[ISBW] Conquering Creative Bully #1: BART (a potato)

"The bully loves pantsers because it can insult your outline."
-Mur Lafferty

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In this episode, we launch our series on the bullies that live in your head, rent free. This week we talk about my original bully, Bart (a potato). He's ugly and mean as a snake, but I do have some ways to deal with him.

We also touch on the recent Hugo nominations, my reading habits, and the exciting upcoming adaptation of Martha Wells' Murderbot series!

Transcript

Links

• Escape Pod
• Severance
• Murderbot
• The Teller of Small Fortunes
• Save the Cat
• Deadloch

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