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Writing Alchemy


63 episodes

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Creator: Fay Onyx

Writing_Alchemy

Full cast Multigenre Oneshots Audio RPG

Synopsis:

Writing Alchemy is storytelling that centers intersectional characters, including a fairy tale series that combines humor and magic with serious topics, and a tabletop role-playing series about the adventures of disabled and mentally diverse heroes.

Format: Audio RPG

RPG system: Multiple

Continuity: Oneshots

Writing: Improvised

Voices: Full cast

Genres: Multigenre

Completion status: Not applicable

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Episodes:

Unfamiliar Heroes 22 – Inside the First Responders Training Program Part 2

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:01:55 +0000

Awkward meetings abound as our heroes are drawn together. Gail writes an email. Vanessa is standoffish, but she really cares. Janus decides to not back down. And we are all certain that Gail’s shack is not a love shack.

Cast and Crew:

  • Game Master: Jordan Green (they/them)
  • Vanessa the Witch (she/her): played by Fay Onyx (ze/hir)
  • Janus the Ghoul (she/her): played by Tobi Hill-Meyer (she/her)
  • Gail the Ghost (she/her): played by William (Billie) Rain (ze/hir)
  • Audio Editing: Ryan Boelter (he/they)
  • Sound Design: Fay Onyx
  • Transcription: Nikki Yager (she/her), with help from Fay Onyx, using Otter.ai

Mid-roll Reminders:

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

TRANSCRIPT

For maximum accessibility, each transcript has four formats.

 

LINKS

Game System

Podcast Recommendation

Support Writing Alchemy

Writing Alchemy Links

Jordan’s Link

Tobi’s Link

William’s (Billie’s) Links

Ryan’s Link

Nikki’s Link

 

MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECT CREDITS

 

CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Social awkwardness and anxiety, uncomfortable public displays of affection, discussion of recent violence

 

The post Unfamiliar Heroes 22 – Inside the First Responders Training Program Part 2 first appeared on Oppression Aware Podcast, Fairy Tales, and Games.

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Collaboration 4 – Chimera: Friendship Is Music

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 07:02:20 +0000

Writing Alchemy Collaboration 4 Summary

A record shaped world, where music is magic, is under threat by evil corporations! These corporate villains are trying to control the magic and destroy musical freedom. Can our mixed-gender team of magical girl superheroes stop their plans in time?!

Cast and Crew:

  • Genre Moderator: Ryan Boelter (he/they).
  • Cyrus Wright/Cyberet (he/him): Played by Vincent MacElroy (they/them).
  • Rose/Phoenix Rose (she/her): Played by Fay Onyx (ze/hir).
  • Markus Martes (he/him)/Ghostwriter (she/her): Played by Liz (They/Them).
  • Carpenter (they/them): Played by Jonn (he/him).
  • Sound Cleanup, Dialogue Editing, Environmental Sound Design, and Scoring: Ryan Boelter.
  • Action Sound Design and Accessibility Consulting: Fay Onyx.
  • Transcription: Vincent MacElroy.

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

Stylized human figures in different colors are shown with a web of gray lines drawn between them, indicating connection and collaboration.

 

Collaboration 4 Transcript

For maximum accessibility, each transcript has four formats: an online post for access convenience, a word document with a low-vision friendly font (Veranda), a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic3), and a low contrast blue on black pdf for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Links

Game System: Chimera RPG by Ryan Boelter and Amr Ammourazz

International Podcast Month

Ryan’s Links

Vincent’s Links

Fay’s Links

Liz’s Links

Jonn’s Links

 

Music Credits

Opening Fanfare:

On the Bright Side:

The Echo:

Markus/Ghostwriter:

Cyrus:

Rose Part 1:

Rose Part 2:

Carpenter:

Music Store:

Flash Dance:

Mix Tape:

Ghostwriter Transformation Part 1:

Ghostwriter Transformation Part 2:

Comforting Duet:

Cryus’s Emotional Duet:

Rose’s Emotional Duet:

Carpenter Transforms!:

The Servers Are Against Us!:

Bet You’ve Never Seen This Before!:

Rose Transforms!:

The Power of Friendship:

United:

A New World:

 

Sound Effect Credits

The action sound effects are from Free Sound: https://freesound.org/ Many sounds were altered by Fay Onyx. The following sounds require attribution:

 

Content Warnings 

  • Story Content: Bee-person, mild violence, mild language.
  • SFX: Flame burst, fireworks, violent crash, explosion.

 

The post Collaboration 4 – Chimera: Friendship Is Music first appeared on Oppression Aware Podcast, Fairy Tales, and Games.

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Unfamiliar Heroes 21 – Inside the First Responders Training Program Part 1

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:01:51 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 21 Summary

We return to the First Responder’s Training Program to catch up with Vanessa the Witch and Janus the Ghoul. In this sequel adventure, meet Gail the Ghost and follow the drama that swirls around the popular Chaz Drakon, as everyone prepares for another pivotal full moon ritual.

Game Master: Jordan Green (they/them) Vanessa the Witch (she/her): played by Fay Onyx (ze/hir) Janus the Ghoul (she/her): played by Tobi Hill-Meyer (she/her) Gail the Ghost (she/her): played by Billie Rain (ze/hir) Audio Editing: Kimberly Loftus (she/her)   Sound Design: Fay Onyx Transcription: Goblin (they/them), with help from Fay Onyx, using Otter.ai

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Transcript

For maximum accessibility, each transcript has four formats: an online post for access convenience, a word document with a low-vision friendly font (Veranda), a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic3), and a low contrast blue on black pdf for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Monsterhearts 2: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts

Recommendation Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services: https://www.kalilastormfire.com/

Support Writing Alchemy Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Ko-fi donation: https://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162

Writing Alchemy Links Website: https://writing-alchemy.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Contact Fay: https://writingalchemy.net/about/contact-form/ Podcast RSS feed: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Jordan’s Link Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/jordonaut Johnny Tsunami: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tsunami

Tobi’s Links Website: https://tobihillmeyer.com/ Consenticle: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metasynthie/consentacle-a-card-game-of-human-alien-intimacy

Billie’s Links Website: http://www.billierain.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/billierain

Kimberly’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimberloft/ Actor, Audiobook Narrator, and Crocheter: https://linktr.ee/Kimberloft

Goblin’s Links Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trashgoblin69420 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/goblinfroot

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Levels Of Greatness by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution License. Vanessa’s meeting with Profesora de la Cruz: Anamalie (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Chaz’s theme: Pyro Flow (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Skateboard Sounds: Skateboard Indoor.wav by et_graham | License: Attribution Noncommercial Mid-roll music: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The Hallway Collision was made up of the following four sounds: Paper slap: Notebook_Drop_Concrete.aif by amszala | License: Sampling+ Paper splat: Notebook_Drop2_Concrete.aif by amszala | License: Sampling+ Paper rustling: Paper Throw Into Air; 3.wav by RossBell | License: Creative Commons 0 Thuds and paper flutter: falling papers.wav by FreqMan | License: Attribution Anxiety music: Target Group (Instrumental) by The Bell is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Picking up papers individually: 81-Paper Falling.wav by Leoctiurs | License: Attribution Handling a larger quantity of paper: falling papers.wav by FreqMan | License: Attribution Chaz skating into class is the same effect above Chaz skating outside: skateboard_ride.wav by PHetish | License: Creative Commons 0 Janus has something to ask Chaz tension music: Deep Haze (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Chaz’s excited response music: Free Music & Free Beer by Alex (c) copyright 2012 – Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

Content Warnings  Sexual references, discussion of historic violence, discussion of trauma and triggers

 

The post Unfamiliar Heroes 21 – Inside the First Responders Training Program Part 1 first appeared on Oppression Aware Podcast, Fairy Tales, and Games.

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Bonus Cast 9 – Anxiety Tools: Orienting

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:43:48 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 9 Summary

Today I’m sharing some tools I have been using that have been extremely helpful for dealing with anxiety. I’ll also be giving an update on what is going on for me, and I’ll wrap up by sharing some of the projects I’ve been working on.

The goal of this tool set is to help a person’s nervous system connect to the present moment. The way I understand it is that when people are upset, their mind is usually focusing on the past or the future. Helping the nervous system connect to the present helps it calm down. I find that these tools are helpful during stressful moments, but they can also can be used at other times to increase calm and relaxation. For example, I often use them to help myself get sleepy at bedtime.

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

Photograph of a silver and black desktop microphone sitting on a white surface with its black cord trailing off to the left.

 

Bonus Cast 9 Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Anxiety Tools Anxiety Tools Page: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/anxiety-tools/ Anxiety Tools – Orienting: https://writingalchemy.net/2020/08/31/anxiety-tools-orienting/

Support Writing Alchemy You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162

Follow Writing Alchemy Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WritingAlchemy/ Website: https://writingalchemy.net Writing Alchemy Mailing List: https://writingalchemy.net/mailing-list/

Hiring an Audio Editor in Early November Details: https://twitter.com/writing_alchemy/status/1310567346122047488

Project Links Decolonizing Games Resource List: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/decolonizing-games-resource-list/ Disability Q & A Series: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/writing-advice/ Magic Goes Awry Beta: https://writingalchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/ Premade Characters: https://writingalchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/premade-characters/ Jessica Kuczynski: http://www.jessicakuczynski.com/ Into the Research Garden Adventure: https://writingalchemy.net/crossroads-overview/into-the-research-garden/ Crossroads Plants: https://writingalchemy.net/crossroads-overview/crossroads-plants/

Contact Fay Writing Alchemy Contact Form: https://writingalchemy.net/about/contact-form/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and outro: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

Content Warnings Mental health struggles. Anxiety. Depression. Panic attacks. Harmful medical professional.

 

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Collaboration 3 – Into the Research Garden

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:08:58 +0000

Writing Alchemy Collaboration 3 Summary

Bob the slime-person druid, Nikau the parrotfolk rogue, and Aery the animated statue athlete are part of a team of investigative journalists working for the Crossroads Observer. The Observer has obtained a sample that could finally expose the dirty dealings of the wealthy Steward Family. Their job is to get this sample to the expert Juniper Huckleberry. The only problem is that Juniper is an infamously reclusive gnome druid who lives in her research garden, which is full of dangerous magical plants.

Game Master: Fay Onyx (ze/hir)

Bob the Slime-person Druid (they/them): played by Mads Upton (they/them)

Nikau the Parrotfolk Rogue (he/him): played by Robin (they/them)

Arey the Living Statue Athlete (they them): played by Brandon (Rev) Wentz (he/him)

Audio Editing and Sound Design: Fay Onyx

Transcription of People Talking: Critshow Studios

Transcription of Music and Sound Effects: Larcie, Fay Onyx

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

Stylized human figures in different colors are shown with a web of gray lines drawn between them, indicating connection and collaboration.

 

Collaboration 3 Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writingalchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Extras Character sheets, plant descriptions, and other extras are here: https://writingalchemy.net/2020/09/09/into-the-research-garden-extras/

International Podcast Month Links Website: http://internationalpodcastmonth.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodMonth Hashtag: https://twitter.com/hashtag/PodMonth20 Transcripts: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/transcripts IPM episodes: https://internationalpodcastmonth.simplecast.com/episodes

Fay’s Links Website: https://writingalchemy.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WritingAlchemy/

Mads’ Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/madsuptonogood You can find their writing in: Pastamancy & Other Accidental Magics: https://pastamancypod.wordpress.com/ Heroes of Another Kind: https://twitter.com/hoakpodcast

Robin’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/lobster_writer Not Joanna Eggs: https://animationstation.libsyn.com/ Tabletop Buffoonery: https://tabletopbuffoonery.libsyn.com/ Tabletop Buffoonery on twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletopbuffoon

Rev’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/RevDeschain The Critshow: Website: https://thecritshowpodcast.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCritshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCritshow/

Music and Sound Effect Credits Not Jonna Eggs teaser music: Don’t Hold my Breath by Ben Briggs Critshow teaser music by Jake Pierle Writing Alchemy teaser music: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Briefing in the Crossroads Observer office: Deadly Roulette (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Slime sounds: Pumpmkin Guts Squish 4.aif by MWLANDI | License: Attribution Wooden chair creaks: Wood Chair Creaking.wav by bmcken | License: Attribution The briefing continues: Thief in the Night (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outside of Juniper’s garden: morning in the forest.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution Mild tension music for the Catapult Walnut: Ecstasy is not The Enemy by Jim Rooster is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. The sound of the Catapult Walnut throwing its nuts was created from the following four sounds: Stretching sound: FOL_PULL_STRETCH_LEATHER_RODENTG3_JACKMENHORN.wav by KomradeJack | License: Creative Commons 0 Moving branch: Shaking Branch 2 by theshaggyfreak | License: Attribution Noncommercial Sproing: Plucking an Elastic Band by dsebeste | License: Creative Commons 0 Whoosh of flying nuts: Whoosh! There it is! by Spennnyyy | License: Attribution Action music for everyone running past the walnut: Impact Prelude 1 (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Slightly ominous ambiance music for Juniper’s garden: Tranquillity Base (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Discord Apple enchantment: Dreams Become Real (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The beauty of the meadow: Windswept (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Slightly playful suspense music: Treppe 2 (Rod Hamilton) / CC BY-ND 3.0 The sound of Arey tripping and falling was made from the following six sounds: Metal clang: basshitsnd.wav by Jedimichael | License: Creative Commons 0 Boom: Bump against metal plate 03 170704_1197.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution Deep thud: Thud.wav by yummy9987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Slappy thud: Dinosaur falls to the ground by Breviceps | License: Creative Commons 0 Falling in grass: Grass Falls by Project_Trident | License: Attribution Noncommercial Grass hit: Hitting Tall Grass.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 The sound of Bob tripping and falling was made from the following six sounds: Soft thud: Thud.wav by yummy9987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Firm thud: Body fall_04.wav by Adam_N | License: Creative Commons 0 Falling in grass: Grass Falls by Project_Trident | License: Attribution Noncommercial Grass hit: Hitting Tall Grass.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 Slime slap: Pumpmkin Guts Squish 4.aif by MWLANDI | License: Attribution Slime squelch: SlimeJump.wav by Zuzek06 | License: Creative Commons 0 Humorous action music: Wagon Wheel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The sound of Arey’s ground punch was made from the following five sounds: Metal clang: basshitsnd.wav by Jedimichael | License: Creative Commons 0 Boom: Bump against metal plate 03 170704_1197.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution Digging into the ground: Shovel Grassy Dirt by andersmmg | License: Attribution Deeper digging into the ground sound: Dive into Dirt.wav by CalGre | License: Creative Commons 0 Moving gravel: Gravelanche 2 by jorickhoofd | License: Attribution Slightly playful suspense music: Treppe 2 (Rod Hamilton) / CC BY-ND 3.0 Beautiful forest music: Enchanted Journey (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Hopping mushrooms: Bubble.wav by megmcduffee | License: Creative Commons 0 Suspense music: Long Note One (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The sound of Nikau disappearing into the shadows was made from the following two sounds: Flapping: pigeons_wings.flac by Zabuhailo | License: Attribution Swirling air: air.mp3 by markfrancombe | License: Attribution Action music: The Complex (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The sound of Bob being stabbed was made from the following three sounds: Splat: Short Crunchy Splat by TomchikRec | License: Attribution Noncommercial Thud: Pumpkin Banging by brandonmoeller | License: Creative Commons 0 Slime squelch: SlimeJump.wav by Zuzek06 | License: Creative Commons 0 Bow stretch: FX_bow&arrow2.wav by Lydmakeren | License: Creative Commons 0 Arrow impact: Melon_Impact_2.wav by DaleT92 | License: Creative Commons 0 Magic and mystery music: Brittle Rille (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Slime sound: Pumpmkin Guts 7.aif by MWLANDI | License: Attribution Guard bush jumping: moving plant by Eelke | License: Creative Commons 0 Guard bush running: Shaking Tree Branch.m4a by JNay20 | License: Creative Commons 0 Creepy tree music: Tranquility Base (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Slightly playful suspense music: Treppe 2 (Rod Hamilton) / CC BY-ND 3.0 Humorous action music: Wagon Wheel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Nikau flops onto the ground: Grass Falls by Project_Trident | License: Attribution Noncommercial Arrow whoosh: Arrow.wav by EverHeat | License: Attribution Arrow thud into tree: Melon_Impact_2.wav by DaleT92 | License: Creative Commons 0 Slime sounds: Pumpmkin Guts 8.aif by MWLANDI | License: Attribution Happy ending music: Groundwork (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Credits music: Cool Vibes (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

Content Warnings  Mild violence, threat of explosions, mind affecting magic that includes brief mind control, scorpions

 

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Calming Moment – The Pacific Ocean

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:11:59 +0000

Writing Alchemy Calming Moment Summary

This is an experimental episode of Writing Alchemy where Fay describes five beautiful photographs of the Pacific Ocean in detail with the soothing sound of ocean waves in the background. This is an internet hug going out to all of the people who want a few minutes of tranquil calm in their day.

