{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F7cbb9ff3-79b4-4e12-977a-a7a2aa664919","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"The Creepiest Great Work with JA White | UYGW032","description":"On this week\u2019s episode of Unleashing YOUR Great Work, we get a behind-the-scenes look into the fantasy worlds created by author JA White, a novelist who writes creepy books for kids. \r\n\r\n5th grade teacher and Award-winning author of \u201cThe Thickety\u201d, \u201cArchimancy\u201d (the first novel in The Shadow Series), and \u201cThe Nightbooks\u201d (now a top 10 Netflix film produced by one of his childhood heroes, Sam Raimi), JA White tells us more about why his work makes him feel \u201cshiny inside\u201d. \r\n\r\nFrom sneaking off to his childhood basement to read creepy books, since childhood books he claims \u201cweren\u2019t scary enough\u201d, to having a digital billboard in Times Square, White takes us on his epic journey of the Great Work that he has slowly discovered within his writing career. \r\n\r\nHe believes whole-heartedly that \u201cThere is no such thing as wasted writing\u201d, a motto he has clung to since his first two novels never came to fruition, one of which being completely erased off of a floppy disc (anyone born after the year 2000 will have to google what a \u201cfloppy disc\u201d is\u2026you\u2019ll be shocked). \r\n\r\nAs you traverse this episode, you\u2019ll hear the excitement I have interviewing him as he reveals the ins-and-outs about creating Great Work in his own writing, and the struggles, obstacles, and self-doubts that come along with letting the book tell YOU what to write.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/996b640b-bbf3-4145-aaf7-2a44b72d8ae7/z3z__kBQVFTN1EaivBTKYrQ1.png"}