And that's a wrap for 2023, folx! Chris and Lore are going on hiatus with some talk of spooky stories, smelly ancestors, five minutes of actual topic, and a whole lot of cracking themselves up. Join us wherever social media is to be had, and we'll catch you next year!

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Are you a ~spicy~ author or hoping to be one?  Lucky for you, Christopher has been writing explicit fiction since every fanficcer had their own geocities site.  Lore's new to the craft but she's been reading it long enough to have a few pointers to share.

Join us for an unhinged exploration about how to write desire, sex and sexuality.

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Beta readers, fantasy words, the over-taking of YA and more. Join us as we discuss some infamous Hot Takes in the writing world. 

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Struggle along with Christopher and Lore as they desperately try to stay on topic.  After an amusing aside about the rating system of "spicy" scenes and a leisurely walk down memory lane, they finally arrive at the topic of the episode: favorite first lines.  

Books mentioned in this podcast are:
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
To Kill a Kingdom, Alexandra Christo
Jewels of the Sun, Nora Roberts
The Only Good Indian,  Stephen Graham-Jones
She's Too Pretty to Burn, Wendy Heard

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No matter how hard we might try to avoid it, there comes a point in every story where you simply have to do the worldbuilding.  Join us as we map out the basics about the monarchy, the landscape and the general attitude of the people of Aoirlaad.  

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*SPOILER WARNING* 

If you have not seen Season 2, and have managed not to be spoiled, please note this is very very spoiler-y.

It's been weeks now since Season 2 of Good Omens hit our screens and provoked..well, if we're honest, damn near the entire spectrum of human emotions on the way out. In a surprising twist; Chris is full of absolute unending rage and Lore is officially the new driver of the Struggle Bus and has been crying/screaming/throwingup this entire time.
 Which camp do you fall in? We'd love to hear your opinions while you listen to ours. 

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Settle in for a longer than normal episode as Christopher and Lore discuss how to create conflicts that work for your characters and theme.  Watch them (very, very bravely) read their character studies out loud for the first time.

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Naming characters is either the easiest or one of the hardest aspects of starting a story.  Forget all the world building and plot development, just coming up with the right name for your new OC can feel both terribly exciting and terribly overwhelming.  Well, Christopher has a fool proof way to name that character while Lore has a well thought-out way to pick the perfect name.

Oh, and we get side tracked about the Sarah Stusek drama.

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