We're delighted to have contemporary fantasy author K.M. (aka Kessie) Carroll on our show this week! After we discuss the heat in Arizona (where Kessie lives), and Aaron gives Liberty a really hard time, we actually get down to the business of the day.
- Overly suggestive book titles for outlining (Take Off Your Pants)
- Dealing with writer's block, and why it may be happening.
- Kessie's ideal Chai latte, as well as hot chocolate
- How a city might respond to a zombie apocalypse.
- E-Reader News Today & Pixel of Ink going belly up. :(
- A very unusual answer to our fandom question. :)
- When readers read into your books deeper than you intended. Lots of funnies.
- You're allowed to write crap, just keep writing.
Links:
- K.M. Carroll
- The Spacetime Legacy
- Magic Weaver (latest in her series)
- Diana Wynne Jones (Howl's Moving Castle)
- Sara Prineas
- Elizabeth Goudge
- Jim Butcher (Dresden Files)
- Larry Correia (Monster Hunter's International)
- Domino Finn (Black Magic Outlaw)
- Heartstriker Series by Rachel Aaron
- Take Off Your Pants by Libbie Hawker
- Bookzio
- Story Cartel
- Mark Dawson's Self-Publishing Formula
- The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones
We're delighted to have contemporary fantasy author K.M. (aka Kessie) Carroll on our show this week! After we discuss the heat in Arizona (where Kessie lives), and Aaron gives Liberty a really hard time, we actually get down to the business of the day.
In this episode...
- The Spacetime Legacy, Kessie's contemporary fantasy series, and her wish to see it in a Manga form.
- The origins of her series
- Sacrificial cars
- Superstition Mountains (super creepy stories!)
- Arizona Vortexes
- Classic Batman show from the 1960s...and her kids' likely reaction to watching the show. (Hilarity ensues.)
- Kessie's Doctor (Who)
- Writing with 5 kids (great advice for ALL of us parents.)
- Scrivener for iOS
- Discussing Jim Butcher (some of it got cut...if our listeners could be flies on the walls during our intermissions!)
Links:
- K.M. Carroll
- The Spacetime Legacy
- Magic Weaver (latest in her series)
- Diana Wynne Jones (Howl's Moving Castle)
- Sara Prineas
- Elizabeth Goudge
- Jim Butcher (Dresden Files)
- Larry Correia (Monster Hunter's International)
- Domino Finn (Black Magic Outlaw)
- Heartstriker Series by Rachel Aaron
- Take Off Your Pants by Libbie Hawker
- Bookzio
- Story Cartel
- Mark Dawson's Self-Publishing Formula
- The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones
On this episode we spoke with Patrick Carr, author of the Staff and Sword Series, about his venture into the Darkwater Saga and the Shock of Night.
A trilogy of trilogies awaits!
In these episodes, Patrick keeps us laughing. Also, you'll never believe how accident prone Patrick is!
All of us wax nostalgic at some point...you'd think we're old or something!
In Episode 30
- Character-driven fantasy, and how he accomplishes this in his plotting process.
- Patrick and his disagreeable muse.
- Planning for a series long-term + happy circumstance
- Re-doing books from scratch...under deadline
- Carrying around your books and your characters in your head all the time.
- Patrick's advice: be a merciless critic where your writing is concerned.
- Patrick's methods for attacking writer's block
- Candy bar in a cup drinks at Starbucks at Christmas
- Patrick shares some of his techniques for making perfect fudge (yes, seriously)
- Patrick and Liberty discuss rigor mortis...and gross Aaron out
- Traditional marketing advice from Patrick's agent, Steve Laube. The phrase "literary Amway guy" comes into play.
- Patrick's funny experiences of being an author
Links:
Patrick Carr
The Darkwater Saga
The Shock of Night
Home Improvement
Steve Laube (Patrick's agent!)
David Eddings (The Belgariad)
Steven R. Donaldson (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
Robert Ludlum
Brandon Sanderson
C. S. Lewis (Screwtape Letters; The Space Trilogy)
Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series
The Magician by Raymond Feist
On this episode we spoke with Patrick Carr, author of the Staff and Sword Series, about his venture into the Darkwater Saga and the Shock of Night.
A trilogy of trilogies awaits!
In these episodes, Patrick keeps us laughing. Also, you'll never believe how accident prone Patrick is!
All of us wax nostalgic at some point...you'd think we're old or something!
In Episode 29
- Odd character traits with Patrick's main character. (How does sleep walking and murders correlate?)
- Writing with an unreliable protagonist.
- Hating your writing while you're writing.
- Juggling. Emergency room visits! We manage to gross Aaron out. How Patrick uses his own accidents to inform his books.
- How to recast your books from one setting to another when your editor and agent tell you to.
- Fencing stories! Some engineering talk, which is totally fascinating.
- Googling has some interesting answers...including how dogs see.
- We get off into old time radio and radio broadcasts in general because of Patrick's answer to the superhero question.
- You will NEVER guess Patrick's answer to his Captain. Never, never, never!
- Patrick's looking forward to teaching a class at Realm Makers!
Links:
Patrick Carr
The Darkwater Saga
The Shock of Night
Home Improvement.
Steve Laube (Patrick's agent!)
David Eddings (The Belgariad)
Steven R. Donaldson (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
Robert Ludlum
Brandon Sanderson
C. S. Lewis (Screwtape Letters; The Space Trilogy)
Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series
The Magician by Raymond Feist