Podcasts about Ferrett Steinmetz

There's a lot of ways that trope is defined, but for us here on DOGS ARE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE, we're going with the Grammarist's definition, which is: “A trope is simply a common or recurring theme or method used in storytelling across all forms of media. Tropes serve as a way for creators to convey certain ideas and messages to their audience in a familiar and recognizable way.” They go on to write, “Think of the last book you read or a movie you recently watched. Did you reach a point where you could predict what was going to happen? Or did a character arise, and you immediately know it was the villain? That's because the creator used tropes to build up the idea or the character.” So, tropes create expectations in the reader, right? They are things that reoccur across films or books or songs or art that create an expectation and often have a symbolic meaning (but not always). Those who hate them say that they are overdone, so passe, boring. Those who love them say that they give comfort and can be used to powerfully convey referential meaning. Or as ThePleasurePen writes, “Tropes are not just narrative tools; they are also key in setting and sometimes subverting the expectations of your audience. Mastering this dynamic can elevate your storytelling, making your tales both satisfying and surprising.” Tropes can create those expectations and subvert them or twist them or use them to shape stories. That's because story doesn't stop at the writer, right? Story is communication between the writer and the reader and tropes help the reader understand what you're putting down there. Tropes are patterns. Patterns light up the readers' brains in certain ways. Here's a way to think about it: You're watching a horror movie. There's ominous music, a woman looks over her shoulder and then a man appears in front of her on the sidewalk. She jumps. We jump. The music and look over her shoulder create that expectation. The frame of the camera also helps create the suspense for a potential shock. It's a jump scare. But how do you do this in a book? That's the question, right? Usually, that's done via suspense. In the book, THE TWISTED ONES, author T. Kingfisher has a woodpecker that the main character, Mouse, hears every night. Mouse hears that damn woodpecker every time she's trying to fall asleep. Night after night. And then . . . as Ferrett Steinmetz writes for Tor . . . “she realizes the things moving about in the night are living effigies, piles of bones tied together and somehow animated, and what she's hearing is not a woodpecker but the stones hanging from the effigy's ribcage knocking together as it's been lurking outside her window this whole time. “The delight of The Twisted Ones is how much the narrative implies, and how cunningly, without filling in all the blanks—it's packed with subtle horrors left to fester as you take the thought further than the protagonist does.” Other examples of tropes in horror are found footage or creepy clowns or the group splitting up to investigate or whatever when there's a serial killer outside (or inside) the cabin in the woods. A trope in romance might be, oh no we have to share a hotel room. That sort of thing. Paul Jenkins writes on Brilliantio, “There are countless literary tropes – from the misunderstood villain to the unexpected hero and everything in between. These classifications provide an essential framework for understanding how narratives are constructed and how audience expectations are managed. “Moreover, Trope Evolution plays a significant role in establishing these norms over time. As cultures change and evolve, so do our stories and the tropes within them. For instance, the ‘damsel in distress' trope has evolved significantly with societal changes reflecting stronger female characters who save themselves. So remember this: every time you see a familiar plot twist or character type crop up in your reading journey—it's not lazy writing but rather an intentional use of trope to craft a predictable narrative arc satisfying your innate longing for patterned storytelling. Understanding this helps deepen your appreciation of literature's artistry and complexity.” COOL EXERCISES There are a zillion cool plot twist ideas and exercises here: Plot Twist Ideas and Prompts for Writers. DOG TIP FOR LIFE Pogie the Dog: Jump scares and cats are the greatest thing of all time. L the Cat: Agree to disagree. PLACE TO SUBMIT YOUR . . . NOVELLA! Utter Speculation Novella Series We are looking for stand alone speculative fiction novellas explaining or exposing the root of a real life supernatural mystery, urban legend or folklore, to include in a series we are building. (Please note, we don't want a whole series by one author. At least not yet) Submissions Open November 7 and close February 7 If we don't find what we want, we may extend this deadline or reopen submission later Please read and Follow All Guidelines Carefully or your story may be discarded without