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This week, Marshall and Nick sit down with Erin Roberts to talk about short stories! Erin shares her approach to writing short stories as well as how she got stories like Sour Milk Girls published. 

Links mentioned during the show:

Erin Roberts at Writing Wonder

Sour Milk Girls by Erin Roberts

Erin on Twitter @nirele

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This week, Marshall and Nick chat with Wil Ralston about short stories. They discuss two specific stories in the hopes of bringing what they learn to their own writing. 

Topic of the Month: Short Stories

Links mentioned during the show:

Tempest Bradford - Class: Managing Social Media for Writers with K. Tempest Bradford

Fiesta, 1980

Elephants and Corpses

Erin Roberts

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This week, Marshall and Nick take a listener request to discuss how they approach short fiction. If you want to suggest a topic, email us, or post on our Discord channel. 

Topic of the Month: Our Approach to Writing Short Fiction

Links mentioned during the show:

FIYAH Magazine

Brandon Sanderson Lecture #7: Short Stories — With Special Guest Instructor Mary Robinette Kowal

Dan Wells’ Seven Point Story Structure

mywriteclub.com 

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This week, Marshall and Nick sit down with Wil Ralston and talk about writing through anxiety, turning hardship into creativity, books, writing the other, and so much more! (Note: We had some technical glitches so please excuse any poor audio moments)

Topic: Staying Creative despite Anxiety and Uncertainty

Links mentioned during the show:

Wil Ralston

Luke Tarzian

David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Maurice Broaddus

Lost Gods by Micah Yongo

Daniel Jose Older 

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Leigh Bardugo

Mary Robinette Kowal

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

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This week, Marshall and Nick discuss outlining around worldbuilding and the pains they experience as pantsers who lightly outline at the beginning of their works in progress (WIP). Marshall discusses the iceberg theory for worldbuilding and Nick discusses how he had to backwards plot the last act of his WIP to tie things together. 

Topic of the Month: Outlining

Links mentioned during the show:

Brandon Sanderson 2020 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Creative Writing Lecture

Padlet

Mindly

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This week, Marshall and Nick discuss their time at the LTUE conference in Utah. 

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LTUE

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This week, Marshall and Nick discuss adversity and resilience not only around their writing, but in their personal lives as well. 

Topic of the Month: Resilience

Links mentioned during the show:

"Box of Bones" anthology by Rosarium Publishing (Bill Campbell)

LTUE

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This week, Marshall and Nick discuss listener feedback on “how do you stretch yourself as a writer.” Below are a few of the techniques discussed. They also start planning for the Life, Universe, and Everything Else conference in Provo, Utah, February 13-15. Stop by and say hello if you are in town!

• Write in other Genres

Topic of the Week: Stretching yourself as a writer PART 2

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This week, Marshall and Nick discuss writing in the new year including retreats and events they’re planning to attend. They also talk about how they stretch themselves as writers. Happy New Year!

Topic of the Week: Stretching yourself as a writer

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This week, Marshall and Nick discuss their year-end plans, language, and culture involving curse words and holidays. Marshall and Nick are very grateful to all of their listeners and supporters. Each listener has contributed to a better year in our lives. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Topic of the Month: Language and Culture 

Links mentioned during the show:

Brandon Sanderson

J.Y. Yang

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