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Writers Drinking Whiskey | Season 3, Episode 24

Jun 05, 2025

Writers Drinking Whiskey is not your granddad’s writers-selling-their-books podcast. It is a celebration of stories and storytellers, and we talk about the unexplained, true crime, history, dealing with adversity, overcoming failure and rejection, how to make a kickass cocktail, and everything else thrice as much as we talk writing craft and publishing. It’s a literary happy hour, and it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere.

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Grab your favorite bourbon (or tea) and pull up a stool because we’re having a free-flowing conversation fueled by whiskey and a passion for the short story. On this episode of Writers Drinking Whiskey, host William R. Hincy sits down with the multi-talented John DiSavino – voice actor, stage director, podcast host, and all-around Renaissance man. From the craft of short stories (check out John's podcast "Short Story Today"!) to the joys and struggles of creative expression, this is a no-holds-barred discussion you won't want to miss. Cheers!

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we say “short story!”

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Bios:

William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

Jon DiSavino is an actor, stage director and voice artist. In the last few years he has begun producing and narrating audiobooks. His most recent release is a holiday book for young audiences: The Toe Mittens Christmas by Ross D. Clay. You can listen to a sample on the Audible.com website: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Toe-Mittens-Christmas-Audiobook/B0BRQZKLYT