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Eat, Drink, Write. An Urban Fantasy Whiteboard — 151 episodes

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Episode 117: Themes in Fiction - Justice & The Found Family

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Episode 116: Themes & Symbols - Luck and Fate

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Episode 115: Voice in Fiction

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Episode 114: Writing the Synopsis - a Revamp

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Episode 113: Writing Query Letters - Revamped

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Episode 112: Fixing those Plot Holes

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Episode 111: Uncovering Plot Holes in Your Story

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Episode 110: Showing Vulnerability in your Characters

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Episode 109: We are Back - How to Get Back to Writing After a Hiatus

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Episode 108: Writing Strong Female Characters

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Episode 107: Throwing that Pitch

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Episode 106: Writing Conferences in the East US

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Episode 105: Worldbuilding - Magical Systems

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Episode 104: Writing Description in your Novel

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Myths & Monsters 22: Haunted Dolls & The Slit-Mouthed Woman

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Episode 103: Writing Trauma

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Episode 102: Pacing Your Novel

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Episode 101: Nature Symbolism in Writing

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Episode 100: Worldbuilding - adding Holidays to your Novel

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Episode 99: World Building - How to Create Your World's History

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Episode 98: How to Write Horror

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Myths & Monsters 21: Bunny Man & Island of Dolls

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Episode 97: Writing Death Scenes

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Episode 96: Color Symbolism - Blue & Green

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Myths & Monsters 20: Full Moon Legends & Two Halloween Monsters

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Episode 95: NaNoWriMo! It's Almost Here! Are You Ready??

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Episode 94: Writing the Villain Monologue

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Episode 93: Writing Cities

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Episode 92: The Ruler Archetype

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Myths & Monsters 19: The Vampire Scare & The Watcher

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Episode 91: Plot Holes - Ugh!

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Episode 90: Writing the Resolution in Fiction

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Episode 89: Writing Mystery vs Suspense - What the Heck is the Difference?

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Episode 88: DragonCon - What it Can Do for Writers

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Myths & Monsters 18: The Beijing Ghost Train & Sleep Paralysis Legends

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Episode 87: Writing Time Travel

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Episode 86: How to Write a Book with a Co-Author

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Episode 85: The Snowflake Method

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Episode 84: Writing the Death Theme in Fiction

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Episode 83: Plotline Archetypes - the Rest of Them!

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Myths & Monsters 17: Necromancers & The Boggy Creek Monster

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Episode 82: Plotlines - Adventure, Transformation & Romance

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Episode 81: Writing Emotions - Betrayal & Smugness

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Episode 80: Creating Your Character's Career

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Episode 79: The Explorer Archetype: What is it, and How to Write it?

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Myths & Monsters 16: Black-Eyed Kids & Mirror Superstitions

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Episode 78: Writing Character Flaws

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Episode 77: How to Write Plot Twists

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Episode 76: Writing the Masquerade in Urban Fantasy

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Episode 75: How to Use Pinterest for Writing Novels

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Episode 74: How to Write the Love Interest Character

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Myths & Monsters 15: Boo Hags & Ghost Stories

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Episode 73: Writing Your Characters' Motivations

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Episode 72: Writing Prophesies in Fiction

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Episode 71: Writing Dream Sequences in Fiction

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Episode 70: Writing Rules & How to Break Them: Story Beginnings

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Myths & Monsters 14: Nain Rouge and Rougarou

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Episode 69: How To Start Chapters

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Episode 68: The Mushy Middle & How to Get Through it

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Episode 67: Writing Great Chapter Endings

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Episode 66: Twisting Tropes: The Brainy Character

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Myths & Monsters 14: Ghouls & Living Statues

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Episode 65: Writing Epilogues

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Episode 64: Creating Tension in Your Novel

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Episode 63: What's In A Name: Naming Your Characters

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Episode 62: Beta Reading

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Episode 61: Writing the Premise - What the Heck is it Anyway??

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Myths & Monsters 13: The Number 13 & Dyatlov Pass

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Episode 60: Overview of Character Archetypes

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Episode 59: How to Ship Your Characters (or How to Make Your Readers want them to!)

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Episode 58: Writing Conflict in Your Novel

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Episode 57: Outlining Your Novel

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Myths & Monsters 12: The Loch Ness Monster & Vampires

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Episode 56 - Creating the Sidekick - Turning Tropes Around

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Episode 55 - Killing off Characters

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Episode 54: Making Your Reader Feel

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Episode 53: Creating Whimsical & Fantastical Objects in your Novels

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Myths & Monsters 11: New Year's Superstitions & Turbull Canyon Legends

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Episode 52: How to Make Your Reader Love your Character

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Episode 51: Cutting Words

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Episode 50: From Idea to Novel - The Recipe for Writing

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Episode 49: Chaotic Alignment - What is Your Character

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Episode 48: Character Alignment - Neutral

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Myths & Monsters 10: Werewolves & The Jersey Devil

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Episode 47: Character Alignment - Lawful

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Episode 46: Diversity in Writing

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Episode 45: Prologues - Pointing your Book in the Right Direction

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Episode 44: Writing Dystopian Novels

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Myths & Monsters 9: Halloween Special Edition: The History of Halloween & The Ouija Board

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Episode 43: What is a Chapter?

