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magical world building and writing through trauma with Elizabeth Knox

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Elizabeth Knox joins Adam from New Zealand to discuss her epic new fantasy novel, The Absolute Book. They discuss the elaborate worlds she built out, dealing with trauma through writing, and how gods can change. They also chat about the difference between the New Zealand and American Covid response.

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Christina Henry returns to scare the hell out of you

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Adam welcomes back Christina Henry to chat about her terrifying new novel, Near the Bone. The discuss the idea of showing the POV of a victim vs. a villain, how she writes characters instead of plots, and why the true terror of the unseen.
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Authors behaving badly

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Lately, a number of authors who have high profiles have been doing some less than awesome things online.
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On grief, laughter, and giving ourselves grace with Joan F. Smith

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Author of The Half-Orphan's Handbook discusses the grieving process
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