All Things Writing

But today I want to talk about Characters and where they come from.

Recently, an article came out on a newsletter that I am a huge fan of, “Writer’s Write”. And it was basically a collection of quotes from famous authors about the issue of character development. It was a fascinating list and I want to read a few of them here for you and discuss them a little in terms of how they impact my own writing life.

Naturally, I will share that link in the show notes for those people interested in taking a look at it. And, if you are a writer, feel free to sign up for their newsletter. I get it and I enjoy it. Not a terribly long read, but some great links in there.

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Recently, an article came out on a newsletter that I am a huge fan of, “Writer’s Write”. And it was basically a collection of quotes from famous authors about the issue of character development. It was a fascinating list and I want to read a few of them here for you and discuss them a little in terms of how they impact my own writing life.

Take a listen and I hope you love it as much as I do. Check it out here!

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See you again soon!

-Bryan the Writer

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Wanna know what makes me afraid of things going bump in the night?

Well, this time last year I did a show about what makes people scared. I thought that was a fairly interesting topic to talk about since it’s Halloween, and this is the time to be scared. I think my earliest memories about being scared probably were in a movie theater in Steger Illinois where we were watching a movie and I remember burying my head in the seat of the chair because I was terrified of whatever it was that was on the screen. Fast forward a few years I remember watching another movie, this time I was scared but I still watched it.

The movie was called Funeral Home. Funeral Home and it was originally released as Cries in the Night. A 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by William Fruet. Basically a teenager, played by Lesleh Donaldson, spends the summer at her grandmother's inn. Of course it is a former funeral home.

How about literature, what scares you and how?

I remember reading a book about ghosts when I was little and not being particularly scared. In reality, stories about ghosts, even supposedly term ones, don’t really frighten me. Never quite understood why. Although I highly suspect that has to do with my own experiences with the paranormal as a child. Generally speaking they weren’t terribly scary. I just never experienced a terrifying situation with the ghost.

However, I did read a book when I was younger called The Oddkins by Dean Koontz. That book scared the crap out of me. Just the way it’s written rose really kind of terrifying. The only reason I think it scared me as much as it did was because the book itself is deeply unsettling.

If you look up on Amazon, you’ll find the following description, “The Oddkins, secret toys that aid and inspire children facing serious problems or sorrow, battle a band of evil basement toys in their search for a magic-sustaining toymaker.”

The terrifying part for me is that evil toys can exist. It kind of goes back to the old school poltergeist seen where the clown comes to life. I don’t care who you are, that’s one of the scariest things you’ll ever see on film. And we love it. Fact of the matter is we love being scared.

Want to know more about what scares me in literature? Take a listen!

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And always I appreciate every single listener, you make my world go around. Next week, will be a bye week for me, so I won’t have a show. However, I’ll be back after that was some new episodes. This is Bryan the Writer, at all things writing, signing off.

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There’s a lot of things going on in the writing world today, hopefully first and foremost in your writing lives you are writing. After all, those poems, short stories, and novels, won’t write themselves. I want to talk about something that we don’t normally talk about on the program. As a matter of fact, this episode is entirely about this subject in one crucial way. You see, today’s guest has a wealth of knowledge to offer us on the topic of scriptwriting.

Tune into today's episode to hear what was, for me, one of the most amazing and interesting interviews I think I have ever done. My guest, Joe Maddrey, has worked in television doing something that I have always found fascinating, writing a script. Today we are going to talk about all kinds of things. 

• Join us as we chat about his book and documentary, “Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film.”
• What started it all for Joe Maddrey in terms of your interest in the writing world?
• What was your attraction to scriptwriting?
• Tell us about what kinds of things have held him back and the best advice he had ever gotten which helped him move past that internal block.
• How much creative license does he get when he sits down to write a script for a television show?
• His editing process.
• What the timelines are like for writing a project looks like for him.
• He is going to tell is about his recent book, Adapting Stephen King and what his inspiration was for that book.

I'm not kidding folks, this is one of the most interesting interviews I think I have ever done. Check it out!

