Today, I’m debuting a new feature for paid members of this site: a weekly audio series called the “One-Drink Book Club.”
It’s not the kind of club where we read books and discuss them. It’s the kind where my creative friends and I talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
In this inaugural episode, I’m joined by soon-to-be-Book-Club-regulars Emma Lee Jayne, an award-winning romance author, and our friend Bill Rehm, who doesn’t write yet but who reads pretty well and has what’s essentially a “booze Keurig” at his house.
In each episode, we’ll discuss what we’ve been doing over the past week and what we’re excited about book-wise, usually with Bill asking questions and representing readers and newer authors — folks who aren’t as experienced as Emma and me.
For us, it’s an accountability check-in. For you, it’s a chance to listen in as if you’re sitting beside us at a bar, overhearing friendly shop talk. We’ll share new episodes on most Sundays.
This series is stupidly casual: No editing. No punches pulled. No swearing, because these episodes will be posted on the “clean” Art of Noticing podcast feed … but otherwise this is as real as it gets.
If you’re already a site member, new One-Drink Book Club episodes will simply show up on your personal, members-only podcast feed for The Art of Noticing between Saturday’s and Monday’s AoN episodes. (Not every Sunday, but most.)
If you’re NOT a paid member and would like to get the One-Drink Book Club, extra episodes of the Art of Noticing podcast, extra companion blog posts, and all sorts of behind-the-scenes bonuses while supporting me for only a few bucks a month, click here to upgrade your membership.
I can’t be assed with the hassle of writing proper show notes, so instead I’m going to grab some AI-generated show notes every single time and not edit them at all. That’s how “real” this show is. It’s so real, I’m lazy.
IN THIS EPISODE:
Summary
In this conversation, the hosts introduce themselves and discuss what they are drinking. They then share their backgrounds as writers and readers. The purpose of the conversation is explained as a weekly check-in and accountability session. The hosts discuss what they have been working on, including print on demand options and the importance of cover design. They also explore the differences between digital reading and physical books. The conversation concludes with final thoughts and plans for future episodes.
Chapters
00:00 Introductions and What We're Drinking
01:00 Introducing the Hosts
02:23 Recognizing Accomplishments
03:00 Purpose of the Conversation
04:12 What the Hosts Have Been Working On
07:43 Discussion on Print on Demand
09:51 Digital Reading vs Physical Books
13:21 Cover Art and Design
19:53 Special Edition Books
21:26 Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up
