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Cassie's Crafting Conundrum
by Cassidy Jackson
Welcome to a podcast by a gen z writer for gen z writers! Cassidy Jackson has been writing since she was thirteen years old, but didn't start thinking seriously about publishing until she hit 19 years old. Now she's a young woman and having been raised as a gen z kid, she knows the struggle is real. In this podcast, she will speak with other gen z authors and writers who like her are attempting to balance a life and writing life at the same time. In this seasonal podcast, each week there will be a new episode featuring a new gen z author and their struggles while Cassie shares her own writing story and how she manages to write and be a full time college student at the same time. You can contact her with comments, questions, and inquiries at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Where I've Been
Okay, I admit it, I didn't have the energy to work on the podcast or even writing once last September hit. This is me, in true Cassie fashion, telling you all what I've been up to. I hope you all enjoy this yapping session from me. Even 9 years after leaving California, I still sound so much like…
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Bonus Episode: College Reflection 3 Years In
It's back to school month and that means I decided to share a little bit of my personal life with you all.In this episode, I talk about how not stereotypical my college experience has because I don't party, I don't drink, I don't even really socialize because I was too busy healing from my past....
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Season 3 Episode 9: Drawing Boundaries with Social Media, Life, and the Wedding Book with Alex Moran
Today's episode is a little bit different than a full writing episode. Alex Moran (she/her), a Guatemalan adoptee and 20 something year old gen z author from my own home state, is one of my soul sisters and we deep dive into intentional social media use with a little bit of writing on the side.…
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Season 3 Episode 8: General College Shenanigans, a Podcast, and Grief/Hope as a Central Theme with Victoria Wlosok
TW: 20 mins in active shooter situation mentioned; 23 minutes another active shooter situation mentioned Victoria Wlosok (she/her) is a 21 year old pubished YA thriller author based in the Southern United States. Through this chaotic episode we talk everything from author timelines, why Victoria...
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Season 3 Episode 7: Migrating From a Blogger to Author featuring Birdie Schae
Birdie Schae (she/her) is a uni student currently studying in the Netherlands and writes autistic lesbians who have realistic, messy lives. We discuss the growth of getting started on writing twitter, the community aspect of twitter, the journey of a writer, advice from two gen z writers (take it...
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Season 3 Episode 6: Motivation Can Come From Anywhere (Novels and Real Life) Says Wyatt Madison
How did you all enjoy the cliffhanger? On this continuation of Wyatt Madison 's conversation, we dive into short stories, small vs large writing accounts, life lessons inserted into novels, parents are amazing, lessons learned through writing, "market readers", "everyone has a story", critiquing,...
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Season 3 Episode 5: The Human Spirit is Alive with Creativity Speaks Wyatt Madison
TW: Suicide mention at 58:25 Wyatt Madison (he/him) is someone I have adopted into my writing family and he knows this and as an 17 year old high school senior who gets less sleep than I do, I admire this young man for who he is. We discuss everything and the kitchen sink when it comes to…
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Season 3 Episode 4: Moving From Self Publishing to Traditional Publishing - The Journey of Makayla Bryant
Makayla Bryant (she/her), a 22 year old science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian author and I discuss her journey from self publishing in 2020 to the querying trenches in 2024. We also discuss the gatekeeping of the traditional publishing industry, working on things outside of writing because…
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Season 3 Episode 3: Reading Affects Writing More Than People Know with Aleighsha Parke
Aleighsha Parke (she/her), a 23 year old British Columbia native and fantasy (plus a little extra dabbling of genres) and I discuss how reading can affect writing as well as discussing her debut (coming out late 2024), making the ordinary pretty, querying publishing agencies, a discussion on the...
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Year One Thank You: Than You for One Year of Cassie's Crafting Conundrum
I can not believe it's been a solid year since the first episode came out and the world learned I talk really freaking fast. I can't believe you all have shared, listened, been guests on, and just plain cheered me on for a year. To Mads who got this all started and my in real life friends…
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Season 3 Bonus Episode: Cassie Spills Almost All the Beans About Her Thoughts On Her Adoption
What's up world! Today is the one year anniversary of Cassie's Crafting Conundrum and I have Halle J. Minick (she/her) interviewing me about who I am as a writer, what I write, and more. We deep dive into my Asian American heritage, what representation means to me, how characters come to me…
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Season 3 Episode 2: A Talk About What One Can Learn In Class and In Real Life with Callie Rowland
Callie Rowland (she/her) and still very much 22 now paints a picture of what we can learn in a classroom versus out in the real world. We talk about what her professors have said, how important a community of writers is, and so much more. This is the second premiere of Season 3 and with this week...
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Season 3 Episode 1: Explaining the Pros and Cons of a Creative Writing Degree from Callie Rowland
Callie Rowland (she/her), a 22 year old recent college graduate and literacy fantasy author, has known her fantasy has an emotional aspect most don't focus on. Callie and I dive right in and talk about what one can learn in and out of a creative writing degree, the way social media can connect...
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Season 3 Episode 0: Welcome to the Golden Season (The Season I Know(ish) What I am Doing)
Welcome back to the podcast! This is going to look a little bit different in terms of podcast episode titles and yet if you've listened to the first two seasons, it's still the same crazy content I've been bringing to you. I can't believe it's now Season 3 and people are listening to this and…
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23 Life Lessons for 2023
*brother from another mother* I do not appreciate low tech sometimes Get ready for 23 life lessons in 2023 because this is the most I've opened up to all of you so thank you all who will listen to this all the way through <3 Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed season 1 and season 2 of Cassie's...
