My Podcast: "One-to-One with John DeDakis"
Below are links to clips of interviews I've conducted
and interviews people have done with me.
A short clip of some basic writing advice I recorded for Sisters in Crime.
One-to-One with Candace Fitzgerald
Meet the woman who's the voice of Lark Chadwick in the audio versions of my novels BLUFF and FAKE. We talk twice. In interview #1, I interview her. In interview #2, we interview each other.
Guns, Knives, & Lipstick Podcast
Even though I was in the "hot seat," I thoroughly enjoyed my time fielding incisive questions about journalism, gender, psychology, and writing.
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One-to-One with Kim Tronic
She's faced cancer and beaten it. Twice. Her two memoirs document the ordeal. "One-to-One with John DeDakis" goes one to one with cancer fighter Kim Tronic.
One-to-One with the QAnon Phenomenom
Do you have friends or relatives who have gone down the QAnon rabbit hole? In this interview with the authors of Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon, we'll explore how QAnon got started, how it spread, and -- perhaps most importantly -- how you might be able to help someone captivated by the QAnon delusions to find their way back to reality. One of the authors has a Ph.D. in political science. The other has a doctorate in psychology. "One-to-One with John DeDakis" goes one-to-one with Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko.
I was a guest speaker (online) for the Louisville, Kentucky chapter of Sisters in Crime: "From Journalist to Novelist (Or How I Learned to Start Making it Up)" - January 14, 2023
That's the #Truth Interview
Really enjoyed being interviewed by Jenny and Daniel Muscatell. We talk about a wide range of topics including the process of grief and healing after the deaths of my son and sister. We also discuss writing, politics, journalism, faith, and much more. They were a delight to talk with.
Mark Stevens with the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers interviews me ahead of my fall 2021 keynote appearance at the Colorado Gold Writers' Conference in Denver.
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One-to-One with Jenna Bourne
The Art of the Interview.
Jenna Bourne
Emmy-award winning investigative journalist
10 Tampa Bay
Story Discovery Podcast
Enjoyed being questioned by Melissa Collings & JW McAteer for their podcast sponsored by Onyx Publications. Meredith Lyons read an excerpt from my novel Fake. We covered a lot of ground in a fast 45 minutes:2:02-4:17: Audio excerpt from Fake (Lark ruminates about God)4:30-6:00: Introduction -- Just who is this John DeDakis guy, anyway?6:00-7:20: Tell us about Fake7:20-14:04: Why do you write as a woman and how difficult is it?14:09-20:00: Journalism vs. fiction20:00-26:00: Lark Chadwick - The series and the protagonist26:00-27:43: Planning vs. Seat-of-the-pantsing27:43-33:47: Writing from a place of personal pain33:56-41:50: The joys & frustrations of marketing your work42:00 - end: Advice for writers
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One-to-One with James Grady
You already know him through his novel Six Days of the Condor, which became the iconic movie starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway. Now James Grady is out with a thriller, This Train, set onboard the famed Empire Builder on a wild ride from Seattle to Chicago. One-to-One with John DeDakis goes One-to-One with novelist James Grady.
One-to-One with Bruce Robert Coffin
He writes like Michael Connelly, but he's an actual detective. "One-to-One with John DeDakis" goes one-to-one with mystery writer Bruce Robert Coffin. Coffin, author of the award-winning Detective Byron mysteries, is a retired detective sergeant with 27 years in law enforcement. We talk about writing books, catching crooks, and we solve the JFK assassination (or at least we have a go at it).
One-to-One with Hank Phillippi Ryan
I’m a paragraph. Drag me to add paragraph to your block, write your "Embrace the panic." That's the takeaway from my conversation with award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Hank Phillippi Ryan. She's won 37 EMMYs as an investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV and she's the USA Today bestselling author of 13 thrillers. Hank exudes joy about storytelling. Our one-to-one talk is crammed with substantive advice for wannabe writers. own text and edit me.
One-to-One with Savannah Brooks
Her undergrad degree is in marketing, she's got an MFA, and she's a publishing professor at the University of Minnesota. "One-to-One with John DeDakis" goes one-to-one with Literary Agent Savannah Brooks. Oh! She's also a boxing coach.
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