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Do you want to know the truth? Taking care of yourself ensures you can take care of others. In reality, blowing off your own health only hurts the ones around you.

Worst of all, it hurts your writing.

So, in this episode of All Things Writing, we are going to talk about what it takes to take care of you so that you can take care of business.

Mentioned in the show this week are quite a few links, so, here you go!

Link to Heidi's article
https://introvertdear.com/news/6-ways-to-calm-your-overthinking-introvert-mind/

Want to know more about floating... and the magic peace and quite can bring?
https://www.omfloat.com/

Think you could be a Highly Sensitive Person? Take the test, you may find out a lot more about yourself than you expected.
https://hsperson.com/

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If you live on the East Coast, you know the name Pamela K. Kinney. She is a fixutre in the writing and paranormal investigation world. So it's fitting that we have her on the show talking about all kinds of things from her life as a writer, to her life as a ghost hunter.

Join us as we talk about

• Her work in anthologies
• Where she gets her ideas from
• Her writing process
• How did she start writing
• Where did she learn her craft
• What was her first paranormal experience
• What frightens a seasoned ghost hunter
• What is one place she would love to investigate and why
• Is there an investigation special to her
• And where can we find her

Want to find out more about Pamela? Check her out at her website at https://www.pamelakkinney.com/

Or you can check her Amazon page

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Good Morning Everyone and welcome to another episode of All Things Writing. 

Labor Day 2021 was amazing fun for me. I am the father of an autistic adult child. He is currently down in Fishersville, Virginia attending a special tech school just for people with his kinds of needs.

I love Labor day for a couple of reasons. The first is that I really feel that at the end of summer we need a day to just sort of celebrate all things summer and enjoy hanging out with our family and friends. It is a time to unwind.

However, that is not what the day started out to be.

You see, Labor Day got its start in September of 1882. The unions in New York City decided to have a parade to celebrate their members being in unions and to show support for all unions. According to some sources, at least 20,000 people showed up at the event.

Other areas of the country followed in the footsteps of New York and soon gatherings sprung up and in in 1887 Oregon, Massachusetts, Colorado, New York, and New Jersey all made Labor day a state holiday. 

Grover Cleveland, in 1894, signed a law making Labor Day a national holiday. This was only after most states had already passed their own laws establishing a Labor Day holiday.

Labor Day is the unofficial end of hot dog season. Although I argue hot dogs are pretty much an all year thing. I am apparently not in the minority on this one as according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, Americans eat around 20 billion hot dogs annually.

Why do I tell you any of this?

This labor day my wife and I stopped in a wonderful little bed and breakfast called The Buckhorn Inn and Tavern. It is located in Churchville, Va. It is an amazing place. First off you should know it was built in 1811. While it was destroyed in a fire, but was rebuilt exactly as it was. The first floor houses this amazing little dining area, a check in area, and a few rooms.

The Innkeeper is named Rob. Super amazing host. He ran his hind end off to make sure our stay was as amazing as possible. The room we stayed in was in the second floor. Super comfy beds and really just a nice layout.

The Buckhorn was once host to Confederate Army Commander Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. As I stood on the balcony overlooking the street, I considered what it might have felt like in those times to look down at the carriage receiving area in front of the building.

The Buckhorn was a carriage stop along the road and likely played host to any number of famers persons throughout history who thought it only a minor occurrence to stop at a house along the route of a carriage.

I tried to put myself in the shoes of those people exiting their carriage ride, dusty and maybe a little sore from the trip, and being welcomed to the home. What was it like to see a home like that for the first time as a child of these families who looked upon the place with wonder?

What does this have to do with Writing?  Passion! Restoring a home takes passion, getting a new holiday on the books requires passion. So does writing.

Want to know more about the Buckhorn Inn? Click here!
How about Hunter and Christii Darden's Retro Flex? Click here!
Want to know all about Labor Day? Click here!

