VODKA O'CLOCK

Crime fiction author ROB BRUNET discusses his process of adding comedy to noir and developing characters that stray from the cookie cutter tropes.

Today’s show focuses on cultural privilege and appropriation while talking about Asian-American music, arts, comic cons and a ton of great discussion about intersectional social justice. SIMON TAM founded the “Chinatown Dance Rock” band called THE SLANTS. Because of their name, the US Trademark Office is none too fond of the band, but they have considerable support from their own community backed up by thousands of pages of documentation and signatures. http://amberunmasked.com/ep1502-simontam

THOMAS BOATWRIGHT comes back after two years! Today we delve into the world of Patreon and other crowdfunding options for creative types. For show notes visit http://AmberUnmasked.com/ep1501-boatwright

ANDE PARKS joins me to have a virtual night out through Skype. We talk all about booze, writing, relationships - anything is fair game - and I record it.

PART TWO: HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT, INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM, RACISM, CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTS, PORN

This episode and the next one feature my guest JOSH NEFF, a librarian from Kansas City. Both of us participated in NaNoWriMo. Josh has done it before and it was my first time. He's what's called a "pantser" - no outlining/planning, writing by flying by the seat of your pants; I'm a plotter - need outlines and to know where the end is. My previous recording was only me solo talking about NaNoWriMo so some of that is repeated; but having Josh engaging in conversation about writing made for a fantastic dialog about how different our processes are.

This is a unique episode of VODKA O'CLOCK for you. It's a solo host epsiode, about a half hour long. I spend a bit of time talking about my participation in NaNoWri - National Novel Writing Month. Then I go all into the things I've loved reading this year.

Oni Press discussion by John Schork at NYCC. Titles currently out were discussed followed by a lengthy Q&A where audience members named other books they were reading and received recommendations of an Oni title that would suit their tastes.

NYCC panel - Comixology Submit self publishing platform with Josh Fialkov, Charles Forsman, Bethany Romero, Ruben Romero, John Roberts and Chip Mosher.

"MARRY, DO, OR KILL" - WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO SHATTER FEMALE STEREOTYPES IN COMICS?Enrica Jang, Dennis Calero, Claire Connelly, Jennie Wood, Erica Schultz, Shaun Noel, Ellie Pyle, Andy Schmidt, Abede Lovelace