What are your favorite Christmas movies? MB Mooney and Steven Faletti cover some classics, favorites, and a couple great fringe movies that go with the holidays. Then Steven shares Calculated Plans, ch 13 of Singularity, as Mitch and Jinn get closer to Nexus and the CORE. Listen and vote!
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What are some great Christmas movies?
Britt talks about his top Christmas movies.
Steven talks about some of his favorite Christmas movies.
Steven shares Singularity Chapter 13 – Calculated Plans.
Why are there deadlines? Are they good or bad? Britt Mooney and Steven Faletti discuss the reality of deadlines in traditional publishing, the positives and negatives of them, and how we can set deadlines and goals for ourselves in different ways. Then author MB Mooney shares Kepler, chapter 12 of the Singularity storyline. Listen and vote!
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Why are deadlines important?
Are they good or bad for the creative process?
How can a self-published or unpublished author set deadlines?
Are tropes always bad? Writers deal with tropes and each genre has a list of tropes. Writers Steven and Britt define tropes, give examples, and discuss how to use tropes without becoming a cliche. Then MB Mooney shares The Brig, ch. 8 of Singularity. Listen and vote!
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What is a trope?
Why do we have tropes?
Are they good or bad?
What are some examples of tropes?
How can we use tropes without them becoming a cliche?
Don’t give up! In every great success story, the person has several chances to quit … but they don’t. Why is resiliency important in a writing career? How can we keep going? Listen to the discussion and then hear Steven share Aboard the Slagtree, ch 7 of Singularity. Listen and Vote!
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What does it mean to be resilient?
Why is it hard to persevere as a writer?
Why is resiliency so important in any pursuit?
Why is it especially important for writers?
How can we stay resilient and keep going?
Why is it important to give ourselves permission and grace?
Agents and publishers talk with authors about platform, but what is “borrowed platform”? Listen as Britt Mooney and Steven Faletti discuss the importance of networking, being generous, and connecting with others to help with “borrowed platform”. Then author MB Mooney shares The Pirates, ch 6 of the sci fi story Singularity. Listen and vote!
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What is platform?
Why is it important?
What is borrowed platform?
How do you get borrowed platform?
What is the importance of networking and being generous and kind in the industry?
Author MB Mooney shares chapter 6 of Singularity, called The Pirates.
