Giving Free Willy a High Five 👋 | author Diane Hammond with William R. Hincy

Where did you grow the most as a writer, or just as a person? Your hometown, while traveling, an adopted home on a different coast? Join author extraordinaire Diane Hammond and William R. Hincy as we discuss the alchemy that is the writing process, the possibility of reincarnation, and Diane’s current work in progress. 

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Links:
Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ 
Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
Hammond’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HPBV6Y

Bios: 
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

A native New Yorker, Diane Hammond spent the majority of her school years in Upper Nyack, NY. After graduating from Nyack High School, she attended and earned a BA from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

In 1984, she moved to tiny Newport, Oregon (pop. 9,000), on the central Oregon coast, a writer's paradise with its relative isolation, constant winter storms and harsh beauty. She began maturing artistically there, discovering themes and settings that have resonated in her writing ever since. 
Hammond's first novel, GOING TO BEND, was published by Random House/Doubleday in 2003, with particular acclaim in the Pacific Northwest, where the book was set. HOMESICK CREEK, her second novel, followed in 2006. Her third novel, HANNAH'S DREAM, was released by Harper Perennial in 2008 and was informed in part on her experience as press secretary for a killer whale--Keiko, the orca star of the hit movie FREE WILLY. Its sequel, FRIDAY'S HARBOR, released by William Morrow on October 15, 2013.

Her fifth novel, SEEING STARS, was also released by William Morrow in 2010, and was inspired by the two years she and her family lived in Hollywood while her daughter pursued a career as a professional actor.

She currently lives in Michigan with her husband Nolan and two Pembroke Welsh corgis.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:35 Introduction
00:09:45 Diane Hammond's author journey
00:39:31 Growing as a writer in Oregon
00:55:40 Writing process
01:17:21 Shots - rapid fire questions
01:33:59 Diane Hammond discusses her current WIP
01:49:20 Last call

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