Write On SC

Here's the link to the video of the interview. You miss the cute kid in the background with the audio. 

Jodie Cain Smith is the author of two recently release books. The second edition of The Woods at Barlow Bend and the new release Bayou Cresting: The Wanting Women of Huet's Pointe. Check out her home page and order one or both of the books. She's a phenomenal storyteller.

Before Pittsburgh is the second release in the After December duet and follows our protagonist and first person narrator Brian Listo as he navigates the years following his best friend's death by suicide. It won honorable mention at the New York Book Festival and is already earning five star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.

Featuring readings from After December, Before Pittsburgh, and The Full Moon in Neverland, this audio from the Words & Wine event Kasie headlined is full of her commentary on her work, her marketing, and what it means to be UnapologeticallyX. 

Here's a link to the YouTube video (visual!) version.

Get After December here.

Pre-order Before Pittsburgh here.

View Kasie's UnapologeticallyX blog here.

Dive into The Full Moon in Neverland on Wattpad here.

• The 7 Deadly Sins introduction
• Focus on the first: Pride

Full show notes out on the blog here.

Male Cliches and The Patriarchy (dunh dunh duuunnnnh)

Agenda

• What are some cliches and archetypes for male characters
• How the patriarchy informs and perpetuates male cliches
• How to avoid the big-box-everyone-expects-it male character

Full show notes out on the blog here.

• Meet Dr. Len Lawson
• What is empathy and how does literature connect to it?
• How to really bring empathy through your work

Complete show notes including links to  Len Lawson's bio and works on the blog here.

On June 26th, Kasie and Rex welcomed fellow SCWA Board of Directors member Cayce LaCorte into the studio to talk all about that slushfest itch.

• Meet Cayce LaCorte
• Put Yourself Out There, they said, It’s Good For You.
• Sore losers and Slushfest
• How to stay out of slush

Full show notes on the blog here.

Studio recording was not functional for the first half of the show, so our talk with Cayce is just half the episode. But we're adding the Behind the Scenes for you here, too. Something we reserve for our Patreons.

The Virgin, the Whore, and the Madwoman: Female stereotypes in fiction

• Virgin, Whore, or Madwoman?
• Do these stereotypes still exist?
• How to avoid it?

Full show notes out on the blog here.

Diversity, inclusivity, and writing outside of your own experience

Agenda

• Indie Bookstore Mention
• SCWA upcoming events
• Writing People of Color (POC) characters
• How to do it (sort of)

Full show notes out on the blog here.

• Who dies
• When and how
• Writing an unclichéd scene
• How to do it

Full show notes out on the blog here.

• What it means to be taboo
• History of taboo-ness in writing
• The purpose and benefits of taboo topics in literature
• How to do it

Full show notes out on the blog here.