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New from Ablaze Publishing is Wild Thing, Or: My Life as a Wolf, a full-color graphic novel written and illustrated by Clayton Junior. “Wild Thing Or: My Life as a Wolf tells the story of an affectionate and inquisitive Labrador named Silver, who grew up on a farm with his master and his hundreds of sheep. But Silver dreams of adventure, bored by the monotony of his farm life… What is beyond the hills? Where does the river flow? Which animals live in the forest? So many questions without answers… One night, Silver meets a trio of hungry wolves. Attracted by their unhindered life-as enticing as it is dangerous-he decides to follow them, and learns to live the wild life with the pack, which is rough and exhilarating at the same time. Along the way he discovers love, and the ravages of human civilization that are reducing the living space of animals, threatening their very existence.” Find out more at the creator’s web site.

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Episode 16 – Rejection How to deal with rejection and learning to take criticism Original Air Date: Mar 9, 2014 Ep 16 – Rejection - Episode 16 – Rejection How to deal with rejection and learning to take criticism Original Air Date: Mar 9, 2014

Episode 15 – Words, Words, Words – Pt 2 Guests @IanusJWolf and @AsheValisca talk about avoiding certain words! Original Air Date: Feb 27, 2014 Ep 15 – Word, Word, Words Pt 2 - Episode 15 – Words, Words, Words – Pt 2 Guests @IanusJWolf and @AsheValisca talk about avoiding certain words! Original Air Date: Feb 27, 2014

Episode 14 – What Makes a Writer What does being a writer mean to you? Does professionalism count in the fandom? Original Air Date: Feb 7, 2014 Ep 14 – What Makes a Writer - Episode 14 – What Makes a Writer What does being a writer mean to you? Does professionalism count in the fandom? Original Air Date: Feb 7, 2014

Episode 13 – Writing Groups We talk about having a writing group Original Air Date: Jan 2014 Ep 13 – Writing Groups - Episode 13 – Writing Groups We talk about having a writing group Original Air Date: Jan 2014

Episode 12 – Beta Got Back We discuss Beta reading and read out our Christmas stories. Original Air Date: Jan 14, 2014 Ep 12 – Beta Got Back - Episode 12 – Beta Got Back We discuss Beta reading and read out our Christmas stories. Original Air Date: Jan 14, 2014

Episode 11 – F*ck it, ship it We talk about the steps you should go through when submitting your story. Original Air Date: Dec 22, 2013 Ep 11 – F— it, Ship it - Episode 11 – F*ck it, ship it We talk about the steps you should go through when submitting your story. Original Air Date: Dec 22, 2013

First Aureo calls in to complain that no-one has eaten him yet, followed by a call from s0ph0s to discuss the recent Telegram Cryptocurrency SEC ruling. Then Artconomy joins us to talk about updates to their platform and how the marketplace has been affected by COVID-19. We follow that up with a chonky roundup, plus some news.

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Link Roundup:

• Furry Fandom and the Internet forced back to roots by viral outbreak
• Papermag: How furries are affected by COVID-19
• Isolation Station – Furry DJs
• FurScience 2020 webinar
• BBC’s recent article on polyamory
• Finish State Media suggests making a fursona to cope with COVID-19
• Samantha B’s Full Frontal covers furries
• Folding@Home is blowing up with COVID-19 support
• FurCast folding@home team
• Bad Dragon sends Beastars voice actor free merch
• Interview with Beastars opening animation team
• US Product Safety Commission acknowledges fans of Quinn the Quarantine fox
• Telegram ICO — SEC prevails, Telegram restrained from issuing Grams
  • PDF Ruling
• Coyotes on the streets of San Francisco
• We’ve reached the “horny for Mufasa” stage of quarantine
• Frolic Party

News:

• Russian Theater to Continue Performances for One Person at a Time
• Man Asked to Turn down Music Chases Neighbor with Sword
• Plague Inc. to create new game mode to stop the spread of diseases instead of creating it.