being read. Novellas should be 20,000 - 35,000 words Send a query with a story summary and a bio in the body of the email to: specpubsubmissions@gmail.com Payment is a signing bonus and royalty split to be discussed upon offer to publish. Send full manuscript as a separate .doc or .docx attachment, Formatted in Shunn format style (Standard Manuscript Format) Speculation Publication's Utter Speculation Series is accepting novellas dealing with myths and legends until February 7th. Check it out. RANDOM THOUGHT LINK It's all about pretend aliens! SHOUT OUT! The music we've clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. Here's a link to that and the artist's website. Who is this artist and what is this song? It's “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free. WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome. 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[#35] You'd think Planescape is a setting so cool you couldn't screw it up, but in this RPG Horror story from GenCon 1998, Jim (via his friend The Ferrett) impales that expectation on a wall full of razorvine. Jason, Josie, and Greg share in the horror. GenCon is still going strong, fortunately. Many veteran D&D players consider Planescape the finest setting ever released for D&D. Jim's pal Ferrett Steinmetz went on to become a published SF author. There's no official bariaur for 5e yet, which is a shame because they were the GOAT.    We tell horror stories every Friday! Check out our other episodes!  • Theme Music: º Crunk Knight by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3566-crunk-knight License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Story Music: º Crusade Heavy Industry by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4678-crusade-heavy-industry License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, Jim Crocker, and Greg Genovas Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production

MacroMicroCosm reviews Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz published by Tor Books; audiobook narration by Tim Campbell. A technical romp into mental illness, cyberpunks & the assassins who love them. 4/5 stars.

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss This Is My America, The Silence of the White City, I Kissed Alice, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by The Chronicles of Now podcast from Pushkin Industries; Malorie, the thrilling sequel to Bird Box, from New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman; and Best Fiends. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Let’s Never Talk About This Again: A Memoir by Sara Faith Alterman Stranger Things: Into the Fireby Jody Houser, Ryan Kelly, Le Beau Underwood, Triona Farrell, and Nate Piekos The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz This Is My America by Kim Johnson It Is Wood, It Is Stone: A Novel by Gabriella Burnham   Quintessence by Jess Redman His & Hers by Alice Feeney I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch and Victoria Ying WHAT WE’RE READING: The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender The Survivors by Jane Harper MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: 1st Case by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts Ferment: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Redemption, and Winemaking in the Mosel by Patrick Dobson The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech by William Deresiewicz Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith  Wiving: A Memoir of Loving then Leaving the Patriarchy by Caitlin Myer The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, Rhonda Mullins (translator) Demon in White (Sun Eater Book 3) by Christopher Ruocchio Earth A.D. The Poisoning of The American Landscape and the Communities that Fought Back by Michael Lee Nirenberg  How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If by Frances O’Roark Dowell, Stacy Ebert Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon Constitution Illustrated by R. Sikoryak One Story by Gipi  A Grave is Given Supper by Mike Soto The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich A Royal Affair: A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery by Allison Montclair SFSX (Safe Sex) Volume 1: Protection by Tina Horn, Michael Dowling, et al. Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution–and Why That’s Good for All of Us by Robert Chesnut The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell  Battle Born: Lapis Lazuli by Maximilian Uriarte Something to Live For by Richard Roper Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution by David A. Bell True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News by Cindy L. Otis Until It’s Over: A Novel by Nicci French Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle  Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South by Matthew Van Meter The Five Books of (Robert) Moses by Arthur Nersesian  The Girl in the White Van by April Henry Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All by Suzanne Nossel Doggos Doing Things: The Hilarious World of Puppos, Borkers, and Other Good Bois by Creators of @doggosdoingthings The Mall: A Novel by Megan McCafferty Deal with the Devil: A Mercenary Librarians Novel by Kit Rocha Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential by Haile Thomas Uncrowned Queen: The Life of Margaret Beaufort, Mother of the Tudors by Nicola Tallis When She Was Good by Michael Robotham Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America’s Biggest Mass Arrest by Lawrence Roberts  Fantastic Origami Flying Creatures: 24 Realistic Models by Hisao Fukui Automatic Reload: A Novel by Ferrett Steinmetz   Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto by Michelle Bowdler Afterland by Lauren Beukes Far Out Man: Tales of Life in the Counterculture by Eric Utne The End of Her by Shari Lapena Life Events: A Novel by Karolina Waclawiak Kings County by David Goodwillie Bottled Goods: A Novel by Sophie van Llewyn The Truth Hurts: A Novel by Rebecca Reid East of Hounslow (Jay Qasim, Book 1) by Khurrum Rahman Someone’s Listening : A Novel by Seraphina Nova Glass Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey Playing Nice: A Novel by JP Delaney A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane The Kids Are Gonna Ask: A Novel by Gretchen Anthony  City of Secrets by Victoria Ying Florida Man: A Novel by Tom Cooper The Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro by Fernando Pessoa  The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die: A Novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age by Steve Olson Perception: How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds by Dennis Proffitt, Drake Baer  A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane by Samanth Subramanian Avoid the Day: A New Nonfiction in 2 Movements by Jay Kirk Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession by Sarah Weinman Crossings by Alex Landragin Empire of Wild: A Novel by Cherie Dimaline The Worst of All Possible Worlds (The Salvagers #3) by Alex White Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls by Jax Miller The Stepping Off Place by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum Strange Bedfellows: Adventures into the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs by Ina Park The Fate of a Flapper: A Mystery by Susanna Calkins  I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories by Laura van den Berg The Two Mrs. Carlyles by Suzanne Rindell No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories by Jayant Kaikini, Tejaswini Niranjana (Translator) Must I Go: A Novel by Yiyun Li The Cloven: Book One by Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows: Feminine Pursuits by Olivia Waite The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3 by William Schafer

This week, Patrick and John welcome back Ferrett Steinmetz! His latest book – The Sol Majestic – is out now! About Ferrett Steinmetz: His debut urban fantasy FLEX features a bureaucracy-obsessed magician who is in love with the DMV, a goth videogamemancer who tries not to go all Grand Theft Auto on people, and one […] The post Episode 416-With Ferrett Steinmetz appeared first on The Functional Nerds.

tl;dr Creating community memories of abuse, why giving advice is a double-edged sword, attending ACA meetings, and wanting to cuckquean when you have trauma and no body confidence.   News! Save 40% off your first subscription with LOLA and your pads, tampons, wipes, condoms, and more can be discreetly delivered right to your door on YOUR schedule. They are generously sponsoring this episode. Listeners save 40% when they go to mylola.com and use promo code SGR at checkout. First up, I want your questions! I zoomed through so many of your amazing stories and emails this summer, that I'd love to hear more from you as I line up the podcast for the fall.   Where are you struggling around sex, love, pleasure, and bodies? What would you love to know more about? How can I support you around the places that feel tender and confusing?   Email me at info at sexgetsreal dot com or using the contact form which is linked at the top of the page.   This week we kick off by exploring a few interesting posts I came across.   One that's a few years old by Ferrett Steinmetz on the dangers of giving advice. Grab the link at sexgetsreal.com/ep277.   Another is this amazing community memory that's meant to help a DC antifacist activist community remember some harmful behavior one particular individual has been engaging in. Is there potential for other communities to create similar memories as a way to foster accountability and change? Check out the piece and share it widely by heading to sexgetsreal.com/ep277.   We are diving into two questions this week.   The first is Ana Banana who wants to know what I think of going to ACA meetings (Adult Children of Alcoholics).   I explore the power of community to heal and also some of the dangers of placing all the blame on individuals.   