20.17: An Interview with Christopher Schwarz

Writing Excuses

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

Fiction, Business, Careers

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This season, we’ve been exploring different approaches to writing through the lens of other crafts and their respective toolkits. We had the pleasure of speaking with furniture-maker, writer, and publisher Christopher Schwarz. Christopher is an incredible artist, writer, and is also the founder of Lost Arts Press, which publishes books on hand tool woodworking.

We talked with Christopher about his creative trajectory, and the intersection of tools, methods, and crafts.

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Credits: Your hosts for this episode were DongWon Song and Howard Tayler. Your guest was Christopher Schwarz. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.

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0:54.6	while exploring the beautiful Mexican Riviera. Whether you're revising a story,
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1:23.3	slash writing excuses.
1:28.4	Season 20, episode 17.
1:32.7	This is writing excuses.
1:35.1	An interview with Christopher Schwartz.
1:38.0	I'm Dong Lon.
1:39.1	I'm Howard.
1:40.3	And today we are very lucky to have a special guest with us.
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