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Unstoppable Authors

Indie authors Angeline Trevena, Holly Lyne and Julia Scott discuss their adventures in self publishing and writer life. Episodes every Monday, juggled around their limited child-free time.

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Episode 3: Making Your Map

Episode 3: Making Your Map

Different ways to approach worldbuilding, how to layout your map, and what effects the layout.

10 Jul 2018

22mins

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Episode 2.11: Worldbuild Climate and Weather

Episode 2.11: Worldbuild Climate and Weather

On today's episode, we talk all things weather and climate, indulging the ultimate British stereotype! Find out how we u... Read more

11 Nov 2019

40mins

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Episode 4: Towns and Cities

Episode 4: Towns and Cities

Let's zoom in and look at the layout of your towns and cities, and the design of your houses.

17 Jul 2018

14mins

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Episode 2.1: Goal Check and What's Next?

Episode 2.1: Goal Check and What's Next?

This episode marks the beginning of our second season, and we have some big changes and big news for you. We look back o... Read more

2 Sep 2019

30mins

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Episode 3.7: Writing in Shared Worlds and Fighting with Editors with Dion Winton-Polak

Episode 3.7: Writing in Shared Worlds and Fighting with Editors with Dion Winton-Polak

Angeline chats to freelance editor Dion Winton-Polak. Dion discusses his anthology, This Twisted Earth, which he both ed... Read more

10 Feb 2020

28mins

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Episode 1.7: Worldbuilding Essentials

Episode 1.7: Worldbuilding Essentials

This week, we're going back to basics, and talking about all the essential things you need both before, and just as you ... Read more

24 Jun 2019

20mins

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Making the Big Publishing Decisions

Making the Big Publishing Decisions

Angeline talks about the big publishing decisions she made in her career, and how and why she made them. The general est... Read more

13 Jan 2020

22mins

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Episode 2.8: Using Dialogue to Reveal Character and Advance the Plot

Episode 2.8: Using Dialogue to Reveal Character and Advance the Plot

Angeline explains how to get your dialogue working hard for you and your story. She shares her top tips for writing beli... Read more

21 Oct 2019

19mins

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Episode 2.9: Approaching NaNoWriMo With or Without a Plot

Episode 2.9: Approaching NaNoWriMo With or Without a Plot

On the final approach to NaNoWriMo, we chat about the projects we'll be working on through November. We talk plotting, d... Read more

28 Oct 2019

31mins

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How To Successfully Write Urban Fantasy

How To Successfully Write Urban Fantasy

Angeline and Holly discuss the differences between high and low fantasy, how to delve into adding fantasy elements to a ... Read more

6 Jan 2020

48mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 1.10: Making Maps

Episode 1.10: Making Maps

It’s a classic expectation: a beautiful map in the front of a fantasy book. But, whether you're an expert cartographer, ... Read more

5 Aug 2019

18mins

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Episode 1.5: Living Legends

Episode 1.5: Living Legends

Today we're talking about creating religions, belief structures, rituals, and legends. We discuss the urban legends from... Read more

27 May 2019

27mins

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Episode 3.10: Writing Morally Grey Characters and Antiheroes

Episode 3.10: Writing Morally Grey Characters and Antiheroes

In this episode, Angeline and Holly discuss the characters we all secretly wish we could behave like - antiheroes! There... Read more

2 Mar 2020

18mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 1.9: Edge-Lit After Party

Episode 1.9: Edge-Lit After Party

On the morning after attending Edge-Lit writing convention, while still suffering from post-con exhaustion, we gathered ... Read more

22 Jul 2019

27mins

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Episode 1.2: Camp NaNoWriMo Survival Tips

Episode 1.2: Camp NaNoWriMo Survival Tips

We may both like our creature comforts, but we do love Camp NaNoWriMo. Listen to our reasons why, and our top survival t... Read more

15 Apr 2019

40mins

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Episode 2.6: World-build With Me

Episode 2.6: World-build With Me

In today's episode, Holly talks about the creation of her writing sandbox; creating the history, mythology and cultures ... Read more

7 Oct 2019

34mins

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Episode 9: Food

Episode 9: Food

One of my favourite subjects, and the thing that kicked off my worldbuilding obsession.

12 Oct 2018

26mins

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Episode 5: Health and Wellness

Episode 5: Health and Wellness

Issues surrounding health and wellness in your world reach much further than just a visit to the doctor.

1 Aug 2018

13mins

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Episode 7: Introduction to the Environment

Episode 7: Introduction to the Environment

A starting point to thinking about the physical environment of your world, and how it affects everything else.

11 Sep 2018

12mins

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2.14: Health, Self-Care & Goals When Life Happens

2.14: Health, Self-Care & Goals When Life Happens

Holly talks candidly about her health situation, forgiveness, “losing” NaNoWriMo and much more.

2 Dec 2019

28mins

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