The Fantastical Writers Podcast

Just getting started with writing and don't know where to start when it comes to creating characters? Listen in to Cady Hammer's character creation workshop!

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Today's guest is a best-selling author and a very interesting person. He has taken writing to the extreme by practicing parts in his novel in what he calls "method writing." He has practiced sword fighting, martial arts, and more! 

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Good stories need good characters, so today's guest, fantasy series writer R.T. Cole, is telling his tips and tricks for writing interesting characters. 

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So you finished the first draft of your novel....now what? In today's podcast, Ashton Gaskill chats about his own personal editing process and gives many tips and tricks on how to fast-track yours.

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Today Avery Ames (author of Cambiare) is talking all about what things you should know before self-publishing. This includes important resources, and more! 

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Do you know what it means to "fridge" a character? You may have read about it in reviews, so today I am explaining exactly what that trope is. 

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Fantasy is often just narrowed down to blind escapism...but should it also be touching upon more sensitive subjects? In this episode, I chat with William Hastings about writing characters with mental health problems.

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The previous episode, titled "Writing Short Fiction" by Gabrielle S. Awe diverted topics towards the end and dove into marketing. So, to keep the episode from running too long, and to keep the topics separate, I cut the episodes into two parts. In this episode, Gabrielle and I ramble on about marketing. 

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Today's interview was with Gabrielle S. Awe,  a talented short fiction writer and podcaster, but the interview actually went longer than I intended. So, to keep it on the shorter size, this interview is being split into two parts. The first part is all about writing short fiction, while the next part will be about marketing.

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The topic of "strong female topics" is extremely controversial at the moment. Some say all strong female characters are flat or an attack on feminity, others say all female characters should be perfect and strong. Today I am giving my thoughts on this subject. 

"Paranormal cozy" or any sort of cozy fiction is a genre I only just learned about very recently. So, today my special guest is talking all about writing paranormal cozy fiction. After, I talk about the dangers of marketing your book in a way that compares it to others.

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Today I am joined by the author Andi Cumbo-Floyd to talk all about magical realism.

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In this episode, I am joined by Sam Koumi, a tabletop gamer who is now on the path to becoming a published writer! Sam has plenty of experience with worldbuilding, and in this episode he talks about how he starts to worldbuild a new project. 

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Being caught out in a winter storm can be a very dangerous thing, so it is no wonder that so many writers want to capture the harsh fight for survival in their novels. However, sometimes it becomes very obvious which writer has actually experienced extreme cold, and which writer has only seen it in movies.

There is, in short, far more to a winter freeze than feeling cold on your skin, and that is the topic for today.

I’m Cheyanne Murray, and this is The Fantastical Writers Podcast.

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Writing is a hobby that requires drawing out imagination in incredible amounts. The strands of imagination are woven into characters that may feel as real as an old friend, plots that cause readers to eagerly flip over pages. Writing is, in short, a large amount of work.

However, some writers decide to take this one step further. They weave in more and more strands of imagination until what they create might not be entirely recognizable to what we find outside our doors.

They might create entire worlds right down to a unique currency and made-up language, or they may create creatures that are nothing like what we find on earth.

If that sounds like you, then you have found the right podcast. The Fantastical Writers Podcast is your home for writing all things wonderfully strange. I will start with some common mistakes I often read in novels, then, if the podcast grows, I hope to include special guests to share their insights.

My name is Cheyanne Murray, and welcome to The Fantastical Writers Podcast.