The Literaries

Join us this week as we talk all about the complexities of writing male characters, portraying male mental health, writing female rage and righteous anger, and the “shadow daddy” trend.

Books Mentioned: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J Maas, Blood and Ash Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, 

Media and Music Mentioned: Barbie (2023), Outlander (2014), The Gilded Age (2022), Downton Abbey (2011), GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo (2023), “Labor” by Paris Paloma (2023), “yeti” by Paris Paloma ft. Old Sea Brigade (2023) 

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Join us this week as we talk about our processes for research, our own personal multiverse, writing historical figures and eras that depress us, and the importance of historical preservation.

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Join us this week as we chat about what it was like to study Creative Writing, English, and History and how it has informed our writing today, rude professors, sexism in creative writing programs, literary vs. commercial fiction, and our critique partnership.

Media Mentioned: Barbie (2023), Oppenheimer (2023)

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Join us this week as we chat about IP, or “intellectual property,” and what makes them good, what IPs we’d like to write, our The Incredibles and Tarzan hot takes, and our Disney Prince picks.

Books Mentioned: The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Disney Prince Series by Linsey Miller, DC Icons Series by Various, Assassin’s Creed Series by Various, TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer, FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E.L. James, STRAIGHT ON TIL MORNING by Liz Braswell, SO THIS IS LOVE by Elizabeth Lim, MIRROR, MIRROR by Jen Calonita, UNBIRTHDAY by Liz Braswell, LONG LIVE THE PUMPKIN QUEEN by Shea Ernshaw 

Media Mentioned: The Incredibles (2004), Tarzan (1999), LEGO: The Disney Princess Castle Quest (2023), Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007), Cinderella (2015), Assassin’s Creed Games

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Join us this week as we talk about Dark Academia and its impression on storytelling, the romanticization of university culture, and start beef with the College Board.

Books Mentioned: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS by Sara Shepard, NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo, THE IVIES by Alexa Donne, Edgar Allen Poe, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde

Media Mentioned: The Queen’s Gambit (2020), Dead Poets Society (1989), Pale Blue Eye (2022), The Social Network (2010)

Video Games Mentioned: Nancy Drew Warnings at Waverly Academy (2009)

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Join us this week as we discuss the school books we liked and disliked, hot takes, Shakespeare conspiracies, literary merit, and how adulthood helps you appreciate the classics.

Literature Mentioned: THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald, THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY by Homer, A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens, OTHELLO, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, JULIUS CAESAR, and ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare, “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding, MEDEA by Euripides, A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsan, FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury, THE MONKEY’S PAW by W. W. Jacobs

-Media Mentioned: Anonymous (2011), The Great Gatsby (2013), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004)

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Join us this week as we chat about theater's influence on storytelling, our own theatre backgrounds, Broadway hot takes, and our two very different Hadestown experiences.

MEDIA MENTIONED: Hamilton, Phantom of the Opera, Hadestown, Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Cats, Bad Cinderella, Love Never Dies, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Once Upon a One More Time, Mamma Mia 

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Join us this week as we discuss the pros and cons of stand-alones and series, word count limitations, how publishing and querying varies between the two, and our hot takes on “romantasy” and “voicey."

BOOKS MENTIONED: The Last Hours Series by Cassandra Clare, The Married to Magic Series by Elise Kova

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Join us this week as we discuss what makes a good magic system, the merits of light vs. heavy fantasy, and what animals we'd turn into as shifters. 

Books Mentioned: A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, The Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Maas, The A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J Maas, The Crescent City Series by Sarah J Maas

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Join us this week as we discuss our formative media, Morgan's weird experience with mice romances, and our favorite Narnia moments.

BOOKS MENTIONED: The Royal Diaries Series by Various, The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis, FAIREST by Gail Carson Levine, DRAGON SLIPPERS by Jessica Day George, POPPY by Avi

MEDIA MENTIONED: Marie Antoinette (2006), Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005), Disney, Littlest Pet Shop (Hasbro), Liberty’s Kids

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