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NOTE: There is an issue with the web player fetching requests to play the episode files. However, all feed requests are working and you can play it in your browser by clicking the “Download” link above. In this episode, I wax nostalgic about the first time I read through The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, and how it inspired me to take my writing seriously. Also a bit of discussion about J. Michael Straczynski’s recent announcement that Babylon 5 will be getting a reboot, which he himself will helm!

In this episode we have moron imposter syndrome (see what I did there). I have some audio feedback from longtime listener and friend of the show, Amy Bowen! She has some really nice comments about the format and value of my little podcast, and I really appreciate it! This serves as a bridge over the course of the last year, and I have some follow-up comments about Imposter Syndrome and how it has applied to my podcasting and my writing. Also, I’m going back to school!

Day 11: 822 words Day 12, 13, 14: Meh I’ll explain–and I’ll use small words, so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon. This is a bit of a long one, but it’s all about how we choose to spend our time. In the course of doing NaNoWriMo, my inevitable boredom kicks in, and I don’t even want to look at the story. It has nothing to do with the story, and everything to do with my fluctuating interests. Shiny Object Syndrome from Cliff Ravenscraft

Day 9: 165 words Day 10: 1,679 words Total: 13,548 (Pending Day 11 finish) Pace Deficit: 4,778 Just a quick episode to let you know what’s been going on, why I haven’t been able to get episodes out on the daily.

Day 7: 1,403 Words Day 8: 1,487 Words Total: 11,150 Got a little closer to the regular pace today. In this episode, what kept me from an episode yesterday, and behind the scenes on the story! I introduce some genuine conflict to the romance angle, and rant about how romantic comedies so often get it wrong!

Day 6: 849 new words, 114 net gain Total: 8,260 words Yes, I cut the sex scene because it was an obvious tonal mismatch with the voice of the piece. This discussion is about the difference between an obvious cut and self-editing or tweaking your prose or tinkering with the plot.

Day 5: 1,761 words Total: 8,146 words I got back up over the daily goal and halved my deficit in the benchmark total. I was totally caught off guard by what became the perfect opportunity for a sex scene and I just went with it! It was pretty liberating but kind of uncomfortable at the same time. In tonight’s discussion, I get into arbitrary constraints on your writing and what that means to your creativity. It can be liberating to not constrain yourself, but it can also be a challenge and growth opportunity to write within certain constraints. The important thing is that you decide!

Day 4: 1,314 words Total: 6,385 A short episode tonight, but an important word about taking care of yourself when unforseen things come up.

Day 3: 1,618 words Total: 5,071 I’m just 48 words below the average daily target, but I wanted to at least get to 1,600 words and get to watching those dang election returns! Also, cramming the last day of Apex Legends Season 7, so sue me. Tonight I talk about getting the words done even with other distractions, trusting the creative voice, and what to do when you feel stuck in a writing session.

Day 2: 1,712 Words Total: 3,453 Words In today’s update, so far I’m staying on pace over the 1,666 average daily goal. I read for you what amounts to the first chapter of the work, to give you a taste of the voice I couldn’t describe in yesterday’s episode. Then a discussion about writing into the dark and what happens when suddenly a romance breaks out in the middle of your witty heist-type thing. This is all about letting the creative voice play and telling the critical voice to take a hike!

Day 1: 1,741 Words Starting what I hope will be a daily podcast, where I give my numbers for the day, the challenges I am overcoming, and how the story is taking shape!

I finally watched The Social Dilemma, after talking about it last week, and boy howdy! What a film! It is incredibly well-made and stays absolutely on-topic. It goes into great detail about how Social Media platforms influence not only our thinking but also our behavior. You must watch this as... Click here for more.... →

Why am I even on Twitter? This isn’t the first time I’ve asked myself this question, but for the first time I’m actually considering leaving. Why did I get on the platform to begin with, and why am I still here? A brief overview of the problem with Social Media... Click here for more.... →

For years I wondered what I wanted to do with my life. Why did God put me on this earth? I finally have clarity on what I want to do with my life, so I jumped behind the microphone to let you know what that is! I define another breakthrough... Click here for more.... →

How do you know you’re not a Star Wars fan? You are in the greatest era of Star Wars content ever fathomed and all you do is find stuff to complain about. Today I want to talk to you about fandom, and not just Star Wars fandom but fandom in general.... Click here for more.... →

An update on an even fresher perspective for the podcast! I just got back from attending the Free the Dream conference in Franklin, Tennessee, hosted by Cliff Ravenscraft. It was a great time for my wife and I to connect on some common ground. Also, I started a new book... Click here for more.... →

If you’ve listened to my podcast for any length of time you’ll know that I’ve wanted to get back to the geek in ArchGEEKologist for some time now. I wanted to do list of top ten films, but not just my top 10 favorite films, which I may get to... Click here for more.... →

When I read The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks last year there was a lot of new information to process, and the ramifications of learning it were unclear to me then. As I’ve moved on from the sea change in my life that I talked about last week, I looked... Click here for more.... →

Have you ever experienced a moment in your life which radically changed everything? I don’t mean the circumstances in which you live, but your perspective–on all of it. Last month I experienced a sea change in my life, and I identified the one single limiting belief that has been holding me... Click here for more.... →

What’s it like to be soaking wet, exhausted, dehydrated, stuck in an unfamiliar city hundreds of miles from home and done with life? I’d love to say it’s an adventure, and I guess it was. Find out all about how I got there, how I got out, and how I’m... Click here for more.... →