Writing and Robots

Apr 27 2024 7 ep. 59 mins 3
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Stephanie and Trevor are writers, neighbours, and friends on two very different writing and publishing journeys. They join forces to examine everything related to writing - craft, business, lifestyle, and more - and do deep-dives on the pop culture that informs their creative lives. Along the way, they’ll tell some stories of their own, and invite you to do so, too.

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007 - Beta Reading

Apr 27 2024 103 mins  
After bouts of illness, work travel, and an extended period that can only be described as “no dopamine, only adrenaline,” there’s finally a new episode! Steph and Trevor catch up about progress on their projects and then dive into the topic of having other people read your work. What is beta reading? Why is what Steph and Trevor do for one another not really beta reading? How

006 - Writing When Writing is your Day Job

Jan 23 2024 95 mins  
In this loose, long-awaited, and longer-than-usual episode, Stephanie and Trevor commiserate about a season of sickness, debrief on Steph’s NaNoWriMo win and the final chapter of The Pantser who Planned, discuss Steph’s newest release, and then dig in on what it’s like to write creatively when writing is also your day job. In between discussions of developing a sense of audie

005 - Writer’s Block

Nov 13 2023 58 mins  
Bishop receives an upgrade, which Trevor immediately needs to fix. Stephanie reports on her experience as The Pantser Who Plans. We discuss writer's block in the context of Steph's work. Trevor looks to a hundred-year-old model of the creative process to help understand why he doesn't really experience writer's block. They explore different solutions to writer's block, ways to less

004 - Preptober

Oct 17 2023 52 mins  
Steph and Trevor reflect on past NaNoWrimo wins and losses. How do we approach NaNoWriMo to set ourselves up for success? Do pantsers really exist? What makes a good NaNo project? What are our goals for a first draft? What kind of goals might you have for NaNoWriMo beyond "get 50 000 words?" How does picking your project well promote your success? How do we leverage music to help o

003 - First Words

Oct 02 2023 66 mins  
How to you open a scene? A short story? A novel? What are some great openings? And what, pray tell, is a podcasting robot, and what does it do? Stephanie and Trevor explore writing the first words of a new work, and their new digital friend says their first words, too. You should write some words! Flash fiction prompts are now available at https://writingandrobots.com.

002 - Getting to Know You

Sep 12 2023 39 mins  
In our debut episode, join friends, collaborators, and co-conspirators Stephanie and Trevor as they invite you to get to know the hosts, the work, the genres, and the podcast. Meet Steph, the oddball self-published crazy cat lady horror author, who is three anthologies in and shows no sign of slowing. Learn about how family informs her short story collections, how true events insp

001 - Trailer

Sep 06 2023 1 mins  
Welcome to Writing and Robots, a new podcast from stephanieanneauthor.ca and Love Make Share! Visit us online at writingandrobots.com for episodes, show notes, links, writing prompts, and more.