 

Show Notes

Discord and Slack Invitations Discord: https://t.co/Po52EE9xcB?amp=1 Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/writingalchemy/shared_invite/enQtODUzNjEyNjUzMDI0LWRmZmJiZTRlNTM3ZjZhMWVkMmZiZmUxZDNjMDEwZTJjNzhjZWE2MTk1YThmZmRhYmQ2ZWNhMjEzZTMyOTIwYTk

Support Writing Alchemy You can become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162

Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WritingAlchemy/ Intersectional Cocoon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntersectionalCocoon/

Sign Up Writing Alchemy Mailing List: https://writingalchemy.net/mailing-list/ Participate in a Unfamiliar Heroes Game: https://writingalchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/participation-survey/

Sound Credits Ocean waves: ocean_waves_2.wav by mmiron | License: Attribution

The Photographs that Were Described (in Order)

Photograph Credits Cover image: https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-sun-sea-sunset-backlighting-1631874/ Photo #1: https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-waves-ocean-pacific-water-1204401/ Photo #2: https://pixabay.com/photos/surf-waves-shore-ocean-beach-sea-455761/ Photo #3: https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-pacific-coastline-ocean-coast-2089936/ Photo #4: https://pixabay.com/photos/oregon-beach-sand-rocks-formations-139004/ Photo #5: https://pixabay.com/photos/california-sunset-dusk-sky-clouds-1751455/

 

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Unfamiliar Heroes 20 – Janus’ First Tarot Reading

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 04:57:44 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 20 Summary

This is a special scripted crossover episode between Writing Alchemy and Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services where we return to Sylvan Community College as Kalilia gives Janus her first tarot reading, foreshadowing the events which will take place in the next Unfamiliar Heroes game.

Janus: Tobi Hill-Meyer Kalila: Lisette Alvarez Audio Editing and Sound Design: Fay Onyx Script: Lisette Alvarez with collaboration and input from Fay Onyx and Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Lisette’s Links Fundraising campaign: https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/kalila-stormfires-economical-magick-services-the-final-season#story Website: https://www.kalilastormfire.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KalilaStormfire Tumblr: https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/

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Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WritingAlchemy/ Discord: https://t.co/Po52EE9xcB?amp=1 Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/writingalchemy/shared_invite/enQtODUzNjEyNjUzMDI0LWRmZmJiZTRlNTM3ZjZhMWVkMmZiZmUxZDNjMDEwZTJjNzhjZWE2MTk1YThmZmRhYmQ2ZWNhMjEzZTMyOTIwYTk

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Bonus Cast 8 – Thriving While Trans Stand Up Comedy

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 06:31:48 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 8 Summary

This Bonus Cast features stand up comedy that the amazing Tobi Hill-Meyer did for Thriving While Trans. Afterwards, there are some announcements about upcoming audio and text games.

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

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Show Notes

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Sign Up Writing Alchemy Mailing List: https://writingalchemy.net/mailing-list/ Participate in a Unfamiliar Heroes Game: https://writingalchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/participation-survey/

Support Writing Alchemy You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0

Contact Fay Writing Alchemy Contact Form: https://writingalchemy.net/about/contact-form/

International Podcast Month Links Dungeons and Office Work Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e19-rpg-d-d5e-dungeons-and-office-work-2019/id1452118957?i=1000449233440 Website: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodMonth Transcripts: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/transcripts IPM episodes: https://internationalpodcastmonth.simplecast.com/episodes

Performances Used in this Episode Thriving While Trans: https://www.facebook.com/events/seattle-central-colleges-erickson-theater-1524-harvard-ave/thriving-while-trans/303818313579679/ Chain Lynx Fence: https://www.facebook.com/events/the-pocket-theater/chain-lynx-fence/1086141861551258/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and outro: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

Content Warnings  Transphobia. Oppression. Street harassment. References to medical tests. References to kidnapping in a fictional setting.

 

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Crossroads Story Time 1 – The Story of Creation

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:02:50 +0000

Summary

Crossroads Story Time is a new series that explores the myths and lore of the Crossroads Setting. The four short stories in this episode delve into the cosmology and magic of Crossroads through the story of its creation.

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

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Crossroads Story Time 1 Transcript

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Show Notes

Crossroads Links Setting Overview: https://writingalchemy.net/crossroads-overview/ Crossroads Lore: https://writingalchemy.net/crossroads-overview/crossroads-lore/ The Other Realm: https://writingalchemy.net/crossroads-overview/the-other-realm/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Music and Sound Credits Bouncy intro, transition, and outro music: The End is Near by Scott Gratton is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License Crossroads theme: Uninvited by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Gusty autumn wind: Autumn wind and dry leaves.wav by Stek59 | License: Creative Commons 0 Crackling fire: crackling_fire_021012.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0 Tinkling chime: PB Bar Chimes (long) by petebuchwald | License: Creative Commons 0

Content Warnings  The sound of fire. Memory alteration.

 

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Collaboration 2 – Pandora Files: The Case of the Missing Hope

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:40:43 +0000

Writing Alchemy Collaboration 2 Summary

Several storybook characters have gone missing from the kingdom of Tome. Making things worse, a Storyteller has just disappeared. Frecka and Salvinia, Agents of Pandora, were assigned to the search for Loren Hope. Will the two agents be able to crack a case that all the king’s horses and all the king’s men have failed to piece together?

Game Master: Jonn Perry (he/him) Salvinia (she/her): Played by Fay Onyx (ze/hir) Frecka (she/her): Played by Whitney Johnson (she/her) Audio Editing: Therin Stapp (she/her or they/them) Music and Sound Effects: Fay Onyx

Content warnings are listed at the bottom of these show notes.

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Collaboration 2 Transcript

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Show Notes

Game System Forthright Open Roleplaying Full Color and Full Art Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222089/Forthright-Open-Roleplay-Core-Rulebook Forthright Open Roleplaying Creative Commons Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/223977/Forthright-Open-Roleplay-Creative-Commons-Edition

International Podcast Month Links Website: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodMonth Transcripts: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/transcripts IPM episodes: https://internationalpodcastmonth.simplecast.com/episodes

Jonn’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/sleypy Redacted Files: Website: http://www.theredactedfiles.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/trfpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redactedfiles/ Heroes of Cypher: https://twitter.com/HeroesOfCypher

Fay’s Links Website: https://writingalchemy.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WritingAlchemy/

Whitney’s Links Website: https://whitneyjohnsonvo.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/EditrixW You can find her acting work in: Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services: https://www.kalilastormfire.com/ Take the Mass Pike: https://twitter.com/takethemasspike The Nuclear Solution: https://swheatpodcasts.podbean.com/ The Listening Jar: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dashing-onions

Therin’s Links Website: http://orczone.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/theorczone Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/explosiverunes

Music and Sound Effect Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The Redacted Files teaser music: Spider’s Web (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Writing Alchemy teaser music: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Tome theme: Lost Frontier (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Noir detective music: Deadly Roulette (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Noir music for the case overview: Spy Glass (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Jazz music for the case summary: I Knew a Guy (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Jazz music for entering the crowded bar: Covert Affair (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Race music: Suvaco do Cristo (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The Hare’s car peeling away: Nissan Maxima burnout (04-25-2009).wav by audible-edge | License: Creative Commons 0 The Tortoise’s car peeling away: Car peels off by therisingorder | License: Creative Commons 0 Tires squeal on sharp turn: AE0090 Volvo 740 GLE handbrake turn 01.flac by audible-edge | License: Creative Commons 0 Vehicle spinning out: G26-14-Car Crashing into Mailbox.wav by craigsmith | License: Creative Commons 0 Swerving car tires squealing: Chrysler LHS tire squeal 03 (04-25-2009).wav by audible-edge | License: Creative Commons 0 Skidding turn tire squeal: Car Breaking Skid 01.wav by Medartimus | License: Attribution The Itsy Bitsy Spider talks: Dances and Dames (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Introduction to the Mare-Pine Woods: Ossuary 1 – A Beginning (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Creepy music: Long Note Two (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Start of combat music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Intermission (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Music for the combat continuing: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Prelude (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Mara theme: Dreams Become Real (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outro music: Cool Vibes (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

Content Warnings  Werewolf, Kidnapping, Spiders, Gambling, Violence, Nightmares, and Fire

 

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Collaboration 1 – Accessibility in RPGs

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:50:31 +0000

Writing Alchemy Collaboration 1 Summary

In this episode, Fay, Mimsy, and Rhi dive deep into how the RPG community can become a more accessible and welcoming space for disabled players, GMs, and designers. Learn about some of the excellent work that Fay and Mimsy are already doing in this space, and leave with plenty of ideas on how to play, run, and make games that are better for all players.

Moderator: Rhi (she/her) Participants: Fay Onyx (ze/hir) and Mimsy Dorsey (they/them) Organizer and Audio Editor: Rhi Transcription: Rhi and Fay Onyx with the help of Otter.ai

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Collaboration 1 Transcript

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Show Notes

International Podcast Month Links Website: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodMonth Transcripts: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/transcripts IPM episodes: https://internationalpodcastmonth.simplecast.com/episodes

Fay’s Links Website: https://writingalchemy.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@writing_alchemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WritingAlchemy/ “Blindfolding People Doesn’t Help Them Understand Blind People”: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qxdz4/blindfolding-people-doesnt-help-them-understand-blind-people

Mimsy’s Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MimsyDorsey DOTS RPG Project: https://www.dotsrpg.com/ Social model of disability: https://www.scope.org.uk/about-us/social-model-of-disability/

Rhi’s Links The Magpies: A Blades in the Dark Actual Play Podcast: http://magpiespodcast.net/ Skill Check: Copy Editing and Accessibility Consulting for the RPG Community: http://rpgskillcheck.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rhiannon42 Web Accessibility Resource: https://webaim.org/ FATE Accessibility Toolkit: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/283738/Fate-Accessibility-Toolkit-o-Prototype-Edition

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outro: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

 

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Bonus Cast 7 – Creating Accessible Settings

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:52:49 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 7 Summary

In this episode Fay talks about something ze thinks about a lot—creating accessible settings. This topic was started by the question, “How Can I Make My World Accommodating to Disabled People?” which Fay answered on the Mythcreants blog.

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Bonus Cast 7 Transcript

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Show Notes

Mythcreants Links Website: https://mythcreants.com/ How Can I Make My World Accommodating to Disabled People?: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-can-i-make-my-world-accommodating-to-disabled-people/ Episode 232 – Avoiding the Fridge: https://mythcreants.com/blog/232-avoiding-the-fridge/ Episode 233 – Healthy Magic School Learning Environments: https://mythcreants.com/blog/233-healthy-magic-school-learning-environments/ Episode 234 – Harmful Disability Tropes: https://mythcreants.com/blog/234-harmful-disability-tropes/

International Podcast Month Links Website: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodMonth Transcripts: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/transcripts IPM episodes: https://internationalpodcastmonth.simplecast.com/episodes

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast The Social Model of Disability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability DeafSpace: https://www.gallaudet.edu/campus-design-and-planning/deafspace Secrets of the Castle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Castle

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

 

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Unfamiliar Heroes 19 – The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Part 6

Tue, 28 May 2019 09:44:42 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 19 Summary

That creepy feeling is back, Willa is impressed, and a character from a beloved childhood story makes an appearance. Join us for the long-awaited conclusion to the Owlbear Reintroduction Program in the nineteenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes!

Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or divergent minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally divergent characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/

Oriana’s Links Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

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Bonus Cast 6 – Sound Effect Stories and Updates

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:58:47 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 6 Summary

In this Bonus Cast I share the stories behind three of the sound effects I used in the most recent episode of Owlbear Reintroduction Program Game. Following these stories are updates on what is going on for me, what I’ve been doing for the past two months, and what projects and podcast episodes are coming next.

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Bonus Cast 6 Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

International Podcast Month Links Website: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodMonth Participation information: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/join Participation form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeojG73Jz4OGigfb1RllAilE5KCdX30oLGAq8UcCPc7CKYcQ/viewform

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast “Making RPG Podcasts Accessible” Workshop Resource Document: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/rpg-podcasts/ Addressing Ableism Article Series: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/addressing-ableism-in-tabletop-role-playing-games/ Podcasting How To Articles: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/podcasting-how-to/ Disability Consultants for Geeky Projects List: https://writingalchemy.net/resources/disability-consultants-for-geeky-projects/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Water dripping: Water, Dripping, Medium, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution Melting snow: 16 hn_meltingsnow.wav by cmusounddesign | License: Attribution Melted Snow Dripping on Antenna: Melted Snow Dripping on Antenna by Hitrison | License: Attribution Noncommercial Horror Gate: horror gate.aif by Tomlija | License: Attribution Jared’s Gate to Hell: Jared’s Gate to Hell.aif by oldedgar | License: Creative Commons 0 Darth Vader breathing: combed remix of 48602__simon-lacelle__darth-vader.flac by Timbre | License: Attribution Noncommercial Melon Rip: Melon Rip.wav by neilsher | License: Creative Commons 0 Tomato squishes: Blood_Drips_Tomato.wav by melissapons | License: Creative Commons 0 Crunches: Zombie Flesh Bites by MrPokephile | License: Creative Commons 0 Zombie sheep: zombie_sheep1.wav by plagasul | License: Attribution

 

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Announcement – “Making RPG Podcasts Accessible” at PodCon2

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 10:11:13 +0000

Writing Alchemy Announcement Summary

I will be leading a workshop about “Making RPG Podcasts Accessible” on January 20th at PodCon2 in Seattle. For those who can’t attend this workshop in-person, it will be in the remote attendance feed for PodCon2. As an accessibility feature, I have created reference document that goes over all of the topics covered in the workshop, which you can find on the Writing Alchemy website.

