On January 10, 2026, Kasie and Rex took on the appeal of apocalypse. Here are the show notes: Topic: The End is Near Agenda: Segment 1 The appeal of the apocalypse. Seems like everyone takes a stab at writing about the end times. What does it look like in your imagination? Let’s remember that a…
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Episode 329: A$$holes or Anti-Heroes? They’re Everywhere These Days!
On December 20, 2025, Kasie and Rex took on Anti-Heroes. Here are the show notes: Topic: Anti-Heroes Agenda: Segment 1 What is an anti-hero? This topic is so old, the show notes still introduce who we are to the audience. Wow. Episode 43 way back in 2019 was the only episode we have dedicated to…
Episode 328: Fools, Clowns, Comic Relief
On December 13, 2025, Kasie and Rex revisited the comic relief character. Here are the show notes: Topic: Comic Relief Agenda: Segment 1 It’s been a while since we covered the dozen uses for the Fool (Episode 181) so there are some new notes and updated links for it but the concept remains. Per Gemini…
Episode 321: Writing Unlikeable Characters
August 9, 2025 Theme for the day Unlikeable Characters Agenda Segment 1 We did Despicable characters discussion on Episode 27 but that was way, way back in 2019 and so it’s time we took another look at them. We went to the AI for a few discussable topics on this: Along with the “no character…
Episode 318: Novel Writing From Someone Else’s Perspective
On July 19, 2025, Kasie and Rex took the lead from another blogger and explored novel writing from an intent, purpose, and process perspective. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Novel Toolkit Agenda Segment 1 & 2 Whilst scrolling through the #writing community hashtag on X (formerly twitter) I found this post…
