My guest is Jake Needham, author of the Samuel Tay and Jack Shepherd series, and of The Big Mango, all of which are set in East Asia. Jake spoke with me from his home in Bangkok.
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro to Jake Needham
02:02 - How I discovered Jake’s work
04:01 - Writing screenplays and The Big Mango
6:29 - Jim Gandolfini and a movie deal
8:13 - What a writer needs to bring to the table
9:39 - Being an American author based in Asia
13:30 - Gender in publishing and in the audience
15:04 - The seedy reputation of white men writing in Asia
18:57 - The power of distribution
24:55 - The writing itself
26:32 - Sam Tay and the perils of writing about Singapore
33:10 - Social media musings
36:18 - Traditionally versus self-published
44:32 - Jake recommends the works of Diane Capri
Links:
Ep. 2, Jake Needham