In this special birthday episode, Madeline celebrates turning 26 by going off on a slightly unhinged tangent chatting with Melissa Ring, her friend and geography and meteorology student at Valparaiso University, about her sci-fi writing hobby. During the course of their conversation, they discuss how Madeline and Melissa met, the inspiration for the episode, the tale of Hoosier Awakening 5, Madeline's three works-in-progress, writing as healing, the SEEK conference, imagination, similarities between writing and doing science, and much more!
During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can further explore. Some of these references include episodes 19, 38, and 39 of this podcast; Markmaker by Mary Jessica Woods; Love, Treachery, and Other Terrors by Katharine Campbell; the Legend Fiction community; Pope St. John Paul II's Letter to Artists; and The Martian by Andy Weir
If you want to check out Melissa's own writing, you can follow her on insta: @melissa_officicinalis_writes
Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast
Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!
In this special birthday episode, Madeline celebrates turning 26 by going off on a slightly unhinged tangent chatting with Melissa Ring, her friend and geography and meteorology student at Valparaiso University, about her sci-fi writing hobby. During the course of their conversation, they discuss how Madeline and Melissa met, the inspiration for the episode, the tale of Hoosier Awakening 5, Madeline's three works-in-progress, writing as healing, the SEEK conference, imagination, similarities between writing and doing science, and much more!
During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can further explore. Some of these references include episodes 19, 38, and 39 of this podcast; Markmaker by Mary Jessica Woods; Love, Treachery, and Other Terrors by Katharine Campbell; the Legend Fiction community; Pope St. John Paul II's Letter to Artists; and The Martian by Andy Weir
If you want to check out Melissa's own writing, you can follow her on insta: @melissa_officicinalis_writes
Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast
Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!