Determination, Deliberation, and Dragons

Happy Greek Independence Day! On this episode of Determination, Deliberation, and Dragons we are joined by the wonderful Julie Wilson. We explore some of the physical aspects of books through a discussion of Charlie Jane Anders' short story, The Bookstore at the End of America, and then Julie tells us about the research she conducted as a Master's student at the University of Virginia.

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Hosts: Peter Markotsis and Izzy Perez

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Music: Julie Wilson

Cover Art: Gloria

Featuring: Julie Wilson

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In this episode, Peter shares an essay that they wrote for their Trans-Atlantic Romanticism class. It focuses on the Lucy poems written by William Wordsworth, and how the poet manages to intermix the beautiful with the sublime as defined during the romantic period.

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This is the audiobook style recording of the 2nd Pana and Waveskimmer story, Frozen Together, and is meant to be listened to alongside episode 3, in which we workshop this story.

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Host/Editor/Producer/Narrator: Peter Markotsis

Music: Julie Wilson

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Voice of Pana: Kristen

Voice of Varé and Pana's Father: Ling-Xiu Zhang

Voice of Salston Gally: Julie Wilson

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Join Izzy and Peter as they discuss worldbuilding while workshopping Peter's second story in the Pana and Waveskimmer series.

Hosts: Izzy Perez and Peter Markotsis

Editor/Producer: Peter Markotsis

Music: Julie Wilson

Cover Art: Gloria

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Most Harry Potter fans know Bellatrix as Voldemort's lieutenant, his top Death Eater who is willing to do absolutely anything in his service. But what if she wasn't a Death Eater during the first Wizarding War? Voldemort claims that two Lestranges went to Azkaban for their service to him, but we know that there are actually three: Bellatrix, her husband Rodolphus, and his brother Rabastan. Is this just a typo, or is there something that fans of Harry Potter have missed all these years?

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Peter had the incredible opportunity to visit Guayaquil Ecuador as part of a medical mission. While they were there, they visited a place called Las Peñas (the steps). It reminded them of a world they've been working on developing for the last eight years. They talk about how for them, imagining settings and characters can be a struggle, and that watching the world around them helps to creatively define the spaces they write about.

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Music: Julie Wilson

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In this episode, Peter takes a look at how the How To Train Your Dragon books written by Cressida Cowell, present patriarchy, and the ways in which the titular character Hiccup pushes back against the patriarchal system of the Barbaric Archipelago. If you've ever wondered how dragons can teach us to be a gentler, kinder, and more thoughtful society, then this is the episode for you.

Written, Produced, and Edited by Peter Markotsis.

Cover Art by Gloria.

Music by Julie Wilson.

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Get ready to join us as we write improvised stories just for you. In this episode, Izzy and Peter along with the incredible Kaitlyn Cunningham perform a writing exercise designed to test our ability to improvise and change tones. You'll hear us as we go through the process of talking about what we'll be doing, read the stories we wrote, and then discuss them afterwards. This is a great exercise that you can do with your friends and family at home or over Zoom.

Hosts: Izzy Perez and Peter Markotsis

Guest Host: Kaitlyn Cunningham

Producer/Editor: Peter Markotsis

Art: Gloria

Music: Julie Wilson

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Frogs Croaking: Benboncan

Tree Falling: ecfike

Error: Iluiset7

Ding: JohnsonBrandEditing

Mystery Chime: Unaxete

Sad Violin: Timbre

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Happy holidays! We hope that you all are staying safe, and having a fantastic and restful holiday season. We would like to present you with a little gift. In this episode, Peter talks a bit about one of the best fictional characters of all time: Luz Noceda, from the fantastic show, The Owl House, by Dana Terrace. This is a short, fun, and quickly made episode about some of the reasons why Luz is fantastic.

We may drop some similar episodes every so often that don't follow our main format. We're still experimenting with podcasting and learning more about what we want to do. We hope you enjoy this episode.

Thanks!

Host/Editor/Producer: Peter Markotsis

Cover Art: Gloria

Music: Julie Wilson

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In our first episode, we workshopped a story written by Peter called Off The Scent, the first in a series of short stories about Pana and their dragon friend Waveskimmer. Though we gave a brief summary of the story in that episode, we realized that parts of our discussion may have been difficult to follow without actually reading the story for yourself. So, we decided to have Peter, someone who has avoided public speaking and acting for the greater part of 22.5 years, record themself reading the story for you. We hope you enjoy!

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Read by Peter Markotsis

Editor/Producer: Peter Markotsis

Art: Gloria

Music: Julie Wilson

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