Workshop Description: In the US one in four adults has a disability. This means that there are a lot of disabled people in the RPG podcast community, however physical, social, and game play barriers often prevent the full inclusion of disabled participants and audience members. This workshop is about identifying common barriers and addressing them. We will discuss areas to be aware of, accessibility tools, strategies for handling pitfalls, and ways to improve representation of disabled people.

Also, on Tuesday you can check out my interview with Tess on the I Am Hear podcast where we talk about disability, accessibility, my first experiences with role-playing games, and the way I’m designing my role-playing game, Magic Goes Awry, around the core principle of accessibility.

Photograph of a silver and black desktop microphone sitting on a white surface with its black cord trailing off to the left.

 

Announcement Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Workshop Links PodCon2: https://www.podcon.com/ The “Making RPG Podcasts Accessible” workshop at PodCon2: https://podcon2.sched.com/event/Jrpv/making-rpg-podcasts-accessible PodCon2 Scholarship Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsl9UhtYlYYXfIVCyFVME2p0j1hoLbFiWrKGieyvETlojJhg/viewform  The “Making RPG Podcasts Accessible” reference document: https://writing-alchemy.net/resources/rpg-podcasts/

I Am Hear Links I Am Hear Podcast: https://iamhearpodcast.com/ The I Am Hear episode I’m in: Link coming soon

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outro: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 18 – The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Part 5

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 02:19:29 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 18 Summary

Zombies are coming toward our three heroes. Join them in the eighteenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes as they struggle to get to the shelter of the Inn on the Bridge!

Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or divergent minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally divergent characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ Berenstain Bears: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenstain_Bears

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/

Oriana’s Links Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Ominous zombie theme: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Act Three (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Bush rustle: Foliage_Rustling_001.wav by duckduckpony | License: Attribution The owlbear pounce was made from the following four sounds: Jump: SFXJumpLiftOffGrass.wav by dkiller2204 | License: Creative Commons 0 Landing: Jump Landing [remix MentalSanityOff’s jumping 148796] by qubodup | License: Creative Commons 0 Bite: Zombie Flesh Bites by MrPokephile | License: Creative Commons 0 Blood: Blood_Drips_Tomato.wav by melissapons | License: Creative Commons 0 The owlbear clawing and biting the zombie effect was made from three sounds: Ripping: Melon Rip.wav by neilsher | License: Creative Commons 0 The same bite and blood effects as above The rope trap sound sequence was made from the following nine sounds: Branch snaps: breaking branches.wav by Zbyhek | License: Attribution Swish: swishes.wav by buzbe20 | License: Creative Commons 0 Twirling rope: ropes by ssierra1202 | License: Creative Commons 0 Thud: ROPE_GOES_TIGHT.WAV by dansotak | License: Creative Commons 0 Rope pulling tight: Rope pull 1.wav by Huggy13ear | License: Attribution Bush hit: bushhit.wav by j1987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Rope stretching: Hang Man’s Rope by jergonda | License: Creative Commons 0 Rope creaking: Rope Cracking by bahaish | License: Creative Commons 0 The same bush rustle effect as above The zombie struggling in rope trap effect was created from six sounds: The same rope stretching, rope creaking, bush rustles, and branch snaps effects as above Zombie grumble: zombiemoan.mp3 by Budzyn | License: Attribution Zombie moan: zombie_pain1.mp3 by Vinrax | License: Attribution The water jet effect was made from the following seven sounds: Rocket sound: G39-11-Fire Hose Spray Foam.wav by craigsmith | License: Creative Commons 0 Blasting water: Clara_Hose_cleaning_floor .wav by soundatADM | License: Creative Commons 0 Splashy water: Le Verdon fountain.wav by phonoflora | License: Attribution Noncommercial Foamy water: FOUNTAIN 3MINS.wav by sandyrb | License: Attribution Surging water: fountain.wav by laspaziale | License: Attribution Water bursts: Hose Sounds.mp3 by JazzyBay | License: Creative Commons 0 Water spray: Hard Rain.WAV by jakobthiesen | License: Attribution Dripping wet: 16 hn_meltingsnow.wav by cmusounddesign | License: Attribution Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The fire breathing performance was created from the following six sounds: Performance music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Prelude (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Flame waving: Torch_Swinging_ medium speed 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution More complicated waving: Torch_Swinging Quickly 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #1: Designed Fire – Swooshes – Bursts, evolving by GregorQuendel | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #2: Fireball Flyby 1b by LiamG_SFX | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #3: flamewind.wav by scarbelly25 | License: Creative Commons 0 The magically animated plants effect was created from six sounds: The same bush rustle and branch snaps effects as above Stretching vine: vine stretch 1.wav by Halleck | License: Attribution Rumbling growing: Growing bulbous nose by MisterLockbridge12 | License: Creative Commons 0 Creaky growing: growing_plant.wav by MaxDemianAGL | License: Attribution Creaks: Basket Creak by sheepfilms | License: Creative Commons 0 Rushing to the inn music: Mystic Force (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The zombies banging on the inn door sequence was made from eight sounds: Door banging: Urgent Impacts – 3 by Speedenza | License: Attribution Noncommercial Heavier bangs: Heavy Wall Pounding by LunaFarrowe | License: Creative Commons 0 Zombie roar: Zombie Roar 3 by ArriGD | License: Creative Commons 0 The same zombie grumble and zombie moan effects as above Zombie growl: Zombie 18 by missozzy | License: Attribution Louder zombie growl: Zombie 19 by missozzy | License: Attribution Aggressive zombie growl: Zombie 20 by missozzy | License: Attribution Tarragon’s memory song: Memory it bleeds by Mr. & Mrs. Smith is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License Tarragon’s battle song: Fight Song by Cletus Got Shot is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License Tension music: Enter the Maze (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The glue foam explosion was made from the following seven sounds: Poof: Poof of Smoke by Planman | License: Creative Commons 0 Bang: Explosion 11 by LiamG_SFX | License: Attribution Noncommercial Foam expanding: foam1.wav by davahey | License: Creative Commons 0 Hiss of bubbles: Foam.wav by rickaldo09 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Wetness: mud squish by jymdavis | License: Attribution Popping bubbles: beer foam – old record.wav by paualm | License: Creative Commons 0 Glue sounds: yellowstone boiling mud.flac by tim.kahn | License: Attribution The door opening sequence was made from the following four sounds: Keys: Dangling keys by dylanperitz | License: Creative Commons 0 Lock opening: lock open.wav by tommy_mooney | License: Creative Commons 0 Door opening: door wood old heavy cellar door with metal latch in basement open close left side onmic right side offmic.flac by kyles | License: Creative Commons 0 Gate opening: Heavy Metal Gate.wav by NLM | License: Attribution Noncommercial The zombie smash effect was made from eight sounds: Whoosh: Woosh Noise 1.wav by potentjello | License: Creative Commons 0 Smash: PUNCH-BOXING-04.wav by newagesoup | License: Creative Commons 0 Impact: Heavy Impacts by RICHERlandTV | License: Attribution Grunt: low_grunt1.wav by primeval_polypod | License: Attribution Rustle: Askeleet metsässä, varvikko / Footsteps, walking in the forest, underbrush rustling, a close sound by YleArkisto | License: Attribution Bush movement: bushmovement.wav by j1987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Body fall: Body fall_04.wav by Adam_N | License: Creative Commons 0 The same bush hit effect as above The door closing sequence was made from four sounds: Gate slam: same as gate opening above Locking the gate: horror gate.aif by Tomlija | License: Attribution Door closing: same as door opening above Locking door: www.soundbyter.com_LockingDoor1.wav by soundbyter.com | License: Sampling+ Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Bonus Cast 5 – Transcripts and Accessibility

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:20:22 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 5 Summary

This Bonus Cast is about the new podcast transcripts and ways I’m trying to make them accessible.

TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162

Illustration of a brown owlbear sitting in the back of a wagon. They have a feathered owl head and a furry bear body. A band of feathers encircles their waist. The owlbear has an intense, focused look on their face as they sit awkwardly on their tush with their hind legs splayed out. This adorable work of art was created by the amazing Meghan Dornbrock.

 

Bonus Cast 5 Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast OpenDyslexic: https://www.opendyslexic.org/ Transcripts page: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/transcripts/

Tyro’s Link The Creatively Maladjusted: https://www.facebook.com/thecreativelymaladjusted/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Bonus Cast 4 – All the Updates

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:29:57 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 4 Summary

This Bonus Cast has all the updates, including the unveiling of Writing Alchemy owlbear merchandise, updates on Magic Goes Awry, when The Owlbear Reintroduction Program is going to return, and some news about big events in Fay’s family.

TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162

Illustration of a brown owlbear sitting in the back of a wagon. They have a feathered owl head and a furry bear body. A band of feathers encircles their waist. The owlbear has an intense, focused look on their face as they sit awkwardly on their tush with their hind legs splayed out. This adorable work of art was created by the amazing Meghan Dornbrock.

 

Show Notes

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast TeePublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/writing-alchemy?ref_id=8162 Podcon 2 programming suggestions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIX4yBuI74fF-hV2PL3lctBukAYikDHNdOm-CFDMIVMNgOAg/viewform

Kassiane’s Link Full name: Kassiane Asasumasu Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: http://timetolisten.blogspot.com/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Bonus Cast 3 – Neurodiverse and Neurodivergent Language and Identity

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:33:05 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 3 Summary

This Bonus Cast delves into the nuances of language, its dynamic nature, and how that intersects with personal experience and identity through a focus on my personal relationship with the terms “neurodiverse” and “neurodivergent.”

Photograph of a silver and black desktop microphone sitting on a white surface with its black cord trailing off to the left.

 

Show Notes

Article Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions: http://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neurodiversity-some-basic-terms-definitions/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Tyro’s Link The Creatively Maladjusted: https://www.facebook.com/thecreativelymaladjusted/

Kassiane’s Link Full name: Kassiane Asasumasu Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: http://timetolisten.blogspot.com/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 17 – The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Part 4

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 08:19:49 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 17 Summary

Our three heroes begin their negotiations with the owlbears in the seventeenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes. Join them for the excitement of river adventures and camping with owlbears!

Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/

Oriana’s Links Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Deer creek: river1.wav by Andy_Gardner | License: Creative Commons 0 River water: River Tay.wav by inchadney | License: Attribution River drone: River Drone by silentseason | License: Creative Commons 0 The boat box opening sequence was made from the following three sounds: Paper rustle: paper sounds by swordofkings128 | License: Creative Commons 0 Magic chime: Magic wand.wav by olver | License: Creative Commons 0 Box opening: cupboard creak 8.flac by tim.kahn | License: Attribution Boat enlarging (this sound was reversed for the shrinking sound): The boat thud and splash sequence was made from the following four sounds: Crash and creak: Rysähdyksiä / Crash, wooden crashes, some creaks, mix by YleArkisto | License: Attribution Thud: wooden door slam.wav by ttiimm54 | License: Sampling+ Rattle: light_crate_smash2.wav by Srehpog | License: Attribution Splash: Big Splash.wav by Bird_man | License: Creative Commons 0 The boat scraping along the wharf was made from the following four sounds: Large scrape: Wood Chest Slid.3.wav by kforetek | License: Creative Commons 0 Vibrating scrape: wood chair scrape on floor, papers,.mp3 by JohnsonBrandEditing | License: Creative Commons 0 Strained wood: Wood panel fence pull scrape creak by LampEight | License: Creative Commons 0 Wood sliding: Wood_Sliding_Various-Objects.wav by LamaMakesMusic | License: Creative Commons 0 Water sounds when boating down the river: Musconetcong River by stereoscenic | License: Attribution Noncommercial Rowing: Rowing2.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution Splash: Sukellus, hyppy veteen / Dive, jump to the water by YleArkisto | License: Attribution Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Watching crow music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Intermission (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The alchemy sound sequence was made from the following thirteen sounds: Bubbling: Bubbling beaker.wav by Melthurian | License: Creative Commons 0 Magical bubbling: Bubbles.aiff by gnrja | License: Attribution Rumbly bubbling: LABORATORY – BUBBLE – WATER – OXYGEN – CHEMISTRY.wav by tjandrasounds | License: Attribution Noncommercial Gluggy pouring: liquid.wav by tim.kahn | License: Attribution Mortar and pestle: Mortar and pestle cooking; loud by Australopithecusman | License: Attribution Splashes: Splash, Small, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution Hissing: 120110_15 hot plate, cold water (2).wav by toiletrolltube | License: Creative Commons 0 Lid going on: top on pot.WAV by samplecat | License: Creative Commons 0 Bottle pouring: Pouring_Martini.aif by bhweber | License: Creative Commons 0 Pouring smoothly: Pouring a shot by JakLocke | License: Attribution Fizzing: Tablet fizzing in water by justiiiiin | License: Attribution Noncommercial Rattling: Japanese Ceramic Rice Pot by S. Dedalus | License: Attribution Drips: Water, Dripping, Medium, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attributio The rabbit in the bushes sound was made from the following two sounds: Sudden bush movement: bushhit.wav by j1987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Bush movement: bushmovement.wav by j1987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Crow squawks (both forward and reversed): ANML_M_Ext_Crows_Flock_Angry3.wav by conleec | License: Creative Commons 0 Tarragon singing: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Prelude (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The magic fog was made from the following two sounds: Magic fog whoosh (rate stretched): floating whoosh slow.wav by martian | License: Creative Commons 0 Swirling air (rate stretched different amounts and layered): air.mp3 by markfrancombe | License: Attribution Foliage rustling: Bush rustle: Foliage_Rustling_001.wav by duckduckpony | License: Attribution Ominous zombie theme: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Act Three (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Bonus Cast 2 – Player and Character Introductions for The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Game

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:28:18 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 2 Summary

This Bonus Cast starts with a behind the scenes discussion about this change in format, then jumps into the player and characters introductions for The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Game.

Photograph of a silver and black desktop microphone sitting on a white surface with its black cord trailing off to the left.

 

Show Notes

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Bonus Cast 1 – My favorite LGBTQ+ Role-playing Game Character

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:04:24 +0000

Writing Alchemy Bonus Cast 1 Summary

My first ever Bonus Cast is on the topic of my favorite LGBTQ+ role-playing game character. Inspired by the prompt for the I Am Hear Pride Month special episode, in this bonus cast I share my full response.

Photograph of a silver and black desktop microphone sitting on a white surface with its black cord trailing off to the left.

 

Show Notes

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast I Am Hear Pride Month special episode: https://simplecast.com/s/fedc74e6

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 16 – The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Part 3

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 10:19:06 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 16 Summary

Our three heroes finally reach the owlbear den in the sixteenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes. Join them as they have their first encounter with wild owlbears!

Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/

Oriana’s Links Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The first alchemy sound sequence was made from the following ten sounds: Bubbling: Bubbling beaker.wav by Melthurian | License: Creative Commons 0 Magical bubbling: Bubbles.aiff by gnrja | License: Attribution Rumbly bubbling: LABORATORY – BUBBLE – WATER – OXYGEN – CHEMISTRY.wav by tjandrasounds | License: Attribution Noncommercial Gluggy pouring: liquid.wav by tim.kahn | License: Attribution Bottle pouring: Pouring_Martini.aif by bhweber | License: Creative Commons 0 Pouring smoothly: Pouring a shot by JakLocke | License: Attribution Splashes: Liquid Drip by junkfood2121 | License: Creative Commons 0 Drips: Water, Dripping, Medium, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution Fizzing: Tablet fizzing in water by justiiiiin | License: Attribution Noncommercial Magical fizzing: Liquide by earlcash05 | License: Attribution Owlbear warning call: ANML_M_Ext_Crows_Flock_Angry3.wav by conleec | License: Creative Commons 0 The Owlbear fight was made from the following six sounds: Bush rustle: Foliage_Rustling_001.wav by duckduckpony | License: Attribution Branches breaking: breaking branches.wav by Zbyhek | License: Attribution Loud rustles: Askeleet metsässä, varvikko / Footsteps, walking in the forest, underbrush rustling, a close sound by YleArkisto | License: Attribution Thuds: Heavy Impacts by RICHERlandTV | License: Attribution Leaves scattering: bushhit.wav by j1987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Bush movements: bushmovement.wav by j1987 | License: Creative Commons 0 Transformation magic: Magic by RICHERlandTV | License: Attribution The calming potion effect was made from the following two sounds: Smashing bottle: Breaking a glass bottle by dasebr | License: Creative Commons 0 Vapor: Air_escaping.wav by Adam_N | License: Creative Commons 0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Traveling song: From the Ground Up (saQi remix) by Ayla Nereo is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Magic leaf platform: Swirling Wind.wav by duckduckpony | License: Attribution Enhancing diplomacy sound: Right Words To Say by Derek Clegg is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Performance music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Prelude (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The flame sounds were made from the following five sounds: Flame waving: Torch_Swinging_ medium speed 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution More complicated waving: Torch_Swinging Quickly 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #1: Fireball Flyby 1b by LiamG_SFX | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #2: Designed Fire – Swooshes – Bursts, evolving by GregorQuendel | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #3: flamewind.wav by scarbelly25 | License: Creative Commons 0 Polymer bubbles: Magic Bubbles by Electroviolence | License: Creative Commons 0 Biological transformation: metal-ring by CosmicEmbers | License: Attribution Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 15 – The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Part 2

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:15:48 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 15 Summary

In the fifteenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes, our three heroes arrive in Islandtown, the home of the Crossroads Wildnerness Keepers. Join them as potions are brewed, paper is shuffled, and a wagon is wreathed in flames!

Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/

Oriana’s Links Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The alchemy lab sound sequence was made from the following ten sounds: Bubbling: Bubbling beaker.wav by Melthurian | License: Creative Commons 0 Magical bubbling: Bubbles.aiff by gnrja | License: Attribution Chopping: 1019-chopping_kale.wav by brightmedusa | License: Creative Commons 0 Mortar and pestle #1: Mortar and pestle cooking; loud by Australopithecusman | License: Attribution Mortar and pestle #2: mySound_GPSUK_pestle&mortar.wav by thecityrings | License: Attribution Drips: Water, Dripping, Medium, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution Rattling: Japanese Ceramic Rice Pot by S. Dedalus | License: Attribution Splashes: Splash, Small, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution Hissing: 120110_15 hot plate, cold water (2).wav by toiletrolltube | License: Creative Commons 0 Lid going on: top on pot.WAV by samplecat | License: Creative Commons 0 The Islandtown ferry sequence was made from the following four sounds: Lake: Lake shore waves.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution Rowing: Rowing2.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution Docks: moored small boats in harbour by arnaud coutancier | License: Attribution Noncommercial People: College Campus Ambiance.wav by Sphi_woah | License: Attribution Noncommercial The Wilderness Keepers Office environment was made from the following five sounds: Door: WOOD DOOR 2.wav by souchav | License: Creative Commons 0 Corridor: 01769 corridor foley.wav by Robinhood76 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Footsteps: Footsteps on tiled bathroom by brandonb1111 | License: Creative Commons 0 Fountain: Fountain_1.wav by skyko | License: Creative Commons 0 People: Office Ambiance.wav by Blu_150058 | License: Attribution Noncommercial The paper and filing sequence was made from the following eight sounds: Handling paper: paper sounds by swordofkings128 | License: Creative Commons 0 Unfolding: Paper_Unfolding_Refolding.wav by Brokenphono | License: Creative Commons 0 Drawer: drawer_with_handle.wav by laura222 | License: Creative Commons 0 Filing: Opening and closing of file cabinet.wav by lostmaiden | License: Attribution Noncommercial Writing: Writing_Pencil_01.wav by moai15 | License: Creative Commons 0 Stamp: thick-stamp-nosub.wav by newagesoup | License: Attribution Signature: Writing,Pen,Signature,Paper.wav by Mediaman57 | License: Creative Commons 0 Stamp #2: thick-stamp.wav by newagesoup | License: Attribution Anxiety music: The Complex (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Performance music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Prelude (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The flame sounds were made from the following five sounds: Flame waving: Torch_Swinging_ medium speed 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution More complicated waving: Torch_Swinging Quickly 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #1: Fireball Flyby 1b by LiamG_SFX | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #2: Designed Fire – Swooshes – Bursts, evolving by GregorQuendel | License: Attribution Flame whoosh #3: flamewind.wav by scarbelly25 | License: Creative Commons 0 The applause effect was made from the following two sounds: Three people with distinct claps and cheers: Small Crowd Cheering & Clapping — Three People; Two Females & One Male.WAV by Ndheger | License: Attribution Small crowd clapping: smallcrowd.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0 Forest birdsong: morning in the forest.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution Will-o’-wisp enchantment music: Ritual (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

 

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Unfamiliar Heroes 14 – The Owlbear Reintroduction Program Part 1

Fri, 11 May 2018 10:39:54 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 14 Summary

In the fourteenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes, our three heroes get their first internship assignment from The Adventurers Academy. Join them as they start out on their journey!

Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/

Oriana’s Links Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Adventurers Academy music: Red Giant by Stellardrone is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License Rainforest birds: Rainforest Morning Chorus_2.wav by digifishmusic | License: Attribution Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 River water: River Tay.wav by inchadney | License: Attribution River drone: River Drone by silentseason | License: Creative Commons 0 Townsfolk: Converses mercat.wav by AAEPGranollers | License: Creative Commons 0 Docks: moored small boats in harbour by arnaud coutancier | License: Attribution Noncommercial Blacksmith: Blacksmith Workshop.WAV by thefilmbakery | License: Creative Commons 0 Rain: Rain light 1 (rural) by jmbphilmes | License: Creative Commons 0 Ominous music: Long Note Three (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Anxiety music: The Complex (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Awkward song: There’s Always Tomorrow by Uncle Neptune is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 13 – D’Zân and the Sky Sharks

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:12:16 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 13 Summary

Meet D’Zân the weredragon druid in this character introduction episode of Unfamiliar Heroes. D’Zân is a student at the celebrated Adventurers Academy, and right now xe is studying creative problem-solving. Join xem for a surreal training exercise where xe swims through a sky full of sharks.

This character introduction is preparation for The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a game where the characters participate in a project that is reestablishing owlbears in wilderness areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Player: Sage Ealy Silk

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Sage’s Links Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Initial sight of the arena: Ossuary 1 – A Beginning (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Wind current: Wind Houling 1 .wav by Bosk1 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Transformation effect: Magic by RICHERlandTV | License: Attribution The wave splash magic effect was created from the following seven sounds: Magic sound: 03214 passing twister.wav by Robinhood76 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Big wave: big wave splash.mp3 by soundmary | License: Attribution Water sloshing: Bathtub_LongWaves_1.wav by SilentStrikeZ | License: Creative Commons 0 Water zoom: wave hydrophone 001.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution Water rushing: Fountain – EDITED SFX.mp3 by SomeAudioGuy | License: Attribution Bubbling: Under Water Bubbling by Hampusnoren | License: Attribution Splash: jump into water splash sound.wav by NIkhill Kumar | License: Creative Commons 0 Shark humor music: Waltz of the Carnies (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 In tune with nature: Sleep Trance by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 12 – Tarragon Songsteel and the Underwater Maze

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 08:37:17 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 12  Summary

Meet Tarragon Songsteel the orc bard in this character introduction episode of Unfamiliar Heroes. Tarragon is a student at the celebrated Adventurers Academy, and right now they are studying creative problem-solving. Join them for a surreal training exercise where they attempt to retrieve an orb from a mysterious underwater maze.

This character introduction is preparation for The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a game where the characters participate in a project that is reestablishing owlbears in wilderness areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Player: Robin

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ Wizards of the Coast name generator: http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010208b

Robin’s Links Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com Axes N Yarn blog: http://axesnyarn.blogspot.co.uk/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Crossroads setting mystery theme: Uninvited by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Looking into the water music: A BIRTH OF A PEACEFUL INTERNAL RENAISSANCE by Trans Atlantic Rage is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. Splash: Sukellus, hyppy veteen / Dive, jump to the water by YleArkisto | License: Attribution Underwater sounds: Underwater [Loop] AMB.wav by DCSFX | License: Attribution Noncommercial Atmospheric underwater music: Echoes of Time (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Sudden fish movement: wave hydrophone 001.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution Come to Me song: Come to Me by Rony Friedman is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. The applause sound effect was created from the following three sounds: Small crowd cheering: Cheer 1 short.wav by jayfrosting | License: Creative Commons 0 Three people with distinct claps and cheers: Small Crowd Cheering & Clapping — Three People; Two Females & One Male.WAV by Ndheger | License: Attribution Small crowd clapping: smallcrowd.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 11 – Willa and the Rubble Robots

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 03:44:42 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 11 Summary

Meet Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue in this character introduction episode of Unfamiliar Heroes. Willa is a student at the celebrated Adventurers Academy and right now she is studying creative problem-solving. Join her for a surreal training exercise involving four hostile robots guarding an orb, surrounded by a massive pile of rubble.

This character introduction is preparation for The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a game where the characters participate in a project that is reestablishing owlbears in wilderness areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Magic Goes Awry Storyteller: Fay Onyx Player: Oriana 

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Webcomic Recommendations

Validation: This comic focuses on the experiences of a trans woman who is involved in a modern geeky gaming and comic book culture. It touches on big issues without getting bogged down into drama. Highly recommended!: http://www.validationcomic.com/

Rock and Riot: This is a completed comic that is a series of short, fast paced chapters with queer, trans, nonbinary, and asexual characters in a 1950s setting. It has strong POC representation. Highly recommended!: http://rockandriotcomic.com/

White Noise: This comic focuses on the lives of monsters in a fantasy setting that blends magic with real world technology. It has gorgeous art and strong queer, trans, and POC representation, along with some disability representation. Be aware that it does have significant amounts of intense content. However, there is space in the comic for characters to be supported around their trauma and to heal. That and the connections between the characters make the intense content in this comic easier to hand. (Text below each page transcribes the entire page. I find that reading it highlights interesting aspects of the comic.): http://www.white-noise-comic.com/

Tripping Over You: This is a cute modern romance and relationship comic centered on a male-male couple: http://trippingoveryou.com/

Tripping Over You dramatized on youtube (All of the dialogue is read by voice actors.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zZ2Ax7miCE&list=PLR_6hcnjqYCbWvNlLZJi27zlu3vDfpP_m

Questionable Content: This comic focuses on the lives of a large group of friends in a mostly modern setting that includes sentient AIs with android bodies. The current storyline has a large cast that includes respectful representation of trans and queer characters, as well as good representation of neurodiversity. (Personally, I don’t like the oldest stuff in the archive and I recommend avoiding the joke comics and guest comics the author posts on holidays as those tend toward violent humor.): http://questionablecontent.net/

Love Not Found: This is a cute scifi romance comic that is focused on a main male-female couple, which also contains significant time spent on other couples. It has significant queer, nonbinary, and POC representation. At times it touches on some intense content (mostly focused around a significant trauma in the past of the central character.): http://www.lovenotfound.com/

Xkcd: This comic is a bunch of individual science, tech, and nerd jokes. (Note that this comic has a few reoccurring characters, but it does not have a plot): https://xkcd.com/

Rain: This is a modern high school drama centering on a queer trans woman and her group of friends. There is also significant queer, nonbinary, and asexual representation. Note that there is significant angst, drama, and tough stuff that the teens here are dealing with. However, the connections between the characters and the loving community they create make this heavy content easier manage.: http://rain.thecomicseries.com/

The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal: This is a really lovely comic about two gay guys that has some family conflict, that also is really beautiful and pretty chill for the most part. It is a comic about a modern day road trip that contains significant POC representation. http://tjandamal.com/

Never Satisfied: This high fantasy comic focuses on a large cast of characters with great queer, nonbinary, and POC representation. The plot has many sweet moments, but it also contains some intense content. There are multiple nonbinary main characters!: http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/never-satisfied

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Oriana’s Links Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Setting mystery theme: Uninvited by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Ominous robot music: Gagool (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The magnet trap was created from the following five sounds: Initial clang: Cartoony Clangs (hit with spade)_2.wav by Timbre | License: Attribution Noncommercial Rattling clangs: RADIATOR – Metallic clanging, water spouting by flood-mix | License: Creative Commons 0 Clunking clangs: metalic clangs 1.mp3 by soundmary | License: Attribution Loud metallic clangs: MetalClang1_Loud_bip.wav by passAirmangrace | License: Attribution More loud metallic clangs: MetalClang2_Loud_bip.wav by passAirmangrace | License: Attribution Smoke bomb: Smoke bomb (small).wav by Nakhas | License: Attribution Noncommercial Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 10 – The Renegade Starship Part 3

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:43:38 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 10 Summary

Captured by rebels, our three heroes are fighting back. Malena, Adre, and Mariah have incapacitated the rebel captain and four guards. Now they are taking the fight into the shuttle bay, where they are causing havoc. Join them in the tenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes as Malena, Adre, and Mariah attempt to escape the rebel ship!

Malena the intellectual scientist, Adre the hot-shot engineer, and Mariah the alien doctor are all officers from the Consortium starship the Raptor. These three surprisingly senior officers were all participating in a test flight of Z-crystals, a revolutionary new type of propulsion crystal, when their shuttle was intercepted by the rebel ship Sojourner. Join them for this improvised, tabletop adventure that was created with the Lasers & Feelings role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Lasers & Feelings Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Meghan Dornbrock, Erin Hawley

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Lasers & Feelings: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ List of Lasers & Feelings Hacks: https://writing-alchemy.net/resources/lasers-and-feelings-hacks/ Mythbusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters

Meghan’s Links One Shot Podcast Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Modifier (podcast): http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/podcasts/modifier/ Tales from Thedas (podcast): coming soon to the One Shot Network Dragon Age Role-Playing Game: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_(tabletop_RPG) Twitter:  https://twitter.com/meglish Trill (Star Trek species): http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Trill

Erin‘s Links Blog: http://geekygimp.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekygimp Idobi Radio show Geek Girl Riot: http://idobi.com/podcast-show/geek-girl-riot/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge Pearl from Steven Universe: http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Pearl Context for naming the planet “Tanagra” comes from the Star Trek episode Darmok: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Darmok_(episode)

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Burners by ICUH8N is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Forcefield: Sci Fi Generator or Motor or Forcefield Loop by Euphrosyyn | License: Creative Commons 0 The Vulcan Laughing Gas sequence was created from the following three sounds: Gas being released: file0571_air_hiss_weak.wav by beerbelly38 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Chuckles: evil laughter coughing joker.wav by bulbastre | License: Attribution Laughter: maniac joker evil crazy stupid dumb man laugh laughter CLIPPED.wav by bulbastre | License: Attribution The turning off the tractor sequence was created from the following three sounds: Button push sound: electronic_buttons_assorted.mp3 by owyheesound | License: Creative Commons 0 Powering down: up-down-thing-1.flac by Timbre | License: Attribution Noncommercial Red alert: RedAlert_Klaxon_STTOS_recreated.wav by zimbot | License: Attribution Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The engaging warp drive sequence was created from the following three sounds: Powering up: Warp Speed!.wav by LukeSharples | License: Attribution Deep blasting into warp sound: silde-up glissando crescendo bang.wav by Timbre | License: Attribution Noncommercial Higher blasting into warp sound: Hyperdrive1.wav by Assimulation_Gaming | License: Attribution Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 9 – The Renegade Starship Part 2

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 09:47:13 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 9 Summary

In the ninth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes Malena, Adre, and Mariah have been captured by rebels. Join them as they meet the rebel captain and implement their desperate escape plan.