Thanks for listening,
Bryan the Writer

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Welcome everyone to All Things Writing. In case you wandered onto our little podcast and did not know it, I am your host, Bryan Nowak, podcaster, and fiction author of dark tales, SciFi, and suspenseful mysteries.

My guest today is none other than the author of the book “The Playing Card Killer” Mr. Russell James. 

Join us while we talk about all kinds of things like;

• When did you get your start in writing and what influenced you to write?
• Reading the playing card killer, I am reminded of the Russian Chess Board killer Alexander Pichushkin, because you use the symbology of the playing cards in your book. I am curious, how did you come up with this idea?
• How did you build his character profile? Was it based off someone?
• I am really curious why you chose a shipping yard as a setting. Is there a personal connection? I know that a lot of times I have a personal connection to the kinds of places I center my characters.
• You have quite a few books out, I am going to ask you to pick out a favorite, and why?
• Do you find that when you write, you have to put together an outline to follow?
• Where do you start from in the creative process? For me, I have to start at the main character’s point of view and then work them toward where I want to ultimately find them.
• Did you actively study to be a writer? What did you have to learn to perfect your craft?
• I am pretty sure I make mistakes daily. What mistakes do you think you made at the beginning?

 Want to know more about Russell? Click Here!

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At All Things Writing, we not only have great guests, but I like to think we have great content too. Join me as I read out of my upcoming book, The App!

Be the first to hear the first how it all begins for our hero Cece in this thrilling first chapter (prologue, really).

Join me as I read what happens in the deepest, darkest woods.


Want to buy a fella a cup of coffee? Well you can. Check me out at                     buymeacoffee.com/bryanthewriter

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Greetings friends!

Sit back and relax while I talk with the amazing Mr. Jim Nettles. Jim has a background that I am not sure any other guest on the show can even begin to hold a candle to. James Nettles has a thirty-year career consulting for clients from startups to Fortune 100’s, media contributor, speaker on the I0T, privacy, business continuity and disaster recovery, futurism, coming disruptive technologies and their impact on businesses and individual daily lives. He teaches workshops on Intellectual Property, Marketing and Branding, Social Media, book development and publication, and the business of creativity.

Listen while we talk about; 

• What made him write mostly non-fiction and how does he chose to write what he writes in the fiction realm?
• What does he see on the horizon which will shake up the way authors do business in the future?
• Let me pick his brain on his basic advice to get people on the road to marketing success.
• What the heck is Author Essentials and how do people get it.
• What educational courses does he offer?
• What are his favorite genres to write in?

Want to know more about Jim? Check him out at all these wonderful places.

Non-fiction, speaking and consulting at https://JamesPNettles.com

Short stories, new releases, and more can be found at: http://www.jim-mcdonald.net/

Author Essentials: https://www.authoressentials.net and https://www.authoressentialsworkshops.com, with resources and workshops dedicated to the business of being an author.

ConTinual: ConTinualConvention.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Twitter:  @ JPNettlesAuthor

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/jimmacauthor

https://www.facebook.com/james.nettles

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorEssentials/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BooksandBeerCLT/

https://www.facebook.com/booksnbeer/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpnettlesauthor/

Check him out and all the amazing things he has to

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Good Day to you all, my wonderful listeners. I’m thrilled that you have, once again, tuned into the show that makes the world go round, or at least my world, All Things Writing. 

We have a lot of authors and writing related people on this show and that is great. But remember that there is a cast of thousands who work in the creative world and they all add that subtle bit of awesome sauce to what we do.

I do have some podcasters on, but really none like this guy. He does something truly unique. Please take some time to get to know the voice The Wandering Tavern podcast, Mr. William Smith.

Today we are talking about;

• How did you first think to yourself, you know, this is something I want to do?
• Have you always been into voices and voice acting?
• What were you like as a kid?
• When did you first realize you had a good idea?
• Walk me through the process of creating a character in your head.
• There seems to be a good amount of audio mixing that has to go on, how long does it take you to do an episode, lets say for an hour or so of audio?

Want to know more? Check out William's work at:

Project Smythical or The Wandering Tavern

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