On Episode 63 of The Martin Lastrapes Show Podcast Hour, I enjoyed an amazing conversation with critically acclaimed writer—and my mentor—James Brown, author of The Los Angeles Diaries and This River.

During PART 2 of my conversation with Brown we covered a series of topics, including:

The etiquette of workshop critiquing
Going back to fiction writing
Adapting book into a screenplay
This River
The evolution of the publishing industry

Of This River, here's what The Los Angeles Times had to say:

"What is fascinating to watch is not a spectacle of decline—he writes of addiction to alcohol, heroin, meth, prescription drugs and antidepressants—but his geologic sculpting, this wearing away of a person, memories and all, down to some pure and simple core. This River continues where Brown's first memoir, The Los Angeles Diaries, left off. It's molten stuff, the story of his efforts to control his river of rage."