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Episode 217 – Writing Autistic Characters

There is a lot of stuff floating around the internet about Autism, from ridiculous assertions about causality to silly things about what someone with Autism can do in their life. This is the first in an ongoing series where your WDC team grabs professional therapists and psychiatrists to talk about what different diagnoses mean, what they look like in terms of symptom clusters, and then armchair analyze our favorite literary and fictional characters through these lenses. Our first volunteer is Elizabeth Mueller, a marriage and family therapist and awesome goalie. … Continue…Episode 217 – Writing Autistic Characters

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Episode 216 – Somewhere in Lisa Czarina Michaud’s Hollywood

Lisa returns with her sequel to the first novel (Slanted and Disenchanted) with a character-driven story called Welcome to Hollywood. It’s a novel of two 20-somethings in 2004 Hollywood, battling with high rents, unsatisfying jobs, and a deep attraction to one another – problem is, they haven’t figured out how to communicate who they are, what they want, and who they are each individually becoming. They’re still a band though, even if they stopped practicing, and music has a way of making connections. … Continue…Episode 216 – Somewhere in Lisa Czarina Michaud’s Hollywood

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Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines

Jim C. Hines is a Hugo-award winning author of a series of princess fairy tales reimagined. Jim has taken the whole fairy tale Princess trope to a new and darkly glorious confection, combining multiple versions into a new saga where the women band together to solve their problems. Come listen as we delve into folklore retelling and cunning new ideas. Damn the Narrativium, full speed ahead! … Continue…Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines

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Episode 212 – The Operative Returns – welcome back L. Douglas Garrett

L. Douglas Garrett takes us back to his “Remember the Trade” series of professional operatives, and we sit down with him and his editor Nicky Robinson to chat about their compilation of Remember the Dead. Join us to learn along with “Dave” as he becomes the operative we know and love through a new novella and two prequel short stories. … Continue…Episode 212 – The Operative Returns – welcome back L. Douglas Garrett

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Episode 208 – Interview with Garrett Hutson

Garrett Hutson writes upmarket mysteries and historical spy fiction, with a cast of characters that reflect the diversity and variety of their respective eras. We caught up with him to get his definition and ideas about what upmarket means, talk about his approach to historical fiction like in his Gray Paree, and hear more exciting things about the pre-launch of his piratical LGBT buccaneer adventure novel. … Continue…Episode 208 – Interview with Garrett Hutson