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Six reasons to listen to writing podcasts

This week, listening to writing podcasts:
• Is an affordable way to develop craft
• Makes me part of a writing community
• Builds my enthusiasm for writing

Fantastic Regency Fantasy – The Lady Jewel Diviner

This week, The Lady Jewel Diviner is:
• A fast-paced cosy crime mystery
• A cute nod to Regency romance
• Obsessed with cream teas

Fantastic Regency Fantasy – Manners and Monsters

This week, Manners and Monsters is:
• A weird mix of American and Regency
• A great mix of magic and cosy crime
• Full of pickled cabbage

How to tell genre-snobs to f- off in 3 glorious phases

This week:
• I am not happy that I was genre-shamed
• It takes me less than a minute to think of three examples of fantasy in ‘great classic literature’
• It’s weird boiling Hamlet down to ‘man is haunted by the ghost of his murdered father until he goes on a homicidal rampage’

How a One-Star Review Convinced Me to Read ‘Kings of the Wyld’

This week, I marvel at:
• The irony of the situation
• The brilliance of Nicholas Eames
• How funny the word ‘titillation’ sounds

How to Write a Review of a Book: accuracy, opinion and kindness

This week:
• I divide reviewing into two parts
• I reveal my podcast-listening habits
• People can actually write accurate reviews!

Review of ‘The Clockwork Boys’

This week, find out:
• What The Clockwork Boys is about
• Why horses are mostly for paladins
• That suicide missions can be fun… as long as you’re only watching

3 Reasons you should read ‘Heartstopper’ by Alice Oseman

This week, I explain:
• I am a complete romantic and can’t stop myself from reading love stories
• Why this is such a good recommendation for LGBTQ+ and Allied teens
• That British authors writing about schools and not including school uniforms irritates me

Writing ‘he felt like he was meant to be there’

This week:
• I get pedantic about what this phrase implies
• I am not ok with lazy writing
• I suggest ways this phrase can work really well

Why Haven’t I Watched Thelma and Louise (1991) Before?

This week, I discover:
• Thelma and Louise really is a classic
• Films can be funny and tragic
• Old films can be shockingly relevant today