Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. In this episode, we talk about the paranormal. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us to answer and discuss, please feel free to either send us an email or message us on …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. In this episode, we talk about Main Character energy, and how you can capture that for your own life. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us to answer and discuss, please…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I talk about ways to stay motivated when writing. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to submit a question or …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. After a far too long break, we are back! Due to crazy schedules, a new job for Rhiannon, and deadlines for writing projects for Ian, we are back and should be back on track for releasing new episodes! The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://tr…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I talk about my wild west horror story. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for …

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. An announcement for this week's episode. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I talk about some of the causes of the dreaded writer's block, and possible solutions. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode I talk about editing, and I give some editing tips to help you out. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ Now available, my f…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I discuss "the Muse" (and no, not the band or Jason). The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to submit a question…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I talk about my submission to Weird Tales magazine. Yes, the same Weird Tales magazine that published HP Lovecraft's stories. The transcript for this episode can be found o…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is the audio book for my short story, "The Basement", as read by me. I hope you enjoy it! If you do, reach out and let me know. If you don't, then feel free to let me know that as well…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This episode talks about my experience with my first ever submission. I've gone from being unable to complete a story to being able to complete them and I'm now starting to submit them for …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. This episode features clips that were cut from previous episodes that either derailed or dragged down their respective episodes, but the clips themselves were too entertaining to leave on the cutting room floor. Enjoy! The transcript for this episode can be found on our web…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. Just a quick announcement that I will going on hiatus for the holidays, but I will be back in January 2022. Happy Holidays! The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at htt…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I talk about my plans regarding publishing my various short stories. Enjoy! The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wis…

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. We talk about our holiday plans and announce that we are taking a break over the holiday season. We will be back with new episodes in January 2022. Happy Holidays! The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to s…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I talk about the course I took titled "Writing Effective Horror", offered by AutoCrit. (Non-Sponsored Review) The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. In this episode, we talk about how to find "your people", the type of people that have the potential to become friends. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us to answer a…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I discuss the best time to write. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. After decades of denying UFOs, the US government finally admitted to it. In this episode, we discuss UFOs. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us to answer and discuss, p…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. In this episode, I discuss word counts. Helpful Links: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/word-count-guide#3-reasons-word-count-is-important-in-writing https://wordcounter.net/our-tools T…

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. In this episode, Rhiannon talks about a realization she had about love. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us to answer and discuss, please feel free to either send us a…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. I talk about how self editing can be bad, how it stopped me from ever completing a story and the epiphany I had during NaNoWriMo. Helpful Links: https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talk-from-charlie-…

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. In this episode, we talk about the Stoned Ape Theory with regards to human evolution. Helpful Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5xfjjJJ-_I&ab_channel=TerenceTalks (This is not the original video we used, as that one disappeared, but this is one that is close) https://…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This episode talks about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and my experience with it. Helpful Links: https://nanowrimo.org/ The transcript for this episode can be found on my website…

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. In this episode, we talk about Rhiannon's idea for solving a world problem involving mosquitoes, and Ian throws a proverbial grenade at it. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topi…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. The first ever Holiday bonus episode. I discuss my top 5 favorite horror novels and movies. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is episode 6, which discusses writing setups. In this episode, I talk about what it is, what my person setup is, and how it aids in allowing more room for creativity. The transcript fo…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is episode 5, where I discuss where to get an idea. Ideas can come from anywhere, but if you're wanting to write a story and not sure what to write about, maybe this episode can give y…

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. This is episode 5, the second part of our two part episodes about Love Languages. In this one we discuss what not to do with love languages. Helpful links: 5 Love Languages main site: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/ 5 Love Languages Quiz site: https://www.5lovelanguages.com…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is episode 4, which goes over what tools you will need to start writing stories. It's very basic information that I'm sure most people know, but since part of the goal of this podcast …

A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. This is episode 4, the one about redefining success. When thinking of success, we tend to have a narrow definition of it which often leads to feeling negative about one's self and their achievements. However, success can encompass a much wider variety of definitions, and we discuss thi…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is episode 3, where I talk about the creative writing class I took in college and how it ended up derailing me from becoming serious about writing for several years, and what I eventua…

A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. Warning: Contains some minor swearing. This is episode 3, where we discuss love languages as created and developed in 1992 by Gary Chapman in his book "The Five Love Languages", in which he outlines five ways that romantic partners experience and express love. These love languages are …

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is Episode 2, giving some background information on who I am, and why I decided to finally become a writer. In this episode, I make mention of having written a book when I was in high …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. This is episode 2, the one about cats and dogs. We discuss which is better, cats or dogs. This was originally an example of what an episode might be about, but then we thought it would be fun to actually do this as an episode. The transcript for this episode can be found on…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. I did an audio version of one of my favorite poems, The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. It was done as an audio test when setting up my podcast equipment. I like how it turned out, and I hope you…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. When I was in high school, I wrote a book in typing class to get out of doing the boring work. Come listen as I tell the tale of my first foray into becoming a writer. The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to …

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. This is episode 1, The One About the Podcast, where we talk about how the podcast came to be and what we are wanting to do with it. The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us…

Empty Pages The personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond. This is the obligatory trailer that tells you about the podcast. Enjoy! The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/ If you wish to submit a questio…

Tricky Fish A conversation between a Gen X dad and his Millennial daughter. This is the obligatory trailer that tells you about the podcast. Enjoy! The transcript for this episode can be found below and on our website at https://trickyfishpodcast.com/ If you wish to submit a question or topic for us to answer and discuss, please feel free to either…