10: I've Never Fan-Fictioned

Rian gives a spoiler-free mini review of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Kris discusses the origins of his upcoming self-published book, and the duo discuss the concept of the “aspiring author” and what that means to them.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro | Read/Watch/Play updates

18:07 Main topic: The Aspiring Author

18:43 What even is an ‘aspiring’ author?

20:42 Writer vs author

23:37 When did we get the writing bug?

25:28 Tangent: fan-fiction

26:34 Back on topic: When did we get the writing bug?

30:08 Tangent: poetry

32:19 What made Kris decide to start his writing project?

39:21 When was the last time Rian took writing seriously?

42:33 Different writing processes

49:55 Inspiration in our childhood

57:35 Where to find us | Preview of next episode

Mystic River

The Advent of Winter

Chef RPG

Night Shift - Stephen King

Hardcore Literature (YouTube)

Close To You (2023)

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

The X-Files (1993)

Sliders (1995)

Farscape (1999)

Firefly (2002)

Fringe (2008)

Torchwood (2006)

Tomorrow series - John Marsden

The Last Vampire series - Christopher Pike

The Forsaken Planet - Bryan Wilson

Hybrid Helix series - J.C.M. Berne

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