Next is a question from Confused Quean on how to be a cuckquean while having deep body trauma and self-image issues. I posed this question to Patreon, and a few folks help share their ideas and perspective.   Did you know you can support the show? Every single dollar means so much, and if you'd like to toss a few my way to help keep the show going, head to patreon.com/sgrpodcast.   If you support at $3 and above each month, you get exclusive weekly content you can't find anywhere else and if you support at $5 per month and above, you can help me answer listener questions.   Have questions of your own you'd like featured on the show? Send me a note using the contact form in the navigation above!   Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook and Dawn is on Instagram. About Host Dawn Serra: What if everything you’ve been taught about relationships, about your body, about sex is wrong? My name is Dawn Serra and I dare to ask scary questions that might lead us all towards a deeper, more connected experience of our lives. In addition to being the host of the weekly podcast, Sex Gets Real, the creator of the online conference Explore More, I also work one-on-one with clients who are feeling stuck, confused, or disappointed with the ways they experience desire, love, and confidence. It’s not all work, though. In my spare time, you can find me adventuring with my husband, cuddling my cats as I read a YA novel, or obsessing over MasterChef Australia. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)   Episode Transcript Coming soon at sexgetsreal.com/ep277

Do you hear that? It's the voices of your ancesters telling you to straighten up coming from your webcam! This week, we're talking THE UPLOADED by Ferrett Steinmetz. Also featured: clever names, flickering lights, a seperate Self, and dying bigots!Click to view: show page on Awesound

As the new year begins, The Pageist joins Lee to discuss delicious books to curl up with this winter. From hot erotica to invigorating writing to bring excellence to your sex life, they look at their favorite reading from the past year and beyond. Examining the shift from local bookstores to online-megamarts, they compare books and kinky toys, while encouraging everyone to find the best opportunities for learning and inspiration for them. Passion And Soul Podcast: iTunes Subscription: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/passion-soul-podcast-by-lee/id840372122  RSS Feed: http://passionandsoul.libsyn.com/rss  Past MP3 files: http://passionandsoul.libsyn.com  PassionAndSoul Audio Page: http://passionandsoul.com/audio  Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/erotic-awakening-podcast/passion-and-soul  Contact The Pageist: Website: http://thepageist.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pageist-bdsm-sex-book-reviews/id1078134480 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepageist/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePageist Email: thepageist@gmail.com Links, Events, People and Movies Mentioned: Mystic Productions Press: http://www.MysticProductionsPress.com Essence of Shibari by Shin Nawakari: https://www.amazon.com/Essence-Shibari-Kinbaku-Japanese-Bondage/dp/1942733852/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Queer Magic Anthology Call: http://www.mysticproductionspress.com/news/queer-magic Dan and Dawn of Erotic Awakening: http://eroticawakening.com Rachel Maddow Fan Page: http://www.maddowfans.com The Barbara Pimm Society: http://www.barbara-pym.org Amazon Smile Charity Program: https://org.amazon.com Arcane's Attic Floggers: http://www.arcanesattic.com PXS (Power Exchange Summit), May 19-21, 2017: http://powerexchangesummit.org The Marketplace 6-book Series, by Laura Antoniou: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015TCJ4IM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Laura Antoniou: http://lantoniou.com Catherynne Valente: http://www.catherynnemvalente.com Palimpsest, by Catherynne Valente: https://www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-Catherynne-Valente/dp/0553385763/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Stephen King: https://www.stephenking.com Jack Rinella: http://leathermusings.blogspot.com Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships, by Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson: https://www.amazon.com/Designer-Relationships-Monogamy-Polyamory-Optimistic/dp/1627781471/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, by Tristan Taormino: https://www.amazon.com/Opening-Up-Creating-Sustaining-Relationships/dp/157344295X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Ethical Porn for Dicks: A Man's Guide to Responsible Viewing, by Dr. David Lay: https://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Porn-Dicks-Responsible-Pleasure/dp/0996485236/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 BDSM: A Guide for Explorers of Extreme Eroticism, by Ayzad: https://www.amazon.com/BDSM-Guide-Explorers-Extreme-Eroticism/dp/8892598457/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Look Into My Eyes: How to Use Hypnosis to Bring Out the Best in Your Sex Life, by Peter Masters: https://www.amazon.com/Look-Into-My-Eyes-Hypnosis/dp/1440449864/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Real Service, by Joshua Tenpenny and Raven Kaldera: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Service-Joshua-Tenpenny/dp/0982879431/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Erotic Slavehood: A Miss Abernathy Omnibus, by Christina Abernathy: https://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Slavehood-Miss-Abernathy-Omnibus/dp/1890159719/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities, by David M. Ortman and Richard A. Sprott: https://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Outsiders-Understanding-Sexualities-Communities/dp/1442217367/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 CARAS: https://carasresearch.org Alfred Press: http://alfredpress.com Unequal by Design: Counseling Power Dynamic Relationships, by Sabrina Popp, MD and Raven Kaldera: https://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Design-Counseling-Dynamic-Relationships/dp/0982879482/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 National Leather Alliance book awards: http://www.nla-international.com/allawards.html Rooms Formed of Neurons and Sex, by Ferrett Steinmetz: http://uncannymagazine.com/article/rooms-formed-neurons-sex/ Leather Spirit Stallion, by Raven Kaldera: https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Spirit-Stallion-Kaldera-2015-03-18/dp/B01F9GZ9EQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Mollena Williams: http://mollena.com Jolted Awake: An Unconventional Memoir, by Richard Levine: http://alfredpress.com/jolted-awake-an-unconventional-memoir/ Soul of a Second Skin: The Journey of a Gay Christian Leatherman, by Hardy Haberman: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Second-Skin-Christian-Leatherman/dp/1934625388/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Paige's page of 101 and recommended books page: http://thepageist.com/book-recommendations/ Paige's Goodreads Book List: https://www.goodreads.com/ThePageist Lee's Recommended Reading and Other Such Things: http://astore.amazon.com/pass-20 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Penguin Great Ideas Edition): https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Great-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0143036270/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Robert Burton: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Melancholy-Robert-Burton/dp/1781395764/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Remembrance of Things Past, Complete Unabridged 6-Book Bundle, by Marcel Proust: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Library-Search-Complete-Unabridged-ebook/dp/B006NKL8BQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Lee's Upcoming Events/Appearances: http://passionandsoul.com/appearances Lee Harrington Contact Information: Website: http://www.PassionAndSoul.com FetLife: http://www.FetLife.com/passionandsoul Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PassionAndSoul  Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/lee.harringon The Pageist shares her literary wit and wisdom with us all!

If this episode were a high-school essay topic it would be: Peter spent a month living on the streets of Melbourne, and it made him both broken and invincible. Discuss. Dr. Professor Neal Portenza. Look, he doesn’t really have that much stuff online, but here’s is his slightly unnerving website Here’s a pic of Josh Ladgrove’s fantastic suit Sentinels of The Multiverse - the card game Peter’s friend Christopher made The genius thing that SJ wrote about her sister Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz - turns out Peter was right and he has asked SJ to read it at least 3 times. Also turns out Peter has way too much time on his hands if he wants to dedicate that much energy to proving himself right. (PS. he has a small penis) Here’s one of Lena Dunham’s first short films (also turns out she didn’t invent Mumblecore) Peter’s early awful writings, still online Showerbus Peter’s old, awful, rapey stand-up MX article about Peter’s being homeless Paul Graham essay about truth and optimism and happiness Making A Murderer - documentary series about a specific case showcasing the failings of the justice system Miranda July’s novel The First Bad Man (when the book was released you could also buy objects that were in the book itself. The store still exists) To talk about the show head to Honor Eastly’s Facebook page. If you want to record an outro to be used in an upcoming episode, record the following and carrier-pigeon it to us (we also use email: beinghonestwithmyex@gmail.com): "Thanks for listening to Being Honest With My Ex. If you've enjoyed the podcast, subscribe to us on iTunes, leave a review and tell your friends. Peter is my favourite son!"