Malena the intellectual scientist, Adre the hot-shot engineer, and Mariah the alien doctor are all officers from the Consortium starship the Raptor. These three surprisingly senior officers were all participating in a test flight of Z-crystals, a revolutionary new type of propulsion crystal, when their shuttle was intercepted by the rebel ship Sojourner. Join them for this improvised, tabletop adventure that was created with the Lasers & Feelings role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Lasers & Feelings Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Meghan Dornbrock, Erin Hawley

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Lasers & Feelings: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Meghan’s Links One Shot Podcast Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Modifier (podcast): http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/podcasts/modifier/ Tales from Thedas (podcast): coming soon to the One Shot Network Dragon Age Role-Playing Game: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_(tabletop_RPG) Twitter:  https://twitter.com/meglish Trill (Star Trek species): http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Trill

Erin‘s Links Blog: http://geekygimp.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekygimp Idobi Radio show Geek Girl Riot: http://idobi.com/podcast-show/geek-girl-riot/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Burners by ICUH8N is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. The release of the xzeenon gas was created from the following two sounds: Replicator sound: Laser/Machine humming by Shredster7 | License: Creative Commons 0 Gas being released: file0571_air_hiss_strongest.wav by beerbelly38 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The firing on the dilithium crystals effect was created from the following three sounds: Initial firing sound: Arcade Laser 014.wav by debsound | License: Attribution Noncommercial Phaser fire: Beam 4.wav by SieuAmThanh | License: Creative Commons 0 Oscillating field: Beam.wav by Deatlev | License: Attribution The damaged terminal effect was created from the following four sounds: Initial damage sound: electric_sparks.mp3 by Connum | License: Attribution Noncommercial Electrical arcing: sparks.wav by Marregheriti | License: Creative Commons 0 Electricity hissing: Welding Electricity Sparks by Wakerone | License: Creative Commons 0 Continuous background sparks: Electric Sparks.wav by weaveofk | License: Creative Commons 0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 8 – The Renegade Starship Part 1

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 07:58:55 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 8 Summary

In the eighth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes meet the crew of the Raptor as they defend their test shuttle from the renegade starship Sojourner.

Malena the intellectual scientist, Adre the hot-shot engineer, and Mariah the alien doctor are all officers from the Consortium starship the Raptor. These three surprisingly senior officers were all participating in a test flight of Z-crystals, a revolutionary new type of propulsion crystal, when their shuttle was intercepted by the rebel ship Sojourner. Join them for this improvised, tabletop adventure that was created with the Lasers & Feelings role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Game System: Lasers & Feelings Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Meghan Dornbrock, Erin Hawley

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Lasers & Feelings: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ Star Trek episode where Wharf’s spinal cord becomes damaged: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Ethics_(episode)

Meghan’s Links One Shot Podcast Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Modifier (podcast): http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/podcasts/modifier/ Tales from Thedas (podcast): coming soon to the One Shot Network Dragon Age Role-Playing Game: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_(tabletop_RPG) Twitter:  https://twitter.com/meglish Trill (Star Trek species): http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Trill Geordi La Forge: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge

Erin‘s Links Blog: http://geekygimp.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekygimp Idobi Radio show Geek Girl Riot: http://idobi.com/podcast-show/geek-girl-riot/ Mariah Carey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge TNG is an abbreviation for Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek uniform colors: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Starfleet_uniform_(2350s-2370s) The Orville uniform colors: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/170851/what-do-the-orvilles-uniform-colours-indicate Context for naming the planet “Tanagra” comes from the episode Darmok: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Darmok_(episode)

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Burners by ICUH8N is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The tractor beam sound effect was created from the following five sounds: Initial tractor beam sound: BEAM01.aif by NoiseCollector | License: Attribution Vibrating beam sound: MellowDrone.wav by JimPurbrick | License: Attribution Thud: Sci-Fi Force Field Impact 15.wav by StormwaveAudio | License: Attribution Rattling sounds: rattle, shake, vibrate by Darius Kedros | License: Attribution Noncommercial Deeper rattling sounds: Rattling fridge.wav by Wesselorg | License: Attribution Noncommercial Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 7 – Cat’s Paw Ghost Control Adventure 2: The Backyard Mystery

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:57:24 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 7 Summary

In the seventh game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes the paranormal detectives of the Cat’s Paw Ghost Control agency investigate some disturbing, supernatural growls that have been plaguing a small Seattle neighborhood. Maybe it is a were-raccoon, or perhaps it is a were-cow. Listen to find out!

Tabitha the space alien cat, Jake the fake TV psychic, and Lalla the plant talker botanist are the paranormal detectives of Cat’s Paw Ghost Control. Join them as they solve supernatural problems with cat-themed technology, a shady network of contacts, and plant power in a tabletop game that uses the InSpectres role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds together create stories about characters with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds using tabletop role-playing games. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: InSpectres Game Master: Anna Players: Fay Onyx, billie rain, Joseph

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes:

Game System InSpectres: http://www.memento-mori.com/rpg/inspectres

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

billie’s Links Website: http://www.billierain.com/ Hamsa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa Cupcake Royale (a chain of cupcake bakeries located in Seattle): http://www.cupcakeroyale.com/ Historical origins of Lalla: http://hatchuel-hatchwell.net/solika/solikas-full-story/

Anna’s Links Tumblr: http://arctowardsthesun.tumblr.com/

Joseph’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/justevilenough

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Severe Tire Damage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The cat toys sound was created from layers of the following four sounds: Balls hitting the floor: Ball bouncing.wav by Elmarp | License: Attribution Noncommercial Rolling sound: 1000marbles.wav by Claire.H | License: Attribution Vibrating rolling sound: BallRolling.wav by 150025 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Jingling: Bell jingling inside plastic ball by Wingcommander1 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Supernatural action music: Floating Cities (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Moo #1: Cow mooing in south of France (Limousin) by felix.blume | License: Creative Commons 0 Moo #2: Cow.wav by Benboncan | License: Attribution Herd mooing: Herd Of Cows Mooing by tdes | License: Attribution First footsteps in the grass: Fotsteg i gräs.wav by Ryding | License: Creative Commons 0 Additional footsteps in the grass: footsteps grass.wav by Yuval | License: Creative Commons 0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 6 – Cat’s Paw Ghost Control Adventure 1: The Lederhosen Sprites

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:57:10 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 6 Summary

In the sixth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes a Seattle grocery store is plagued by mischievous spirits with a special resentment toward lederhosen. Meet the Cat’s Paw Ghost Control team as they tackle this challenge together.

Tabitha the space alien cat, Jake the fake TV psychic, and Lalla the plant talker botanist are the paranormal detectives of Cat’s Paw Ghost Control. Join them as they solve supernatural problems with cat-themed technology, a shady network of contacts, and plant power in a tabletop game that uses the InSpectres role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds together create stories about characters with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds using tabletop role-playing games. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: InSpectres Game Master: Anna Players: Fay Onyx, billie rain, Joseph

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Episode Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Game System InSpectres: http://www.memento-mori.com/rpg/inspectres

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ Inspiration for franchise setup rolls: http://oneshotpodcast.com/podcasts/one-shot/70-inspectres-part-1/

billie’s Links Website: http://www.billierain.com/ Injection (comic): https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/injection-1 Historical origins of Lalla: http://hatchuel-hatchwell.net/solika/solikas-full-story/

Anna’s Links Tumblr: http://arctowardsthesun.tumblr.com/ Necronomicon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon

Joseph’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/justevilenough

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Severe Tire Damage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The cat toys sound was created from layers of the following four sounds: Balls hitting the floor: Ball bouncing.wav by Elmarp | License: Attribution Noncommercial Rolling sound: 1000marbles.wav by Claire.H | License: Attribution Vibrating rolling sound: BallRolling.wav by 150025 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Jingling: Bell jingling inside plastic ball by Wingcommander1 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Supernatural action music: Floating Cities (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Cat food can being opened: Spam can opened 1 (short) by Filmscore | License: Creative Commons 0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Second Anniversary Special – Terrible Lyrics to Brighten Your Day

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:43:45 +0000

Writing Alchemy Second Anniversary Special Summary

This second anniversary special episode includes behind the scenes updates, outtakes, and six very silly bad poems that were composed for a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Vogon poetry competition in which the goal was to make poems that were as terrible (and funny) as possible.

Guest poet: Media creator and community-organizer Tobi Hill-Meyer

Photograph of a round chocolate cake with glossy frosting and a group of twelve pink, yellow, green, and blue spiral shaped birthday candles burning on top.

 

Show Notes:

The poems Stone: writingalchemy.net/2017/10/16/vogon-poetry-1-stone/ How Do I Love Thee?: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/10/16/vogon-poetry-2-how-do-i-love-thee/ Ode to a Cumulus Cloud: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/10/16/vogon-poetry-3-ode-to-a-cumulus-cloud/ How Do I love Thee, Part Two: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/10/16/vogon-poetry-4-how-do-i-love-thee-part-two/ Beech Stone: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/10/16/vogon-poetry-5-beach-stone/ Stone Version 2: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/10/16/vogon-poetry-6-stone-version-2/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/ Lasers and Feelings: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/ Lasers and Feelings hacks: https://rendedpress.blogspot.com/2017/07/lasers-feelings-assorted-l-mods.html How wolves change rivers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ InSpectres: http://www.memento-mori.com/rpg/inspectres Planned games: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/planned-unfamiliar-heroes-games/ Participation survey: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/participation-survey/

Tobi’s Links Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/Tobitastic/ Tobi’s one woman show Fallen Star is part of the Gay City Arts Season 5: https://www.gaycity.org/arts-season/

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 5 – Welcome to the First Responders Training Program Part 5

Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:20:19 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 5 Summary

It is finally the day of the Full Moon Ritual, but as the heroes prepare, they discover that something isn’t quite right. This episode is the conclusion to the first game of Unfamiliar Heroes.

Underneath the facade of ordinary reality lies a hidden world of monsters and magic. At Sylvan Community College a secret program teaches supernatural teens to deal with this dangerous world as they struggle with the mess and confusion of their own lives. Welcome to the First Responders Training Program, a tabletop game using the Monsterhearts 2 role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which three disabled, neurodiverse, and/or chronically ill players and a game master play story-focused tabletop role-playing games where all of the player characters have disabilities, diverse minds, and/or chronic illnesses. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: Monsterhearts 2 Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Monsterhearts 2: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Tobi’s Links Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/Tobitastic/ Tobi’s one woman show Fallen Star is part of the Gay City Arts Season 5: https://www.gaycity.org/arts-season/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Ascension by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Radio-controlled car: Guy playing with a radio-controlled car under the ring by Flavien_Gillié | License: Attribution Noncommercial Scratching sounds: scratch_door.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0 Enhancement to scratching sounds: 20131202_scratching a tree_ZoomH2nXY.wav by FolkaHarrie | License: Creative Commons 0 Growling: Kitten Hiss and Growl by FractalStudios | License: Creative Commons 0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Full Moon Ritual music: Sleep Trance by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 4 – Welcome to the First Responders Training Program Part 4

Sun, 17 Sep 2017 07:51:27 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 4 Summary

In this fourth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes the humor and drama continue as Tamara confronts Vanessa about her spying, Janus tries to figure out what the First Responders Training Program really is, and Vanessa has a vision that leads to an important revelation!

Underneath the facade of ordinary reality lies a hidden world of monsters and magic. At Sylvan Community College a secret program teaches supernatural teens to deal with this dangerous world as they struggle with the mess and confusion of their own lives. Welcome to the First Responders Training Program, a tabletop game using the Monsterhearts 2 role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which three disabled, neurodiverse, and/or chronically ill players and a game master play story-focused tabletop role-playing games where all of the player characters have disabilities, diverse minds, and/or chronic illnesses. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: Monsterhearts 2 Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Monsterhearts 2: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Tobi’s Links Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/Tobitastic/ Tobi’s one woman show Fallen Star is part of the Gay City Arts Season 5: https://www.gaycity.org/arts-season/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Ascension by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Radio-controlled car sounds: Guy playing with a radio-controlled car under the ring by Flavien_Gillié | License: Attribution Noncommercial Detector sound: Geiger Counter Clicks by qubodup | License: Attribution Vanessa’s vision music: Sleep Trance by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 3 – Welcome to the First Responders Training Program Part 3

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 10:03:23 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 3 Summary

In this third game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes the humor and drama continues as Shanda gives Vanessa some subtle guidance and Tamara confronts Janus with an unexpected truth!

Underneath the facade of ordinary reality lies a hidden world of monsters and magic. At Sylvan Community College a secret program teaches supernatural teens to deal with this dangerous world as they struggle with the mess and confusion of their own lives. Welcome to the First Responders Training Program, a tabletop game using the Monsterhearts 2 role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which three disabled, neurodiverse, and/or chronically ill players and a game master play story-focused tabletop role-playing games where all of the player characters have disabilities, diverse minds, and/or chronic illnesses. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: Monsterhearts 2 Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Monsterhearts 2: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: https://www.multiplechemicalsensitivity.org/

Tobi’s Links Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/Tobitastic/ Tobi’s one woman show Fallen Star is part of the Gay City Arts Season 5: https://www.gaycity.org/arts-season/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Ascension by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Sad violins and orchestra: Orchestra Strings by KeffyStay | License: Attribution Radio-controlled car sounds: Guy playing with a radio-controlled car under the ring by Flavien_Gillié | License: Attribution Noncommercial Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 2 – Welcome to the First Responders Training Program Part 2

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:09:19 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 2 Summary

In this second game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes we learn more about Sylvan Community College, fill in a few key pieces of character background, and then jump into Vanessa and Janus’ awkward first meeting in the Pagan Student Association!

Underneath the facade of ordinary reality lies a hidden world of monsters and magic. At Sylvan Community College a secret program teaches supernatural teens to deal with this dangerous world as they struggle with the mess and confusion of their own lives. Welcome to the First Responders Training Program, a tabletop game using the Monsterhearts 2 role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which three disabled, neurodiverse, and/or chronically ill players and a game master play story-focused tabletop role-playing games where all of the player characters have disabilities, diverse minds, and/or chronic illnesses. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: Monsterhearts 2 Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Monsterhearts 2: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Tobi’s Links Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/Tobitastic/ Tobi’s one woman show Fallen Star is part of the Gay City Arts Season 5: https://www.gaycity.org/arts-season/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge Johnny Tsunami movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tsunami

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Ascension by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 1 – Welcome to the First Responders Training Program Part 1

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:43:08 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 1 Summary

In this first game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes we meet Vanessa the judgmental witch and Janus the slacker ghoul, learn about Sylvan Community College, and discover the mysterious event that connects Janus and Vanessa.

