Podcast News
This week brings some very interesting news for the podcast regarding guests for season 2. Firstly I have been in talks with some very interesting people and those talks are for the most part going extremely well. I know its annoying for me to say this and then not drop some names but I feel its best to wait until they are recorded. What I can say is I am very excited for what season 2 could be if these interviews work out and I will drop the names one by one as these interviews are recorded. In other podcast news I am thinking of mixing the formula of the show up for season 2 much to the recomendation of you, the listeners. Yes the one thing most requested when answering my question of how can I improve the show for season 2 was break up the show a bit so its not just an interview and thats it. So I will be talking about things that are on my mind or that I am working on each week. The working title for this segment is Drew's Corner but don't hold me to that title I may rename it haha.
Novel News
The rewrite stage of my novel is taking longer than I wanted but not longer than I expected. On the plus side the first half of the book is a lot better produced and presented than I thought as I was writing the the second half of the story. I may have mentioned this before or not but the story is split into two parts. Part 1 takes place on the Isle of Deamhan in 1986 and part 2 begins in Edinburgh in 2016 and travels to Glasgow and returns to the Isle of Deamhan. The first half of the book was well plotted out in advance and took around a third of the time it took to write part 2. The reason for this being that the story changed genre and style as part 1 was ending. The story began, back in January as a gritty crime story but by April it was now changing and morphing into a story about magic, monsters and mayhem with a Scottish accent. The story now is far more interesting and of a grander nature but that transformation led to certain issues. Issue 1 how to use what I had to set up part 2 and have the reader come along for the journey? Issue 2 would this story work as well on paper as it did in my head? The answer to issue 1 is easy to answer it just took the addition of a few new scenes and characters that became vital in part 2. The answer to issue 2 is unanswered until the novel is released.
The cover design above is a mock-up of the kind of cover I would have liked to use in the beginning but I don't feel represents the mood and direction of the book the way I would like it to so I am changing it. I am also changing the title. So here is the exclusive for you guys, never mentioned anywhere else before the new title for the novel is;
This week we have Khandi Alexander of CSI: Miami, Scandal, NewsRadio and ER fame in the virtual studio for a fun filled chat about her career her heritage and much, much more.
Happy, Texas (1999)
This week's music is provided by Justin Tranchita. Justin is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and businessman from Detroit, Michigan. Born in Geneva raised in Princeton, Illinois he is the fourth child of nine. He achieved popularity by his recurring role on Game Of Pawns and his music. His first release The Devil Song was released on Fools Parade in January 2012, followed by the debut album Cock of the Walk in May that year. In October 2012 Tranchita received an award at the Exposure Music Awards in London for Best International Act, Tranchita released the country western song This is America in 2015 and his big break in the music business came when Presidential hopeful Ben Carson used the song as his campaign song, subsequently the song became popular and achieved commercial success as the number one song on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artist chart in November 2015 and returned to number one after 10 weeks atop the Billboard charts the first week of January 2016. He told Billboard magazine, “I really feel strongly about this election.” I really want to help the country somehow.” Tranchita's freshman album American Man will be released in early 2016.
My good buddy John Farman returns to the Drew Carson Show to discuss his up coming projects and we shoot the shit on a range of other topics too boot! 
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