01:57 - Chris McCord Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog DockYard Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and Jose Valim Metaprogramming Elixir: Write Less Code, Get More Done (and Have Fun!) by Chris McCord 02:09 - The Phoenix Framework The Elixir Programming Language The Erlang Programming Language 02:46 - Ruby vs Elixir José Valim “Programming should be enjoyable.” sync WhatsApp Metaprogramming 12:12 - Phoenix as a Framework; Similarity to Rails 15:38 - ecto 16:45 - Performance 18:06 - Generating a Phoenix Project Mix 20:44 - Getting Started with Phoenix; Creating and Maintaining 25:29 - Guidance and Decision Making Development and Documentation 30:22 - Phoenix and JavaScript; Build Tools Brunch 37:22 - Phoenix and Elm Chris McCord and Evan Czaplicki: Phoenix and Elm: Making the Web Functional @ Erlang Factory SF 2016 38:45 - Maintainability OTP Framework 41:52 - Hosting Phoenix Heroku 42:48 - Object-Oriented vs Functional The Actor Model Smalltalk 50:29 - Debugging; Tooling UberAuth 01:01:08 - Phoenix Presence Picks Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss | First Round Review (Jessica) Flex ('Mancer) by Ferrett Steinmetz (Jessica) The Teaching Company: How to Listen to and Understand Great Music (Jessica) Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and José Valim (Chris) Jose Valim: Phoenix a web framework for the new web @ Lambda Days 2016 (Chris) The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Avdi) Efficient State-based CRDTs by Delta-Mutation (Chris)

01:57 - Chris McCord Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog DockYard Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and Jose Valim Metaprogramming Elixir: Write Less Code, Get More Done (and Have Fun!) by Chris McCord 02:09 - The Phoenix Framework The Elixir Programming Language The Erlang Programming Language 02:46 - Ruby vs Elixir José Valim “Programming should be enjoyable.” sync WhatsApp Metaprogramming 12:12 - Phoenix as a Framework; Similarity to Rails 15:38 - ecto 16:45 - Performance 18:06 - Generating a Phoenix Project Mix 20:44 - Getting Started with Phoenix; Creating and Maintaining 25:29 - Guidance and Decision Making Development and Documentation 30:22 - Phoenix and JavaScript; Build Tools Brunch 37:22 - Phoenix and Elm Chris McCord and Evan Czaplicki: Phoenix and Elm: Making the Web Functional @ Erlang Factory SF 2016 38:45 - Maintainability OTP Framework 41:52 - Hosting Phoenix Heroku 42:48 - Object-Oriented vs Functional The Actor Model Smalltalk 50:29 - Debugging; Tooling UberAuth 01:01:08 - Phoenix Presence Picks Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss | First Round Review (Jessica) Flex ('Mancer) by Ferrett Steinmetz (Jessica) The Teaching Company: How to Listen to and Understand Great Music (Jessica) Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and José Valim (Chris) Jose Valim: Phoenix a web framework for the new web @ Lambda Days 2016 (Chris) The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Avdi) Efficient State-based CRDTs by Delta-Mutation (Chris)

01:57 - Chris McCord Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog DockYard Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and Jose Valim Metaprogramming Elixir: Write Less Code, Get More Done (and Have Fun!) by Chris McCord 02:09 - The Phoenix Framework The Elixir Programming Language The Erlang Programming Language 02:46 - Ruby vs Elixir José Valim “Programming should be enjoyable.” sync WhatsApp Metaprogramming 12:12 - Phoenix as a Framework; Similarity to Rails 15:38 - ecto 16:45 - Performance 18:06 - Generating a Phoenix Project Mix 20:44 - Getting Started with Phoenix; Creating and Maintaining 25:29 - Guidance and Decision Making Development and Documentation 30:22 - Phoenix and JavaScript; Build Tools Brunch 37:22 - Phoenix and Elm Chris McCord and Evan Czaplicki: Phoenix and Elm: Making the Web Functional @ Erlang Factory SF 2016 38:45 - Maintainability OTP Framework 41:52 - Hosting Phoenix Heroku 42:48 - Object-Oriented vs Functional The Actor Model Smalltalk 50:29 - Debugging; Tooling UberAuth 01:01:08 - Phoenix Presence Picks Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss | First Round Review (Jessica) Flex ('Mancer) by Ferrett Steinmetz (Jessica) The Teaching Company: How to Listen to and Understand Great Music (Jessica) Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, and José Valim (Chris) Jose Valim: Phoenix a web framework for the new web @ Lambda Days 2016 (Chris) The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Avdi) Efficient State-based CRDTs by Delta-Mutation (Chris)

