Making It Up with Michael Kardos, author of Quick Change

About this episode

Michael Kardos discusses the freedom of writing without the constraints of traditional production.

“What I noticed was that I started writing stories and just doing things like, ‘oh, wait, when I write, I don't need other guys. And I don't need a sound man. And I don't need a stage. And I don't need gear.’ It was so nice to be able to make something without all the crap associated with it.” — Michael Kardos Michael Kardos is the author of the novels Fun City Heist, Bluff, Before He Finds Her, and The Three-Day Affair. His story collection Quick Change and One Last Good Time won the M...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guest: Michael Kardos

Topics covered

• writing
• storytelling
• creativity
• literature
• author insights

Keywords

• Michael Kardos
• writing
• Quick Change
• creativity
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Quick Change, Fun City Heist, Bluff, Before He Finds Her, The Three-Day Affair

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