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A podcast for story lovers, Storybeast explores how we weave tales and why we love them. Co-hosts Ghabiba Weston and C. Shack chat with each other and legendary guests about different elements of various books, tv shows, plays, and other modalities to explore this fundamental aspect of humanity. Come for the story, stay for the snacks.
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Episode #71: Nesting Metaphors & Microcosms + Solid Advice on Feeding the Evil
Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:
Summer England's podcast
how to nest metaphors
the use of microcosm in story
what to feed evil people
Find us on our website and on Instagram (@storybeastpodcast). For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe here.
Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks! A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.
As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.
Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #70: Progressiveness, politics, and patriarchy in historicals, with Legendary, Sarah MacLean
Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Sarah MacLean.
New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestseller Sarah MacLean is the author of historical romance novels. Translated into more than twenty-five languages, the books that make up “The MacLeaniverse” are beloved by readers worldwide. In addition to her novels, Sarah is a leading advocate for the romance genre, speaking widely on its place as a feminist text and a cultural bellwether. A columnist for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Bustle, she is the co-host of the weekly romance podcast, Fated Mates. Her work in support of romance and those who read it earned her a place on Jezebel.com's Sheroes list and led Entertainment Weekly to call her "the elegantly fuming, utterly intoxicating queen of historical romance." Sarah is a graduate of Smith College & Harvard University. She lives in New York.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
what's going on Sarah's tombstone
writing character motivation in romance
the third act break-up as a beacon of hope
unlikeable heroines
the cultural work of genre fiction
Sarah's advice for reading as a writer
buttons (and wires) of emotion for readers and writers
"taking the finger" and why AI will never take over romance novels
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Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!
A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.
As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.
Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #69: Work Smart, Not Hard; Or, How to Know You're Enough
Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:
what working "smart, not hard" means to us
perfectionism
tips for battling bad self-talk
and a smart way to make your soup for long writing days
Find us on our website and on Instagram (@storybeastpodcast). For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe here.
Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks! A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.
As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.
Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #68: On keeping sight of why we write, malicious macaws, debuts, and cave cheese, with Legendary, Angela Montoya.
Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Angela Montoya.
Angela Montoya lives in Northern California with her family. When she isn’t with her partner, two children, goats, chickens, and dogs, you can find Angela co-hosting the podcast, Of the Publishing Persuasion. Her debut novel, SINNER’S ISLE, has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly and trade reviews from Booklist and The Bulletin.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
creepy parrots
the debut experience
Angela's publishing journey
the therapy of writing a book
visual inspiration as a basis for worldbuilding
Ghabiba's method for finding the name of the unknown (or as Courtney likes to call it, "the thingy")
the power of idea collaboration in the birth stages of a story
cup filling with podcasting
keeping sight of why we write, words of wisdom from Angela's dad
the cat that stole Angela's heart
the place to go for cave cheese
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Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!
A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.
As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.
Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #67: Demanding fairness; on avoiding scams and collaboration
Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:
what dungarees are
being savvy with potential scams
collaboration
resources, like Writer Beware
and a new goodbye
Find us on our website and on Instagram (@storybeastpodcast). For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe here.
Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks! A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.
As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.
Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #66: Tips, tropes, and tea with Legendary, Nadia Saward
Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Nadia Saward.
Nadia Saward is a Commissioning Editor at Orbit Books and a writer of Fantasy Romance. She has an MA in Creative Writing and lives in London with her husband and perfectly round cat.
Their debut novel BEST HEX EVER is slated for release in October 2024.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
tea, snacks, and smut
what makes a good horror
the role of streaming services in making horror feel more accessible
marketing from an editor perspective
unveiling the submission process
tips for agents when corresponding with editors
pitching considerations and story angles
the ins and outs of auctions and pre-empts
how to access sales data for comps
the value in tropes and content warnings
Nadia's advice on pitching with tropes
For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter.
Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!
A warm thank you to @deore.music for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.
As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.
Be brave, stay beastly!
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