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We all have ideas for stories, but if our inner critic has a say, our stories might stay trapped forever. In this edition of the Florida Writer Podcast, host Alison Nissen chats with Cooper Levey-Baker, author of the new dystopian book Dead Fish Wind about how he turned a 3-minute free-writing exercise into a novel...after he calmed his inner critic.

Cooper Levey-Baker is a writer and journalist. His fiction has appeared in the Sierra Nevada Review and Burrow Press's Fantastic Floridas series, and his journalism has won multiple awards from the Florida Magazine Association and the Florida Society of Professional Journalists. Dead Fish Wind is his first novel.

We all have ideas for stories, but if our inner critic has a say, our stories might stay trapped forever. In this edition of the Florida Writer Podcast, host Alison Nissen chats with Cooper Levey-Baker, author of the new dystopian book Dead Fish Wind about how he turned a 3-minute free-writing exercise into a novel...after he calmed his inner critic.

Cooper Levey-Baker is a writer and journalist. His fiction has appeared in the Sierra Nevada Review and Burrow Press's Fantastic Floridas series, and his journalism has won multiple awards from the Florida Magazine Association and the Florida Society of Professional Journalists. Dead Fish Wind is his first novel.

Little Red Riding Hood. The Three Little Pigs. All of them have portrayed wolves as villainous and predatory, but Author Martha Hunt Handler is changing the narrative on wolves, death and climate fiction. 

In this episode, we talk about: 

• How we define magic 
• finding synchronicities in nature 
• Misconceptions about wolves in folklore 
• Evolving folklore to modern times 
• Changing the conversation around death 
• How she realigned with her mission to work with the Wolf Conservation Center of NY  
• Finding our one thing to help in the battle against Climate Change 
• How mothers face survivors guilt and blame in teen suicide 
• Why her novel wants to help readers find their intuition 

All proceeds of Martha Hunt Handler's novel, Winter of the Wolf, go to the Wolf Conservation Center of NY

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What makes Dystopian fiction eerie is that the post-apocalyptical world is not only possible, but years away from happening. Meet Dystopian Author O.E. Tearmann, a writing duo whose series, Aces High, Jokers Wild brings together a band of misfits and outsiders in a world controlled by big, bad corporations. 

Listen as O.E. Tearmann drops fascinating knowledge about solarpunk writing with her background in botany to understand the world they're creating and the dangers we're facing now. Listen as we talk about: 

• Writing marginalized characters
• Working with sensitivity readers 
• Misconceptions about Doom & Gloom dystopian fiction 
• How we can focus on making a better world with the following authors & resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXPitNl5BAJM5SJnZkgrurwtO0WBpBM4iA2jMzgzinM/edit 
• Defining Resistance Writing 
• What it means to be a Fighter as writers and in our characters 
• Writing Climate and/or Solarpunk fiction 

Why Communities can defeat Corporations 

And more! We even get teary eyed in this episode! 

Enter to win a free copy of Aces High, Jokers Wild, Book 1: The Hands We're Given: https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/8c66a72c-fa8f-11e9-b990-878f289dce7a 

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In episode 123 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts returning guest - climate fiction expert - Dr. Amy Brady!  This is Amy’s third time on the podcast and we catch up on topics like:  climate writers reaching out to scientists; can cli-fi influence people’s behavior to take action on climate change; is a climate pulp fiction emerging; how the tv and movie industry are taking note of climate fiction; the prevalence of climate justice in cli-fi; and the challenges of storytelling when climate change is a recurring story device. These and other topics are covered with this conversation with Dr. Amy Brady!  

Topics covered:

• How climate fiction writers are reaching out to climate scientists.
• Is climate ‘pulp fiction’ emerging?
• Turning people into climate activists through climate fiction!
• The current state of climate fiction.
• How climate fiction is making the leap to movies and TV.
• Updated survey work of Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
• Is climate justice showing up in climate fiction work?
• How can you write fiction when climate change is the bad guy in every story.

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