Julian Sancton and Hampton Sides "Terrible Tales of Woe and Shipwreck"

These two NYT bestselling authors write superbly researched books about extraordinary historical events. You’ll hear what they love about the writing process and what is described as “going into the pain cave,” the art of creating memorable book titles, how ice shudders and shrieks, the helpful vs. nefarious uses of AI and what human writers can do that AI can’t, and how writing in loud coffee shops is ideal (until the staff forgets about you and locks you in one of them overnight).

You might even hear about advice from historian Shelby Foote and what he meant by the comment “like green beans in a pressure cooker.