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Season 2 Episode 6: Research, Research, and Research Some More
*absolutely do not read American Psycho unless you are ready to face every trigger warning in the world; we also do not support J.K. Rowling* Grace, a fourth year phycology major, and I have known each other for a few months and talk like we've known each other for years. We go into school…
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Season 2 Episode 5: Talking Way Too Long About Humanity as a Whole
*slight ptsd mention, war is mentioned* Maria I. Antonia (she/her), what can I say about this lovely human who writes humanity in a way that leaves me in awe. She is a 23nyear old author who is in the process of getting a master's degree, sadly an ocean away from me. What started out as a journey...
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Season 2 Episode 4: A Big Sister, Little Sister Conversation About how the Invisible Become Seen
Cress (she/her) is a 15 year old novelist and poet who knew pretty much all her life she wanted to do something in literature. It's an honor to bring a conversation like this to the podcast. It might read like a big sister, little sister conversation, however, we touch on important topics. We...
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Season 2 Episode 3: Fantasy and Dystopias Pull From History
*brief mention of war* *When I was referring to the past, I was referring to contemporary history.* Fantasy, dystopias and fantasy all have a lot more in common than I originally thought. In this episode, I sit down with Caitlin (she/her), a 26 year old historian and fantasy author thinks working...
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Season 2 Episode 2: Two American BIOPOC Friends Discuss the US and Growing Up BIPOC
This week I tackle a topic near and dear to my heart, people of color in fiction and real life, with my guest Bia (she/her) a 26 year old author who is also a person of color. We open up about what it's like growing up as a person of color in the United States, how people we interact with in real...
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Season 2 Episode 1: The Publishing Industry Needs to Diversify
*content warning: brief mentions of death as an overarching theme* Kicking off season 2 is Thea (she/her), a 19 year old multi genre author from the UK and I take on the publishing industry and how hard it is to be a multi genre author wanting to pursue the traditional publishing route. We talk...
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Just a Little Update
It's a little short episode for you all. I know you all know I can't talk about myself for a long period of time, I can't. It's not in the cards for me. So me making the life update episodes long, it's a stretch for me. People will criticize me for releasing a podcast right now, note, these...
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Show Trailer
Never thought I would get to do a season two so you all get a show trailer. :D Welcome to Cassidy's Crafting Conundrum, a gen z podcast about writing and life in general hosted by a gen z author. This podcast is here to share what gen z authors have to share with the world. I am so excited for…
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Season 1 Episode 6: Social Media is Scary and Stories are Shared
*Mads and I do not support the author mentioned in this podcast* Mads (she/her), an 18 year old (internet phenom, in my opinion) and I have been friends for a long time and we sit down together to talk about a subject both of us have talked about a myriad of times. My idea of social media is not...
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Season 1 Episode 5: Too Many Projects and Coauthoring WIPS
*When I said European languages, I meant the less popularly translated European languages.* Solaire (she/her) is extremely active on Twitter and so it brings me great pleasure to introduce her voice to the world. In this episode, we talk about coauthoring, our separate projects, our shared...
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Season 1 Episode 4: Song Writing and Fiction Writing
Demi Michelle Swartz (she/her) is a host of her own podcast and I am so pumped to have her tell her writing journey and how similar and different it has been to her writing career. We talk college, we talk changing things up, we talk how songwriting and fiction writing are similar, we talk gen z…
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Season 1 Episode 3: Speed Writing Fiction vs The World of STEM and ADHD
*content warning: depression mention* Halle (she/her), an incoming college sophomore stem major, and I sit down for a talk about writing in a short period of time vs taking time for a manuscript to come to the writer, ADHD and how it affects us as people, stem writers writing non stem related...
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Season 1 Episode 2: Querying, International High School, and Gen Z Real Thoughts, Oh My
Allie (she/they) and I take on querying and its mysteries in this second episode of Cassie's Crafting Conundrum. In this episode we deep dive into querying and the world of gen z through mental health discussions, gen z and adulthood, how hard it is to balance school research for querying, and so...
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Season 1 Episode 1: It's Opposite Day in High School
Lilka Clocksin (she/her) is an eighteen year old fantasy author who has recently graduated high school (Happy Graduation Day Lilka :D <3) and in this little more than an hour episode we dive deep into her fantasy novel, Opposite Day as well as just high school and life in general. We talk IB...
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Season 1 Episode 0: Welcome to Chaos
Cassidy Jackson takes on the world with her extremely fast talking. She blames her Bay Area, California roots for that. In this episode, she talks about why she decided to start the podcast in a very brief overview. It is chaotic, it is fancy, and it is going to be as wildly unedited as she can...
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Season 1 Trailer
Welcome to the trailer for season on Cassie's Crafting Conundrum! Six amazing gen z authors and some of my close writing friends will shed light on a part of their journey. I can't wait for you all to meet these six who make my days shine brighter every time I talk with them! Hosted on Acast. See...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to a podcast by a gen z writer for gen z writers! Cassidy Jackson has been writing since she was thirteen years old, but didn't start thinking seriously about publishing until she hit 19 years old. Now she's a young woman and having been raised as a gen z kid, she knows the struggle is real. In this podcast, she will speak with other gen z authors and writers who like her are attempting to balance a life and writing life at the same time. In this seasonal podcast, each week there will be a new episode featuring a new gen z author and their struggles while Cassie shares her own writing story and how she manages to write and be a full time college student at the same time. You can contact her with comments, questions, and inquiries at [email protected].
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to a podcast by a gen z writer for gen z writers! Cassidy Jackson has been writing since she was thirteen years old, but didn't start thinking seriously about publishing until she hit 19 years old. Now she's a young woman and having been raised as a gen z kid, she knows the struggle is...
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