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  • Writing for Young Audiences with Celine Kiernan
    “If someone is mad enough to publish my weird shit, I am going to do my utmost to be a little bit more complex.”
    In this episode, middle grade horror/fantasy author Celine Kiernan joins us to talk about writing fiction for young people. How do you handle dark, difficult topics? How do you fight the censors? How do you bridge the generation gap between author and audience? How do you temper your language for inexperienced readers? What do writers owe young people? What does it mean to exploit your audience?
    Celine Kiernan is the author of The Moorehawk Trilogy, Into the Grey, Resonance, and The Wild Magic Trilogy. She is also a freelance editor. She lives in Ireland.
    Links:


    Celine Kiernan’s blog


    Celine Kiernan on Twitter


    Celine Kiernan on Deviant Art


    Pre-order The Promise Witch


    Language Acquisition


    About Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.  Show edited by Sid Oozeley.
    The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

    Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 
    52 min
  • Talk Gud: A Dialogue about Dialogue
    In this irregular episode, audio gremlin Sid Oozeley talks shop with returning guest Mario Coelho about fantasy and science fiction’s long-standing vendetta against dialogue writing.
    Why is it frequently so stilted and stiff? Why are American writers so averse to local flavor? Why do so many grown adults still try to write like Joss Whedon? Just how far off-topic can Sid take a conversation? What the hell is verisimilitude, exactly?
    Our boys get to the bottom of all of this and more on this unusual episode of Rite Gud.
    Recommended reading list:

    * Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
    * Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Capek
    * A Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

    Links:

    * Dialogue Between Benjamin Franklin and the Gout
    * The Trouble with Most High Fantasy Dialog is that It’s Terrible
    * What makes a fight scene interesting?
    * Was John W Campbell a Fucking Fascist or Merely a Fascist?
    * Bob Silverberg Absolutely Not Doing a Sexism
    * John Swartzwelder, Sage of the Simpsons

    About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.  Show edited by Sid Oozeley.
    The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

    Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 
    1 hr 35 min
  • Hopepunk? More Like COPEpunk
    If you’re into science fiction and fantasy, you might have heard of something called hopepunk. Hopepunk, according to its supporters, is a creative movement that believes that producing and consuming optimistic fiction will make the world a better place. But does hopepunk really offer meaningful hope and revolution, or is it just a way to numb yourself and hide from the world?
    In this episode, Sid Oozeley gets on the mic to talk about how all fiction is escapist: the only question is, what are you escaping from?
    Links:

    * Hopepunk, Explained
    * CS Lewis: “The only people who hate escapism are jailers.”
    * “Bright-Sided”: When Happiness Doesn’t Help
    * Toxic Positivity
    * Lucy Parsons
    * Hannah Arendt’s challenge to Adolf Eichmann
    * George Wallace in 1985:

    * The protest songs that drove the Wobblies a century ago are still lighting fires
    * A Spooktacular reading of “Night of the Ostrich”
    * Hot Goblin Discourse

    About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.  Show edited by Sid Oozeley.
    The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

    Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 
    1 hr 3 min
  • Meet the New Gatekeeper, Same as the Old Gatekeeper

    If you’ve spent any time talking about geek culture, you’ve probably seen one word come up over and over again: gatekeeper. To be a gatekeeper is bad. To be a gatekeeper is exclusionary and harmful and discriminatory.

    The internet was supposed to get rid of gatekeepers and usher in a new, democratic era of content, an era free of inequality or bias or those evil old boogeymen called gatekeepers. But is it really? Are we really getting rid of gatekeepers, or are we just replacing the old gatekeepers with new ones?

    In this episode, Colin Broadmoor joins us to talk about fandom, The Monk, and why fiction should hurt.

    Links:
    • Some random gatekeeping discourse
    • Champagne Sharks: Corporate Art and the Gen X rot 
    • The Hungry Ghosts of Late Capitalism
    • Wattpad Storytelling App Sold for $600 million to South Korean Firm Naver
    • WNDB Scholastic Partnership (via Wayback)
    • #DisruptTexts guide via RandomHouse
    • You cannot kill me in a way that matters

      • About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.  Show edited by Sid Oozeley.

      The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

      Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 

      The post Meet the New Gatekeeper, Same as the Old Gatekeeper by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

      1 hr 22 min
    • So You Think You’re a Writer?
      What makes a writer? Is it coffee and cats? Is it a good author photo? Is it having a screenname like @JaneDoeWrites? Is it in your soul, in your bones, in your DNA? Is it collecting photos of books and sharing writing memes and penning endless posts about writing (specifically, about how much you hate it)?
      In this episode, Carmilla Mary Morrell joins us to talk about the dark secret of being a writer: you have to fucking write. We also discuss the problem of defining people by rigid identities and the Doctrine of Dog Cum.
      Links:
      • Carmilla’s Twitter
      • Carmilla’s website
      • Carmilla’s other website
      • On Shel Silverstein’s amazing author photo
      • Raising a person in a culture full of types
      • Why loss of writing identity is a myth and other debacles
      • We have to save books from the book people
      • On “forever abusers”
      • On writing gay little words
      • The Buzzfeed-ification of Mental Health
      • Look at this bitch eating crackers

        About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.  Show edited by Sid Oozeley.

        The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

        Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 

        The post So You Think You’re a Writer? by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

        1 hr 12 min
      • Queerness Is Not a Fandom

        It’s normal to look for people who share your interest in pop culture. But what happens when devotion to corporate-owned IP becomes an integral part of your identity? What happens when you only know how to be queer through fandom?

