Page One - The Writer's Podcast

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C.L. Clark, dubbed the "Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians" by Reactor Magazine, is a BFA award-winning editor and the Nebula-nominated author of a few essays, several short stories, and a handful of books, including the Magic of the Lost trilogy (The Unbroken), the novellas Fate's Bane and Fortune’s Wake, and the Arcane novel Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf. When they’re not imagining the fall of empires, they’re trying not to throw their kettlebells through the walls. For essays and extras, head to their website, clclarkwrites.com.

We had a great time speaking with Cherae about the journey to getting their first novel published, how they use cards and dice to help inspire their stories and talk about the pros and cons of literary awards. Plus, we of course chat about TTRPGs (Cherae appears on our sister podcast, Narrative Damage!) and also talk about how their knowledge of swordfighting helps them write great fight scenes.

Links:
Buy Fortune's Wake now
Follow Cherae on Bluesky
Visit their website

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Listen to authors telling stories together on our sister show, Narrative Damage

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Jordan Acosta is a British-Filipino speculative fiction writer. He was born in Hong Kong in the 1980s and moved to the UK in his teens, before graduating with two degrees in architecture from the University of Sheffield. He now works as a visual historian and creative director based near London. His audio drama, The Pallid Mask, is available now from all podcast outlets.

We had a great time chatting with Jordan and hearing about his work as a visual historian (and what that means) - and how that informed his writing. We talk about the long road to completing his first novel, Dark Century, and how he originally conceived of The Coronet (the first part of The Pallid Mask audio drama) as a short story. We discuss how it ties in with The King in Yellow stories, and what made him decide to turn it all into an audio drama.

Link:
Listen to The Pallid Mask now
Follow Jordan on Bluesky
Visit Jordan's website

Support us on Patreon and get the podcast early and ad-free, along with other great benefits, including a bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/ukpageone

Listen to authors telling stories together on our sister show, Narrative Damage

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After a slightly longer than expected break between episodes, we are back to discuss - you guessed it - AI! First up, we are looking to France, where a prize for AI-written novels has been announced (), then we talk about bestselling authors teaming up with AI to make films and TV series…! Not great. Finally, we chat about Romantasy’s new entrant - a small writer named James Patterson…

00:00 Intro
01:21 From the Slush Pile - Listener Comments
08:56 Oh là là - French Fiction AI Prize
21:38 Production Prompts - Big Authors, Bad Tech
35:01 Chasing the Maas Market - Patterson’s Romantasy Debut
45:51 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine's Idea Factory
49:58 The Final Chapter - RIP Patrick Stewart & Entertainment Catch-up

Links:
New prize launches for books co-written by AI
Authors First - the new AI book-to-film studio
James Patterson is writing a romantasy with this Scottish author
Australian woman charged with lacing colleague's curry with snail poison

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As we continue our short break, we bring you the second part of our Delta Green adventure from our sister channel, Narrative Damage.

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New York, 1993. Our four mismatched agents begin to investigate the mansion that Delta Green believes is linked to the disappearances of three young children. What they start to uncover is both troubling and unsettling. Can they find out the truth before it begins to eat away at their own lives?

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:
Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian
Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight
Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator
David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad
With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)
Background music - Monument Studios

Chapters
00:00 Start
00:35 Previously on From The Dust
02:40 Opening credits
04:30 Player introductions and chat
06:40 The investigation continues...
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We're on a short break from Page One, but enjoy this episode from our sister show, Narrative Damage.

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New York, 1993. In the sweltering heat of late summer, four mismatched operatives are activated by Delta Green to take part in Operation Blister II. Three young children have gone missing and Delta Green believe it is linked to an old mansion in the Red Hook area of the city. Will our agents find out what happened before the Unnatural threat strikes again?

Narrative Damage is a TTRPG podcast that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.

Cast:
Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin - Agent Meridian
Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Hollow Boys - Agent Midnight
Nicholas Binge, author of Abyss - Agent Mercator
David Goodman, Author of Solitary Agents - Agent Myriad
With Marco Rinaldi as The Handler

Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is a trademark and copyright owned by the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © Narrative Damage excepting those elements that are components of the Delta Green intellectual property.

"From The Dust" written by Dennis Detwiller and published by Arc Dream Publishing.

Opening Credits music - The Legacy of Hades by Jok'a'Face (Code: VRTXXQOXR8HQPELK)
Background music - Monument Studios

Chapters
00:00 Start
00:35 Intro
02:30 Opening credits
04:16 Player introductions and chat
06:57 The investigation begins...
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