<p>Use LOOKINGSIDEWAYS10 for 10% off <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wearelookingsideways.com/p/finisterre-discount-code-2025">anything from </a>Finisterre</p><p><em>--</em></p><p>Adam Skolnick is a journalist, none-fiction writer, famed Roll On podcaster, and the author behind the brilliant new novel - his first! - American Tiger.</p><p>American Tiger (a work that has been gestating for years) is a milestone for Adam in more ways than one.</p><p>As his first published novel it is, of course, the latest stage in his evolution as an artist.</p><p>But it is also confirmation of the way that personal philosophies inevitably seep into the work we produce. </p><p>Because while the book is ostensibly about a young girl called Bell spotting a tiger in suburban California, it’s really about much more.</p><p>Like all the best works of art, American Tiger brings together the preoccupations that have underpinned Adam’s career up to now into one artistically coherent and page-turning whole. </p><p>It’s an LA novel, a coming-of-age novel, and a novel about the way that Adam sees nature as a partner, not a resource.</p><p>And the story of how Skolnick brought this thing into the world is itself an instructive tale for anybody attempting to get their own creative vision off the ground: part creative psychology, part survival guide to the modern writer’s life, part sheer bloody-minded entrepreneurialism in an era of shrinking outlets and collapsing budgets.</p><p>I loved this conversation, and I think you will too. Find it via my website, the link in bio, or the usual platform.</p><p>My thanks to Adam for the brilliant chat, and to April for all the help. Looking forward to meeting you both in person soon! </p><p>To find out more about what I do, <a target="_blank" href="https://lookingsideways.substack.com/s/hkc-discount-club">you can sign up as a subscriber to my Substack newsletter here</a>. There's a brilliant community and much more than just the podcasts.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.wearelookingsideways.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.wearelookingsideways.com/subscribe</a>