The Wordy Pair Podcast

This week, we're looking at Rudy's first full-length novel, Pursuit of the Heliotrope. We'll be talking about some of his influences, the techniques he developed while he was writing the book, and the ups and downs (especially the downs) of the "first novel" experience!

editor's note: Couldn't get the video version to post properly here on Spotify, so if you want to see what my title cards look like (and a nice little joke around 52:00), you'll have to head to YouTube. https://youtu.be/xAVHIxQO8qo

Pick up a copy on Amazon:

https://a.co/d/dZ6NoAd

or elsewhere:

https://books2read.com/u/bWaQQM

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

This week we're trying to see if we can shed any light on making time for writing. It seems like a common complaint: "If only I had the time..."

However, we've got a few ideas and strategies, as well as just a few ways to re-organize or re-focus your thoughts to either find some more time to write, make better use of what time you have, or just help you stop beating yourself up because you didn't get a lot down on paper for a day or two, and get back to writing instead.

Hopefully somebody will find it helpful!

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

Today we're looking at two books Justin wants to talk about.

From their titles, you might guess they are related and we listed them in the wrong order!

...However, you would be wrong. Bizarrely wrong.

Chill with us as we go through these two strange stories!

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

Today we're talkin' 'bout Justin's first published full-size novel (which I somehow thought was his second), "The Rackon."

It's a strange book with a great deal of dark humor. The "straight man" PoV character Country Kitchen has to constantly deal with the somewhat... off-putting antics of the Rackon's captain, Milk Muffin, and her tendency to land in dangerous and eldritch situations.

A few links for you:

The Rackon on Amazon

https://a.co/d/8NdnfHa

Our roast of "The Good Guy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuRTlshtU2A

"Welcome to the Horne" short story

https://books2read.com/u/49OJod

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

Justin continues his adventures in AI ridiculousness with more questions and images from Grok, this time looking at one of his Alien Bangs stories and managing to befuddle the AI by suggesting that a person might do multiple things with his time!

We also learn that Grok, despite its odd obsessiveness and inability to follow basic commands, can still apparently see directly into his soul.

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

This week we're spending a little time talking about Justin's recent adventures with the Grok AI system. He's tested its abilities to do a variety of different things, and in most ways has found it... wanting.

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

We're a bit all over the place in this episode, but our core issue this week is attention to detail, why it matters, and how not to overdo it.

As usual, we have our full set of diversions and tangents!

If you want to see the two videos about Oblivion and Skyrim compared to Avowed, they are here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL1NZugsBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK1wH1YHvaQ

Check out our other stuff at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

A frantic and funny look at some basic Japanese folk stories, with our usual smattering of asides and diversions!

Check out our fiction at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rnkfiction.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠

Today we're talking about analog horror, but before we get there we digress into fast food and the first world problem of having too many places to get it.

An analog horror tasting menu for those interested:

M'Rohoj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq4k1KlDX7c

Contingency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c66w6fVqOI

No Through Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo

Mandela Catalogue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8d12w6pMos&t=52s

The Man in the Suit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZDM5wAwpw

Retsupurae playlist of Creepypastas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wZhJ2vGj7E&list=PLo4M1tlpv9rt9Q3mdIHWdeNBGU-riKEsT

Check out our fiction at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rnkfiction.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

We're putting off our look at analog horror for one more week as we gather more information, so today we're going to talk about our current projects and digress into general writing and editing techniques!

Rudy's Derelict Project series:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPJLWCWF

Justin's book The Good Guy:

https://a.co/d/0wehu5Z

Our Iron Fist video (mentioned):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spm9mLiKOiU

Check out our fiction at:

(Justin)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

(Rudy)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rnkfiction.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And follow us on Twitter at:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠⁠