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Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Sarah A. Parker. Sarah is an international bestselling autho​r who​ grew up on a farm in New Zealand, where she spent her days getting lost amongst the rolling pastu...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: The first look at what the Big Secret is that we've been keeping Special code STAYBEASTLY50 for $50 off at registration Themes for this season Strategies for dreaming BIG and keeping that power Who to look for when it comes to...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: the entire SNACKDOWN SMACKDOWN menu, including genre sips, "there's only one" amuse bouches, fanfiction ships as appetizers, our favorite found family group as the main meal, and which of our delicious Bridgerton cou...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Page Powars.  Page Powars is the author of The Borrow a Boyfriend Club and the forthcoming And They Were Roommates. Outside of writing, he helps with music soundtracks and unfortu...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Summer England's podcast how to nest metaphors the use of microcosm in story what to feed evil people Find us on our ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram ⁠(@storybeastpodcast)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  For more storytelling content to...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Sarah MacLean. New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestseller Sarah MacLean is the author of historical romance novels. Translated into more than twenty-five languages...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: what working "smart, not hard" means to us perfectionism tips for battling bad self-talk and a smart way to make your soup for long writing days Find us on our ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram ⁠(@storybeastpodc...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Angela Montoya. Angela Montoya lives in Northern California with her family. When she isn’t with her partner, two children, goats, chickens, and dogs, you can find Angela co-hosti...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: what dungarees are being savvy with potential scams collaboration resources, like Writer Beware and a new goodbye Find us on our ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠and on ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram ⁠(@storybeastpodcast)⁠⁠⁠ .  For more storytelling content to...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Nadia Saward. Nadia Saward is a Commissioning Editor at Orbit Books and a writer of Fantasy Romance. She has an MA in Creative Writing and lives in London with her husband and perfe...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Sarah A. Parker's trad debut, When the Moon Hatched , and it's release date of next week. Personal explorations on finding time to write Expectations vs. reality Courtney mentions this episode of Becca Syme's Quitcast...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Emily Rath. Emily Rath   is an internationally bestselling author whose chart-topping, sex-positive, queer-inclusive fantasy and romance novels include the Second Sons Regency...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Courtney and Ghabiba's long discussion on the ravens at the tower of London, their special biscuits, and research still to be done Ghabiba's analogy of story as a machine Essential questions Ghabiba asks herself in a draft...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Bardugo. Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shad...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: bringing story to life in your head by being magical and mystical  Courtney's request for Super Stabby Resources the murder library and modernising evil hooking a reader and keeping them engaged the story opening as a dating m...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Julie Phillips, author of THE BABY ON THE FIRE ESCAPE; JAMES TIPTREE JR, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B SHELDON; and the to-be-titled biography of Ursula le Guin. In this episode,...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Types of conflict you can use to amp up the tension in your story. Examples of how to pair internal conflict with external conflict Our favorite craft books for creation conflict and character We say a version of "juice"...

Episode #58: On mythology, writing with vulnerability, and moving targets of success, with Legendary, Genevieve Gornichec. Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack, Ghabiba Weston, and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing Genevieve Gornichec, author of THE WI...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Courtney's emotional landscape of publishing a book Practical and heart-centered self publishing tips Applications Courtney has used to publish LADY OF ROSES AND RUIN Find us on our ⁠website ⁠and on ⁠Instagram ⁠(@storybeastpod...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Kristin Dwyer, author of SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE and THE ATLAS OF US. Kristin Dwyer grew up under the California sun and still prays every day for a cloudy sky. When she’s not...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: How Courtney's debut, LADY OF ROSES AND RUIN, got pirated Find Jessica Taylor's blog post on piracy here How Courtney looked into muso and pirate.io to assist with taking down the pirated material Gabi's plan to take the pirates to ta...

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Season 3! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Nisha J. Tuli, author of TRIAL OF THE SUN QUEEN and HEART OF NIGHT AND FIRE. Nisha J. Tuli is a Canadian author whose books feature kick ass heroines, swoony love interests, and...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Courtney's current read, YOU'RE A BADASS by Jen Sincero embracing distraction in a useful way trying on vibes giving into the wild joy of creating when it's okay to take your time pegging ideas Ghabiba's method for...

Welcome back to another LEGENDARY Storybeast episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston have the pleasure of interviewing Aurora Ascher. Paranormal & fantasy romance author Aurora Ascher loves misunderstood monsters, lovable anti-heroes, and epic happily-ever-afters. A woman of many creativ...

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about: Gabi's definition of "snack characters" A brief-ish digression into venus fly traps--flowers or just fiends? Gabi calls Courtney a snack Gabi talks about how first lines can be used to introduced character and mentio...