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May 20, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 629
Short story: The Examination of Cloth by Jonathan Edelstein, from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2018. Recommended.
Poem: Domestic Violence by Roger Reeves, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from May 2018. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Biblical Series VI: The Psychology of the Flood by Jordan Peterson. Recommended.
Jon’s Author Diary – 033 – May 20, 2018
Jon started work on Blind Reset this week and wrote a slightly insane steampunk story to perform the Morecambe Steampunk Festival on June 3.
He also got the cover back for the Stop Booking Around non-fiction book.
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May 16, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 625
Short story: Planetary Politics and Pizza by Jennifer Flath, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
Poem: Elegy for the Quanga by Sarah Lindsay, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Biblical Series II: Genesis 1: Chaos and Order by Jordan Peterson. Recommended.
May 15, 2018
Stop Booking Around! – 004 – The Protagonist
Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.
Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he’s lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/stopbookingaround/SBA_-_004_-_Protagonist.mp3
In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss Russ’s main character and talk about some of the different techniques authors can use to get to grips with their protagonist.
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You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page.
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The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 624
Short story: Under the Weather by Stephen King, from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Poem: @Allah by Anjuli Raza Kolb, listened to on the PoetryNow podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God by Jordan Peterson. Recommended.
May 14, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 623
Short story: The Frog Prince by Robert Coover, from the New Yorker, July 2017. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Crossword by Valzhyna Mort, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Are You Living in a Simulation? listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
May 13, 2018
Jon’s Author Diary – 032 – May 13, 2018
Jon sent his non-fiction book Stop Booking Around! to his copy editor and is geting ready to start work on Blind Reset.
Blind Gambit will be available at the limited price of 99p/99c for the next few days. Click HERE to order your copy today.
Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.
Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland.
You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page.
Like his Facebook page at facebook.com/joncronshawauthor
Follow him on Twitter @jlcronshaw.
If you want to help the show, please consider telling a friend or leaving a review on iTunes.
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 622
Short story: We Will Be All Right by Carolyn Ives Gilman, from Lightspeed magazine, May 2018. Recommended.
Poem: Mom Betty Addresses the Nature of Proportion by Eileen K. Tabios, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Tugrha of Suleiman the Magnificent, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from September 2010. Highly Recommended.
May 12, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 621
Short story: The Girl Who Founded Colony 050 by Nick Fink, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from May 2018.
Poem: Now and Then by James Schuyler, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
Essay: To Design Better Tech, Understand Context, Tania Douglas, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from May 2018. Recommended.
May 11, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 620
Short story: The Raid’s Remains by Cameron Bloomfeld, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Poem: Hello Kitty Virgin Mary by Feliz Lucia Molina, listened to on the PoetryNow podcast, from May 2018.
Essay: 99% Undesigned, listened to on the 99% Invisible podcast, from November 2010. Recommended.
