First Draft With Sarah Enni

Renée Ahdieh, New York Times best-selling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series, and whose new series kicks off with the release of Flame in the Mist, out May 16, joins me to talk about straddling two worlds poorly, finding the music in language, fearless internet personas, id books, and publishing as a ‘pride-swallowing siege.’ (Plus, a cameo from Sarah Nicole Lemon, author of Done Dirt Cheap!)   Renee Ahdieh Show Notes Explosions in the Sky Sheherazade Op. 35, a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nas The Story of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene Sarah Nicole Lemon J.K. Rowling Star Wars score by John Williams Gustav Holst’s The Planets The Imperial March by John Williams Mars, Bringer of War by Gustav Holst Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better,featured in Annie, Get Your Gun Tool Metallica Human Bell Mogwai Godspeed You Black Emperor Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon The 30-second bit of "Blue Moon" by Beck, which I wanted to write a book about "S&M" by