Episode 195: Stories like Sparklers

On August 6, 2022, Kasie and Rex recapped and revised their flash fiction experience from Wednesday night’s “Flash at the Bar” event hosted by Raegan Teller. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Flash fiction takes longer to edit than to write, but the really good ones spark and hiss and pop and…

Episode 193: The best of times. The Worst of times. Classic.

On July 23, 2022, Kasie and Rex continued their travel through literary devices with juxtaposition and flashbacks. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Flashback and Juxtaposition Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Last week we continued our work with literary devices working on themes and their workhorses: symbolism and motifs. This…

Episode 189: Those Query Pages Suck

On June 25, 2022, Kasie and Rex went back to the rejection well looking at how to adjust those query pages. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Rejection sucks and so do your first three chapters Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Last week we talked about rejection. We’ve all been…

Episode 187: The Work of Rewriting

On May 21, 2022, Kasie and Rex took on the challenge of rewriting your novel. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day The Work of a ReWrite Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Got my manuscript back from the developmental editor and while a lot of what he had to say was…

Episode 186: Backstory Essentials

On May 14th, Kasie and Rex revisited a favorite subject: exposition, this time with the specific lean toward development of a character through the details you leave out. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Backstory: the character side of exposition Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Two weeks ago, we did…