Host Benjamin Gorman invited me on for a recent episode of his excellent video podcast, “Writers Not Writing,” for which I presented my idea of measuring age by how many reboots of a movie franchise you've lived through (I'm seven Batmen/three Wonder Women/two Road Houses old), talked about writing, NOT writing, and the single greatest author photo of all time.

Isn’t this Irving Penn image of Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his wife, Dagmar, perfect? No notes.

Gorman is himself a talented novelist, and the brains behind small press Not A Pipe Publishing. This was a lot of fun. A wide-ranging conversation with a thoughtful and generous host, and a surprising amount of on-screen corgis.