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

Episode notes

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.

Mentioned In This Episode

When Crack Was King

Historically Black Phrases

We See Each Other: A Black Trans Journey Through TV and Film

We See Each Other: The Podcast

DIS/Honorable Mentions

HM: Deeply Madly Modern YouTube channel

HM: Truth Be Told – Nneka Onuorah’s latest, premiering at Outfest July 20th

HM: The new (ish) social media app, Spill

HM: Stealth: A Transmasculine Podcast

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In this episode...

jarrett hill

Host

Tre’vell Anderson

Host

Laura Swisher

Senior Producer

Palmira Muñiz

Producer

Guests

Donovan X. Ramsey

About the show

Sometimes the people, places, and things we love don’t love us back. We’re fans, but we also have some ANTI- feelings toward them. Every week on FANTI, journalists Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill bring their pop culture and political expertise to things we must stan and stand up against. FANTI is a place where nuance reigns supreme with energetic, complicated, and sometimes difficult conversations that bring deep knowledge and thoughtful perspective to the things we love and rage about, from the White House to the Real House(wives).