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Writers, After Dark #81: M. A. Carrick A good caper story needs a carefully planned series of setups

Writers, After Dark #81: M. A. Carrick A good caper story needs a carefully planned series of setups

by Summer Brooks | January 17, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms (collaborating as M. A. Carrick) stop by to talk about The Mask of Mirrors, the first in the new political intrigue caper fantasy trilogy, “Rook & Rose”.

Yes, this story collaboration started out as a role-playing game fanfic side hustle quest.

Marie & Alyc talk about how they shared the writing duties, continuing to expand the plot and the characters, and much more.

And yes, the entire run of The Babylon Podcast is still online and available in various podcast directories like Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.

Web: macarrick.com, swantower.com, alychelms.com
Twitter: @ma_carrick, @swan_tower, @alychelms

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    Summer Brooks

    Summer Brooks enjoys putting her additiocn to sci-fi & horror stories to good use in interviewing guests. She is a long-time podcaster, in several roles (co-host , host and producer) for Slice of SciFi since 2005, as co-host for The Babylon Podcast since 2006, and host of Writers, After Dark since 2018.

    She is an avid reader and writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of publishing credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing a graphic novel urban fantasy, and a B-movie creature feature.

    Summer also does story narrations for Tales to Terrify, StarShip Sofa, and Escape Pod, among others.

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