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Writers Drinking Coffee

Writers Drinking Coffee

Hello everyone, and welcome to Writers Drinking Coffee. This is a podcast based on writers sitting around, drinking coffee and/or occasionally wine, and talking about anything and everything. Bean Scene Café - https://www.beanscenecafe.com/ Chaz Brenchley - http://www.chazbrenchley.co.uk/ or @chazbrenchley Jeannie Warner - https://www.amazon.com/Jeannie-Warner/e/B01B38QICQ @thetsmorgan John Schmidt - @JohnRSchmidt Michael Engberg – music intro and exit – www.manyhatsmusic.com Art by Jakkal Designs

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Episode 104 – Tropes and Perspectives

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/06/15

In which we explore TV and other Tropes in writing. A Trope can be defined as a cliche, but it can also be a leitmotif (in the musical sense) or standard devices used in serial dramas. We think it works for any writing, playing to the audience’s expectations of the narrative. … Continue...Episode 104 – Tropes and Perspectives

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Episode 103 – Diasporica with Professor J.L. Torres

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/06/08

In this interview we celebrate J.L. Torres’ new book, Migrations. We discuss the impact of migration on storytelling, and the Diasporica (Puerto Rican Diaspora) on American literary culture. … Continue...Episode 103 – Diasporica with Professor J.L. Torres

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Episode 102 – Crime and Euphemisms

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/06/01

We explore some of our favorite crime novels, the genre at large as part of mystery, and pick apart the differences between detective novels (tending to support law & order) vs caper novels (tending to be anti-establishment or radical) and the exceptions. Crime and caper novels can be historic or modern, and cross every genre. What do you need to think about when writing crime stories? We have some ideas. … Continue...Episode 102 – Crime and Euphemisms

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Episode 101 – Short movies with Jordan Heron

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/05/18

Jordan makes movies. He started acting in commercials and showing up for casting calls, then discovered that he really liked directing. The next step involved him needing scripts, so he started adapting short stories into scripts – then just writing his own. All perfectly logical, right? Making movies is fun! … Continue...Episode 101 – Short movies with Jordan Heron

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Episode 100 – Interview with Paul Attaway

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/05/11

Paul Attaway is a new author who published his first book this last fall. He talks about his writing process, how to decide what the book is actually about – namely, a family drama with a murder. He approached writing his first book with a hybrid approach of plotting and organic growth based on the inter-relationship of characters. … Continue...Episode 100 – Interview with Paul Attaway

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Episode 99 – Notes and Notebooks

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/05/04

What’s in your notebook? The WDC crew all keep a little notebook of some fashion – although there’s discussion over moleskine, spiral notebooks, electronic Notes. Having a notebook in hand or in easy reach can help keep those nifty ideas from flitting back out of your brain by trapping them in ink or electrons. And then there’s refining the idea… … Continue...Episode 99 – Notes and Notebooks

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Episode 98 – Interview with David Drake

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/04/27

David Drake picked up writing, so he says, as a therapy for his time spent riding tanks around Vietnam and Cambodia. But what started as short stories ended up as a brilliant and far-reaching career that explored historic fantasy, horror, sci fi, and everything in between. Whether you love Roman legions, Byzantine politics, or Space Opera that combines the spirits of each, Drake has something for you – all his characters are exquisitely human and complex. … Continue...Episode 98 – Interview

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Episode 97 – Chaz Brenchley’s Crater School Girls on...

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/04/20

In which we celebrate our own Chaz’ new book coming out in May 2021. Formerly only found if you were a Patreon member, now you can buy Three Twins at the Crater School in book format. Based on the concept of boarding school storylines from England, these posit a habitable Mars and a race to colonize the moons and planets in a steampunk Ethership universe. … Continue...Episode 97 – Chaz Brenchley’s Crater School Girls on Mars

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Episode 96 – Video Biographies with Carol Wolf

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/04/13

Carol Wolf says “If you point a camera at someone and ask them what they know about how to live your life, they tell you amazing, inspiring, and moving stories.” What is the lived experience? We continue our discussion from last week talking about the importance of telling your own (and other people’s) life stories with Carol’s film making experience, with some digressions for shark mating habits and propaganda. … Continue...Episode 96 – Video Biographies with Carol Wolf

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Episode 95 – Memoir Writing with Jill Phillips

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/04/06

There are so many people who talk about writing down family memoirs. We interviewed Jill Phillips, who has completed her first novel of non-fiction memoirs to talk about her process, her journey, and her recommendations for anyone thinking it’s time to start writing their own family stories. She describes how to start and set yourself up for success, deliberations on whose truth to go with, and other important decisions a memoir will need to make. … Continue...Episode 95 – Memoir Writing

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Episode 94 – Interview with Aleksandr Voinov

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/03/30

Exploring topics in gay romance, and emotive expression open for men – and how reading novels outside your own experience act like empathy boxes of learning and understanding. Aleksandr’s character-driven approach to storytelling combines with research to create vivid stories and hot gay romance. They also have some excellent advice for writers on maintaining separation from a day job while avoiding misrepresentation of your identity. … Continue...Episode 94 – Interview with Aleksandr

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Episode 93 – Interview with Nancy Jane Moore

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/03/23

Nancy has found a unique way of conquering the general zeitgeist of creativity challenge with meditation and poetry to unlock new creativity. We discuss colonialism, and the challenge of looking at discovered civilizations (on earth, in space, wherever) through a lens of diversity instead of the old models, and what might happen when we start to do that even more. … Continue...Episode 93 – Interview with Nancy Jane Moore

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Episode 92 – Interview with Bruce Holland Rogers

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/03/16

Bruce helps advance the question what the term “literary” means. Is it a commercial label? Is it a publishing market category for how to put similar books together in a bookstore? Class distinction or participation is one way to look, but so is technical accomplishment. In any case, learning to write seems a noble (and spiritual) way to squander your time as well as a social network, and Bruce has been amazing over a long and fruitful career as both a writer and educator. … Continue...Episode

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Episode 91 – A Psychological Model for Character...

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/03/09

In this episode, Dave, Chaz, and John briefly discuss character development using the "Big Five" model of personality before haring off on a number of predictable tangents. Also in this episode: everything Dave knows about factor analysis and psychological modeling (tl;dr: psychology is squishy); what Chaz doesn't know about "Aspects of the Novel:" by E.M. Forster (quite a bit, and seemingly proud of it); and John reminds Chaz to panic about being replaced by a computer. Also: MFAs are a dodgy

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Episode 90 – Race, Romance, and Regency

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/03/02

It’s Black History month, and we all watched Bridgerton (and a certain Duke) over Christmas, right? We invite Madeleine Robins back and start pondering how to make our writing accurately reflect the cultural mélange that existed in London and beyond. From racism to classism, our writers look at our inherent biases, how “common knowledge” of history isn’t, and how it takes something evocative with a new spin to challenge our ideas of history. … Continue...Episode 90 – Race, Romance, and

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Episode 89 – Interview with Jennifer Brozek

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/02/23

Jennifer has been nominated twice for the Bram Stoker award for horror, and won both the Bram Stoker and the Hugo Award for editing work. She’s written stories and novels for Battletech, Shadowrun, Valdemar, as well as many original stories and novels in YA Horror, Fantasy, and Sci Fi. She has the Best Quote Ever: You can be blunt or you can be vulgar but you can’t be both. … Continue...Episode 89 – Interview with Jennifer Brozek

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Episode 88 – Interview with Megan Lloyd: Storyboarding

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/02/16

Who is the first wizard on call when you need to make movie magic? Meg is a that wizard! A storyboard artist introduces us all to the world where the print meets the screen. Come learn about this exciting position working in TV and Movies, where you can tell stories with pictures and words in tandem. … Continue...Episode 88 – Interview with Megan Lloyd: Storyboarding

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Episode 87 – Carol Wolf, Shotgun Artist

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/02/09

WDC once again talks with master of many forms Carol Wolf, who discusses plays, movies, screenplays, horror, and some of her recent work, and inspires WDC to write more! … Continue...Episode 87 – Carol Wolf, Shotgun Artist

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Episode 86 – Charlie Stross, Harbinger of Our Times

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/02/02

There are writers who can take one genre and then turn it into multiple genres before they're done - and you can't put the books down. We sat down one of our favorites who gets away with it all the time. Charles Stross, unrepentant Pantser, as he labels himself, tells us all about his books, his inspirations, his process, and his latest projects. … Continue...Episode 86 – Charlie Stross, Harbinger of Our Times

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Episode 85 – Juliette Wade Returns!

Writers Drinking Coffee ·

2021/01/26

Juliette’s second book, Transgressions of Power (sequel to Mazes of Power), is coming out in February! Get your tiara and boa together and think about what you’re going to wear to her book release party! Juliette talks about dialect work, plotting, and how world building and pre-construction helps her write faster. … Continue...Episode 85 – Juliette Wade Returns!

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