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Prose and Cons episodes
- More Opportunities for Writers Than Ever: Interview with Catherine Jinks
Alex sits down with established and prolific Australian writer Catherine Jinks and discusses all things writing: how she got started in her career, what the traditional book market looks like today, writing grants and all the opportunities and options writers have today that weren't necessarily available when she started.
You can find Catherine on YouTube at Storybook Cottage Writer
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
1 hr 4 min - Getting NaNoWriMo-ready
One month, 50,000 words, and half a million people worldwide - NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is one of the very best ways to jumpstart your writing project. But 50,000 words can be a mighty steep hill... and in just one month!? Well fear not! Ally, Alex, Phoenix and James are here to take you through their NaNoWriMo tips, tricks, experiences and pitfalls to get you (yes, YOU) NaNoWriMo-ready.
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
1 hr 2 min - Halloween Spooktacular
Welcome all! Step up if you dare, to a very spOoooOOky episode of Prose and Cons. Follow Phoenix, Paddy, and Alex through the deep woods, the darkness of homes left to themselves, and some off-putting reddit recipe reviews.
In this Halloween Spooktacular, the three bring to the table the stories that have well and truly spooked them, and talk a little about why this might have been and what can make writing so spooOOoOooky.
You’ll note that the Stephen King counter gained a healthy sum this episode.
If you feel like taking a look into the spooky stories talked about, here’s a bit of a reading/watching list for you:
“The Picture in the House” by H.P. Lovecraft
“The Interface Series” by Mother Horse Eyes (name unknown) - https://reddit.com/r/9M9H9E9/w/narrative
“The Color out of Space” by H.P. Lovecraft
“Paranormal Activity” directed by Oren Peli
“Dracula” by Bram Stoker
“1408” by Stephen King
Happy Halloween!
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
52 min - Thematic Conflict
What do Titanic, Princess Mononoke and The Matrix have in common? They're all great examples of "thematic conflict". But what is thematic conflict? Why is it so important? And how can we use this oft-overlooked, but very powerful, concept in our own writing?
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
40 min - Robots All The Way Down: AI and its Effect on Writers
Today Phoenix, Ally and Paddy get together to discuss the big cyborg elephant in the room: AI. What does it mean for the future of writers and editors? What is Amazon doing to combat the flood of AI generated stories in the marketplace? Are writer's being replaced by AI? All this and more.
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
1 hr 1 min - Narration Tips, Tricks and Style
Head hopping, third-person dissonance, jarring changes in perspective? Join Phoenix, Alex, and James as they narrate the world of … well … narration. Third person, third-person tight, even second person, what are the ins and outs, the dos and don’ts, the … pros(e) and cons (heh) of each? It’s a massive umbrella topic, but fundamental to almost all, if not all, narrative works. Rather than unconsciously betraying your writing with a small slip-up, learn the rules so you can bend and break them to work for you.
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
1 hr 6 min - Confronting your Shadow: Interview with Shelley Robinson
Witch of Words, Doula of Dialogue, Alchemist of Artistic Expression: Shelley Robinson helps authors find their creativity and overcome their emotional hurdles. Join us as we interview this great sage, discussing conquering self-doubt, the crippling "fear of exposure", and how to find (and own) your superpower as a writer. If you've ever struggled with the expression of your art, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
Find Shelley Robinson at:- https://shelleyannrobinson.wordpress.com/
- https://linktr.ee/shelleyrobinson
Check out Shelley's podcast, Novel Sentence: for writers trying not to lose the plot.
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
53 min - Writing Groups: The Pro(se) and Cons
In this episode, Paddy, Alex and Matan discuss the merits of writing groups, why you need them, what the etiquette is and what to do if you find yourself stuck in a dud one!
Having started from a purely feedback based writers group, our guests today all have plenty of experience with the good, the bad and the weird of writing groups.
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
49 min - Genre Deep Dive: Cosmic Horror
H.P. Lovecraft has, in recent decades, become a large part of the modern zeitgeist. From references across a multitude of popular media to tabletop roleplaying games, most are well and truly familiar with the famous tentacles that we’ve come to associate with the work. But what is Cosmic Horror as a whole? Who are the other players? What are the elements that make up a truly unsettling piece of this particular style of fiction? After all, H.P. himself didn’t actually write about tentacles all that much, yet it seems to be what most focus on.
Is it because we find them to be a good representation? Or maybe it’s because we’re afraid to shift our eyes, move our gaze to the gaping expanse beyond the tentacles and accept the sense of standing to our full hight when measured against the untold altitudes of the unknown that swims beyond the wilfully adopted restrictions of our periphery.
… woah. Blacked out for a minute there. Anyway! We hope you enjoy.
STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 2 TODAY, 57 OVERALL
If you want to check out the video essay mentioned by Paddy, that's Fear of Depths by Jacob Geller. You can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOKTU9tCbw&ab_channel=JacobGellerSend us a message!
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
44 min - Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome: the feeling that, no matter how good you seem to be, deep down you know you're a fake. And worse - that sooner or later, people are going to find out.
It's all too common, and even moreso in the world of writing, where taste is subjective and there's no simple measure of success.
So how do we deal with it? And just how common is it? And can we help others struggling with seeing the worth in their writing? Join Matan, Phoenix, James and Paddy for a personal look into this difficult condition.Send us a message!
Contact us at: precipicefiction.com/contact/
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.
The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic- Website: precipicefiction.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
- Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/
- Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic
- Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction
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About Prose and Cons
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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.
Brought to you by Precipice…
Fiction: Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy. Intro and outro delivery by Nathan Gothard. https://linktr.ee/precipicefiction
Our first anthology is available now! "The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection". Find it in ebook or paperback: https://mybook.to/TheNewMythic
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