Underneath the facade of ordinary reality lies a hidden world of monsters and magic. At Sylvan Community College a secret program teaches supernatural teens to deal with this dangerous world as they struggle with the mess and confusion of their own lives. Welcome to the First Responders Training Program, a tabletop game using the Monsterhearts 2 role-playing system!

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which three disabled, neurodiverse, and/or chronically ill players and a game master play story-focused tabletop role-playing games where all of the player characters have disabilities, diverse minds, and/or chronic illnesses. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Gaming System: Monsterhearts 2 Storyteller: Jordan Green Players: Fay Onyx, Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Show Notes:

Game System Monsterhearts 2: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/

Tobi’s Links Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/Tobitastic/ Tobi’s one woman show Fallen Star is part of the Gay City Arts Season 5: https://www.gaycity.org/arts-season/ The Seven Lady Godivas: Dr. Seuss’s Little-Known “Adult” Book of Nudes: https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/03/02/dr-seuss-seven-lady-godivas/

Jordan‘s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jokuge Birds of Prey comic series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_(comics) Heroes for Hire comic series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_for_Hire Greg Universe character from Steven Universe TV show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Steven_Universe_characters Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Marvel_(Kamala_Khan) Kamala Harris (California Senator): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Game theme: Ascension by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Unfamiliar Heroes 0 – Foundations and Ground Rules

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:01:07 +0000

Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 0 Summary

In this foundational episode of Unfamiliar Heroes, which I’m calling Episode Zero, I start off with a discussion of disability representation and the reasons why I feel that this project is so needed. Next I go over the ways that participants who live at the intersections of oppression are centered in this project. Finally I discuss the eight game ground rules which are designed to keep games accessible and inclusive.

Unfamiliar Heroes is a podcast series in which three disabled, neurodiverse, and/or chronically ill players and a game master play story-focused tabletop role-playing games where all of the player characters have disabilities, diverse minds, and/or chronic illnesses. In its core values, this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.

Note: The game ground rules begin at minute 14.

Readings: “We Need More Room for Disability Representation,” “Centering Participants Living at the Intersections of Oppression,” and “Game Ground Rules”

This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!

 

Unfamiliar Heroes 0 Transcript

In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).

 

Show Notes

Today’s readings “We Need More Room for Disability Representation”: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/04/24/we-need-more-room-for-disability-representation/ “Centering Participants Living at the Intersections of Oppression” from the Unfamiliar Heroes Page: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ “Game Ground Rules”: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/game-ground-rules/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to readings: Airglow by Stellardrone is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

 

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Fairy Tale 13b – Chronic Illness with billie rain

Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:48:18 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 13b Summary

We continue the discussion as artist, activist, disabled survivor iconoclast billie rain shares hir Chronic Illness Bill of Rights. Then we jump into a conversation about societal response to chronic illness, myths about disability, ways of supporting people with chronic illnesses, and how we can create more inclusive communities.

Guest: Artist, activist, disabled survivor iconoclast billie rain

This graphic is a black and white cartoon-style drawing of two tough-looking anthropomorphized cats with their hands in their pockets, looking up enigmatically at the viewer. They are both wearing air-filtering face masks that cover their noses and mouths (these are a kind of mask often used by people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity). The cat on the left has stripes on their face and is wearing a white hoodie. The cat on the right has a black patch on their right ear and is wearing a black and white jacket.

 

Show Notes:

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Fairy tale where a princess cries pearls: “The Goose Girl at the Spring” (also known as “The Goose Girl at the Well”): http://www.seiyaku.com/lit/grimm/en/179.html Bastyr University: http://bastyr.edu/ Bastyr Center for Natural Health: http://bastyrcenter.org/ Saw Gerrara, the Rogue One antihero who uses a medical device: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Saw_Gerrera My series of articles on harmful representations of disability are all listed on this page: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/guidelines-for-game-masters/ “Villainous Disability”: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/06/12/trope-of-the-week-1-villainous-disability/ “Bitter Disability”: https://writing-alchemy.net/2017/06/18/trope-of-the-week-2-bitter-disability/ Richard III history is covered in the documentary British History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley: Episode 1 The Wars of the Roses: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bqdzl Seattle Queer Exchange Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/152839264916191/ Unfamiliar Heroes information: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/ Gaming information for new players: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/new-player-information/ Unfamiliar Heroes participation survey: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/participation-survey/

billie’s Links Find billie’s poetry and activism at: http://www.billierain.com/ Dual Power Productions: http://dualpowerproductions.com/ Sick and Disabled Queers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sickos/ Chronic Illness Bill of Rights: http://www.billierain.com/2011/03/04/my-chronic-illness-bill-of-rights/ Allopathic model of medicine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopathic_medicine Saved! (movie): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved! Seattle Abled-Disabled Support Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/280360818833411/

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 13 – The Wishing Dildo Series #4 with billie rain

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 09:14:55 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 13 Summary

In the fourth segment of The Wishing Dildo Series, the adventure continues as we find out more about the mysterious and regal Jewel. Then the six companions take a secret detour to the Kingdom of Waterfalls. This story is followed by a discussion about trauma in which I talk about myth, reality, resilience, healing, and community with artist, activist, disabled survivor iconoclast billie rain. This discussion goes deep places, but it also has a lot of laughter too.

The Wishing Dildo Part 1: It is said that the Wishing Dildo can grant any wish relating to sexuality or fertility, as long as that wish is consensual. Prince Hart sure hopes that is true as he and his friend, trickster Tala, embark on a quest for it. As they travel, they soon discover that sometimes the greatest adventure is the people you meet along the way.

Story: The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions Guest: Artist, activist, disabled survivor iconoclast billie rain

This image is meant to capture the feeling of an exciting adventure. A road traverses a rocky, mountainous landscape that is dramatically lit by the setting sun.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-prince-hart-and-the-wishing-dildo/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast “How Media Shapes Our View of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Sarah Newman: https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/06/10/how-media-shapes-our-view-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/ Article that includes discussion of trauma as including events that challenge people’s core belief systems: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold/201510/five-common-misconceptions-about-trauma This article contains some information on how the Grimms Brothers edited their stories: https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2015/marchapril/feature/how-the-grimm-brothers-saved-the-fairy-tale Dogs can read human emotions from the documentary “The Secret Life of the Dog”: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pssgh Dogs pay attention to humans and follow human gestures from the documentary “How smart are Animals NOVA w/ Neil DeGrasse Tyson”: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/21003

billie’s Links Find billie’s poetry and activism at: http://www.billierain.com/ Dual Power Productions: http://dualpowerproductions.com/ Riot grrrl movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl Mary R. Harvey: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2261130.Sources_and_Expressions_of_Resiliency_in_Trauma_Survivors Christina Aguilera “Fighter” lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/christinaaguilera/fighter.html

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Jewel’s theme: Relaxing Piano Music (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Horses: Silencyo_FOREST_DAY_4_Horses_Walk_3X_MSd.aif by silencyo | License: Creative Commons 0 Jewel and Tomas romance theme: There is Romance (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Worried music: Wounded (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Rejoicing music: Hahnentanz by Michael Praetorious and played by Jon Sayles: http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 12b – Diverse Minds with Kathleen Lamothe

Thu, 25 May 2017 07:47:14 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 12b Summary

Today’s discussion with spiritual atheist Kathleen Lamothe is a deep and far ranging Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) inspired conversation about music, addiction, anger, health, diverse minds, psychology, and happiness.

Guest: Spiritual atheist Kathleen Lamothe

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Show Notes:

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast How to ADHD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-nPM1_kSZf91ZGkcgy_95Q Meditation and ADHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oF0qaDDMQI Highly sensitive person: http://hsperson.com/ Social Reputation and Peer Relationships in Chinese and Canadian Children: A Cross-cultural Study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01698.x/abstract

Kathleen’s Links Screaming Queens: https://screamingqueens.bandcamp.com/ ADDitude Magazine: https://www.additudemag.com/ The Distraction Podcast: http://www.distractionpodcast.com/ Cosmos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey Short video summary of the rat park study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbQFNe3pkss Sonja Lyubomirsky: http://sonjalyubomirsky.com/ Positive psychology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Demo track of “No Self” by Screaming Queens: https://screamingqueens.bandcamp.com/ Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 12 – The Wishing Dildo Series #3 with Kathleen Lamothe

Thu, 04 May 2017 08:29:32 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 12 Summary

In this third segment of The Wishing Dildo Series, the adventure continues as we get to know Anissa, and then the five companions visit the temperamental rulers of the Gilded Kingdom. The story is followed by a discussion about brain diversity, mental health, and the gifts and struggles of ADHD with spiritual atheist Kathleen Lamothe.

The Wishing Dildo Part 1: It is said that the Wishing Dildo can grant any wish relating to sexuality or fertility, as long as that wish is consensual. Prince Hart sure hopes that is true as he and his friend, trickster Tala, embark on a quest for it. As they travel, they soon discover that sometimes the greatest adventure is the people you meet along the way.

Story: The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions Guest: Spiritual atheist Kathleen Lamothe

This image is meant to capture the feeling of an exciting adventure. A road traverses a rocky, mountainous landscape that is dramatically lit by the setting sun.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-prince-hart-and-the-wishing-dildo/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Kathleen’s Links Screaming Queens: https://screamingqueens.bandcamp.com/ ADDitude Magazine: https://www.additudemag.com/ The Distraction Podcast: http://www.distractionpodcast.com/ Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the 12 Steps: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7871202-sane Dr. Hallowell’s work on ADHD: http://www.drhallowell.com/add-adhd/

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Horses: Silencyo_FOREST_DAY_4_Horses_Walk_3X_MSd.aif by silencyo | License: Creative Commons 0 River sounds: flowing river in the woods by CastleofSamples | License: Attribution Boat sounds: quay waves wind 5-7bft LONG 150112_0499.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution Min’s theme: Folk Round (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Gilded Kingdom court music: Zwischen berg und tiefen tal composed by Heinrich Isaac and played by Jon Sayles: http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Jewel’s theme: Relaxing Piano Music (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 11b – Sex Work Myth and Reality with Vee Chattie

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:08:10 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 11b Summary

Today’s discussion with activist, comedian, and sex worker Vee Chattie focuses on the lived experiences of sex workers. In this conversation we talk about the performative aspects of sex work, emotional labor, myths, stereotypes, stigma, and empowerment.

Guest: Activist, comedian, and sex worker Vee Chattie

Photograph of the back of a slender person wearing a white shirt and red and black striped skirt. The back of their head is obscured by a red umbrella. The red umbrella is a commonly used symbol of resistance to the discrimination faced by sex workers.

 

Show Notes:

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Canker sore info: https://www.animated-teeth.com/canker_sores/t1_canker_sores.htm Canker sores verses herpes: https://www.animated-teeth.com/canker_sores/t5-canker-sores-herpes.htm Oral herpes info: https://www.stdcheck.com/herpes-1.php The red umbrella: http://www.swannet.org/node/782

Vee’s Links The Comedy Whore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comedywh0re/ The Comedy Whore on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomedywhore Vee Chattie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/veechattie Seattle Annual Sex Work Symposium: http://www.seattle-sass.org/ Tangerine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_(film)

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 11 – The Wishing Dildo Series #2 with Vee Chattie

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:28:44 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 11 Summary

In this second podcast segment of The Wishing Dildo Series, the fairy tale continues as Prince Hart, Tala, and Tomas meet two new companions, each with a unique magical superpower. Then activist, comedian, and sex worker Vee Chattie joins Fay for the following discussion about the reality verses myth of sex work, sexual superpowers, boundaries, marginalization, and community.

The Wishing Dildo Part 1: It is said that the Wishing Dildo can grant any wish relating to sexuality or fertility, as long as that wish is consensual. Prince Hart sure hopes that is true as he and his friend, trickster Tala, embark on a quest for it. As they travel, they soon discover that sometimes the greatest adventure is the people you meet along the way.

Story: The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions Guest: Activist, comedian, and sex worker Vee Chattie

This image is meant to capture the feeling of an exciting adventure. A road traverses a rocky, mountainous landscape that is dramatically lit by the setting sun.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-prince-hart-and-the-wishing-dildo/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast The fairy tale I referenced with the tailor who sews together a ship is called “The Four Skillful Brothers”: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=hunt&book=grimm&story=skillfulbro

Vee’s Links The Comedy Whore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comedywh0re/ The Comedy Whore on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomedywhore Vee Chattie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/veechattie Seattle Annual Sex Work Symposium: http://www.seattle-sass.org/ Seattle Erotic Arts Festival: https://www.seattleerotic.org/ Sexual assault statistics: http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Ocean and seagulls: STC_moewen.flac by nikitralala | License: Creative Commons 0 Horses: Silencyo_FOREST_DAY_4_Horses_Walk_3X_MSd.aif by silencyo | License: Creative Commons 0 Min’s theme: Folk Round (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The blowing effect is created by combining the following three sounds: Human Blowing FF685.aif by martinimeniscus | License: Creative Commons 0 wind-noise.wav by jorge0000 | License: Creative Commons 0 Medium Wind in treets.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 Kingdom of Gulls court music: St. Matthew Passion Ich will dir mein herze composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and played by Jon Sayles: http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Anissa’s theme: Days of Being Wild by Hong Kong Express is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License The water gushing effect is created by combining the following two sounds: Islanti, geysir purkautuu, turistit / Iceland, geyser erupting twice, tourists reacting, talking by YleArkisto | License: Attribution hot water gushing out of a metal tap.aif by Tomlija | License: Attribution Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 10b – Art, Activism, and Disability with Lector Morales

Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:01:29 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 10b Summary

Today’s discussion with hesitant art activist Lector Josue Morales focuses on the topics of art and activism and how they intersect with disability, community, and race. In this conversation we challenge ourselves to expand our ideas about what activism is so that we can fully value the diverse kinds of activism that people are doing.

Guest: Hesitant art activist Lector Josue Morales

Photograph of the Women’s March showing a street between tall gray buildings packed with people with signs. There is a rainbow flag backlit by the sun, a large sign depicting a uterus with boxing gloves, a poster saying “Refugees are welcome here,” and many other only partially legible signs.

 

Show Notes:

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Intersectional cocoon: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntersectionalCocoon/ How to effectively lobby your congressperson: http://theslot.jezebel.com/how-to-effectively-lobby-your-congressperson-1788958124 How to have the biggest effect on your congressperson: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web/

Lector’s Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lector.morales

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lectormorales

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lectormorales/

Emerald City Nerds youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChE_g7Pltcgqg9bmz4NISpA

Nina Simon video that inspired Lector: https://www.facebook.com/forharriet/videos/1013555952024524/

Out In Front: http://www.outinfrontseattle.org/

Discovering your leadership style: https://prezi.com/a8fzkzxxfuhq/hesi-presentation/

Fort Worth Police drop charges against mother and daughter: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/us/fort-worth-arrest-video-facebook-live/

The Story of Enisea: https://www.facebook.com/storyofenisea/

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 10 – The Wishing Dildo Series #1 with Lector Morales

Sun, 05 Feb 2017 10:23:31 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 10 Summary

We return to intersectional fairy tales as hesitant art activist Lector Josue Morales joins Fay for the start of The Wishing Dildo Series in which Prince Hart and Tala embark on their quest for The Wishing Dildo and meet a surprising new companion. The following discussion focuses on the representation of disability in speculative fiction and the difference between using a disabled character to tell an able-bodied story and having a character that represents the experiences of disabled people.

