118 episodes
Cold Victoria Dougherty
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Cold is the storyteller's church. It is the way revenge is best served; the way a war was fought; the way a story should be told. Join fiction writer, essayist, and blogger, Victoria Dougherty, to ponder the creative life, and endeavor to look at the stories we tell and the stories we live with a cold eye, but never a cold heart.
And please visit the Cold blog at www.victoriadougherty.wordpress.com.
Wordpress, which hosts over 70 million blogs has named Cold as one of its best blogs on writers and about writing. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victoria-dougherty/support
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Small Villains and Faith’s Little Deaths
This week in the Cold, we're talking about the small villains in the stories we live and love. The casual evil-doers who might just be passing through, but leave an indelible impression on us, a disproportionate one perhaps.
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The Many Faces of Beauty in Fiction
This week in the Cold, we're talking about beauty and many ways a writer may deploy it and a reader may experience it. From The Maltese Falcon to The Little Mermaid, beauty twists our guts as it entertains us, draws us close, and yes, nourishes our soul.
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Mothers of Real and Fictional Characters: We Salute You
This week in the Cold, we explore the roots of family lore as we salute mothers, Mother's Day, and the enchanting, soul nourishing, and formidable process of raising humans.
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The Names We Give, Are Given, and Assume
This week in the Cold, we talk about names, monikers, and aliases; why they matter and what they mean in both our lives and our character's journeys!
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Writing Epic Battle Scenes and War Stories
This week in the Cold, we're going deep on war. Whether it's the focus or merely the backdrop of a story, war is riveting and writing about it presents unique challenges.
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The Meaning of Happiness
This week in the Cold, we're talking family lore and about the difference between happiness and meaning and how the two are interwoven in our lives.
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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/the-meaning-of-happiness/
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