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STORYBEAST

A podcast for story lovers, Storybeast explores how we weave tales and why we love them. Co-hosts Ghabiba Weston and C. Shack chat with each other and legendary guests about different elements of various books, tv shows, plays, and other modalities to explore this fundamental aspect of humanity. Come for the story, stay for the snacks.

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00:34:44

Episode #67: Demanding fairness; on avoiding scams...

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2024/05/17

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: what dungarees are being savvy with potential scams collaboration resources, like Writer Beware and a new goodbye Find us on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠⁠and on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram ⁠(@storybeastpodcast)⁠⁠⁠. For more storytelling content to your inbox, ⁠⁠⁠subscribe ⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or

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01:05:11

Episode #66: Tips, tropes, and tea with Legendary,...

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2024/05/09

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Nadia Saward. Nadia Saward is a Commissioning Editor at Orbit Books and a writer of Fantasy Romance. She has an MA in Creative Writing and lives in London with her husband and perfectly round cat. Their debut novel BEST HEX EVER is slated for release in October 2024. In this episode,

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00:35:06

Episode #65: Time isn't real; or, on personal...

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2024/05/02

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:Sarah A. Parker's trad debut, When the Moon Hatched, and it's release date of next week. Personal explorations on finding time to write Expectations vs. reality Courtney mentions this episode of Becca Syme's Quitcast podcast Snacks (duh) Find us on our ⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠and

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01:20:33

Episode #64: Emily Rath on transitions, authenticity...

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2024/04/25

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Emily Rath. Emily Rath is an internationally bestselling author whose chart-topping, sex-positive, queer-inclusive fantasy and romance novels include the Second Sons Regency romances, the Tuonella Duet fantasy novels, and the why choose tiktok sensation, the Jacksonville Rays

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00:44:13

Episode #63: Biscuits dipped in blood; or, on curiosity

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2024/04/18

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:Courtney and Ghabiba's long discussion on the ravens at the tower of London, their special biscuits, and research still to be done Ghabiba's analogy of story as a machine Essential questions Ghabiba asks herself in a draft Courtney's seasons Ghabiba's top tip for writing-related injuries A long chat about

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01:03:57

Episode #62: Leigh Bargudo on success, gratitude, and...

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2024/04/11

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Bardugo.Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction

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00:48:38

Episode #61: The storyteller's emotional napkin and...

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2024/04/04

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:bringing story to life in your head by being magical and mystical Courtney's request for Super Stabby Resources the murder library and modernising evil hooking a reader and keeping them engaged the story opening as a dating metaphor emotional napkins: gaining a reader's trust as a craft device an underused

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00:50:07

Episode #60: Julie Phillips on biography, writing...

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2024/03/28

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack, Ghabiba Weston, and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing Julie Phillips, author of THE BABY ON THE FIRE ESCAPE; JAMES TIPTREE JR, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B SHELDON; and the to-be-titled biography of Ursula le Guin.In this episode, you'll hear: About Julie's thoughts on writing while mothering What a

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00:34:52

Episode #59: The Art of Conflict

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2024/03/21

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode, you'll hear about: Types of conflict you can use to amp up the tension in your story. Examples of how to pair internal conflict with external conflict Our favorite craft books for creation conflict and character We say a version of "juice" at least five times We talk about using processes of self-introspection when it comes to

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00:56:47

Episode #58: On mythology, writing with...

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2024/03/14

Episode #58: On mythology, writing with vulnerability, and moving targets of success, with Legendary, Genevieve Gornichec.Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack, Ghabiba Weston, and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing Genevieve Gornichec, author of THE WITCH'S HEART and THE WEAVER AND THE WITCH QUEEN. Genevieve Gornichec earned her degree in history

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00:52:36

Episode #57: Self Publishing Tips

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2024/03/07

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode, you'll hear about: Courtney's emotional landscape of publishing a book Practical and heart-centered self publishing tips Applications Courtney has used to publish LADY OF ROSES AND RUIN Find us on our ⁠website ⁠and on ⁠Instagram ⁠(@storybeastpodcast). For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe ⁠here⁠. Feel free to reach out if

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01:26:21

Episode #56: Kristin Dwyer on midpoints, story doors,...

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2024/02/29

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Kristin Dwyer, author of SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE and THE ATLAS OF US.Kristin Dwyer grew up under the California sun and still prays every day for a cloudy sky. When she’s not writing books about people kissing, she and her spouse can be found encouraging their four overly

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00:31:24

Episode #55: We curse the pirates! On piracy and what...

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2024/02/22

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode, you'll hear about: How Courtney's debut, LADY OF ROSES AND RUIN, got pirated Find Jessica Taylor's blog post on piracy here How Courtney looked into muso and pirate.io to assist with taking down the pirated material Gabi's plan to take the pirates to task A Call To Action: Cursing the Pirates (DM us, we want to see your curses) Find us on

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00:51:12

Episode #54: Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen...

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2024/02/16

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Season 3! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Nisha J. Tuli, author of TRIAL OF THE SUN QUEEN and HEART OF NIGHT AND FIRE. Nisha J. Tuli is a Canadian author whose books feature kick ass heroines, swoony love interests, and slow burns with plenty of heat. She is the author of the Artefacts of Ouranos series, as well as an

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00:40:41

Episode # 53: Giving yourself time to play, virtual...

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2024/02/08

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Courtney's current read, YOU'RE A BADASS by Jen Sincero embracing distraction in a useful way trying on vibes giving into the wild joy of creating when it's okay to take your time pegging ideas Ghabiba's method for deciding which research makes it to the draft balancing story nuggets letting

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00:41:04

Episode #52: Aurora Ascher on SANCTUARY OF THE...

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2024/02/01

Welcome back to another LEGENDARY Storybeast episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Aurora Ascher. Paranormal & fantasy romance author Aurora Ascher loves misunderstood monsters, lovable anti-heroes, and epic happily-ever-afters. A woman of many creative pursuits, Aurora is also a musician and visual artist. She currently resides in Montreal with her

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00:40:22

Episode #51: On "Snack" Characters and what makes...

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2024/01/25

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Gabi's definition of "snack characters" A brief-ish digression into venus fly traps--flowers or just fiends? Gabi calls Courtney a snack Gabi talks about how first lines can be used to introduced character and mentions Six of Crows...again. Reader magnets--what they are, how to distribute them, and ideas for your

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00:56:54

Episode #50: Kamilah Cole + Emily Forney: The...

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2024/01/18

Welcome to our first LEGENDARY episode of Season 3! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing TWO legendaries: Kamilah Cole and Emily Forney. Kamilah Cole is a Jamaican-born, American-raised author. By day she works in publishing and by night she frantically types words she hopes to see in a book on shelves one day. In the past, she’s also worked as a journalist and at a

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00:48:18

Episode #49: Welcome to Season 3! Crushing it without...

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2024/01/11

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear: Beastly updates An overview of Season 3 legendaries Gabi bringing back the spicy hope about Courtney's agent and her book release "Getting writing time back" The beginnings of an endless conversation on "butter" from Seven Figure Fiction Courtney's chili recipe from her wedding About friendship (obviously) Find us on

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01:00:14

Episode #48: The Season 2 Finale! On fear, biscuits,...

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2023/10/05

Welcome back to the final Season 2 episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story with Summer beast, Nadine Flint. WARNING: This episode contains *a lot* of food talk! In this season finale, you'll hear about: writing fear separating your fear from your characters' fear(s) working through and alongside fear support systems and their value when telling stories that hit deep the beauty on the other side of fear fear as a

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