569: The Worst Way to Write a Book, Ever

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Back in 2014, we read Helene Wecker’s novel “The Golem and the Jinni,” and we liked it! Little did we know that she was listening to us… and that she would end up as an Incomparable panelist! Now a sequel, “The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni” has arrived! In this special episode, Jason and Helene discuss the first novel, how real life can intrude on a publishing schedule, the value and temptation of research, and how “The Hidden Palace” ultimately came together....

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 569, June 2021.
0:07.0	Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomparable.
0:13.0	I'm your host, Jason Snell.
0:14.0	This is one of those very special episodes where we talk to a panelist in the Incomparable family on the release of a book that they wrote.
0:24.3	That's right.
0:24.9	We are here to talk with Helene Wecker about the Hidden Palace, which is released June 8th, 2021.
0:33.5	Helene, welcome back to your own little private incomparable episode.
0:38.5	Oh, thank you so much for having me on.
0:41.4	Now, a little origin story to get started.
0:45.0	We, so you wrote a novel called The Gallum and the Genie in, and it was published in 2013.
0:51.4	Yes, I did.
0:52.7	So, um, we covered it on episode 196, more than 350 episodes ago in 2014 when it was nominated for a Hugo Award.
1:05.9	Nebula.
1:06.6	Nebula Award.
1:07.9	Who could tell?
1:10.3	The nebula's,
1:11.6	Alene,
1:12.0	the nebula short lists are better.
1:14.1	Sorry,
1:14.6	did I say that out loud?
1:16.7	Have I really been reading the both short lists that long?
1:19.7	Wow.
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