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Writing Rural With Alley — 129 episodes

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1

10 Most Common Homestead Animals for Writers

2

What Every Writer Should Know About Frostbite

3

A Writer’s Guide to Wood Stove Types

4

How to Write Characters Who Stay Sane In Long Term Isolation

5

Worldbuilding With Another 5 Working Animals (Part 2)

6

Worldbuilding With 5 Working Animals (Part 1)

7

What Every Fiction Writer Should Know About Finding Wilderness Survival Food (Part 2)

8

What Every Fiction Writer Should Know About Finding Wilderness Survival Food (Part 1)

9

Podcast Announcement and Update

10

Prepper Lingo For Writers

11

How Rural Characters Pick Their Home

12

5 Pond Creatures Every Writer Should Know About

13

Small(ish) Podcast Pause

14

Historical Brickmaking Facts Every Writer Should Know

15

5 Alternative Lighting Sources For Your Story

16

5 Animals That Feed Characters & Elevate Stories

17

The Pros Of Off-The-Grid Living Every Fiction Writer Should Know

18

More Downsides Of Living Off-The-Grid Every Writer Should Know

19

The Downside Of Living Off-The-Grid Every Writer Should Know

20

Show Don't Tell: Carbon Dioxide Poisoning

21

What Every Writer Should Know About The Swedish Fire Torch

22

Surprise Your Readers By Seamlessly Incorporating Earthworms Into Your Story

23

Ways To Seamlessly Incorporate Animals Into Fiction

24

Show Don't Tell: Dehydration

25

Announcement 3-3-25

26

5 Well-Intended But Misleading Survival Advice Every Writer Should Know

27

5 Outdated Survival Advice Every Writer Should Know

28

5 Survival Tips That Are True & Not True Every Writer Needs To Know

29

5 Survival Tips That Will Kill Your Character

30

5 Survival Misconceptions Every Writer Should Know

31

5 Survival Myths Every Writer Should Know

32

5 Uncommon Uses For Snow In Fiction

33

5 Fun & Versatile Uses For Snow Every Writer Should Know

34

Writing Pigs As More Than Bacon

35

5 Snow Uses For Villains & Victims

36

5 Survival Uses For Snow Every Writer Should Know

37

Creative Uses For Deer In Fiction

38

What Every Writer Needs To Know About Natural Death (Part 2)

39

What Every Writer Needs To Know About Natural Death (Part 1)

40

The Many Ways Every Writer Can Wave Cattails Into Their Stories

41

5 Garden Uses For Wool That Every Writer Should Know

42

5 Home Uses For Wool That Every Writer Should Know

43

5 More Ways Characters Can Use Wool That Every Writer Should Know

44

5 Ways Characters Can Use Wool That Every Writer Should Know

45

What Every Writer Should Know About Wool 101

46

5 Ways Characters Can Repurpose Coffee Grounds In Their Home

47

How Characters Can Repurpose Coffee Grounds In Their Beauty Routine

48

Minisode: Writing Tornadoes (EF Scale)

49

How Characters Can Repurpose Coffee Grounds In Their Kitchen

50

5 Garden Uses For Coffee Grounds Every Writer Should Know

51

What Every Writer Needs To Know About Survival Water Filtration

52

5 More Additional Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know

53

5 Additional Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know

54

10 Additional Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know

55

10 More Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know

56

Another 10 More Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know

57

10 Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know

58

Showcase Creative Ways To Wave Dandelions Into Your Stories

59

Show Don't Tell: Fire Starting 101

60

Gardening Basics Every Writer Should Know

61

Showcase Hail In Your Story

62

More About Writing A Self-Sufficient Mindset

63

Writing A Self-Sufficient Mindset

64

Seamlessly Incorporate Eggs Into Your Story

65

Help Your Characters Prep For Winter

66

Even More Disaster Skills For Your Character

67

More Disaster Skills For Your Character

68

Disaster Skills For Your Character

69

Storycrafting Dogs Into Your Fiction

70

Minisode: Hydrophobia In Characters

71

Show Don't Tell: Characters Sharpening Knives

72

Channel Announcement

73

Burning Benefits: Five Unique Ways to Incorporate Wood Ash in Your Story

74

Non-Electric Ways To Keep Characters Warm

75

5 More Unexpected Workouts Every Writer Should Know

76

5 Unexpected Workouts Every Writer Should Know

77

The Many Uses Of Pine In Fiction

78

5 More Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know

79

5 Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know

80

Ways Your Character Can Manage Cabin Fever

81

Yet Another 5 More Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know

82

Another 5 More Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know

83

5 More Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know

84

5 Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know

85

Pumpkin As More Than A Spice In Fiction

86

Creative Autumn Leaf Uses For Your Story

87

The Many Ways Characters Can Retrieve Well Water

88

Well Types Every Writer Should Know

89

5 More Ancient Ways to Predict Weather Every Writer Should Know

90

5 Ancient Ways to Predict Weather Every Writer Should Know

91

Adding Tornado Triage And First Aid In Fiction

92

Show Don't Tell: Characters Surviving A Tornado

93

Show Don't Tell: The Formation Of A Tornado

94

Writing Heat Related Illnesses In Characters

95

Realistic Famine In Fiction

96

How Droughts Could Affect Your Story

97

Another 5 More Non-Air Conditioned Ways To Stay Cool Every Writer Should Know

98

5 More Non-Air Conditioned Ways To Stay Cool Every Writer Should Know

99

5 Non-Air Conditioned Ways To Stay Cool Every Writer Should Know

100

Ways To Use Sugaring In Your Story

101

Your Character’s Burn Treatment

102

Character Burns

103

Fiction Wilderness Survival Without Supplies

104

Make Candlesticks Work For Your Story

105

10 Uses For Lard & Tallow Every Writer Should Know

106

How To Write The Making Lard & Tallow

107

Historical Hygiene: Writing the Chamber Pot into Your Fiction

108

Rustic Realities: Writing the Outhouse in Your Fiction

109

Writing Characters Infected With Rabies

110

5 More Alternative Lighting Sources For Your Story

111

Writing Hypothermia In Characters

112

How to Make Stone Knives in Fiction

113

Add Depth & Suspense By Storycrafting Realistic Flash Floods

114

Another 5 More Fireplace Tools Every Writer Should Know

115

5 More Fireplace Tools Every Writer Should Know

116

5 Fireplace Tools Every Writer Should Know

117

Writing The Menstrual Cycle In Fiction

118

Old-School Cleaning: Washing Laundry by Hand For Fiction Writers

119

Fireside Language: Five Essential Firewood Terms For Writers

120

From Log to Flame: Five Firewood Terms Every Writer Should Know

121

Keeping Characters Warm Without Electric

122

Non-Electric Ways To Heat Every Writer Should Know

123

Beeswax 101 For Writers

124

Honey 101 For Writers

125

Beekeeping Basics For Writers

126

Storycrafting: Lean-To Shelters

127

How Characters Can Use Flint & Steel

128

Alley Who?

129

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