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Episode 42: Building Your Writer Platform

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Episode 41: Structuring the Synopsis

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Mini Episode 10: The Color Yellow - A Symbolism Series

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Episode 40: Writing the Inciting Incident

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Myths & Monsters 8: Shadow People & Black Dogs

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Episode 39: How to Write Act I - Getting the Story Started

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Episode 38: Chapter Titles - To Name or Not to Name: That is the Question!

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Mini Episode 9: Writing Techniques - Samples of Paragraph Writing

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Episode 37: Characters in Fiction - The Mentor

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Episode 36: Adding Gods to Fantasy Novels

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Trailer

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Episode 35: Making the Unbelievable Believable

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Myths & Monsters 7: The Mysterious Lights of Brown Mountain & the Dead Children's Playground

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Episode 34: Love Triangles - New Twists on an Old Trope

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Mini Episode 8: The Pros & Cons of Pen Names

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Episode 33: Adding Depth to your Novel

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Episode 32: Creating Brilliant Book Titles - How to Name Your Novel

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Episode 31: Cutting to the Chase - Writing Killer Loglines

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Myths & Monsters 6: Skinwalkers & Into thin air: the Alaska Triangle

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Episode 30: Is Your Main Character Worthy of Your Story?

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Episode 29: Mary Sues & Gary Stus - The Problem with Perfect Characters

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Episode 28: Scenery - Defining the Details without Boring your Reader

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Episode 27: Foreshadowing - Placing Portents in your Novel

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Mini Episode 7: (Episode 26.5): Using Timelines in Writing Fiction - How to do it Well

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Myths & Monsters 5: Draugrs & Into Thin Air: The Roanoke Colony

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Episode 26: Showing vs Telling - How to do it Better

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Episode 25: Cliche's in Writing: The "Chosen One" - New Twists on an old Trope

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Episode 24: Writing Humor - It's Seriously Easy

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Episode 23: Theme 101: Incorporating Theme into your Novels

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Episode 22: What is an Anti-Hero, And How to Write One

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Myth & Monsters 4: (Episode 22.5): Chupacabra & The Hauntings of Lake Lanier

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Mini Episode 6: (Episode 21.5): The Writer's Journal - What's It All About?

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Episode 21: Finding Your Creative Soulmate: How to Find an Agent

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Episode 20: Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing - How to Decide?

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Episode 19: Character Backstory - Childhood Trauma

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Episode 18: The Quandary of Query Letter Writing

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Myths & Monsters 3: (Episode 17.5): Djinn & Tulpas

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Episode 17: Brainstorming - Sparking Your Brain for Writing

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Episode 16: He Said, She Said: How to Write Better Dialogue

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Mini Episode 5 (Episode 15.5): Examples of Paragraph Writing

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Episode 15: Conquering Dead Writer's Brain - How to Handle Writer's Block

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Mini Episode 4: (Episode 14.5): Writing Style - How to Find Yours

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Episode 14: How To Write a Better Bad Guy

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Mini Episode 3: (Episode 13.75): Hearing & Portraying Your Character's Voice

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Myths & Monsters 2: (Episode 13.5): Baba Yaga & Tricksters

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Episode 13: Adding Mystery to Your Novel

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Episode 12: Starting Your Novel - The Appetizer to a Full Course Meal

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Mini Episode 2: (Episode 11.5): How to Write Scenes in Urban Fantasy

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Episode 11: Writing Your Wrongs: How To Edit Your Urban Fantasy Novel

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Episode 10: Creating Magical Systems in Urban Fantasy

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Episode 9: Adding Punch to Your Fight Scenes

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Myths & Monsters 1: Banshees & Wendigos - Happy Leap Year Day!

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Episode 8: World Building: Getting Your Hands Dirty

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Mini Episode 7.5: Series Plotting: Keeping the Arc Flowing

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Episode 7: World Building From the Ground Up

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Episode 6: Plots Within Plots: Weaving in Subplots

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Episode 5: It's the plot that counts, and dead writer brain

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Episode 4: Getting to Know Your Character

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Episode 3: Character Development

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Episode 2: What Constitutes Urban Fantasy?

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Episode 1: What Is Urban Fantasy Fiction?