The Dad Lit Podcast

In this episode Dan interviews Rick "RD" Moreno

Rick is a dad and grandfather who decided to start writing his sci fi epic Zada 5: Path of the One, when he retired. Since then he has kept going and will be releasing multiple sequels int he coming year.

You can find Zada 5: Path of the One on Amazon and on his website: ⁠https://www.rdmorenoauthor.com/

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In this episode Dan interviews Michael David Wilson, author and founder of This is Horror (https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/) the UK's Premiere Horror Magazine and Podcast.

David is an experienced author, editor and publisher, and a Dad. He has been producing This is Horror for more than a decade with 600 episodes.

You can find his new book, Daddy's Boy, a noir/thriller/comedy, on Amazon and on his website: https://www.michael...

Host Dan Roberts and author Thomas Trang have a book club discussion of Where When it Rains by John Duffy - a stellar work of literary fiction by a Millenial male author.

For more on Where When it Rains, visit PicketFire Press and get your own copy: https://www.picketfire.com/shop/p/where-when-it-rains-1

You can also get a copy of Thomas Trang's book, Dark Neon and Dirt here: https://a.co/d/dsNEKSX

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In this episode Dan interviews author and game designer Ben Gibson. They discuss how Ben and his wife Karen write together. They also discuss table top RPG, LitRPG, and great works of Sci Fi and the difference between transcendent and commercially appealing.

You can find Ben on twitter: @bkgibsonwrites

You can also find his table top adventure reviews at: https://coldlightrpgpress.weebly.com/

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This episode features and interview with Best Selling Author Steven Hartov. Steven is also a veteran, former Israeli Paratrooper, and U.S. Merchant Mariner. He is a New York Times Best Selling author and Dad. He has written, thrillers, historical fiction, and non-fiction (Including, In the Company of Heroes with Michael Durant, Chronicling his experience in Somalia after his blackhawk helicopter crashed. We discuss the changing nat...

In this episode Dan interviews Andy Ivey about his new book Castle Gap - coming in October. However, Dad Lit Pod Listeners can get an advanced copy through a Good Reads giveaway! Link Here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230808140-castle-gap?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=I1gbqzDXck&rank=3

For more on Andy Ivey, check out his website: https://andyivey.com/

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In this episode I interview Author Whisperer Lis Malone who handles PR and Marketing and Book Coaching for bestselling authors. We discuss book marketing, her suggestions for how to sell books and I congratulate her on being the first woman to appear on The Dad Lit Pod.

Check out Lis Malone and her exciting clients at her website: https://lismalone.com/

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Host Dan Roberts interview Dan Russell - GRIT LIT author and Dad. They Talk Arkansas, Grit Lit, being a Dad, and how to write about working class life.

Visit Dan Russell on X/Twitter at: @danrussellmfaOr Check out his website at: danrussellwrites.com

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On this episode Dan interview Jay S. Bell. Jay is the author of many novels. Most can be found under the name Scott Bell. His most recent novel, Welcome to Cottonmouth, is a wild adventure with spies, guns, beautiful women, and lost of Texas spirit.

Pre-order a copy of Jay's book on Amazon, Available July 8, 2025 from Blackstone Publishing: https://a.co/d/8ou1jQC

Check out some of his other works at his Amazon author site: https://ww...

In this Dad Lit Pod Audio Essay - Dan Roberts - your illustrious host - asks: Can Playing Games With Lit Boost Male Fiction Reading? And, proposes Tie-In novels as a method for engaging new readers in the gaming community - specificly the Warhammer 40K community.

Read works from The Black Library on their website: https://www.blacklibrary.com/

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Dan interviews author and dad Bob Armstrong about the rerelease of Bob's Book - Prodigies - a western about gift people who set out west and try to make a life for themselves.

Bob is also the author of Dadolescence - about being a dad and the challenges that come with that.

You can find Bob on substack: https://armstrongb.substack.com/

And you can find Prodigies from Roan and Weatherford later this year. (I will update and provide a ...

Our host, Dan tries something new. An audio essay: "How to Find the Literary Man"

In the essay Dan explains how he found Literary Men quites easily and why you wont find them in The New Yorker.

Publishers and books mentioned in this podcast include:

Shotgun Honey

The Scythian Wolf

The Owl men of Shanidar

Craig Terlson, and the Luke Fischer Series

Piketfire Press

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Dan Roberts is a literary man. He hosts The Dad Lit Po...

Dan interviews Craig "Terly" Terlson, again! Terly has a new book in his Luke Fischer series, Sayulita Sucker. They discuss the new book, the sense of place created by food, the weight of guns in books, and all sorts of other Dad Lit topics.

Craig Terlson has a bunch of books available. You can get them all here: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/stores/Craig-Terlson/author/B008KOK3C8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1743461986&...

Alex and I discuss his upcoming release of the second Virgil Colvin novel, Murder with a Glass of Malvasia. (I will update with a link when it come out.) If you are interested in an ARC - reach out to Alex Marriott @AVM_Author on twitter.

Alex and I discuss his new book, outlining, and his upcoming application to the Mystery Writers of America - something I one day hope to do as well.

You should also buy his Killer Nashville Shortlis...