Writing Alchemy

Episode 9 – “Dangerous Company” Part 1 with Guest Tobi Hill-Meyer


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Writing Alchemy Episode 9 Summary

Media creator and community-organizer Tobi Hill-Meyer joins Fay for the reading of part 1 of “Dangerous Company,” which begins with an angry gender-switching dragon and the woman the townsfolk have hired to kill her. However Kalla the problem-solver is not what either the townsfolk or dragon expect. The following discussion delves deep into ethical ways for artists to address oppression in their work, the changes I made to this story, and the ways marginalized people are often identified with monsters in stories.

Dangerous Company: The last five dragon slayers died. Kalla is good at solving problems, but her skills will be tested as she embarks on her journey with the very dragon she is expected to kill disguised as her guide. Some interesting surprises are just around the corner…

Story: Dangerous Company

Guest: Media creator and community-organizer Tobi Hill-Meyer

An green and gray, ink and watercolor drawing of a steep, tree-covered mountaintop with a white sky behind it. Silhouetted in the sky is a flying dragon with large wings and a long thin tail.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story

Dangerous Company: http://writingalchemy.net/older-works/dangerous-company/

Fay’s Links

You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy
The RSS feed of this podcast is: http://writingalchemy.net/feed/podcast

Tobi’s Links

Tobi’s call for submissions: http://handbasketproductions.com/call-for-submissions/
My Words to Victor Frankenstein By Susan Stryker: https://freeskoool.wikispaces.com/file/view/_My+Words+to+Victor+Frankenstein…pdf

Music Credits:

Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Ominous dragon music: Thunderbird (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
Townsfolk crowd: Festival_Crowd_01.wav by Koops | License: Attribution
Townsfolk voices: Tobi Hill-Meyer, original recording
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