        The world’s greatest writer June Martin joins us to talk about how fandom has become synonymous with queerness, and why that’s a problem. We talk about how intellectual property laws and commerce create strange hierarchies between content creator and audience, and why queer kids need to move beyond fandom and engage with challenging queer art.

        Links:

         

        • June Martin on Gumroad
        • June’s website
        • Wattpad Storytelling App Sold for $600 million to South Korean Firm Naver
        • Marvel Entertainment’s Billionaire Chairman Is Donating Big Bucks to Trump
        • Open Secrets’ page on Walt Disney Co’s political donations
        • Reagan’s press secretary laughs about gay people dying of AIDS
        • A Quiet Confidence: New York Master Photographer John Dugdale

          About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more. 

          The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

          Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 

           

          The post Queerness Is Not a Fandom by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

          53 min
        • Books Are Not Movies: Writing the Invisible

          In previous episodes, our podcast has said over and over again that one of the best ways to improve your writing is to read a lot: read more books. But instead of learning from books, too many fledgling writers learn to write primarily from movies, television and video games, and their writing suffers as a result.

          Movies and video games can be well-crafted works of storytelling, but when it comes to writing fiction a good movie won’t help you hone your craft as well as a good book will, because written fiction is a unique medium with unique strengths. Mainly, movies and video games are audio/visual media, while fiction has more power to explore the internal and the invisible.

          In this episode, Karlo Yeager Rodríguez returns to talk about the special tools written fiction has to offer, and why we must not let these tools gather dust.

          Recommended Works:
          • Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
          • Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
          • Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye 
          • Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
          • David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
          • Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
          • William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
          • George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo
          • Henry James, The Turn of the Screw 
          • Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
          • William Goldman, The Princess Bride
          • Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary
          • Catherynne M. Valente, The Orphan’s Tales series
          • Herman Melville, Moby Dick

            About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more. 

            The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

            Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 

            The post Books Are Not Movies: Writing the Invisible by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

            1 hr 23 min
          • Books Are Not Movies: Writing the Invisible
            In previous episodes, our podcast has said over and over again that one of the best ways to improve your writing is to read a lot: read more books. But instead of learning from books, too many fledgling writers learn to write primarily from movies, television and video games, and their writing suffers as a result.
            Movies and video games can be well-crafted works of storytelling, but when it comes to writing fiction a good movie won’t help you hone your craft as well as a good book will, because written fiction is a unique medium with unique strengths. Mainly, movies and video games are audio/visual media, while fiction has more power to explore the internal and the invisible.
            In this episode, Karlo Yeager Rodríguez returns to talk about the special tools written fiction has to offer, and why we must not let these tools gather dust.

            Recommended Works:



            Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five


            Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis


            Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye 


            Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude


            David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas


            Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves


            William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch


            George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo


            Henry James, The Turn of the Screw 


            Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House


            William Goldman, The Princess Bride


            Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary


            Catherynne M. Valente, The Orphan’s Tales series


            Herman Melville, Moby Dick


            About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more. 
            The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

            Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 
            1 hr 23 min
          • To Be a Great Writer, You Must Defeat a Thousand Babies

            As the world looks grimmer and grimmer, Millennials and Gen Xers retreat deeper and deeper into childhood nostalgia. Adults dominate fandoms meant for children, like Steven Universe, Young Adult fiction, and My Little Pony. Within SFF, many writers, readers and editors have begun to treat all media as though it were meant for children: It must be didactic and escapist and safe. But there are still some of us who want art to treat us like adults.

            In this episode, writer and artist Sloane Leong joins us to talk about the power of embracing your inner grownup.
            Special appearance by Sloane’s dog. Introductory monologue dramatically performed by Matt Keeley.
            Links:
            • Sloane Leong’s website
            • Sloane’s Twitter
            • Sloane’s Patreon
            • Sloane’s Podcast
            • HOW ABOUT NO
            • Henry James and the Great YA Debate
            • I Am A Man: Memphis Sanitation Strike 1968
            • I Don’t Wanna Grow Up (and Neither Can You)
            • I Hate the Heckin’ Pupperino Presidency
            • Why Immoral Art Cannot Morally Harm Us
            • Goodhart’s Law
            • LA Review of Books: Against Happiness
            • The Dollop: Women and Transportation
            • The absolutely bonkers Harry Potter Childfree Rant copypasta

              About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.

              The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

              Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 

              The post To Be a Great Writer, You Must Defeat a Thousand Babies by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

              1 hr 14 min
            • Finding Beauty In Darkness
              Why do we love horror so much? On the surface, it makes no sense. Why would anybody enjoy media that focuses on upsetting, grotesque topics? Why would anybody want to be afraid? In this episode, writer and ghost hunter Loren Rhoads joins us to talk about how horror helps us find beauty in darkness. Our discussion touches upon Buddhism, ghost hunting, and the unique cathartic potential of horror.
              Links:
              • Loren Rhoads’ website
              • Loren’s Twitter
              • Unsafe Words: Stories by Loren Rhoads
              • In the Wake of the Templars
              • Catharsis: the history, myths, and methods of self-expression and violence
              • The ecstasy of the agony: a quick guide to transcendental horror
              • ‘Midsommar’ and the cathartic power of horror right now
              • The Poetics of Aristotle

                About Rite Gud: R.S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.

                The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

                Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique. 

                The post Finding Beauty In Darkness by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.

                1 hr 5 min

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