Clay Stafford
Contributor at Freelance
Founder at Killer Nashville
Award-winning author, storyteller & founder of Killer Nashville. Empowering writers and creating stories that matter.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
killernashville.com | Shane McKnight |Clay Stafford
I’ve followed author Cal Newport’s career for years. He’s radical, and I like that. For most of his career, he has argued against the conventional wisdom of “follow your passion,” instead arguing that passion follows mastery in the pursuit of building a meaningful career. In his book So Good They Can’t Ignore You, he introduces the concept of “career capital,” the idea that rare and valuable skills are the currency for building fulfilling work.
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May 3, 2024 |
killernashville.com | Shane McKnight |Clay Stafford
Since the inception of Killer Nashville, the name of Robert Mangeot has been a constant presence, a beacon of inspiration for aspiring short story authors.
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Apr 2, 2024 |
killernashville.com | Shane McKnight |Clay Stafford
Dean Koontz is and always has been an incredibly prolific writer. He’s also an excellent writer, which explains why he’s had such phenomenal success. When I heard he and I were going to get to chat exclusively for Killer Nashville Magazine, I wanted to talk to him about how one man can author over one hundred and forty books, a gazillion short stories, have sixteen movies made from his books, and sell over five hundred million copies of his books in at least thirty-eight languages.
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Feb 2, 2024 |
killernashville.com | Shane McKnight |Amulya Malladi |Clay Stafford
I had a wonderful opportunity to just chat with bestselling author and mystery legend, Susan Isaacs, as a follow-up to my interview with her for my monthly Writer’s Digest column. It was a wonderful conversation. I needed a break from writing. She needed a break from writing. Like a fly on the wall (and with Susan’s permission), I thought I’d share the highlights of our conversation here with you. “Susan, I just finished Bad, Bad, Seymore Brown. I loved it.
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Jan 2, 2024 |
killernashville.com | Shane McKnight |Clay Stafford
“I’m talking today with international bestselling author Amulya Malladi about her latest book A Death in Denmark. What I think is fascinating is your sense of endurance. This book—research and writing—took you ten years to write.”She laughs. “You know, it was COVID. We all didn’t have anything better to do. I was working for a Life Sciences Company, a diagnostic company, so I was very busy. But you know, outside of reading papers about COVID, this was the outlet.
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