The last time Amy Moritz joined Brian on the podcast, she said that she was working on her first book. Good little brother that he is, Brian said he’d have her back when the book was out.

Hey, guess what? The book is out! And it’s outstanding!

Amy joins us to talk about the writing of “I Though You’d Be Faster.” She talks about where the idea for the book came from, what her writing process was like, and why she self-published. Amy and Brian talk about how newspaper writing is different than book writing and the challenges it presents, why doing just a little bit each day means so much, and why when something keeps calling you (whether it’s a book project or grad school), you’ve just got to be fierce and go after it. They also talk about why Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird is one of the best books you could ever read. Amy also drops a spoiler alert on Book No. 2.

And hey, did you know that Ernest Hemingway is a good writer?

Our new theme music this week is by Ellie Moritz.

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I Thought You’d Be Faster: The Quest to Become An Athlete

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

All Quiet on the Western Front by Ernest Hemingway

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Andrew Anglin: The Making of an American Nazi by Luke O’Brien

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