Ferrett Steinmetz first built an audience as a blogger, penning provocative essays about “puns, politics and polyamory” (among other things) with titles like “Dear Daughter: I Hope You Have Awesome Sex” and “How Kids React To My Pretty Princess Nails.” In recent years, he has drawn accolades as an author of speculative fiction, writing short stories and earning a Nebula nomination in 2011 for his novelette Sauerkraut Station. And now he is exploring new waters with the publication of his first novel, Flex (Angry Robot, 2015), which tells the story of a father desperate enough to use illegal magic to heal his badly burned daughter. The title refers to crystalized magic that, when snorted, gives the user the power to manipulate objects for which he or she has a particular affinity. Cat ladies become felinemancers. Weightlifters become musclemancers. Graphic artists become illustromancers. And the protagonist, a paper-pushing bureaucrat by the name of Paul Tsabo, becomes a bureaucromancer, able to turn paperwork (with the help of flex) into a magical beast. The only problem is that with flex comes flux–a pushback from the universe that re-balances any magic act with disaster. Below are highlights from Steinmetz’s New Books interview. On what he learned at Clarion Writers’ Workshop: “Bit by bit they kind of stripped away my illusions and showed me how lazy I’d been and how much more effort I had to put to make my stories top notch. … I thought I was a one and a half draft person, but realistically I have to put in 5 drafts before the story starts to get good.” On how paperwork can become magical in Paul Tsabo’s hands: “He’s basically useless in a firefight but can send a SWAT team through your door by dropping a magically completed warrant for your arrest on a cop’s desk.” On why he why a world with flex also needs flux: “Flux evens out the odds of magic…. I really hate novels where magic is this thing  you can do … without any kind of cost…. Frequently what I see is, ‘Oh, I’m a magician. I’ll raise an army of the dead and make my castle out of magic,’ and where is any challenge in that for your characters? Where do they have any stopping points to what they can do?… A big tension in the book as to whether the mancers should even use their magic.” On his approach to writing: “I’m what’s called a gardener writer in the business. There are plotters who basically sit down and plot out all their books beat by beat and know their ending the minute they start their first sentence. And Flex, like every story I’ve ever written– basically I wrote an interesting first paragraph and followed it randomly until the end of the book.” On 9/11 as an inspiration for Flex: “To a large extent the magic system in Flex is driven by a reaction to 9/11, where something really bad happened–and yes it really was bad… but we really overreacted that wasn’t helpful at all and in fact may have made it entirely worse for us.” Related link: * Follow Ferrett Steinmetz on his blog or on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ferrett Steinmetz first built an audience as a blogger, penning provocative essays about “puns, politics and polyamory” (among other things) with titles like “Dear Daughter: I Hope You Have Awesome Sex” and “How Kids React To My Pretty Princess Nails.” In recent years, he has drawn accolades as an author of speculative fiction, writing short stories and earning a Nebula nomination in 2011 for his novelette Sauerkraut Station. And now he is exploring new waters with the publication of his first novel, Flex (Angry Robot, 2015), which tells the story of a father desperate enough to use illegal magic to heal his badly burned daughter. The title refers to crystalized magic that, when snorted, gives the user the power to manipulate objects for which he or she has a particular affinity. Cat ladies become felinemancers. Weightlifters become musclemancers. Graphic artists become illustromancers. And the protagonist, a paper-pushing bureaucrat by the name of Paul Tsabo, becomes a bureaucromancer, able to turn paperwork (with the help of flex) into a magical beast. The only problem is that with flex comes flux–a pushback from the universe that re-balances any magic act with disaster. Below are highlights from Steinmetz’s New Books interview. On what he learned at Clarion Writers’ Workshop: “Bit by bit they kind of stripped away my illusions and showed me how lazy I’d been and how much more effort I had to put to make my stories top notch. … I thought I was a one and a half draft person, but realistically I have to put in 5 drafts before the story starts to get good.” On how paperwork can become magical in Paul Tsabo’s hands: “He’s basically useless in a firefight but can send a SWAT team through your door by dropping a magically completed warrant for your arrest on a cop’s desk.” On why he why a world with flex also needs flux: “Flux evens out the odds of magic…. I really hate novels where magic is this thing  you can do … without any kind of cost…. Frequently what I see is, ‘Oh, I’m a magician. I’ll raise an army of the dead and make my castle out of magic,’ and where is any challenge in that for your characters? Where do they have any stopping points to what they can do?