The Mommy’s Pen Podcast

By Sue and Nora Campbell

Writer Sue Campbell talks books, stories and story structure with her eleven-year-old daughter, Nora. Great for budding young writers and #kidlit lovers. New episodes every Friday.... more

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December 21, 2018 S3, E6: The Manning Murderers
This week we're telling the story of a pair of Victorian murderers -- husband and wife no less. And we're joined by a very special guest, who's NOT Alma.
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10min
December 15, 2018 S3, E5: Joan d’Arc
Nora tells the story of Joan of Arc whole breathing like Darth Vader. Special guest appearance by Moana/Alma.
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13min
December 07, 2018 S3, E4: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Spoiler Alert!
We are so obsessed with the new Fantastic Beasts movie we're taking a break from history this week and instead looking at the 5 commandments of storytelling in "The Crimes of Grindelwald."
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22min
November 30, 2018 S3, E3: The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Marie Antoinette was already reviled, but the Affair of the Diamond Necklace made things much, much worse. My 11-year-old and I tell the story and point out the 5 Commandments of Storytelling along the way.
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15min
November 23, 2018 S3, E2: Empress Matilda & Stephen
Nora tells us the story of how Matilda, Empress of Germany, was cheated out of her crown by her cousin Stephen. Sue points out the 5 commandments of story telling during the tale. Then they dish on the new Fantastic Beasts film “Crimes of Grindelwald.
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17min
November 16, 2018 S3, E1: The Rise of Cleopatra
Season 3 begins! This time around we're doing stories from history and pointing out the 5 commandments of story telling along the way. This week, Nora tells her how Cleopatra became queen of Egypt.
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13min
November 09, 2018 S2, E12: Status Stories
This is our final episode for season 2 and we’re looking at the Status genre. It’s all about characters trying to come up in the world and whether we glory in their success or pity their failure.
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20min
November 02, 2018 S2, E10: Morality Stories
Few kids are going to knowingly sit down to a Morality story, so you better add lots of humor to make it worth while. We look to Spirit Riding Free to show us how to make a morality story lots of fun using episode 3 of season 2: "Lucky's Super Amazing and Fun Cousin Julian."
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23min
October 26, 2018 S2, E9: The Crime Story
Crime stories for kids are just plain fun. No, really. We take a look at all the elements of a crime story and look at a great example in season 2, episode 2 of Spirit Riding Free.
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21min
October 19, 2018 S2, E8: The Love Story
We continue our exploration of genre, this time with the help of Jane Austen. We look at Emma, and really, this novel is even more brilliant than I realized once we start looking at the ways it meets the obligatory scenes and conventions of the Love genre.
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29min

FAQs about The Mommy’s Pen Podcast:

How many episodes does The Mommy’s Pen Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.