The Writing Vikings

It’s time to talk about Tress of the Emerald Sea , Brandon Sanderson’s first Kickstarter project. Warning! This episode is full of spoilers so if you have not read T ress of the Emerald Sea , but intend to, you may want to skip this episode. If not, enjoy! Lizzie continues Anuhea’s story… Now, when one imagines a passageway built into a mountain, the first image that springs to mind is likely a lo...

We’ve been gone for a while so we’ve decided to simply treat this episode as a bit of a catch up episode in terms of our writing, reading and goals. Everything, of course, is fantasy related. Lizzie and Ven are trying not to fangirl to hard over Sanderson’s new release Tress and the Emerald Sea (we’re saving that for the next episode) while discussing topics such as never ending TBR piles, expensi...

This episode is a bit more writing related! Having just accomplished the NaNoWriMo challenge of 50 000 words in November (National Novel Writing Month) we couldn’t help but talk about our experiences. We’re talking stress and competition, self-care, and rewards. We  spend a few minutes talking about plotting and planning and Lizzie  shares her obsession with NaNoWriMo badges. The specifi...

Rings of Power: A L'Oréal commercial?   If you haven’t watched Rings of Power yet, this episode might not be for  you. Or it might, if you want to hear us rant and gush over the new  LOTR TV series.   We don’t even cover everything there is to discuss about the series, but  we discuss quite a lot of fun things and we hope it makes you laugh.  We’d love to hear your op...

Welcome to Episode 3!  We’re so excited that you’re still listening to us blabbering on about random writing/reading/viking/history stuff - Thank you!  Lizzie and Ven went to Gotland this summer to attend Medeltidsveckan (Medieval week) in Visby. We had such an amazing time that we thought we’d tell you about it. So in this episode we’re discussing everything from cosplay to historical r...

We’re back for another episode! Thank you to everyone who tuned in for Episode 1 and welcome back. In this episode you’ll get to join us on a wild ride as we review the recent film [The Northman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11138512/?ref_=rw), starring amongst others, Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy. (Spoilers are a given.) This is the episode where Lizzie delivers genuine,...

 Welcome to our podcast and very first episode. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have you listen to us ramble about all things fantasy, history and writing!  In this introductory episode you’ll get to know a bit about Lizzie and Ven and our fantasy WIPs. We cover the topic of narrative voice, edible wild plants, kulning (ancient nordic herdingcall), potatoes’ high status in fantasy and the lack of...