Landis Wade Brings the 2020 Literary Podcast Year to a Close, Reads Two of His 2020 Published Stories and Offers Literary Hopefulness for 2021
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In this episode 170, recovering trial lawyer turned author turned podcaster of books and stories, Landis Wade, gives thanks, recaps highlights of the 2020 podcast year and riffs on what’s new and what’s planned for the coming year.
Find answers to how much the podcast grew in 2020, the variety of authors and stories on the show, the top 10 downloaded episodes, what Landis learned from the authors who appeared on Patreon and the literary goodness that’s coming in 2021. And, as has become the tradition with these guest free episodes (which don’t happen very often), Landis reads a few short pieces he wrote that were published this year.
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Landis Wade was a civil trial attorney for 35 years before exiting stage left into a podcast studio in the fall of 2018 to try a more creative life in his 60s. He’s now a recovering trial lawyer, host of Charlotte Readers Podcast and author of The Christmas Courtroom Trilogy, whose third book in that series—The Christmas Redemption—won the Holiday category of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards. He won the 2016 North Carolina State Bar short story contest for The Deliberation and received awards for his non-fiction pieces, The Cape Fear Debacle and First Dance. His short work also has appeared in Writersdigest.com, The Charlotte Observer, Flying South, Fiction on the Web and in various anthologies, including by Daniel Boone Footsteps and High Country Writers. He’s now two years and 170 episode into his life as a podcaster interviewing and helping authors give voice to their written words.
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