{"id":822,"date":"2025-02-25T10:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/?p=822"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:36:35","slug":"interview-with-clay-stafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/interview-with-clay-stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Clay Stafford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NashvilleIWC.png\" alt=\"portrait of Clay Stafford and a banner for the 20th International Writers' Conference in Nashville TN\" class=\"wp-image-823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NashvilleIWC.png 713w, https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NashvilleIWC-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on Crime Wave: Killer Nashville\u2019s 20th Anniversary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clay Stafford talks about what inspired him to start Killer Nashville back in 2006 and dishes on his favorite parts about the conference these days. He also speaks eloquently about the value of diversity and his joy in helping writers reach success. When you listen to his enthusiasm and dedication, you\u2019ll understand why Killer Nashville is such a popular and well-respected writers\u2019 conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen:<br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5WabjXjrtrtMQagSofL3yf\">Spotify<\/a><br>On <a href=\"http:\/\/This week on Crime Wave: Killer Nashville\u2019s 20th Anniversary! Clay Stafford talks about what inspired him to start Killer Nashville back in 2006 and dishes on his favorite parts about the conference these days. He also speaks eloquently about the value of diversity and his joy in helping writers reach success. When you listen to his enthusiasm and dedication, you\u2019ll understand why Killer Nashville is such a popular and well-respected writers\u2019 conference. Listen:\">Soundcloud<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/...\/clay-stafford-20th-killer...\/\">iHeart<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/...\/clay...\/id1493833095...\">Apple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crime Wave is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorsontheairglobalradionetwork?__cft__[0]=AZUZdu8DUDYRcSMengryin5WcebiYQmmba2f7hK9OYixuIys-i92Zhjm27-YfM_NS0cxPkDUiaaJVTnaWtq_IeC6T-otlEhmtdzfRPqQSFRxzt1OzgqKZ4rAb8dDC_Af2-PMrM9LY5KPEXHzLUpXhPQa_i3jUhWked4F3fN0T92nOQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Authors on the Air Global Radio Network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PamStackOriginal?__cft__[0]=AZUZdu8DUDYRcSMengryin5WcebiYQmmba2f7hK9OYixuIys-i92Zhjm27-YfM_NS0cxPkDUiaaJVTnaWtq_IeC6T-otlEhmtdzfRPqQSFRxzt1OzgqKZ4rAb8dDC_Af2-PMrM9LY5KPEXHzLUpXhPQa_i3jUhWked4F3fN0T92nOQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Pam Stack<\/a>, CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Crime Wave: Killer Nashville\u2019s 20th Anniversary! Clay Stafford talks about what inspired him to start Killer Nashville back in 2006 and dishes on his favorite parts about the conference these days. He also speaks eloquently about the value of diversity and his joy in helping writers reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[183,184,185],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crimewave","tag-clay-stafford","tag-international-writers-conference","tag-killer-nashville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}