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Bell Cow Podcasts: StoryLab

Hosts Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride bring writers together for The Bell Cow StoryLab Podcast, our panel-focused show built for readers who love story and writers who love craft. Drawing from the Bell Cow Cattle-log and the wider literary world, StoryLab goes beyond the one-on-one Author Round-up to explore big, juicy questions: setting, villains, dialogue, genre-bending, research, ethics, and the invisible work that turns drafts into books.

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Monthly: every 3rd Thursday! (Why the third Thursday? Well... why not?)

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What are the panels? Glad you asked... here's the list of episodes!

3/19: The Villain You Secretly Love: Crafting Compelling Bad Guys

Featuring:

Aliah Wright: https://www.aliahwright.com/
Brian Lutterman: https://brianlutterman.com/
David Housewright: https://www.davidhousewright.com/
Frank Weber: https://www.frankweberauthor.com/
Tracy Clark: https://tracyclarkbooks.com/

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4/1: April Fools Special: We’re Not Fooling Around About Scams w/ Victoria Strauss from Writer Beware and a Panel of Authors

Featuring Victoria Strauss and Writer Beware:

Panelists:

Mike Faricy: https://www.mikefaricybooks.com/
John Rogers: https://johnbairdrogers.com/author/fretlessjohn/
William J. Anderson (A.W. Powers): https://wmjanderson.com/a-w-powers/
Betty Brandt-Passick: https://bettybrandtpassick.com/
Alan Miller: http://www.accesstodemocracy.com/?page_id=2

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4/16: Mystery of the Ordinary, Turning Everyday Life Into Page-Turning Fiction

Featuring:

Christine Husom: https://www.christinehusom.com/
John Heckenlaible: https://jjheckenlaible.com/
Michael Allan Mallory: https://www.snakejones.com/
Marjorie Mathison Hance: https://mmhance.com/

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5/21: Writing Across Genres: The Joy (and Chaos) of Being Unpigeonholeable

Featuring:

Beth M James: https://www.bethmjames.com/
Catherine Friend: https://catherinefriend.com/
Frank Weber: https://www.frankweberauthor.com/
M.A. Monnin: https://www.mamonnin.com/

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6/18: What We Steal From Other Mediums: Craft Tricks Borrowed From TV, Film & Games

Featuring:

Traci Lambrecht (P.J. Tracy): https://pjtracy.com/
James W. Bennetts: https://www.jameswbennettsbooks.com/
Christopher Valen: https://www.christophervalen.com

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7/16: When History Meets Story: Ethics in Historical & Real-Life Fiction

Featuring:

Terri Karsten: https://terrikarsten.com/
JJ Harrigan: https://jjharrigan.com/
Gary R. Bush: https://authors.tertulia.com/garyrbush-draftfgg4f1/books
Betty Brandt-Passick: https://bettybrandtpassick.com/

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8/20: Writing Minnesota: The Myths, the Weather, the Quiet Weirdness

Featuring:

Cary Griffith: https://www.carygriffith.com/
Chris Norbury: https://chrisnorbury.com/
James W. Bennetts: https://www.jameswbennettsbooks.com/

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