David Duchovny, THE RESERVOIR: A Novella

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Golden Globe-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author David Duchovny joins Zibby to discuss THE RESERVOIR, a fever dream of a novella about a lonely ex-financier who is stuck in his apartment during the pandemic and becomes obsessed with the Central Park reservoir, slowly going mad. David shares this story's inspiration and delves into the themes of loneliness, resilience, the allure of conspiracies, and the psychological impact of isolation. He also talks about his new podcast “Fail Better” and shares his thoughts and advice on writing, acting, and the creative process.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books with Zivie. I'm the host, Zivie Owens. I am an author. My latest is blank,
0:12.0	pub date March 1st, a novel. I'm also a podcaster, obviously, a publisher, a bookstore owner,
0:17.8	and so much more. If you love books, you're in the right place. In fact, we call it the Zivieverse, or really, the L.A. Times called it the Zivieverse, and we're going with it. Go to Zivie Owens.com to learn more and follow me on Instagram at Zivie Owens. David Dekovni is the author of The Reservoir, a novella. He is an award-winning actor,
0:38.4	writer, director, New York Times best-selling author, and singer-songwriter. With an acting career
0:43.8	spanning more than three decades, Dukovny is a two-time Golden Globe winner and four-time Emmy
0:49.3	nominee. He is the author of four previous novels, Truly Like Lightning, Holy Cow,
0:54.7	Bucky Effing Dent, and Miss Subways.
0:57.7	Dukovney adapted his novel, Bucky Effing Dent, into a film he also directed,
1:02.2	which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.
1:05.4	As a musician, he has released three studio albums, Hell or High Water, Every Third Thought,
1:11.9	and Gesture Land.
1:14.0	The Reservoir is his most recent book.
1:14.8	Welcome, David.
1:19.7	Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss the Reservoir, a novella.
1:24.4	Well, you know, I had the moms in mind because I know they don't have time to read books, but maybe they have time to read a novella.
1:27.1	Totally.
1:44.3	I was like, oh, this I can do, for sure. If I can't get through a novella. One time I was on a plane and I wrote, like, you know, this whole long thing and I was like, is this a book? How do I know if it's a novella? And I was searching. How do you know if it's, how many words is a novella versus a book?
1:48.4	Yeah, it's not a rule by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a thing.
1:52.3	Like, yeah, I did the same thing because I was like, is this a short story?
1:57.7	Or I know it's not a novel, but is it a long short story or is, oh, it's a, novella is such a nice old-fashioned kind of term.
2:00.7	I like a novella.
2:01.8	It's like a like a popsicle, you know, like a diminutive of something.
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