Episode 1: Have I Taken Halloween Too Far?

Based on Have I Taken Halloween Too Far? from November 30, 2018. Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts RSS Feed It’s somehow mid-October already. The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are changing, and I am 110% in the autumn headspace. I’m embracing my most basic self. I’m ready for decorative gourds and warm spices and sweaters. I’m not proud of it, but I am definitely not ashamed of it, either. The thing I am simultaneously the most and least ready for is Halloween. I love Halloween. I always go big…

Welcome to Love Make Share: The Podcast.

Love Make Share: The Podcast

It’s the start of something new. Love Make Share enters the radio age with a new podcast about the things we create and how they create connections between us.

Your smug takes on writing content hurt new writers. Stop it.

selective focus photo of person writing

There is a growing pattern I’ve noticed of both creators and commentators. More established writers are creating a wildly hostile environment around entry-level writing content and message boards. And it should stop.

Twitch and the Conflicted Joy of Streaming

Twitch and the Conflicted Joys of Streaming

As much as enjoy streaming on Twitch, there’s a lot about the platform that I still don’t like or understand. It’s like being invited to a party where people are happy to have me, but I know isn’t for me. Like all chronic overthinkers, I made a pro/con list.

On Open Source

With my digital neighbourhood becoming increasingly gentrified and hostile, I’m looking to put down roots elsewhere. I’ve found a place in open source.

007 – Beta Reading

Steph and Trevor return and break down beta reading, critique, and developmental editing.

Five AM

You wake up. It’s five o’clock. You make coffee and go about your day. Time passes and you look at the clock again. It’s still five o’clock.

006 – Writing When Writing is your Day Job

Steph and Trevor both write for their jobs, in different ways. Steph administers a test on Bishop.

005 – Writer’s Block

Bishop gets some upgrades. Stephanie and Trevor tackle their differering experiences with writer’s block.

004 – Preptober

Steph and Trevor reflect on past NaNoWriMo wins and losses and how best to set yourself up for success for NaNo 2023.

The Waning Days of August

In the waning days of August, summer vacation draws to a close. A child discovers something buried in the sand at the bottom of the lake.

003 – First Words

How do you open a scene? How do you start a short story? How do you write the first chapter of a novel? And what, pray tell, is a podcasting robot?