Fable & The Verbivore

Notes:

The Verbivore references several quotes from the books and films. They are:

- “She [Galadriel] held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it, and rays of white light sprang from her hand. 'In this phial,' she said, 'is caught the light of Earendil's star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” - The Fellowship of the Ring book

- Frodo: “What a pity Bilbo did not stab the vile creature, when he had a chance!”
Gandalf: “Pity? It was pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and mercy: not to strike without need.”

Frodo: “I do not feel any pity for Gollum. He deserves death.”

Gandalf: “Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.” - The Fellowship of the Ring book

- “There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.” - The Return of the King book

- “Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.” - The Fellowship of the Ring book

- “The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known.” - The Return of the King book

- “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” - The Fellowship of the Ring film

- “It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” - The Fellowship of the Ring book

- “[Saruman] is plotting to become a Power. He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment.” - The Two Towers book

Books and Movies Mentioned:

- The Lord of the Rings Book Set by J. R. R. Tolkien

- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Directed by Peter Jackson

- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Directed by Peter Jackson

- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Directed by Peter Jackson

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Notes:

The Verbivore at one point says the name Wormwood, but she meant Wormtongue.

Here is an interesting series of video essays on the topic of why the Hobbit trilogy was so rough from a story perspective:

- YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part One: The Dwarves” Video by Just Write

- YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part Two: Tensionless Action” Video by Just Write

- YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part Three: Unresolved Plotlines” Video by Just Write

- YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part Four: Bad Romance” Video by Just Write

- YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part Five: Philosophy of Adaptation” Video by Just Write

Books and Movies Mentioned:

- The Lord of the Rings Book Set by J. R. R. Tolkien

- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Directed by Peter Jackson

- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Directed by Peter Jackson

- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Directed by Peter Jackson

- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

- The Hobbit trilogy - Directed by Peter Jackson

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Notes:

The Verbivore referenced when Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring film came out in reference to her life experience, but the actual release date was Dec. 19th, 2001.

Books and Movies Mentioned:

- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien 

- The Lord of the Rings Book Set by J. R. R. Tolkien

- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Directed by Peter Jackson  

- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Directed by Peter Jackson

- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Directed by Peter Jackson  

- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Notes:

Heather Caliri is an active and supportive member of the Instagram creative community. We connected with her on social media, because she is a truth teller in the truest sense and has such a great way of conveying nuanced and in-depth thoughts on a variety of complex topics. She is a writer, artist and editor whose work has appeared in Christianity Today, The Other Journal, Fathom Magazine, Image Journal, In Touch Magazine, and Geez Magazine. Her debut non-fiction book Ordinary Creativity: How to Survive with Joy was released on June 6th, 2023.

You can connect with Heather on Instagram at @heathercaliri and on her website at https://www.heathercaliri.com/. Her website also features a free Creative Personality Test that can be found here.

Books and Movies Mentioned:

- Ordinary Creativity: How to Survive the Joy by Heather Caliri

- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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Notes:

The Verbivore talks about the anime Suzume (2023) and says that we’ve been calling it “The Girl, the Cat, the Chair, and the Door” based on the trailer. Here is a link to that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UuwS0mTBNM

Books and Films Mentioned:

- Suzume - Directed by Makoto Shinkai  

- Your Name - Directed by Makoto Shinkai 

- Your Name (light novel) by Makoto Shinkai 

- A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn

- The Fine Print by Lauren Asher  

- Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

- Twisted Love by Ana Huang  

- Neon Gods by Katee Roberts

- By the Book (Meant to Be Book 2) by Jasmine Guillory

- If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be Book 1) by Julie Murphy 

- A Tempest at Sea (Lady Sherlock Book 7) by Sherry Thomas

- Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

- Miss Aldredge Regrets (A Canary Club Mystery) by Louise Hare

- The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel

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Notes:

Kate is an author of dark fantasy romance and contemporary fantasy stories. Her short story ‘Daughter of Darkness & Son of the Sun’ was published last year in the Worldsmyth’s Darkness & Moonlight anthology and her short story Deconstructed won first place in Tribus Polaris’s 2020 flash fiction contest. Kate published her Greedy: A Lust & Lore Novella on April 14th, 2023 and is currently working on revisions for her debut novel The Guardian (Book 1 of The Terramica War planned trilogy).

