Writing A Book Is HORD! (ft. Donovan X. Ramsey)

FANTI

Maximum Fun

Jarrett Hill, Culture, Fanti, Comedy, Tre'vell Anderson, Journalists, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, hosts Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill bring you a little something different: an extended discussion on the pros and cons of authoring a book. Our hosts discuss how challenging the writing process really is with FANTI veteran and author of When Crack Was King, Donovan X. Ramsey. The writers get into the nitty gritty of writing a book, covering everything from the brainstorming stage, finding motivation to write consistently, and fighting tooth and nail over book cover art. Then later, Emmy winning director, Nneka Onuorah’s latest documentary, Truth Be Told, and more highlights in our DisHonorable Mentions.

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0:00.0	Hey there beautiful people welcome to fan side of podcast for all those complex and
0:06.3	complicated conversations about the great areas in our lives.
0:09.3	I am journalist, author, light skinned person with a little bit of a fade instead of being
0:13.4	bald Jared Hill.
0:14.4	I'm Trayvail Anderson.
0:16.0	We have got a very special episode.
0:19.6	Oh that's it?
0:20.6	Oh wait, you that's all.
0:22.1	Are you just Trayvail Anderson?
0:23.9	I don't need no honorifics.
0:26.1	They know who I am.
0:28.0	Those aren't honorifics but I know what you just did.
0:29.8	Whatever, whatever, whatever, okay, no need for descriptors or adjectives or titles.
0:37.8	I could get into the formal definition of an honorific if you want.
0:40.7	No thank you.
0:41.7	We're okay.
0:42.7	We're okay without it because you know what I meant.
0:45.7	Thank you very much.
0:46.7	Anyway, okay.
0:48.8	We have got a very special episode for the people today.
0:52.9	I'm super excited about this one in light of the drop of his new book when crack was
0:58.2	King journalist and author and one of our dearest oldest friends, Donovan X Ramsey, is
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