Ordinary Chaos

0:48 Karen is an inkle weaver. What is that?

5:28 How did you learn about inkle and get into it?

6:25 I feel like it’s a big jump from knitting and crocheting to spinning yarn…

11:27 How has it progressed or changed?

14:22 What would you make out of pearl fiber?

16:44 This begins to explain why there are so many types of yarn.

18:31 Do you sell your inkles?

20:47 But there’s something else inkle-related that you ARE selling. Tell us about that.

22:41 It was a learning experience, and Karen learned something at least most of us need.

26:22 In the process of developing that, what kind of bumps do you hit?

29:13 Your app just came out a couple of weeks ago. We find it in the app store?

29:34 How did you decide what to charge?

34:47 Karen volunteers a thought on confidence

36:35 Shifting back into weaving, what do you make?

40:02 Of all the things you’ve made, do you have a favorite?

44:03 Is there anything else you want to talk about that I’ve missed?

51:11 If people want to learn more about you, where should they go?

Words to know:

warp: threads that are tied onto the loom and are under tension

weft: thread that goes at a 90-degree angle to the warp

pick: one pass of the weft

Time stamps:

1:08   How did you get started in writing?

4:57   Your second and third books are different from your first. How/why?

7:27   Do you know what would cause people to need help?

9:28   Do you have another book in the works?

13:58   Aside from moving your meetings with your prayer partners to Zoom, did the pandemic have other effect on your work?

16:55   How we know each other  

20:23   What is your biggest frustration? 

22:38   What do you wish that people understood about your work or your path that they might not catch at first glance or if they’re not terribly thoughtful? 

28:13   Have you had survivors of any of the people in your book see their people in your book and contact you?

30:22   How did you choose which 26 stories (out of 400!) to use? 

32:43   Fr. Nathan asks for me: how has it changed me? 

36:31   Anything that I missed that you want to add?  

37:52   What’s your website?  

nathan-castle.com

Time stamps:

0:56 Lee Ann loves tea

8:18 What would your younger self be surprised about your current self?

13:16 Is there a piece of advice you were given that you’re glad you didn’t follow?

13:53 Can you think of any feedback you’ve been given—by a person or an experience—that permanently changed how you view yourself?

28:15 What superpowers have you developed?

29:26 Is there a thing you wish people knew about you?

35:17 If you had to be famous for something, what would it be?

36:43 Back to the bookmark: Is there a piece of advice you were given you’re glad you didn’t follow?

37:28 Do you have a question for the next guest?

37:58 What’s your why?

38:52 Heat and Lee Ann take a walk down memory lane

0:41 introducing Sydney Doberstein, a voice over actor

4:30 So many places there are prerecorded voices…

5:16 How is voice acting different than regular acting?

8:20 If you could magically have it set up the way you want it to be, what would it look like?

12:55 How has COVID affected your work?

15:36 Is there industry standard for how you get paid?

20:15 What the typical timeline for a submission?

24:20 What’s the difference between the platform you use and an agent?

25:40 Of all the things you’ve done so far, do you have a favorite?

27:30 Special considerations for cartoons

28:35 Does this affect how much you talk to people outside of work?

29:57 What’s your biggest frustration?

33:06 What’s challenging about audiobooks?

35:01 Is there anything we haven’t talked about that you wish people knew about this kind of work?

38:00 Is there anything you want to add that we missed?

40:00 Where can people find you on the web?

Website: sydneydoberstein.com

Twitter: @syddoberstein

Instagram: @sydneydoberstein

IMDb

What's coming up in season 2?

0:54 Dad loves his family.

1:29 What was your favorite subject in school?

2:06 What do you like about trombone and why did you choose it?

3:13 What’s a great book you’ve read?

4:43 Is there anything you did or advice you took that changed your life for better or worse?

5:57 Is there something that your parents did that was great?

6:38 Is there something that your parents did that you thought could be better or changed or different?

8:09 Why do you like music so much?

9:32 Do you have a joke for us?

11:15 do you have a random fact for us?

14:49 If you were an animal, which would you be and why?

0:33 Rocket Kid sings Jingle Bells; Heat joins on the chorus

1:15 Hearing disembodied voices versus seeing a person while they speak

2:10 Rocket Kid talks about holidays and asks Heat what she’s expecting in this holiday season

3:18 Rocket Kid asks Heat what holiday she thinks is most overlooked

4:26 Rocket Kid has a joke

5:06 A fun story from Thanksgiving

6:42 Rocket Kid on English and moola and cash cows

8:31 Heat finally gets to ask a question: what is your favorite part about doing musical theatre?

0:29 Amy loves sitting outside in the morning and drinking her coffee

2:27 What would your younger self be surprised about your current self?

4:09 What’s a piece of advice you were given that you’re glad you didn’t follow?

5:05 Is there feedback you’ve been given that has changed you?

11:20 What superpower have you developed?

13:08 All questions lead back to the new job.

22:31 If you had to be famous for something, what would it be?

24:26 What is something that you wish people knew about you?

25:28 Do you have a question for the next guest?

25:50 What is one of the smallest things that you do to make life nicer for someone else?

0:29 Mike Ciccotello—children’s book author and illustrator

3:57 How did you get into children’s books?

8:25 In the “new world” that opened up, what surprised you the most?

11:04 How much input do you get as the illustrator if the author has the story?

13:40 How has your process changed as you do it more often?

16:20 How do you get through the dips?

20:15 Do you have a preference between writing and illustrating versus just illustrating?

22:20 How did pandemic affect this?

27:37 Do you have a favorite?

29:08 What’s your biggest frustration?

34:21 As people are looking at your book on the shelf, what do you wish they knew or understood about the path that it took to get there?

36:36 Is there anything that we missed? (Yes! Draw with Mr. Mike!)

A teaser for December's episodes without Rocket Kid, and also a bonus interview. Heat was interviewed by Craig Constantine and that interview is here!