Independent Claws

Sparf and the gang hang out at Anthrohio 2019. More new content to come!

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The cast of Up Fur Review joins Sparf and some other writers and editors to hang out and shoot the proverbial shit at FurtheMore 2019. Yeah, it’s been a really, really long time!

So, after the last post, your host Sparf fell off the wagon in a major way. With things moving ahead with RAWR and APAW, he’s come back to have Alkani Serval tell you a little about the workshop, the organization, and what we do.

Full Disclosure: Sparf sits on the board of APAW and is an alumna of the inaugural RAWR (Regional Anthropomorphic Writers Retreat).

Also joining for occasional commentary is fellow RAWR alumna, from a different class, Jay Dee.

More episodes are in the production pipeline, and hopefully the podcast will return to a roughly monthly schedule, with bonus episodes with groups as they become available.

The audio you’ve been waiting for! Ocean and I hosted a hangout with a whole bunch of authors at Anthrocon 2018 and recorded it!

Check out Fangs and Fonts at http://www.fangsandfonts.com or @fangsandfonts on Twitter. Check me out at http://www.chriswilliamsauthor.com or @clawspodcast on Twitter!

I’ll be getting back to regular posting soon, so keep your ears sharp and your feeds subscribed for more of me rambling about whatever writing stuff comes into my head.

Sparf returns to chatter at you a little about writing in other peoples’ universes. A little discussion of fanfic, and a little discussion of a more structured setting.

The New Tibet submission call can be found at http://www.sofawolf.com/submissions

Awards links:

http://www.coyotlawards.org

Opening and closing music by Lee Rosevere and found at the Free Music Archive. Used under Creative Commons Attribution. For more by Lee Rosevere, visit this link:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Sparf discusses revisiting a character after a long absence, either a time-skip between stories, or a time gap in writing by the author.

This episode’s book recommendations:

The Tower and the Fox by Tim Susman

and

Kismet by Watts Martin

Awards links:

http://www.ursamajorawards.org

https://furrybookreview.wixsite.com/blog/leo-awards

http://www.coyotlawards.org

Opening and closing music by Lee Rosevere and found at the Free Music Archive. Used under Creative Commons Attribution. For more by Lee Rosevere, visit this link:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Sparf returns with a little rambling about forcing oneself to write, and advice from other, better authors about how to better tell the story your characters demand (or would demand, if you were the kind of author whose characters actually spoke to them).

RAWR Write-a-Thon is in full swing for October through November, and you can donate via the PayPal link at http://www.chriswilliamsauthor.com.

October is Furry Book Month, so use the hashtag #FurryBookMonth to join the conversation and check out the sales from the awesome folks at our various furry publishers, like FurPlanet https://furplanet.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=260

Or look for the 20% discount on their ebook imprint, http://www.baddogbooks.com

If you are interested in learning more about the RAWR Write-a-Thon, or participating or donating, please visit http://writeathon.rawr.community

Opening and closing music by Lee Rosevere and found at the Free Music Archive. Used under Creative Commons Attribution. For more by Lee Rosevere, visit this link:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Once again, Sparf returns. This time, at the head of a gaggle—Cluster? Pride? OtherNoun?— of furry writers and editors. We discuss…who knows what. Since Ocean Tigrox wasn’t there, we couldn’t do Shit Writers Say, so we got this knockoff.

There’s no opening or closing music this time. Just voices of drunk and/or exhausted congoers.

This episode, Sparf talks Failure, and offers some thoughts and encouragement as to how to get through it. Anthrocon is coming up, and Sparf will be present, on a couple of writing panels and doing a reading from Bleak Horizons. If you’re on the fence about picking up that anthology, stop in and have a listen! Bleak Horizons is available from http://www.furplanet.com

Opening and closing music by Lee Rosevere and found at the Free Music Archive. Used under Creative Commons Attribution. For more by Lee Rosevere, visit this link:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

A brief episode touching on a few tips and tricks about being on panels at conventions, and a few things to avoid as an audience member.

No book recommendation this week, as it’s Fur the More weekend! Though, if you were so inclined, Bleak Horizons could use some love over at http://www.furplanet.com

Opening and closing music by Lee Rosevere and found at the Free Music Archive. Used under Creative Commons Attribution. For more by Lee Rosevere, visit this link:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/