… A big tension in the book as to whether the mancers should even use their magic.” On his approach to writing: “I’m what’s called a gardener writer in the business. There are plotters who basically sit down and plot out all their books beat by beat and know their ending the minute they start their first sentence. And Flex, like every story I’ve ever written– basically I wrote an interesting first paragraph and followed it randomly until the end of the book.” On 9/11 as an inspiration for Flex: “To a large extent the magic system in Flex is driven by a reaction to 9/11, where something really bad happened–and yes it really was bad… but we really overreacted that wasn’t helpful at all and in fact may have made it entirely worse for us.” Related link: * Follow Ferrett Steinmetz on his blog or on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ferrett Steinmetz first built an audience as a blogger, penning provocative essays about “puns, politics and polyamory” (among other things) with titles like “Dear Daughter: I Hope You Have Awesome Sex” and “How Kids React To My Pretty Princess Nails.” In recent years, he has drawn accolades as an author of speculative fiction, writing short stories and earning a Nebula nomination in 2011 for his novelette Sauerkraut Station. And now he is exploring new waters with the publication of his first novel, Flex (Angry Robot, 2015), which tells the story of a father desperate enough to use illegal magic to heal his badly burned daughter. The title refers to crystalized magic that, when snorted, gives the user the power to manipulate objects for which he or she has a particular affinity. Cat ladies become felinemancers. Weightlifters become musclemancers. Graphic artists become illustromancers. And the protagonist, a paper-pushing bureaucrat by the name of Paul Tsabo, becomes a bureaucromancer, able to turn paperwork (with the help of flex) into a magical beast. The only problem is that with flex comes flux–a pushback from the universe that re-balances any magic act with disaster. Below are highlights from Steinmetz’s New Books interview. On what he learned at Clarion Writers’ Workshop: “Bit by bit they kind of stripped away my illusions and showed me how lazy I’d been and how much more effort I had to put to make my stories top notch. … I thought I was a one and a half draft person, but realistically I have to put in 5 drafts before the story starts to get good.” On how paperwork can become magical in Paul Tsabo’s hands: “He’s basically useless in a firefight but can send a SWAT team through your door by dropping a magically completed warrant for your arrest on a cop’s desk.” On why he why a world with flex also needs flux: “Flux evens out the odds of magic…. I really hate novels where magic is this thing  you can do … without any kind of cost…. Frequently what I see is, ‘Oh, I’m a magician. I’ll raise an army of the dead and make my castle out of magic,’ and where is any challenge in that for your characters? Where do they have any stopping points to what they can do?… A big tension in the book as to whether the mancers should even use their magic.” On his approach to writing: “I’m what’s called a gardener writer in the business. There are plotters who basically sit down and plot out all their books beat by beat and know their ending the minute they start their first sentence. And Flex, like every story I’ve ever written– basically I wrote an interesting first paragraph and followed it randomly until the end of the book.” On 9/11 as an inspiration for Flex: “To a large extent the magic system in Flex is driven by a reaction to 9/11, where something really bad happened–and yes it really was bad… but we really overreacted that wasn’t helpful at all and in fact may have made it entirely worse for us.” Related link: * Follow Ferrett Steinmetz on his blog or on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed raves over A. L. Kennedy's latest Doctor Who book, The Drosten's Curse. Ninfa says lovely things about Francesca Haig's astounding The Fire Sermon. Producer AL stops us both despairing over current affairs. We also get to talk to the writer of FLEX, Ferrett Steinmetz. All recordings are issued under official license from Fab Radio International. The Bookworm is a Truly Outrageous Production.

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