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A biweekly podcast where speculative fiction and romance fiction editors and writers discuss writers craft and how best to edit and write your book.
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A biweekly podcast where speculative fiction and romance fiction editors and writers discuss writers craft and how best to edit and write your book.
Today, Midnight and Margaret look at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view, give advice on how to pick the best one for your book, and how to ensure your point of view choices best serve your story and creating engaging action. Warning, we do talk about some TV shows, so there are also some spoilers for Agatha All Along and the first season of Squid Game.…
Today, Midnight Voss and Margaret Bates interview spicy rom-com author, Dawn Dugle, about her advocacy online against Oklahoma State Senate Bill 593 that seeks to outlaw CSAM as well as put severe restrictions on what is considered "porn" in the state. We talk about book ban history, the current state of the despotic US government, why it matters to stop book bans even if you feel you live in a "safe" or blue state, and what you can do to help stop this today. If you are interested in what Dawn has to say, you can find her site here https://dawndugle.com/ or even sponsor her via her Patreon here - https://www.patreon.com/DawnDugle Also TRIGGER WARNINGS for discussions of true American history, including discussing slavery, Native American genocide, and internment camps during WWII.…
This week, Margaret and Midnight take a look at one of the most famous comedies of the 1990s, the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day, on actual Groundhog Day. We use it as a spring board to discuss the time loop trope, how to use a MacGuffin or a spot of magical realism to take your characters on journeys of growth, and how to set expectations for readers when weird situations like time loops, time travel, or even body horror happen.…
It's that time of year for New Year's Resolutions. Midnight and Margaret talk about outlining projects, the psychology of goal-setting, and talk about their own goals in both fiction and non-fiction project for the coming year.
Midnight Voss and Margaret Bates wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as they review some of the craziest Christmas movies from Freeform, Hallmark, and Netflix (Hot Frosty, anyone?), and they explain what you can learn about good writing and committing to your premise from these films.
Margaret Bates and Midnight Voss, your faithful hosts, introduce themselves and their experiences in editing. Then, they start the podcast journey by explaining keeping promises to the reader and understanding and meeting genre and writing expectations.
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