Travel and murder in this new thriller – Book tour interview with Andrea Bartz

Andrea Bartz we were never here

Travel and murder in this new thriller – Book tour interview with Andrea Bartz

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Interview Timeline

Andrea Bartz is a Brooklyn-based journalist and author of We Were Never Here, The Lost Night, and The Herd. Her work has appeared in many major magazines, and she’s held editorial positions in the industry. We spoke about her latest thriller novel. We Were Never Here: A Novel (Ballantine Books, 2021)

0:39 – Andrea talks about why she wrote this novel and her travels to Chile.

3:55 – Andrea talks about the conflict in the book.

5:49 – Andrea talks about Amanda Knox.

6:43 – Andrea goes into detail about the plot of the novel.

8:37 – Andrea talks about her characters.

9:50 – Andrea talks about any autobiographical or real world elements in the characters.

12:58 – Andrea talks about research she’s done for the book.

15:04 – Andrea talks about murder and the law.

17:51- Andrea talks about the things that inspired her and her work as an editor.

20:28 – Andrea talks about what she wrote about as a travel writer.

22:24 – Andrea talks about things that disturbed her on her travels.

27:38 – Andrea talks about a ghost tour she did at Fort Mackinac.

28:39 – Andrea talks about the musical feel of the book.

30:54 – Andrea talks about her writing process.

33:41 – Andrea talks about travel writing elements in her novel.

35:33 – Andrea talks about how her approach to writing has changed over time.

39:00 – Andrea talks about how she practices her writing skills.

41:43 – Andrea compares her three novels.

43:20 – Andrea talks about her favorite character to write.

45:21 – Andrea talks about the hardest character to write.

47:18 – Andrea talks about edits of her books.

49:48 – Andrea talks about made up adventures she did with her sister.

52:57 – Andrea talks about how she got into travel writing.

53:15 – Andrea talks about spots she wants to visit.

57:48 – Andrea is on twitter, instagram, and tiktok @andibartz and on facebook at andrea bartz author and andreabartz.com

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3jyDWvo

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645863/we-were-never-here-by-andrea-bartz/

http://www.andreabartz.com/

http://twitter.com/andibartz

http://instagram.com/andibartz

https://www.facebook.com/andreabartzauthor

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For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Andrea Bartz

Host: Cris Alvarez

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Why Project Hail Mary is awesome and other sci-fi nuggets – Interview with Andy Weir

Andy Weir spent over two decades as a software engineer before publishing the wildly popular novel The Martian which also came out as a movie starring Matt Damon. He also released Artemis, another successful novel, and has just released a new novel about a galaxy threatening danger. We spoke about the novel, Andy’s previous works, and his approach to science fiction and writing. Project Hail Mary (Ballantine Books, 2021)

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Why Project Hail Mary is awesome and other sci-fi nuggets – Interview with Andy Weir

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Interview Timeline

0:53 – Andy talks about where the idea of Project Hail Mary came from.

5:06 – Andy talks about the details of the story.

6:40 – Andy talks about the research he did for the book.

8:07 – Andy talks about the various sciences he studied for this book.

8:51 – Andy talks about other Earth disaster works.

12:35 – Andy talks about space psychology and details of the story.

14:25 – Andy talks about the science and his plots.

16:06 – Andy talks about calculating stuff for the novel.

17:15 – Andy talks about his motivators.

21:35 – Andy talks about technology and dystopia.

24:56 – Andy talks about the four canonical plots.

25:59 – Andy talks about how many Beatles eggs are in the book.

27:30 – Andy talks about humor in his books.

28:36 – Andy talks about his writing process.

32:16 – Andy talks about his favorite board games.

34:09 – Andy talks about how he doesn’t like to fly.

36:10 – Andy talks about conventions.

37:50 – Andy talks about the games he prefers.

39:11 – Andy talks about changes in his writing methods.

42:51 – Andy talks about one of the central components of the novel.

43:12 – Andy talks about the Martian

44:06 – Andy talks about his previous work.

46:21 – Andy talks about how much he writes.

47:35 – Andy talks about what his goals had been for writing the Martian.

48:47 – Andy talks about loving time travel.

51:09 – Andy talks about the Back to the Future DeLoreans.

53:30 – Andy talks about being pigeon-holed in a writing style.

54:48 – Andy talks about the heist works he likes.

56:02 – Andy talks about his writing career.

1:00:12 – Andy is at andyweirauthor.com

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3nVHQ3f

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611060/project-hail-mary-by-andy-weir/

https://www.andyweirauthor.com/

Video version of the interview: https://wp.me/p7CDU9-5aL

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Guests: Andy Weir

Host: Cris Alvarez

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