00:58 – “bookish”<\/i> Tell us we’re wrong on the Internet<\/a>! E-mail podcast@snout.org<\/a> or post a comment at www.snout.org\/podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n Music: instrumentals from “Code Monkey” and “I Feel Fantastic” by Jonathan Coulton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [ Subscribe to SnoutCast<\/a> \/ iTunes link<\/a> ]<\/p>\n This podcast is like a storybook story, and it’s as real as the feelings you feel. [ Download mp3 – 37 MB ] 00:58 – “bookish”03:12 – you, too, can send us an e-mail04:54 – comparing XCOM strategies05:50 – look,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[15,49,21,67,68,11,12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-achievementunlocked","category-doinitrite","category-fairuse","category-gamecontrol","category-podcast","category-publishing","category-thisbusinesswecallshow","category-writing"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
03:12 – you, too, can send us an e-mail<\/a>
04:54 – comparing XCOM<\/a> strategies
05:50 – look, it takes a long time to write a novel
08:24 – the cool thing that happened recently: Query Shark<\/a>!
13:54 – from query<\/b> to synopsis<\/b> to manuscript<\/b>
22:10 – Hogwarts<\/a> and the endless story conferences
27:38 – riffing on tropes, like you do<\/a>
29:36 – who else loves deadlines?
38:40 – upcoming events:<\/i> Portland Afoot Game<\/a> (May 4th), DASH 5<\/a> (May 18th)
39:36 – The End<\/i><\/p>\n![\"Curtis\"](\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" "\\"Curtis\\"")
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