might be the key to his success with writing such great tension into his stories. The Woman at Number 6, like all of Matthew’s books, is a fast-paced, tension-filled ride. He admits that it is hard work to keep up the pace of the stories as he writes them. The end result? Well, the response he receives from readers is that they can’t put them down. In this episode, I’ll chat with Matthew about his writing journey, how long it took him to finally break into the traditional publishing world, and what he means when he says he writes about “real fear.”
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Derek Baxter discusses his book, In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father. Derek’s book is about a little-known travel guide written by Thomas Jefferson in 1788 titled, “Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe.” Jefferson wrote the book for the sons of two wealthy friends who were setting out on a tour of the European continent. Derek came across this mysterious travel guide online and was surprised to find out that it wasn’t talked about much by historians. It also stirred up fond memories for Derek of his own days backpacking through France at age twenty. So, armed with the guide, Derek and his family set out to recreate Jefferson’s travels and to follow his “Hints for Americans.” Derek took nine trips to Europe, following Jefferson’s guided tour, and his book, In Pursuit of Jefferson, tells the tale. In this episode, I’ll chat with Derek about his writing journey, why Jefferson is such a perplexing figure in American history, and the most interesting parts of Jefferson’s European tour—the architecture, the gardens and the wine!

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