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This podcast will be heard and hopefully lessons will be learned. (But is there ever a time TO use passive voice? Of course there is!)

Keeping up with my "flossing" topics- what exactly does "Show, don't tell" mean? Is there a time when Telling is better than showing?

We talk about the seemingly simple question- where do you start your story? Is it different if it's a novel?

Another scam publisher has reared its ugly head, so we talk about that, and exactly how you can tell if someone is scamming you.

So many times people just say "raise the stakes" or "show, don't tell" and then ...nothing else.

One of the hardest things about creative work is dithering and procrastinating and getting started. While i'm not an ADHD coach or productivity expert, I talk about what works for me when I feel that getting started is impossible.

As a device-addicted person, please know this podcast is not from some high and mighty mountain, but somewhere right beside you in addicted-land. I got up this morning and put my tablet AND switch inside my lockbox. Too

I'm delighted to welcome back Tobias Buckell to the podcast, and we talk about ADHD, how career lines aren't always straight, and more!

Alasdair comes by to help out, wearing his Matt Wallace t-shirt and changing the name of the show to Dirt Butlers!