<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<oembed>
  <version>1</version>
  <type>rich</type>
  <provider_name>Libsyn</provider_name>
  <provider_url>https://www.libsyn.com</provider_url>
  <height>90</height>
  <width>600</width>
  <title>Runaway Train, with Ava Glass</title>
  <description>About Ava Glass: Ava Glass is a former civil servant and journalist who once worked closely with spies. She lives in the same town in the south of England as Christopher Steele. But this is, of course, a coincidence. She joined me on Uncorking a Story to talk about her career and latest novel, Alias Emma. In this episode, Mike and Ava discuss:&amp;amp;nbsp;  Being captured by writing while living on the careening train of life.&amp;amp;nbsp; Your first published book not being your first attempt at writing a book.&amp;amp;nbsp; Surprises in the publishing industry.&amp;amp;nbsp; Worrying too much and living the advice you would tell your younger self.&amp;amp;nbsp;  Key Takeaways:&amp;amp;nbsp;  Reading is not necessarily the path to being a writer, but it does help cultivate an active imagination.&amp;amp;nbsp; Story ideas can come from anywhere - careers, television, news articles, travel, and so many more places. Keep your eyes and ears open and you will become inspired. You can learn a lot about yourself as you write fiction.&amp;amp;nbsp; No chapter gets more rewritten than chapter one. You don’t have to worry if it is awful, because it is just going to be rewritten.&amp;amp;nbsp;  &amp;quot;Making things up for a living is the ultimate indulgence of your inner child. I make up people; I make up stories. I tell stories to myself constantly. I feel like, in every book, I'm going to be telling stories to people. So that is the ultimate gift I could give my inner kid.&amp;quot; – Ava Glass Buy Alias Emma Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PtYFhW Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780593496794 Connect with Ava Website: https://www.avaglass.uk/&amp;amp;nbsp; Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/avaglassbooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AvaGlassBooks Connect with Mike Carlon: Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/ Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvS4fuG3L1JMZeOyHvfk_g Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkingastory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/ </description>
  <author_name>Uncorking a Story</author_name>
  <author_url>https://uncorkingastory.com/</author_url>
  <html>&lt;iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24381252/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</html>
  <thumbnail_url>https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/136389537</thumbnail_url>
</oembed>
