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Hi, I just wanted to let you know that Desert Skies single-handedly got me back into listening to podcasts on a regular basis. Mainly because I need something to fill the void in my life until you make a second season.

Oh, wow. That's so kind! Second season is on the way soon. In the meantime, fans of the show seem to love (and forgive if you've already listened to these) Midnight Burger, Amelia Project, Mockery Manor and Red Valley. Happy listening and more Mac, Tendy and Cash will arrive shortly

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On writing dialogue

The only advice I can give someone writing dialogue (and there's so much else that goes into it) is this: People rarely if ever speak in lengthy paragraphs worth of words. And if they do, they're usually the kind of people we shy away from. Short dialogue is more natural, it's more entertaining, it's easier to write. I'm talking snappy back-and-forths. Save your paragraphs for the really big moments in your story. The parts where they can shine

Let me know what you think. I'm open to disagreement

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Aw, dang. Awfully nice to be mentioned

Well well well, look who's having a real day off for the first time in six thousand years! I'm gonna write because that's what my soul needs! It's time for Audio Drama Sunday! Here's some shows I enjoyed this week...

♟️ @camlannpod first of all. I called it. Second of all. How DARE you. The discussions about names and power in this episode were fascinating and...I don't know, I love a hero who's devastatingly normal. Gwen/Shujun can make anything happen with her words, is the damsel in distress, but she's just normal. Perry is normal, Morgan is normal, and Dai might not be normal by neurotypical measures, but he's just some guy. Except that he's really not. And the group of them can either embrace it or suffer.

🧃There is never a week when @thesiltverses doesn't go all the way off, and this one went ALL the way off. We have to talk about Shrue having a whole breakdown and then moving forward anyway. Felix, Ray, and Daisy were amazing, but I also have to give all the flowers to Rhys Lawton, who I met recently and was an utterly terrible villain in this episode. Corporate horror. Who knew? (Anyone who works in corporate knew.)

🐗 The season finale of @victoriocity was funny and amazing and incredibly well done as always, but the stand-out moments are the moments of friendship between Clara and Fleet. I just. I love them your honor. They are best friends. Do not separate them. It's really good to see Fleet cracking open a little bit. Just a little. He's still Fleet, after all.

🍦I listened to the new Among the Stars and Bones on the way home from work and it was absolutely chilling. My word. The number of times I screamed. Oliver Smith was incredibly scary even in the midst of the horror, Jordan Cobb is always a treat, and my word, the crowd of Nabonidas crew members...Hey, Chris Magilton, writer of Among the Stars and Bones, what the hap is heckening???

1️⃣3️⃣ I've started listening to Thirteen! I love a horror anthology, but especially one with a central theme. So far most of the stories present you with a protagonist who is missing closure, and a creature who offers it, for a price. Thirteen is about grief. The stories are rhythmic and spooky, and at one point alone in my house I actually really scared myself listening. Check out Thirteen, it's a treat.

⛽️ In other shows I've started listening to, @desertskiespodcast is gorgeous and lovely and...the only word I can think of is effervescent. It's like a cold soda on a road trip. It's maybe just what I needed. My favorite part is definitely the cold opens, especially the one about Cash laughing. Jared Carter has incredible comedic timing.

In Inn Between news, we just posted 5.8: The Blood, which might be my favorite episode of the season, depending on how the next one turns out. In The Dead news, this next story is a HUMDINGER. Did you cry at Giancarlo in the last story? GOOD, now it's time to run for your life through London. Y'all are gonna love this.

Catch y'all next week or whenever I have time to write again! If you like what all this is, maybe drop me a tip?

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A glass mosaic I made a couple years ago. 2'x 4'. A little Desert Skies-y. All individually cut pieces. Only needed a couple band-aids.

#art #glass mosaics #desert skies

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Haven't tumblr'd in some time Hope you're well - me

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The harder a piece of criticism hits, the greater the likelihood that your art is a reflection of who you are and not just simply art for art's sake

#art #writing #podcast #audio drama

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Desert skies was such a good show! I listened to the entire thing yesterday and so, here’s some art I made of Corson!

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Find something to make that you enjoy making so much that every once in a while you randomly think "Damn. I can't believe I get to make this thing."

#podcast #writing #art #audio fiction #desert skies

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Desert Skies is a podcast you should absolutely check out, it’s wonderful!

Here’s my take on the Attendant, the Mechanic, and Corson from the show.

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What's one audio drama you listened to that you wish you could listen to again for the first time? Can't say mine

#audio drama #audio fiction #podcast

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If you don't like something someone made, you should be forced to try making it yourself before being allowed to talk shit about it. Someone make this a law

#podcast #writing #art

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Dear fiction podcast creators, If you're the type of person who can't go more than a few minutes in a social situation before saying something awkward and weird, listen up. Don't try to write something normal. You won't be able to do it. The you that's you is going to break out way too far down the road and it's going to be jarring for your listeners. Be weird from day one. Turn people into burritos. It's your truth. No one will believe you otherwise. We don't need more non-weird stuff anyway. You're a precious resource. A national treasure, if you will. Turn people into burritos.

#desert skies #audio drama #audio fiction #writing #podcast

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I love this take. So original and unique among Corson takes

Corson is fuckin brilliant I love him

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I've voiced about 40 characters on Desert Skies, between the main show and the bonus content. My wife will say, "Hey, is this voice supposed to be _______ (friend or acquaintance of ours)?" and I'm like, "Not on purpose." I absorb personalities. Watch out

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Listened to all of @desertskiespodcast in one night and almost started bawling my eyes out at the microscope on the season finale

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If life has taught me anything it's that you better learn to express your feelings when you're young or else one day you'll hit your late thirties and all those bottled up emotions will boil out of you in podcast form

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I didn't know just how much I needed a bonus episode of Desert Skies until I was sobbing at the end