The Wishing Dildo Part 1: It is said that the Wishing Dildo can grant any wish relating to sexuality or fertility, as long as that wish is consensual. Prince Hart sure hopes that is true as he and his friend, trickster Tala, embark on a quest for it. As they travel, they soon discover that sometimes the greatest adventure is the people you meet along the way.

Story: The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions Guest: Hesitant art activist Lector Josue Morales

This image is meant to capture the feeling of an exciting adventure. A road traverses a rocky, mountainous landscape that is dramatically lit by the setting sun.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story The Wishing Dildo Part 1: Six Companions: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-prince-hart-and-the-wishing-dildo/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Mythcreants podcast: http://mythcreants.com/blog/category/podcast/ Daniel Kish uses echolocation to navigate the world (this is his TED talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kish_how_i_use_sonar_to_navigate_the_world Be friends with failure (“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried”): http://doodlealley.com/2012/10/10/be-friends-with-failure/

Lector’s Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lector.morales

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lectormorales

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lectormorales/

Emerald City Nerds youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChE_g7Pltcgqg9bmz4NISpA

Nina Simon video that inspired Lector: https://www.facebook.com/forharriet/videos/1013555952024524/

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Reflective music: Light Thought Var 2 (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Horses: Silencyo_FOREST_DAY_4_Horses_Walk_3X_MSd.aif by silencyo | License: Creative Commons 0 Tomas theme: Impact Andante (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Clearwater Bay court music: Der Luneberger composed by Michael Praetorious and played by Jon Sayles http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Interlude 2 – Intersections with Kristina Gibbs-Ruby

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:04:01 +0000

Writing Alchemy Interlude 2 Summary

This interlude episode is all about intersections, with a focus on fatness, disability, gender, and queer identity. Guest Kristina Gibbs-Ruby reads a powerful spoken word piece about bullying and fatphobia while Fay reads hir popular article, “Why Having Conditional Privilege Is Not the Same as Simply Being Privileged,” which delves into the complexity of invisible identities, privilege, oppression, gatekeeping, and the struggle to be recognized as real through hir personal experiences.

Article: Why Having Conditional Privilege Is Not the Same as Simply Being Privileged Guest: Performer, activist, and law student Kristina Gibbs-Ruby

A web of rope-like fibers twirl and twist together to form a close up picture of a person’s face. Their skin is a medium brown, their features are somewhat feminine, and their eyes are closed. This is intended to be suggestive of both the complexity of experience and of perception.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s article Why Conditional Privilege Is Not the Same as Simply Being Privileged: https://writing-alchemy.net/2016/03/23/why-having-conditional-privilege-is-not-the-same-as-simply-being-privileged/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Flamingo Rampant: http://www.flamingorampant.com/

Successful kickstarter for the Flamingo Rampant Celebrations book set: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/310387180/flamingo-rampant-lgbt2q-childrens-books-celebratio

History of they as a singular pronoun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

Intersectional cocoon: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntersectionalCocoon/

Kristina’s Links Debauchery website: http://www.lilydivine.com/debauchery.html Debauchery facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LilyDivineProductions/ Gender Justice League: http://www.genderjusticeleague.org/ Gender Justice League Name Change Clinic: http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2016/11/gender-justice-league-launches-emergency-fund-for-name-gender-marker-changes/ The next name change clinic on January 15th: https://www.facebook.com/events/689577541204207/ Boots of Leather and Slipper of Gold (can be found used online): http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187541.Boots_of_Leather_Slippers_of_Gold

Image Credit From PeteLinforth: https://pixabay.com/en/woman-female-girl-young-people-850525/

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Interlude 1 – Contemporary Lesbian Romance with Yolanda Wallace

Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:07:12 +0000

Writing Alchemy Interlude 1 Summary

In this romance-themed interlude episode, Yolanda Wallace reads from her contemporary lesbian romance 21 Questions, in which Kenya Davis meets bartender Simone Bailey for the first time. Then we delve into themes, representation, and inspiration in Yolanda’s writing.

21 Questions: Kenya Davis’s ability to find the perfect employee is unparalleled. Her ability to find the perfect mate? Not so much. After she takes a chance on speed dating, she finds herself with not one but two chances to find true love. But with her spotty romantic track record, how can she be sure which woman is Miss Right and which is only Miss Right Now?

Simone Bailey works as a bartender at one of the hottest nightclubs in South Beach, has more female attention than she knows what to do with, and spends her spare time following her musical ambitions. Then she meets Kenya Davis. After her initial attempt to charm her way into Kenya’s heart fails, she resolves to reach her ultimate destination one question at a time.

Story: 21 Questions by Mason Dixon (Yolanda Wallace) Guest: Writer Yolanda Wallace

Photograph of a large book taken from the side so that there is a clear view down the inside of the spine. The book is open and the center two pages have had their ends curled back into the middle so that together they form the shape of a heart.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story An excerpt from 21 Questions (this excerpt is available online): https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/21-questions-by-mason-dixon-1889-b

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Yolanda’s Links Mason Dixon books: https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/searchresults?q=mason+dixon

Yolanda Wallace books: https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/searchresults?q=yolanda+wallace

Blog post on the correlation between writing and music to be released November 22: https://boldstrokesbooksauthors.wordpress.com/

Women of Color in Romance Blog: http://www.wocinromance.com/

Image Credit From DariuszSankowski: https://pixabay.com/en/paper-romance-symbol-valentine-1100254/

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 9 – “Dangerous Company” Part 3 with Guest Bex Shea

Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:30:04 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 9 Summary

Monsters is the theme as sci-fi writer and monster enthusiast Bex Shea joins Fay for the conclusion of “Dangerous Company,” in which Kalla finally discovers that the dragon she has been sent to kill has been disguised as her guide the whole time. The following discussion delves into the question of what monstrousness is, the ways that depictions of monsters can be used to otherize or to empathize, fear, compassion, unknowability, the association of gendered traits with power, gender exploration, and the blurring of the lines between human and monster.

Dangerous Company: The last five dragon slayers died. Kalla is good at solving problems, but her skills will be tested as she embarks on her journey with the very dragon she is expected to kill disguised as her guide. Some interesting surprises are just around the corner…

Story: Dangerous Company Guest: Sci-fi writer and monster enthusiast Bex Shea

An green and gray, ink and watercolor drawing of a steep, tree-covered mountaintop with a white sky behind it. Silhouetted in the sky is a flying dragon with large wings and a long thin tail.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Dangerous Company: https://writing-alchemy.net/older-works/dangerous-company/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q Different reactions to bicycle theft by a white man, black man, and white woman video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7i60GuNRg

Bex’s Links Monster of the Week: http://www.bexshea.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/bexshea Tumblr: https://bexshea.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@bexshea Animorphs series: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3326828-animorphs

Music Credits Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Wind: weak wind by mario1298 | License: Creative Commons 0 The footsteps are a combination of two sounds: Foot Drag Dirt 4.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 Foot Drag Dirt 3.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 Ocean waves: WATER OCEAN WAVES 01.wav by sengjinn | License: Creative Commons 0 Playful magic music: Brittle Rille (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The skid is a combination of two sounds: Foot Drag Dirt 4.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 Pushing some gravel off a small hill by jorickhoofd | License: Attribution Dramatic magic combat music: Dama-May (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Romance music: Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 8 – “Dangerous Company” Part 2 with Guest Lara Milton

Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:18:01 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 8 Summary

Editor and collaborative storyteller Lara Milton joins Fay for the reading of part 2 of “Dangerous Company,” which follows the growing romance between Kalla and the dragon, Har. This section of the story delves into both eroticism as Kalla and Har get closer with each other and into conflict as Har struggles with her own draconic territorialism. The following, delightfully nerdy, discussion focuses on tabletop role playing games as writing inspiration and delves into the some of nitty-gritty details of writing, comparing and contrasting first person and third person perspectives in fiction.

Dangerous Company: The last five dragon slayers died. Kalla is good at solving problems, but her skills will be tested as she embarks on her journey with the very dragon she is expected to kill disguised as her guide. Some interesting surprises are just around the corner…

Story: Dangerous Company Guest: Editor and collaborative storyteller Lara Milton

An green and gray, ink and watercolor drawing of a steep, tree-covered mountaintop with a white sky behind it. Silhouetted in the sky is a flying dragon with large wings and a long thin tail.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Dangerous Company: https://writing-alchemy.net/older-works/dangerous-company/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Gamer Writing Solutions: Using Dice to Create Better Characters: https://writing-alchemy.net/2016/02/22/gamer-writing-solutions-using-dice-to-create-better-characters/ Dungeons and Dragons overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons and Dragons more complete information (I find the navigation tree awkward, the search bar is very useful): http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Vampire The Masquerade (the creators emphasize it as a game of “personal horror” but it is totally possible to play it without going into the horror aspects): http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade

Lara’s Links Spectrum Editing: http://www.spectrumediting.com/ Or find Spectrum Editing on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Spectrum-Editing-478317902375795/

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Wind and crickets: Wind, Soft. Crickets.wav by Leandros.Ntounis | License: Attribution Gusting wind: a gentle breeze, wind 4 by mario1298 | License: Creative Commons 0 Creaking tree: Wind Through Trees 3b by spoonbender | License: Attribution Playful magic music: Brittle Rille (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Romance music: Clean Soul (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Morning bird and crow song: Birds-Crow & Song Birds.wav by Bansemer | License: Creative Commons 0 Ominous dragon music: Thunderbird (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 More rugged terrain footsteps: night walk by bliny | License: Attribution Forest field birdsong: Forrest field spring sounds.WAV by Sandermotions | License: Creative Commons 0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 7 – “Dangerous Company” Part 1 with Guest Tobi Hill-Meyer

Tue, 05 Jul 2016 05:52:45 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 7 Summary

Media creator and community-organizer Tobi Hill-Meyer joins Fay for the reading of part 1 of “Dangerous Company,” which begins with an angry gender-switching dragon and the woman the townsfolk have hired to kill her. However Kalla the problem-solver is not what either the townsfolk or dragon expect. The following discussion delves deep into ethical ways for artists to address oppression in their work, the changes I made to this story, and the ways marginalized people are often identified with monsters in stories.

Dangerous Company: The last five dragon slayers died. Kalla is good at solving problems, but her skills will be tested as she embarks on her journey with the very dragon she is expected to kill disguised as her guide. Some interesting surprises are just around the corner…

Story: Dangerous Company Guest: Media creator and community-organizer Tobi Hill-Meyer

An green and gray, ink and watercolor drawing of a steep, tree-covered mountaintop with a white sky behind it. Silhouetted in the sky is a flying dragon with large wings and a long thin tail.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Dangerous Company: https://writing-alchemy.net/older-works/dangerous-company/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Tobi’s Links Tobi’s call for submissions: http://handbasketproductions.com/call-for-submissions/ My Words to Victor Frankenstein By Susan Stryker: https://freeskoool.wikispaces.com/file/view/_My+Words+to+Victor+Frankenstein…pdf

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Ominous dragon music: Thunderbird (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Townsfolk crowd: Festival_Crowd_01.wav by Koops | License: Attribution Townsfolk voices: Tobi Hill-Meyer, original recording Shouting crowd: Crowd Shouting.wav by DickBlox | License: Creative Commons 0 Magic music: Dama-May (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 The thunder sound effect is a blend of three different thunder sounds Thunder 1: thunder 1.wav by infopablo | License: Attribution Thunder 2: dry-thunder.wav by newagesoup | License: Attribution Thunder 3: future thunder1.wav by Littlebrojay | License: Creative Commons 0 Medieval town dog and rooster: Ext, dog+curica.wav by YevgVerh | License: Attribution Medieval town horse and people: 20070808.horse.wav by dobroide | License: Attribution Medieval town blacksmith: Blacksmith Workshop.WAV by thefilmbakery | License: Creative Commons 0 The river at a distance: River Drone by silentseason | License: Creative Commons 0 River close up: River Tay.wav by inchadney | License: Attribution Rowing: Rowing2.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution Birdsong near river: Birds high up in woods above Fingle Bridge, with River Teign far below by Philip Goddard | License: Attribution Noncommercial Near river soft footsteps: Footdrags Dirt.wav by worthahep88 | License: Creative Commons 0 More rugged terrain footsteps: night walk by bliny | License: Attribution Forest field birdsong: Forrest field spring sounds.WAV by Sandermotions | License: Creative Commons 0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Self-love Special Part 2 with Collaborator Liz Cruz

Thu, 12 May 2016 06:51:13 +0000

Writing Alchemy Self-love Special Part 2 Summary

This episode is a workshop-style collaboration that explores self-love practices with a focus on the experiences and art of people living at the intersections of oppression. In this episode Jessica Littenburg reads her poem “Healing Is” which is about finding tools for dealing with chronic illness, Ryannah Quigley shares her inspirational experiences as a plus-sized trans woman of color working on the film project hashtag body beautiful, and the band Bicycle Face shares two children’s songs which combine fun and silliness with some important messages about self-love. Discussion also delves into using art to push back against oppression, giving ourselves permission, valuing what we are doing, self-compassion, and using ritual as a tool for change.

Poem: “Healing Is” by Jessica Littenberg Description of #BodyBeautiful: Ryannah Quigley  Songs: “Bearded Lady” and “The Otter Song” by Bicycle Face Collaborator: Coach and consultant Liz Cruz

Photograph of the top portion of an abstract charcoal drawing in swooping curves with feathery edges that together are suggestive of a heart shape.

 

Show Notes:

Exercises The exercises for today’s story can be found at: http://www.lizcruzconsulting.com/downloads.html

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Video on empathy vs sympathy and not silver-lining difficult things (this powerful video makes me cry every time I watch it): https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/partnering-in-mental-health/201408/bren-brown-empathy-vs-sympathy-0

Liz’s Links Liz Cruz Consulting: http://www.lizcruzconsulting.com/ Dissolving paper (8 ½ x11 in that can go through a printer): http://www.sciencebobstore.com/water-dissolving-paper/ Other sources of dissolving paper: Searches for “spy paper” “dissolving paper” yield multiple results

Jessica’s Links Find out more about Jessica and her poetry: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.littenberg Gender Justice League: https://www.facebook.com/GenderJusticeLeague

Ryannah’s Links Support Ryannah doing her activist work: https://www.crowdrise.com/help-me-continue-my-work-with-gjl #BodyBeautiful photos: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.quigley.1804/posts/998317853582296 The video will be released on June 24th at Trans Pride Seattle : http://www.transprideseattle.org/schedule-route/

Bicycle Face’s Links Find out more about Bicycle Face: http://bicycleface.bandcamp.com/ Friends Ugandan Safe Transport: http://friendsugandansafetransport.org/

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Bearded Lady: Shared with permission from Bicycle Face The Otter Song: Shared with permission from Bicycle Face Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Self-love Special Part 1 with Collaborator Liz Cruz

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 05:40:05 +0000

Writing Alchemy Self-love Special Part 1 Summary

This episode departs from the usual Writing Alchemy format to focus on the topic of self-love in a workshop-style collaboration between Fay Onyx and Liz Cruz that explores barriers to self-love and self-love practices as experienced by people living at the intersections of oppression. For this episode they are joined by Tobi Hill-Meyer, who reads her erotic story, “Self Reflection,” which explores the themes of self-love and self-talk in a rather surprising way.

