"If you’re writing your stories down, you’re more than a writer than a lot of people ever will have the courage to try to be." It's a solo episode! I get into the complexities of writing and self-doubt, the struggles of completing a manuscript, the challenges of balancing creativity with personal life, and the ever-present specter of The Imposter Cop. We try to accept the importance of focusing on one task at a time, despite everything. Also we talk about K Pop Demon Hunters, exploring its themes

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with the filmmaker Kelly Reichardt about her new movie, The Mastermind, out in theaters now. Josh O’Connor stars as an unemployed carpenter named JB, who hatches a plan to rob the museum in his small Massachusetts town of its collection of Arthur Dove paintings. JB soon he finds himself on the run, leaving his young family behind for a Greyhound tour of 1970s America, a country torn apart by the war in Vietnam and Cambodia. Reichardt talks about her own childhood,

Welcome back to our Dungeon Crawler Carl Read-along! This is part 5 of our journey into The Butcher's Masquerade! We are tackling chapters 38 - 49of the book. Join us! We are examining this through the experience of listening to the audiobook and would encourage you to as well if you can. We welcome your feedback and comments as we go through this so please hit us up in the comments!READING ASSIGNMENT: Book 5 'The Butcher's Masquerade' Ch 50 - 62Hosts:Grant Davis -

[Podfic] Switched by shorimochiChapter 5 - CQL: Culture shock? Summary: A shocked Wei Wuxian quickly figures out his and Lan Wangji's life is a story. Podfic AO3 http://ao3.org/works/73413516/Fanfic AO3 http://ao3.org/works/21341053/

Draco Malfoy has a mission he can’t share and a conscience he can’t silence. Prefect nights paired with Hermione Granger should make everything harder—so why do those quiet corridors start to feel like the only place he sees a path forward? Across sixth and seventh year, barbed quips give way to fragile trust as an unlikely alliance threatens to reroute the Second Wizarding War—if the boy who made all the wrong choices can make one right one at last.Expect a medium-burn Dramione threaded with rich

This week, I passed the 24,000-word mark on my current work-in-progress, Churchill’s Dragons (RAF Dragon Corps, Book 2). The story’s really taking shape, and I’m enjoying building on the world established in Book 1.I also received the completed audiobook for Punk’s Not Dead and will be doing my final listen-through before it’s ready to go live.On a personal note, I’ve Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) creeping in, so I took a few days off. I booked a short AirBnB break with my wife and son to rest,

Send us a text For you today, Trick or Treaters, a discussion of what some critics assert is the first modern ghost story in English: Daniel Defoe's 1705 "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal." The text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36587/36587-h/36587-h.htm Support the show Please like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you! Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.com Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. If you enjoy the...

In this episode, we perceive a man's eagerness to return to his beloved, as depicted in Sangam Literary work, Aganaanooru 114, penned by an anonymous poet. The verse is situated amidst the scattered flowers of the 'Mullai' or 'Forest landscape' and visualises a person living far away.

Find the blog version and show notes HERE. What if you found an old sword that once belonged to a Roman gladiator? What if a mysterious journal held the key to a secret that could change how you see the world?What if studying the book of Romans didn’t feel like a chore—but like an epic quest for truth and salvation?Our guest author today is Marty Machowski. Marty Machowski is a pastor and best-selling author. He serves as the Family Life Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills...

Charli from Austria and Softie from the UK join Alyssa for our discussion of Andrzej Sapkowski's Tower of Swallows, Chapter 4. Very important bits include: Season premiere rituals, unreliable narrators, nesting dolls of perspectives, progressive ideas in The Witcher, the literal sword of destiny, how Ciri's weaponization complicates her victimization, and how each chapter antagonist embodies a different kind of cruelty. [0:00] Cold Open [1:01] Introduction [2:40] Guest Introductions [8:16] Chapter

Honestly, who hasn't wished they could jump into a book just to try the food the author describes so well? Just in time for the holidays, Nicole, Killian, and Drew discuss the fictional delicacies they would love to eat, either treats described in books or meals shown on screen.The Distracted Librarians can be found on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and PlayerFM. Want to join the conversation? Email us at distracted@btpl.org Many thanks to BCTV for their

In this thought-provoking episode of GL Deep Dives, we explore the Fermi Paradox — the haunting question: Where is everybody? With billions of stars and potentially habitable planets in our galaxy alone, why haven’t we encountered any signs of intelligent alien life? We break down the leading theories, from the Great Filter to simulation hypotheses and galactic quarantines, and ask what the silence might really mean. Are we alone... or just not ready for the truth?

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This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of must-read short story collections!Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Books Discussed: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

EPISODE 608 - Paul J.C. Edge - Mercurial Novels to Unleash Your Imagination, and a Local BakeshopPaul J.C. Edge is a leading independent author , his works include the gritty Summer Haven and Book of Xaal Sci-Fi horror trilogies, fusing his love of space sagas, fantasy and Lovecraftian gothic horror stories.Paul studied IT at university, which included modules in Astro Physics, which built real knowledge around his love of tales of space travel and alien contact. Finally forsaking a successful

Become a Booker Prize expert and meet the shortlisted authors before the winner is announced in a ceremony featuring the Queen and classic British pomp and fanfare.These are the shortlisted books:Flashlight by Susan ChoiThe Land in Winter by Andrew MillerThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiAudition by Katie KitamuraFlesh by David SzalayThe Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits.The Booker Prize is arguably the most prestigious literary prize in the English-speaking world,

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