Brandon Sanderson's leaving Audible, Plagiarism lawsuits, BookTok Shenanigans, and Someone fakes their death...and it's only 10 days into 2023: Brandon Sanderson Article: https://winteriscoming.net/2022/12/30/brandon-sanderson-blasts-audible-unconscionable-indie-author-pay-rates/ Plagiarism Lawsuit: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/07/filippo-bernardini-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-more-than-1000-unpublished-manuscripts Susan Meachen: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/57888/1/susan-meachen-author-faked-her-own-death-suicide-hoax-facebook Rolling…
Criticism and Responsibility
Deep in thought The most important thing a writer has to learn is to able to take criticism and take responsibility for what they say. In the last few weeks,…
Character Development in Bojack Horseman
Inspired by Savage Book's video on character development, I decided to make a podcast episode about character development. The final season of Bojack Horseman has a great way of wrapping…
Hideo Kojima: The King of Exposition
Through the month of NaNoWriMo, we are busy clicking away to make the 50k! In the meantime, I decided to look into the hype around Hideo Kojima's newest game: Death…
NaNoWriMo Character Development: Antagonists and Villains
Antagonists and villains are not the same thing. When writing for NaNoWriMo, it's important to develop who your antagonist and your villain is. Listen as a talk/ramble. Mentions of RWBY,…
NaNoWriMo 2019
Let the madness begin... NaNoWriMo is right around the corner and every writer runs to participate. The goal is writing 50k words in 30 days, but not everyone makes it.…
Grief in Writing
Dry, wilting flowers...what a cliche This is a non-scripted episode, completely off the cuff. Grief is a sad thing to go thorough. When we grow as people, we also have…