Story: “Self Reflection” by Tobi Hill-Meyer Collaborator: Coach and consultant Liz Cruz

Photograph of the top portion of an abstract charcoal drawing in swooping curves with feathery edges that together are suggestive of a heart shape.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Self Reflection: http://handbasketproductions.com/self-reflection/

Exercises The exercises for today’s story can be found at: http://www.lizcruzconsulting.com/downloads.html

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Being more affected by media messages than we think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_effect Challenging negative self-talk: http://psychcentral.com/lib/challenging-negative-self-talk/ NPR story on self-talk: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/10/07/353292408/why-saying-is-believing-the-science-of-self-talk Scientific research on talking to self in 3rd person and using affirmations: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201505/the-voice-reason Networking for People Who Hate Networking, A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected by Devora Zack: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8267674-networking-for-people-who-hate-networking

Liz’s Links Liz Cruz Consulting: http://www.lizcruzconsulting.com/ Unfollow a man: http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/why-i-created-the-unfollowaman-movement#.oc2nBQoQ4

Tobi’s links Call for submissions to her anthology of trans erotic fiction: http://handbasketproductions.com/call-for-submissions/ Follow Gender Justice League on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenderJusticeLeague

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Mysterious music: Wet Riffs (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Sad music: Touching Moments Two – Higher (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Loving music: Rains Will Fall (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 6 – “Tala and Prince Hart” Part 3 with Guest Oblio Stroyman

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 08:33:01 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 6 Summary

Activist and educator Oblio Stroyman joins Fay for the reading of part 3 of “Tala and Prince Hart,” which starts with trickster Tala’s humorous strategies for blocking the queen’s attempts to hold a successful marriage contest for Prince Hart. The story then moves to a focus on family conflict and resolution. The following discussion centers on the process of forgiveness, non-violent communication, harm done from a place of good intentions, creating new cultural space, and the treatment of youth in our society.

Tala and Prince Hart: Prince Hart is asexual, but his parents and many suitors are having a hard time accepting that. When the trickster Tala decides to come to his aid, chaos naturally ensues in this exuberant story that is a playful response to the all too common romanticization of boundary-crossing behaviors!

Story: Tala and Prince Hart Guest: Activist and educator Oblio Stroyman

This is an illustration of the Musical Creature Band done in an abstract style. On the left is a bear playing a horn while standing on one foot. In the back is an elephant plucking the strings of a harp with its trunk. On the the right is a golden-brown rooster dancing by flapping its wings and strutting. In the front is a donkey with a white nose standing next to a blue drum.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Tala and Prince Hart: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-and-prince-hart/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Oblio’s Links Gender camp: http://www.gender.camp/ As You Like It: http://asyoulikeitshop.com/ As You Like It on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsYouLikeItshop/ As You Like It on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/586420398/ Coalessence Ecstatic Dance: http://coalessencedance.com Coalessence Ecstatic Dance Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/31161346370/ Oregon Country Fair Rainbow Village Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OCFRainbowVillage/ Network for New Culture: http://www.nfnc.org/ Gender Odyssey: http://www.genderodyssey.org/

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Public house music: Jon Sayles playing Flow My Tears by John Dowland, http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Public house sounds: Small_Town_Bar_001.wav by conleec | License: Creative Commons 0 Crowd noises at the race: 072510_crowd_04.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0 Musical Creature Band: Bird (Rod Hamilton) / CC BY-ND 3.0 Horn: Hunting Horn.wav by Benboncan | License: Attribution The final stage of Tala’s plan: Monkeys Spinning Monkeys (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Laughter: Crowd laughter (XOXOT). by urupin | License: Creative Commons 0 Reconciliation music: Empires (Scott Holmes) / CC BY 4.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 5 – “Tala and Prince Hart” Part 2 with Guest Gina de Vries

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 06:50:07 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 5 Summary

Writer and cultural-worker Gina de Vries joins Fay for the reading of part 2 of “Tala and Prince Hart,” which focuses on the humorous antics of Prince Hart’s suitors as their inappropriate, boundary-crossing behaviors get them into trouble. Gina then reads an erotic excerpt about the magic of everyday life from hir current project, How to Have a Body.  The following discussion focuses on weaving personal experience into writing, unhealthy patterns that are romanticized within the romance genre, and the importance of centering the narratives of people living at the margins.

Tala and Prince Hart: Prince Hart is asexual, but his parents and many suitors are having a hard time accepting that. When the trickster Tala decides to come to his aid, chaos naturally ensues in this exuberant story that is a playful response to the all too common romanticization of boundary-crossing behaviors!

Story: Tala and Prince Hart Guest: Writer and cultural-worker Gina de Vries

This is an illustration of the Musical Creature Band done in an abstract style. On the left is a bear playing a horn while standing on one foot. In the back is an elephant plucking the strings of a harp with its trunk. On the the right is a golden-brown rooster dancing by flapping its wings and strutting. In the front is a donkey with a white nose standing next to a blue drum.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Tala and Prince Hart: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-and-prince-hart/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Gina’s Links Find out more about How to Have a Body at: http://howtohaveabody.tumblr.com/ Coming soon you will be able to follow Gina’s work at: http://ginadevries.com/

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition to reading: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Court music: J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Bush rustle: Foliage_Rustling_001.wav by duckduckpony | License: Attribution Romantic song: Jon Sayles playing If Ye Love Me by Thomas Talls, http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Suitor’s theme: Thatched Villagers (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Sad music: Relent (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 4 – “Tala and Prince Hart” Part 1 with Guest Jessica Miriam Littenberg

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 04:32:40 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 4 Summary

Activist and writer Jessica Miriam Littenberg joins Fay for the reading of part 1 of “Tala and Prince Hart,” which focuses on Prince Hart’s experience of being asexual in a society that does not recognize asexuality. Jessica then reads one of her powerful poems about transphobia. The following discussion focuses on the experience of not being what you are supposed to be according to society, racism and ableilsm in language, and using art to communicate the experience of oppression by connecting to identifiable feelings.

Tala and Prince Hart: Prince Hart is asexual, but his parents and many suitors are having a hard time accepting that. When the trickster Tala decides to come to his aid, chaos naturally ensues in this exuberant story that is a playful response to the all too common romanticization of boundary-crossing behaviors!

Story: Tala and Prince Hart Guest: Activist and writer Jessica Miriam Littenberg

This is an illustration of the Musical Creature Band done in an abstract style. On the left is a bear playing a horn while standing on one foot. In the back is an elephant plucking the strings of a harp with its trunk. On the the right is a golden-brown rooster dancing by flapping its wings and strutting. In the front is a donkey with a white nose standing next to a blue drum.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Tala and Prince Hart: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-and-prince-hart/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast The black woman author whose name I could not remember during the discussion is Toni Morrison. The specific book I read in which she deliberately manipulates the imagery of whiteness is Song of Solomon. This link has a section which discusses that imagery: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/solomon/themes.html

Jessica’s Links Read more of Jessica’s work (an announcement will be posted when her book is released): http://www.freaksoftechnology.com/ Octavial Buttler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129839-octavia-s-brood

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition 1: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Market noises: whitechapel market 1.wav by Walter_Odington | License: Creative Commons 0 Market noises: 140802_Greenwich_FoodMarket_F.wav by blaukreuz | License: Creative Commons 0 Suitor’s theme: Thatched Villagers (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Crowd noises at the contest: 072510_crowd_04.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0 Musical Creature Band: Bird (Rod Hamilton) / CC BY-ND 3.0 Transition 2: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 3 – “Tala and Godmother Death” Part 2 with Guest Tobi Hill-Meyer

Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:04:02 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 3 Summary

Community-organizer and media-creator Tobi Hill-Meyer returns to join Fay for the reading of the second half of “Tala and Godmother Death,” followed by a discussion that focuses on gender exploration in trans literature, the importance of depicting forgiveness with consequences, and the humanizing potential of humor.

Tala and Godmother Death: Inspired by the Grimms’ fairy tale “Godfather Death,” this story follows Death’s three godchildren and explores what happens when the most selfish and clever one comes across the trickster Tala.

Story: Tala and Godmother Death Guest: Community-organizer and media-creator Tobi Hill-Meyer

This illustration is meant to be suggestive of the underground cavern full of candles. It depicts eight abstract candles surrounded by darkness. There is one candle close-up in the foreground with a pool of wax pouring from it. The other candles are less detailed and farther away. The flame of each candle is behaving in a different manner, with some blowing to the left and some blowing to the right, while others are still.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Tala and Godmother Death: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-and-godmother-death/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Beyond the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology: http://www.beyondanthology.com/ The specific story referenced is “Optimal” by Blue Delliquanti which centers on the character Sulla. Sulla is also a main character in Blue’s webcomic O Human Star: http://ohumanstar.com/

Tobi Hill-Meyer’s Links Call for submissions to her anthology of trans erotic fiction: http://handbasketproductions.com/call-for-submissions/ The author Tobi referenced who was told by her publisher that no character was allowed to be queer and happy at any book’s end was Marijane Meaker: http://everything.explained.today/Lesbian_pulp_fiction/

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition 1: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Feast music: Minstrel Guild (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 More direct link to Minstrel Guild: http://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=003 Underground cavern: Gentle Whispering (Lee Rosevere) / CC BY-NC 4.0 Tala-Death Romance: Onistwave (P C III) / CC BY 4.0 Transition 2: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 2 – “Tala and Godmother Death” Part 1 with Guest Liz Cruz

Sun, 29 Nov 2015 21:10:24 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 2 Summary

Performance artist and community organizer Liz Cruz joins Fay for the reading of the first half of “Tala and Godmother Death,” followed by a discussion that focuses on queer, femme, and trans representation, the origins of “Tala and Godmother Death” in the fairy tales collected and altered by the brothers Grimm, and the power of giving ourselves and each other permission.

Tala and Godmother Death: Inspired by the Grimms’ fairy tale “Godfather Death,” this story follows Death’s three godchildren and explores what happens when the most selfish and clever one comes across the trickster Tala.

Story: Tala and Godmother Death Guest: Performance artist and community organizer Liz Cruz

This illustration is meant to be suggestive of the underground cavern full of candles. It depicts eight abstract candles surrounded by darkness. There is one candle close-up in the foreground with a pool of wax pouring from it. The other candles are less detailed and farther away. The flame of each candle is behaving in a different manner, with some blowing to the left and some blowing to the right, while others are still.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s story Tala and Godmother Death: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-and-godmother-death/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Full text of an earlier version of Snow White and other similar fairy tales where the prince takes the unconscious/dead woman home: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0709.html Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/967818.Pissing_in_the_Snow_and_Other_Ozark_Folktales The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571737-the-turnip-princess-and-other-newly-discovered-fairy-tales

Liz Cruz’s Links Find out more about Debauchery and Lily Divine Productions: http://www.lilydivine.com

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition 1: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Underground cavern: Gentle Whispering (Lee Rosevere) / CC BY-NC 4.0 Tala-Death Romance: Onistwave (P C III) / CC BY 4.0 Transition 2: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

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Fairy Tale 1 – “Tala and Death’s Embrace” with Guest Tobi Hill-Meyer

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 23:59:01 +0000

Writing Alchemy Fairy Tale 1 Summary

Activist and filmmaker Tobi Hill-Meyer joins Fay for the reading of “Tala and Death’s Embrace” in its entirety, followed by a wide-ranging discussion that focuses on the depiction of trans characters in media.

Tala and Death’s Embrace: Tala’s friend is gravely ill. To save her friend’s life, trickster Tala matches wits with Death in a series of over-the-top hijinks which culminate in a final confrontation with a sexy twist. Find out what it takes to save her friend’s life!

Story: Tala and Death’s Embrace Guest: Activist and filmmaker Tobi Hill-Meyer

Tala stands holding a sheet of parchment with blurry numbers on it. Across from her Death, depicted as older woman with white hair, sits on a bed with her scythe casually draped over her shoulder. In the background is a fireplace with a golden fire burning in it.

 

Show Notes:

Today’s Story Tala and Death’s Embrace: https://writing-alchemy.net/fairy-tales/tala-and-deaths-embrace-2/

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Here is a link to a list of USA Holidays and Observances: http://www.holidays-and-observances.com/holidays-by-month.html

Tobi Hill-Meyer’s Links Her series, Doing It Online: http://www.doingitonline.com/ Sliding scale memberships through her Patreon site: http://patreon.com/DoingItOnline Follow Gender Justice League on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenderJusticeLeague

Music Credits: Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Transition 1: Another Version of You (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0 Street party: antipiracy (情報デスクVIRTUAL) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The contest: Onistwave (P C III) / CC BY 4.0 Transition 2: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0

A zoom in on the score sheet that clearly shows numbers crossed out, added, moved, question marks, and a smiley face.

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New Listener Introduction

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:50:43 +0000

Writing Alchemy New Listener Introduction Summary

The purpose of this episode is to give new listeners an introduction to the two different podcast series in Writing Alchemy and to present some different options for good places to start listening.

Photograph of a silver and black desktop microphone sitting on a white surface with its black cord trailing off to the left.

 

Show Notes:

Fay’s Links You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy Kofi donation: http://ko-fi.com/S6S4BFL0 The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast

Music and Sound Credits Intro: Mellowtron (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0 Transition and end: Poofy Reel (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0

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Writing Alchemy Teaser

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:43:37 +0000

Summary

I created a short teaser for those new listeners wondering what Writing Alchemy is all about.

Writing Alchemy is a storytelling podcast that centers intersectional characters, including a fairy tale series that combines humor and magic with serious topics, and a tabletop role-playing series about the adventures of disabled and mentally diverse heroes.

 

Links

RSS feed: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=154803&refid=stpr itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gy/podcast/writing-alchemy/id1049213332 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/Iv7lbjcvu3ao5jnjtkhhrhfq3vm

 

Credits

Clip 1 Episode: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast/episode-25-cats-paw-ghost-control-adventure-1-the-lederhosen-sprites/

Clip 2 Episode: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast/episode-2-tala-and-godmother-death-part-1/ Underground cavern music: Gentle Whispering (Lee Rosevere) / CC BY-NC 4.0

Clip 3 Episode: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast/episode-28-the-renegade-starship-part-2/ The damaged terminal effect was created from the following four sounds: Initial damage sound: electric_sparks.mp3 by Connum | License: Attribution Noncommercial Electrical arcing: sparks.wav by Marregheriti | License: Creative Commons 0 Electricity hissing: Welding Electricity Sparks by Wakerone | License: Creative Commons 0 Continuous background sparks: Electric Sparks.wav by weaveofk | License: Creative Commons 0

Clip 4 Episode: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast/episode-25-cats-paw-ghost-control-adventure-1-the-lederhosen-sprites/ The cat toys sound was created from layers of the following four sounds: Balls hitting the floor: Ball bouncing.wav by Elmarp | License: Attribution Noncommercial Rolling sound: 1000marbles.wav by Claire.H | License: Attribution Vibrating rolling sound: BallRolling.wav by 150025 | License: Attribution Noncommercial Jingling: Bell jingling inside plastic ball by Wingcommander1 | License: Attribution Noncommercial

Clip 5 Episode: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast/episode-19-welcome-to-the-first-responder-training-program-part-1/

Clip 6 Episode: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast/episode-25-cats-paw-ghost-control-adventure-1-the-lederhosen-sprites/

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