Roland has feedback on a recent episode.

Resources Mentioned:
The Living Daylights

My Luck, by Mel Todd

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Roland has feedback on showing language barriers in fiction.

Nanogang Bangs On — Day 1/Using Foreign Languages

Coupling: The Girl With Two Breasts
The Journeyer by Gary Jennings
Aztec by Gary Jennings
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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Charles has feedback on Nanogang Bangs On: Day 13 on figuring out what you’re good at.

Resources Mentioned
Soulless
Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues
Dirty Jobs
Open Vistas: After the Peak

Archivos

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Tim asks: What are the deadlines for submissions to the Open Vistas anthologies?

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Nichole asks: How do I get to older episodes of Every Day Novelist?

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Dawn asks: Do you consider psychology of your characters in your writing? If so, at what point in the writing process and how deeply?

Resources Mentioned

Star Wars original trilogy
Star Wars prequel trilogy
American Graffiti

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Dawn asks: How do work through personal or intellectual issues in writing without letting it take over?

Resources Mentioned

Gulliver’s Travels and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Letters from the Earth (Twain)
Candide by Voltaire
Suave Rob’s Amazing Adventures
Down From Ten
The Name of the Rose
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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Nichole asks: How can I get rid of the passive voice words while still conveying past tense?

Resources Mentioned:

King James Version Bible
Deadwood
The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Open Vistas Anthology: Swords In Space!

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Dawn: How do connect my story (plot, theme, or characters) to current events without it being obvious?

Resources Mentioned:

Star Wars original trilogy
Star Wars prequel trilogy
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Zero Effect
A Scandal in Bohemia

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Dawn asks: How do I balance writing healthy relationships with popular tropes that depend on unhealthy dynamics, especially in romance?

Resources Mentioned:

Friday by Robert A Heinlein
Suave Rob’s Amazing Adventures
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
50 Shades of Gray by EL James
The Firm by John Grisham

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