{"id":2877,"date":"2025-07-08T17:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:53:31","slug":"gregg-hurwitz-the-upside-of-getting-choked-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2877","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Hurwitz: The Upside of Getting Choked Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FistyMcFistFace.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2878 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FistyMcFistFace.png 500w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FistyMcFistFace-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>How do you ensure authenticity as a writer? Some authors do a lot of library research. Others write what they already know about life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregg Hurwitz &#8220;introduces [his] face to the training mat repeatedly and &#8230;gets choked out.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s all in the service of ensuring that he knows intimately what his characters endure. Hurwitz is the bestselling author of 36 novels, including his latest, <em>Nemesis<\/em>, part of the Orphan X series. In this installment, his protagonist, the assassin Evan Smoke, tries to reclaim his humanity while dealing with betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also discuss Hurwitz&#8217;s efforts to combat political and cultural polarization through thoughtful discourse, so listen in and then see Hurwitz when he appears at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbusbookfestival.org\/\">Columbus Book Festival<\/a>, July 12-13!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7709\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2877-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3\">https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2877-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Craft-2025-7-8-GreggHurwitz.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you ensure authenticity as a writer? 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