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The Every Day Novelist

Moving From Hobbyist to Pro

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Question 1016: What is YA? May 11, 2022

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Simon asks: What is the young adult genre? Is it just young protagonists, or is there more to it than that?

Resources Mentioned

Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile
Harry Potter series
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

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Question 1015: Opposing the Current Thing (and State of the Podcasters) May 10, 2022

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Ed asks: How can a writer oppose the moral panic du jour without being consumed by it?

Resources Mentioned
Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain
Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Every Day Novelist Success Stories: Mel Todd
Mel Todd on KDP Select

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Feedback: Mid-Life Crises May 09, 2022

Show notes

Charles has feedback on mid-life crises and writing.

Resources Mentioned:

Watership Down by Richard Adams
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell
Pure Heat, by ML Buchman

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Questions 1014: Unreliable Narrator (pt 4 of 4) Apr 15, 2022

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Simon asks: Can you recommend any particularly great uses of an unreliable narrator? I mean, aside from Suave Rob…

Resources Mentioned:

Suave Rob’s Amazing Adventures
The Usual Suspects
An Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears
Lolita, by Vladmir Nabakov
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain
Letters from the Earth, by Mark Twain
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Edgar Allan Poe, The Works of
The Coffee Service by J. Daniel Sawyer
The Lombard Alchemist Tales by J. Daniel Sawyer

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Questions 1013: Unreliable Narrators (pt 3 of 4) Apr 14, 2022

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Simon asks: Can you push an unreliable narrator too far, and just break people’s immersion?
Resources Mentioned:

Lolita, by Vladmir Nabakov
Suave Rob’s Amazing Adventures

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Questions 1012: Unreliable Narrators (pt 2 of 4) Apr 13, 2022

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Simon asks: What are the pitfalls with using an unreliable narrator?

Resources Mentioned:
The Usual Suspects
The Sixth Sense
The Village
Penn and Teller Fool Us

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Questions 1011: Unreliable Narrators (pt 1 of 4) Apr 12, 2022

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Simon asks: Are there any rules or conventions when using an unreliable narrator? I’m writing in first-person already which feels like it would be recommended if not outright required.
Resources Mentioned
The Usual Suspects
An Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears
Clue
The Murder of Roger Akroyd, by Agatha Christie
Lolita, by Vladmir Nabakov
Time Enough for Love, by Robert A Heinlein
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris
American Tall Tales
The Call of Cthulhu, by HP Lovecraft

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Feedback: Short Stories and Experimentation Apr 07, 2022

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Simon has feedback on ways to experiment with genres to see what you’re good at or enjoy writing.

Resources Mentioned

Clarke Lantham Mysteries
Feedback: Short Cuts to Identifying Your Genre
Feedback: Knowing What You’re Good At
Feedback: More on Knowing What You’re Good At

My Luck, by Mel Todd

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Feedback on Healthy Romances Apr 06, 2022

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Ed has feedback on the episode Romance Tropes and Healthy Relationships.

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Feedback: More on Knowing What You’re Good At Apr 05, 2022

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Roland has feedback on a recent episode.

Resources Mentioned:
The Living Daylights

My Luck, by Mel Todd

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