Episode 56: Colin Conway & Frank Zafiro - Crime Novel Co-Authors

Episode 56: Colin Conway & Frank Zafiro - Crime Novel Co-Authors 

 

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

(Podcast run time 1 hour)

• 1:37 - Introduction to Colin & Frank 
• 9:00 - Colin shares a bit about his writing journey
• 11:30 - Colin shares about his first books Tales from the Road & The Side Hustle
• 14:08- Colin shares about his 509 crime series 
• 18:57 - Colin talks about self-publishing the 509 series
• 20:33 -  Vikki & Colin talk about the business of being an author
• 22:27 - Frank shares about the partnership of working with Colin
• 23:53 - Frank talks about his and Colin’s dual first-person narrative with alternating chapters
• 27:23 - Frank shares about the editing process
• 29:00 - Frank talks about Charlie 316 point of view & Vikki asks questions about their writing process
• 32:31 - Colin goes deeper into the writing co-authoring process
• 33:45 - Vikki asks about the mechanics of working in a co-authoring process
• 37:20 - Colin share about the moderation factor of working with a co-author
• 38:46 - Colin talks about Charlie 316
• 41:00 - Vikki, Colin, and Frank explore crime fiction and true crime writers in Washington state
• 42:17 - Colin & Frank talk about the release of Charlie 316
• 49:31 - Frank introduces the reading; Colin reads from Charlie 316

 

Connect with Colin & Frank:

Colin Conway’s Website: https://colinconway.com

Frank Zafiro’s Website: http://www.frankzafiro.com

Down and Out Books: https://downandoutbooks.com/submissions/

 

Podcast Music Credits:

Title: Amazing Plan by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

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