[Live] Quarantine Quartet

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We discuss writing processes and what we do before typing those first words of a new story Original Air Date: Nov 23, 2013 Ep 10 – Writing How do - We discuss writing processes and what we do before typing those first words of a new story Original Air Date: Nov 23, 2013

We discuss what makes a character more than a cardboard cutout Original Air Date: Nov 15, 2013 Ep 9 – Character Development - We discuss what makes a character more than a cardboard cutout Original Air Date: Nov 15, 2013

We try and discuss the genre of Cyberpunk Original Air Date: Oct 27, 2013 Ep 8 – Cyberpunk - We try and discuss the genre of Cyberpunk Original Air Date: Oct 27, 2013

Listen to writers at Rain Furrest 2013 talk about all things. Original Air Date: Oct 13, 2013 Ep 7 – SWS – Skin Ditch - Listen to writers at Rain Furrest 2013 talk about all things. Original Air Date: Oct 13, 2013

Roland and Ocean have too much to drink at Furthest North Original Air Date: Sep 27, 2013 Ep 6 – Nuts at FN - Roland and Ocean have too much to drink at Furthest North Original Air Date: Sep 27, 2013

We discuss dictionary changes, slang, word choices and other languages. Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2013 Ep 5 – Words, words, words - We discuss dictionary changes, slang, word choices and other languages. Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2013

Here’s episode 4 – Review This! Find out why reviewing is important and why you should do it! Review us if you want! Original Air Date: Aug 30, 2013 Ep 4 – Review This - Here’s episode 4 – Review This! Find out why reviewing is important and why you should do it! Review us if you want! Original Air Date: Aug 30, 2013

Episode 3 – A Matter of Perspective We discuss different story POVs and then talk about hybrids Original Air Date: Aug 16, 2013 Ep 3 – A Matter of Perspective - Episode 3 – A Matter of Perspective We discuss different story POVs and then talk about hybrids Original Air Date: Aug 16, 2013

Forlorn, by Aaron B. is yet another dragon/dragonslayer romance story. Though I must admit I haven’t seen too many male/male stories of that particular subgenre. We start with a prologue showing our protagonist’s father in battle with a nine-foot tall anthropomorphic dragon, thus establishing the sort of legacy Tyler Brant has to live up to before he’s even introduced. The next chapter picks up twenty years later when Tyler has just been knighted, and seeking to prove himself; he’s dispatched almost immediately to investigate rumors of a dragon. However, the dragon he finds, Orpheus, turns out to be utterly disinterested in ravaging the countryside. Instead, Tyler and Orpheus have a somewhat civil conversation, which leads to something further…Meanwhile, a corrupt knight back in the kingdom thinks he might make a better ruler than the current queen.The setting seems based on a standard Medieval European Fantasy world with some more fairy tale elements. It’s populated by a blend of humans and fantasy creatures ranging in anthropomorphism from talking wolves to bird-man griffins, not particularly consistent. Whether it’s intended to be the “real world” sometime in the past or an alternate universe is unclear. There are a couple references to real world places, such as “European dragon,” “Russian symphony,” and “Molotov cocktail,” but given those would be anachronistic to the time period I could assume they were translation conventions for similar things in their world. On the other hand the few references to religion mention “gods” instead of “God”. I will give Aaron B. props for writing no taboo about homosexuality; too many fantasy authors seem to assume that a setting without Abrahamic religion would also make sodomy a capital offense. In this book nobody makes a fuss when Tyler asks out another knight early on; he just gets let down lightly.I found the first half of the book rather slow; then at the halfway point it picks up speed and races to the climax, which is resolved by the 80% point. After that we just get a slow denouement and Orpheus’ journal, which reveals his previously hinted at backstory as a cursed human. Moving the part where Tyler finds Orpheus’ journal earlier into the story might have helped with the book’s pacing issues, instead tacking it onto the end just feels like padding. Or Tyler could have read a little bit more of the journal each time he went to visit Orpheus, stringing the reader along with gradual revelations.In all, Forlorn has potential, but I feel Aaron B. published it too quickly. I’d like to read it again after a few more passes with an editor.