Edward Rooster is one of our favourite writers. His themes include the future, mythology, time and history. He has written two books, Box of Stars and Harvest, and he is currently working on a third.
Edward joins the show to discuss embracing uncertainty, avoiding becoming Icarus, unsticking yourself from time, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
- Edward’s Mirror - https://mirror.xyz/edwardrooster.eth
- Edward’s Substack - https://edwardrooster.substack.com/
- Edward’s Typeshare - https://typeshare.co/edwardrooster
- Edward’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/edwardrooster
- The Days Dad Started Over - https://edwardrooster.substack.com/p/the-days-dad-started-over
- Leaving Eternity’s Parking Lot - https://edwardrooster.substack.com/p/leaving-eternitys-parking-lot
- You Do Not Have to Be Perfect - https://edwardrooster.substack.com/p/you-do-not-have-to-be-perfect
- Looking Back from the Future -https://edwardrooster.substack.com/p/looking-back-from-the-future
Show Notes:
00:00 Intro
02:08 The Days Dad Started Over: Why Edward started writing
09:32 Edward’s book writing process
29:01 Unsticking yourself from time
33:55 Sources of storytelling inspiration
40:12 Embracing uncertainty
50:03 Avoiding the content trap
57:22 The ‘create your own adventure’ approach to writing
01:01:41 Storytelling & common knowledge
01:07:13 Writing as found art
01:14:15 Not as much matter as we think it does
01:17:05 How can we avoid becoming Icarus?
01:20:39 Editing; Editors
01:25:05 The opportunities of generative AI
- MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
- Stray Reflections; by Jawad Mian
- Box of Stars; by Edward Rooster
- Harvest; by Edward Rooster
- Retrieve; by Edward Rooster
- What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time; by Jim O’Shaughnessy
- Cloud Atlas; by David Mitchell
- The Great Gatsby; by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- American Gods; by Neil Gaiman
- Reality Hunger; by David Shields
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; by Robert Pirsig
- Looking Backward; by Edward Bellamy