Kate’s website is KieranLamoureux.com and her Instagram account is @kjlamoureux.writes. We’d highly recommend checking out her bibliophile posts, atmospheric pictures, teasers of her current work, and the flash fiction pieces located in her Instagram stories. We also love her open and candid posts about her personal life and creating as a neurodiverse writer. Her website also lists the micro editing with heart services that she provides - line editing, copy editing, proofreading, and pitches, blurbs, and synopses – as well as her current rates.

River is an author of romantic and character centered stories. She’s in the process of querying her romantic suspense novel Flies in the Honey and is currently drafting a project called Ballroom Blitz which she describes as a sapphic ballroom competition ex revenge story that has the feel of Strictly Ballroom meets RENT's "Tango Maureen.".

River’s website is littleizumi.wixsite.com/riverari , her Instagram account is @author.river.ari, and her Twitter account is LittleIzumi. We’d highly recommend checking out her honest and unfiltered posts about life, writing, being a nuerodivirgent creative, and celebrating the power of a good nature walk. We also love the way she posts about her current writing projects and how they do such a masterful job of capturing the aethetics and flavor of her work. Her website lists the editing services that she provides - one-on-one book coaching, developmental edits, line editing, copy editing, dialogue doctor review, character central review, first three chapters review, and sensitivity reader services - as well as her current rates and any offered discounts.

Kate was a guest on the Fable and the Verbivore podcast earlier this year on an episode about writing sex scenes. Here is that episode:

- Episode 175: Writing sex scenes

We also reference two episodes released earlier this month on our own neurodivergent stories. Those episodes are:

- Episode 188: Neurodivergence and Creativity Part 1

- Episode 189: Neurodivergence and Creativity Part 2

Books Mentioned:

- Greedy: A Lust and Lore Novella by Kieran Lamoureux

- Two Wrongs Make a Right (The Wilmot Sisters Series) by Chloe Liese  

- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) - Netflix Series

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Notes:

We touch on one of our previous podcast episodes that is part 1 of this series. It is as follows:

- Episode 188: Neurodivergence and Creativity Part 1

The Verbivore talks about her experience with learning about dyspraxia and mentions that she’d never even heard the word before two (ish) years ago and that it’s a type of neurodivergence that’s not as well known. Here are some of the resources that she‘s found helpful in her journey:

- Dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk Article “Dyspraxia at a glance”

- YouTube Video "Rewiring Dyspraxia from the Brain | Farah Nanji | TEDxLuxembourgCity”

- YouTube Video “Dyspraxic and Fantastic! | Ellie Madeira | TEDxCCGrammarSchool”

- Attitudemag.com article “What is Dyspraxia? Clumsy Child Syndrome”

The Verbivore mentions Morgan Harper Nichols and creatives like her that are unmasking and showing up vulnerably authentic. Here is one of her posts from Instagram about her experience:

- https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTf3M8O0c_/

In this series, we reference the circle graph or pie-chart representation of autism, rather than as a line. Here are some links to articles that talk about this model:

- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-autism-spectrum-disorder/202208/autistic-linear-spectrum-pie-chart-spectrum

- https://themighty.com/topic/autism-spectrum-disorder/autism-spectrum-wheel/

If you’d like to learn more about these topics, here are a few articles and videos to get you started:

- ChildMind.org Article “What Is Neurodiversity? And how can parents support kids who are neurodivergent?”

- MedicalNewsToday.com Article “What to know about autism in girls”

- PsychCentral.com Article “Masking in Autism: The ‘Why’ Matters”

- Ted-Ed Video “What is dyslexia? - Kelli Sandman-Hurley”

- YouTube Video “Autism is a difference, not a disorder | Katie Forbes | TEDxAberdeen”

- YouTube Video “Unmasking the Stigma Behind Autism in Females | Emmy Peach | TEDxUGA”

Books and Films Mentioned:

- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

- The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

- The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

- Two Wrongs Make a Right (The Wilmot Sisters Series) by Chloe Liese

- A Study In Scarlet Women (The Lady Sherlock Series Book 1) by Sherry Thomas

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‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Notes:

The Verbivore talks about her experience with learning about dyspraxia and mentions that she’d never even heard the word before two (ish) years ago and that it’s a type of nuerodivergent diagnosis that’s not as well known. Here are some of the resources that she‘s found helpful in her journey:

- Dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk Article “Dyspraxia at a glance”

- YouTube Video "Rewiring Dyspraxia from the Brain | Farah Nanji | TEDxLuxembourgCity”

- YouTube Video “Dyspraxic and Fantastic! | Ellie Madeira | TEDxCCGrammarSchool”

Fable mentions the circle graph or pie-chart representation of autism, rather than as a line. Here are some links to articles that talk about this model:

- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-autism-spectrum-disorder/202208/autistic-linear-spectrum-pie-chart-spectrum

- https://themighty.com/topic/autism-spectrum-disorder/autism-spectrum-wheel/

If you’d like to learn more about these topics, here are a few articles and videos to get you started:

- ChildMind.org Article “What Is Neurodiversity? And how can parents support kids who are neurodivergent?”

