Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I had the opportunity to interview Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl) and Django Wexler (How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying). I've read both of their silly, game-inspired books recently and had a super good time chatting with them about both series. Let me know if you've read either book in the comments!

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Elevator pitch for your book
04:58 - Talking about Seattle
08:35 - Matt attends a cat show
19:12 - How do you balance humor and more grounded elements?
27:26 - Video games and D&D
37:20 - Would you survive in the world you created
43:55 - Matt is bringing his series in a meta direction by creating real patrons
48:37 - What are you currently reading?
50:05 - Upcoming projects

Matt Dinniman series:
Dungeon Crawler Carl
The Shivered Sky
Dominion Blades
amazon.com/stores/author/B002BLP1QY

Django Wexler series:
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi series)
The Shadow Campaigns
Burningblade and Silvereye
Wells of Sorcerey
The Forbidden Library
djangowexler.com

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