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Write the gayest sh*t imaginable with Sam J. Miller & Doug Henderson
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54 minutes 43 seconds
1 year ago
Write the gayest sh*t imaginable with Sam J. Miller & Doug Henderson
Sam J. Miller (https://samjmiller.com/), Doug Henderson (https://www.doughendersonauthor.com/) and T. K. Rex (https://www.tkrex.wtf/) discuss tapping into who you really are, going too far first, the Clarion writers workshop, writing stories with a structural conceit, filing off the serial numbers, writing from a marginalized point of view, loneliness, climate anxiety, hope, inhale and exhale phases, video games, writing as programming, AI, writing to a specific audience, and writing the gayest sh*t imaginable.Stuff we mentioned in the episode:* Boys, Beasts and Men (https://tachyonpublications.com/product/boys-beasts-men/) (novel by Sam J. Miller)* The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club (https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/cleveland-heights-lgbtq-sci-fi-and-fantasy-role-playing-club) (novel by Doug Henderson)* Smokefall (https://mailchi.mp/4a76766dbcd7/smokefall) (game by Sam J. Miller, playable demo on itch.io)* The Art of Starving (https://samjmiller.com/books/the-art-of-starving/) (novel by Sam J. Miller)* Samuel R. Delaney (https://www.samueldelany.com/) (author)* Clarion writers workshop (http://clarion.ucsd.edu/)* Clarkesworld magazine (https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/)* Cassandra Clare (https://cassandraclare.com/) (author)* "Liking What You See: A Documentary" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liking_What_You_See:_A_Documentary) (novelet by Ted Chiang)* "There’s a Hole in the City" (https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/theres-a-hole-in-the-city/) (short story by Richard Bowes)* "Inventory" (https://lithub.com/inventory/) (short story by Carmen Maria Machado)* Graham Greene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Greene) (author)* Pale Fire (novel by Vladimir Nabokov)* The Pogues (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pogues) (band)* What Did You Eat Yesterday (https://kodansha.us/series/what-did-you-eat-yesterday/) (manga)* Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/anarchism-a-very-short-introduction-9780198815617?cc=us&lang=en&) (nonfiction book)* The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi (https://thenewpress.com/books/perfect-nine) (novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)* Shingai Njeri Kagunda (https://www.shingainjerikagunda.com/) (author)* L. P. Kindred (https://linktr.ee/LPKindred) (author)* Baldur’s Gate III (https://baldursgate3.game/)
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