- MedicalNewsToday.com Article “What to know about autism in girls”

- PsychCentral.com Article “Masking in Autism: The ‘Why’ Matters”

- Ted-Ed Video “What is dyslexia? - Kelli Sandman-Hurley”

- YouTube Video “Autism is a difference, not a disorder | Katie Forbes | TEDxAberdeen”

- YouTube Video “Unmasking the Stigma Behind Autism in Females | Emmy Peach | TEDxUGA”

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‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Notes:

Fable mentions author David Baldacci’s MasterClass where he goes through his research process in depth. Those lessons are:

- Research Methods and Sources, Part 1

- Research Methods and Sources, Part 2

The Verbivore references two YouTube videos from K.M. Weiland on her historical fiction research process. Here are those videos:

- K.M. Weiland Video “7 Easy Ways to Research a Historical Novel (What I Learned Writing Storming)”

- K.M. Weiland Video “How Do You Know When to Stop Researching a Historical Novel?”

The Verbivore talks about how many museums are now accessible online or have virtual tours available. Here is the link to an article from UpgradedPoints.com that lists 75 museums with virtual tours - “https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/best-virtual-museum-tours/”

In this episode, we touch on the following previous podcast episodes:

- Episode 184: Historical fiction part 1

- Episode 185: Historical fiction part 2

- Episode 186: Historical Fiction Favorites

Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation:

- MasterClass Article “What is Historical Fiction? Definition of the Historical Fiction Genre and Tips for Writing Your Historical Novel”

- CeladonBooks.com Article “What Is Historical Fiction?”

- YouTube Ruta Sepetys “Bradford Literature Festival - Hidden Histories with Ruta Sepetys

- MasterClass Article “How to Use the Five Senses in Your Writing”

- MasterClass Article “How to Research a Novel: Tips for Fiction Writing Research”

- Writer’s Digest Article “8 Rules of Writing Historical Fiction Research” by Kim van Alkemade

- KatClay.com Article “How to effectively research historical fiction”

- Kat Clay YouTube Video “How to Research Historical Fiction”

- Film Courage Video “What Writers Need To Know About Writing Historical Fiction by E.K. Prescott”

- Film Courage Video “Keys To Writing Good Historical Fiction by E.K. Prescott”

- Author Learning Center Video “Tips for Researching and Writing Historical Fiction”

Books and Films Mentioned:

- A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier

- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) - Netflix Film

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Notes:

The Verbivore references a YouTube video that talks about challenging the view of history as “great men doing great things”, by sitting with the awkward truth that the victor goes the ability to tell the story. That video is “Author Learnig Center - Tips for Researching and Writing Historical Fiction”.

The Verbivore references a YouTube video where historical fiction writer Ruta Sepetys talks about her book Fountains of Silence. That video is titled “Bradford Literature Festival - Hidden Histories with Ruta Sepetys”.

In this episode, we touch on the following previous podcast episodes:

- Episode 17: Being kind to your readers and writing subtle character growth (Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock Series)

- Episode 58: Let's talk about Mexican Gothic  

- Episode 104: Reader conversation about Sister Heart

- Episode 179: The Bridgerton series

- Episode 184: Historical fiction part 1

- Episode 185: Historical fiction part 2

Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation:

- MasterClass Article “What is Historical Fiction? Definition of the Historical Fiction Genre and Tips for Writing Your Historical Novel”

- CeladonBooks.com Article “What Is Historical Fiction?”

- IAPWE.org Article “The Subgenres of Historical Fiction”

- HistoryThroughFiction.com Article “The History of Historical Fiction, in brief”

- TCKPublishing.com Article “8 Most Popular Historical Fiction Tropes”

Books and Films Mentioned:

- A Study In Scarlet Women (The Lady Sherlock Series Book 1) by Sherry Thomas

- Beloved by Toni Morrison

- Kindred by Octavia Butler

- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

- The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- The Iliad by Homer

- The Odyssey by Homer

- Clytemnestra: A Novel by Costanza Casati

- Henry V by Williams Shakespeare

- The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

- Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

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‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)