Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

#113: Talking Shop In The Bog

Caleb informs the world of his new status in life. After that, we discuss our current writing projects, what it's like getting stuck in a literary bog, and a bunch of other writing-related topics. 

This episode was recorded before certain events unfolded, but our Halloween Submission period has been canceled and the website is shut down for the time being. 

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#112: These Books Are Hard!

After we botched the first take of recording this episode, we decided to go easy on you by ditching the cold open and just reading about some of the most challenging books ever written. 

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#111: Banned Book Madness

Oh, this episode is PACKED full of goodies! We kick things off by discussing literature's evolution (or devolution) and why challenging fiction is necessary for the progression of art.

After all that, we go into the real topic of the day, banned books. We cover two lists. The first list is the top ten books currently banned or being boycotted in the United States. The second list is the top ten banned books of all time. 

We spend most of our time on the first list which deals with many LGBTQ+ and racial issues. Specifically, and why most of these books are banned, is that many of these books on the list cover sexual topics that seem to be aimed at children and teenagers. 

These are tough waters to navigate but we did our best in seeing both sides of the book banning issue. 

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BOTM #11: The Sirens Of Titan

We discuss our August pick for book of the month, The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. There are many sci-fi shenanigans to cover, but we also cover the book's essential themes: free will, religion, war, and loneliness. 

This was a fun book to read and we highly recommend checking it out.

 

#110: Bird Is The Word

We begin the episode with our opinions on the Freewrite, a distraction-free writing apparatus that is sort of like a keyboard with a Kindle attached. After that, we get into a great discussion on the importance of word choices. 

We use multiple examples from the work of famous authors to show how and why being purposeful with your word choices is so damn important. We offer the simplicity of Jk Rowling's word choices aimed at children, how Stephen King's word choices build unique characters, why Hemingway's work cannot be changed, and we end things by explaining the madness of James Joyce's Ulysses. 

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DBS #73: What Makes A Hero?

We start by discussing what a great show The Orville is. After that, we have a good conversation about what really makes a hero in fiction (or real life). We use examples from a bunch of superhero movies and comics, plus some other sources that exemplify what it truly means to be a hero. 

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DBS #72: Do Audiobooks Count As Reading?

We start by discussing diversity in literary magazines and how the submission process can be unfair to some authors. After that, we talk about a poll we ran which showed that the majority of people (who follow us on Twitter) consider audiobooks to be the same as reading a book.

We break things down further and give our definitive opinions on the matter, factoring in things like visual impairment that doesn't allow one to read in the traditional sense, how one absorbs an audiobook compared to a written book, and how effort plays a role. 

Once we settle that matter, we discuss the age-old question, book or movie? Which is better and why? We give many examples.

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#109: Publishing Trends

We start things off with a comic book review for the first volume of Crossover by Donny Cates (if you want to skip straight to the main topic, the episode begins at 12:35). For the main topic of the day, we discuss publishing trends until Caleb loses his voice. 

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#108: Drinking Wine And Talking Romance

We kick things off with a wine tasting inspired by the Prosseco N Prose Podcast. And you know what? It was alright!

After that, we get into the heart of things by discussing what goes into writing a good romance novel. Here's a hint, do the opposite of what we would do!

Be sure to listen to the Prosseco N Prose podcast and check out all the fun things Wendy and Amy are up to.

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DBS #71: We Try To Get Cancelled

Oh, fudge. There's a lot to unpack in this episode. We start things off with Caleb reading an excerpt from his most recent story submission failure. Then we get into a discussion about writing and reading children's books and YA books. 

After that, we really go into this weeds and spend the rest of the show ranting about fake woke people, cancel culture, bad conservative comedy, and the importance of freedom of speech. 

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