Fable & The Verbivore

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Fable talks about preparing to go to her first conference and book signing and the Verbivore offers some ideas gleaned from her experience at workshops and signings at Phoenix Comicon and other professional conferences.

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Fable talks about the cover design process for a gothic novel that she (under a pen name) and a co-auther are in the process of preparing for self publication.

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Books and Films Mentioned:

- The Marriage Hex by Sarah Blue

- Why Does My Book Not Sell? 20 Simple Fixes by Rayne Hall

- Writing Scary Scenes: Professional Techniques for Thrillers, Horror and Other Exciting Fiction by Rayne Hall

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Books and Films Mentioned:

- Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life by Julia Cameron

- Love for Imperfect Things by Haemin Sunim

- The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim

- Sweatpants & Coffee: Affirmations for Anxiety Blobs (Like You and Me): Gentle thoughts to keep you centered, focused and hopeful for the days ahead by Nanea Hoffman

- House Beautiful Style 101: 400 Designer Secrets to a Beautiful Home by Lisa Cregan

- The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday by Rob Walker

- Funny Story by Emily Henry

- Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

- Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

- Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

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Books and Films Mentioned:

- The Wind in the Willows: Illustrated Classic by Kenneth Grahame

- The Imagineering Story: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering by Leslie Iwerks

- The Imagineering Story (2019 Documentary Series) - Directed by Leslie Iwerks  

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The Verbivore talks about how we naturally become habituated to our lives and the idea of dishabituation as a way to keep life fresh and us noticing the good things that are there. This GQ article titled “Why We Get Bored of the Best Things in Life—and How to Fight It” is a pretty good overview and references the book Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There by Tali Sharot and  Cass R. Sunstein

In this episode, we reference back to a number of episodes over our almost five years of podcasting. Here are a few:

- Episode 146: Marvel Character Dynamics with MJ McGriff

- Episode 147: Marvel's WandaVision with K.T. Anglehart

- Episode 197: Lord of the Rings Character panel discussion w/ Kieran (Kate) Lamoureux and Stephanie Ascough

- Episode 75: Interview with Tiffany Clarke Harrison (part 1)

- Episode 76: Interview with Tiffany Clarke Harrison (part 2)

- Episode 51: Already Worthy, Already Loved

- Episode 66: Let's talk about Caraval

- Episode 45: The Hate U Give Discussion

- Episode 95: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

- Episode 241: Diversity in Six of Crows

- Episode 30: Break out of the box with your writing

- Episode 58: Let's talk about Mexican Gothic

- Episode 131: Jurassic Park

- Episode 79: Let's talk about craft books

- Episode 71: Let's talk about writing physical intimacy

- Episode 72: Let's talk about writing physical intimacy (part 2)

- Episode 15: How to write great romantic chemistry

- Episode 16: Writing romantic chemistry part 2

- Episode 211: Rating our Writing

- Episode 215: Things We're Learning About Our Writing

We also touch on the authors that we’ve interviewed and connected with over the course of the podcast and how positive those conversations have been. Here is a link to those episodes:

https://fableandtheverbivore.com/podcast/category/interview

And here are some of our other milestone celebration episodes:

- Episode 200: Sticking with things

- Episode 150: Hooray for 150 episodes!

- Episode 100: Celebrate and Reflect

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Books and Films Mentioned:

- Write Naked: A Bestseller's Secrets to Writing Romance & Navigating the Path to Success By Jennifer Probst (Author); Christina Lauren (Foreward)

- 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Updated): Proven Professional Techniques for Writing with Style and Power by Gary Provost

- My Lady Jane (Season 1) - Directed by Jamie Babbitt; Stefan Schwartz

- Inside Pixar (Season 1, 2020)

- House Beautiful Colors for Your Home Expanded Edition: 493 Designer Favorites by House Beautiful (Editor)

- The Imagineering Story: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering by Leslie Iwerks

- The Imagineering Story (2019 Documentary Series) - Directed by Leslie Iwerks 

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During this conversation, Fable shares information about the resource Kindlepreneur, which is run by Dave Chesson and information can be found on the Kindlepreneur.com website and @Kindlepreneur YouTube channel.   

The specific Kindleprenuer YouTube video she references is “KDP Termination Problem (AI Content?)”
and the Kindleprenuer article “Amazon KDP Account Suspension: Causes, Prevention, and Solutions” digs a little further into this issue with additional advice and tips. He also suggests reading through Amazon’s Metadata Guidelines for Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to familiarize yourself with the detailed guidelines.

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The Verbivore shares Trent Reznor’s story with NIN that helped inform a part of the storyline for the movie Soul. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the score along with John Batiste who created the jazz compositions. That story came from an interview clip mentioned in Lessons From the Screenplay’s YouTube Video “The Soul of Good Character Design”

The Verbivore mentions the story of Stephen King’s Misery and how he realized after the fact his subconscious mind was trying to tell himself something about his own addiction (as mentioned in his book On Writing). The BookRiot Article “Writing and Addiction in Stephen King’s MISERY” also references this idea.

Books and Films Mentioned:

- Soul - Directed by Pete Docter

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The Verbivore shares several affirmations from Julia Cameron’s Transitions. The quote she read is:

- “When the mind becomes quiet, you feel nourished.” - Swami Chidvilasananda (Page 77)

The Verbivore paraphrases a line from Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. That actual line is: “I want to be a part of the people that make meaning. Not the thing that's made.”

Books and Films Mentioned:

- Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life by Julia Cameron

- The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

- Austenland - Directed by Jerusha Hess

- Barbie - Directed by Greta Gerwig

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