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Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
Kristy and Kai
218 episodes
4 days ago
Writers on writing, characters, and other stuff. Subscribe, follow, like, share - do all the things! Write. Let's do this. Email us at character.collective.podcast@gmail.com For more podcast stuff, go to http://kaiparker.com/podcast. Follow Kai Parker at: www.kaiparker.com www.pjsilva.com Follow Kristy Westaway at: www.kristywestaway.com https://www.instagram.com/kristywestawayauthor/ https://twitter.com/KristyWestaway Thank you to: @jayiisnthome for the amazing image artwork
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Writers on writing, characters, and other stuff. Subscribe, follow, like, share - do all the things! Write. Let's do this. Email us at character.collective.podcast@gmail.com For more podcast stuff, go to http://kaiparker.com/podcast. Follow Kai Parker at: www.kaiparker.com www.pjsilva.com Follow Kristy Westaway at: www.kristywestaway.com https://www.instagram.com/kristywestawayauthor/ https://twitter.com/KristyWestaway Thank you to: @jayiisnthome for the amazing image artwork
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Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 42: So long, and thanks for all the fish!

S3 Episode 42: Don't let the title freak you out... but it's true. Also, yes, it's really episode 41, but come on... We had to, right?

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode, we stick a fork in the podcast! Done. That's All Folks! As they say. But, hey, maybe it won't be, you never know. Lol. It may seem like it's a rather out-of-the-blue thing and it is, but it isn't. I mean, ignoring the fact that somehow, we both did this for almost three full years (like, how?) I think the signs were there that the days were numbered. But listen to the episode and we'll explain why today is the last episode OF THE CURRENT ITERATION of Character Collective. That is not to say that we WILL be back, but we won't write off anything. On the plus side, now you can go back and catch up with all the crap... I mean, amazing insights? you missed in earlier episodes, lol.

THANK YOU for listening and for being a part of this crazy directionless journey that somehow got us both to where we are now. If you've listened from the start, you know it's not just been about books and characters. We both found ourselves (or at least, started to) while you listened in. But now, the shiny newness has settled and we are ready to discover what it's like to live without someone else's glass ceiling.

FOLLOW US (because we are still the Character Collective in many forms) and stay up to date about anything we drop here or any new ventures from either of us. Follow us on Medium and head to our websites and don't forget to BUY OUR BOOKS!!!

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

* Visit Kristy at ⁠⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠⁠ and Kai at ⁠⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠⁠ (we'll probs drop notices in here - we still need to chat about what we'll do with it, lol)

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Forged Blade: Shadow's Seduction (The Blades of Tesharen Book 2) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

** ⁠⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠⁠ **

* Merch store - share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
35 minutes 23 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 40: TikTok, Cheating, and Therapy, OH MY!

S3 Episode 40: Uniqueness is a tricky subject for neordivergent writers.

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai can't read their character's insights - great.
  • Kristy wrote in a book with pen and the world didn't implode - that IS great.
  • We decide we have nothing to offer - well, fuck!

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Forged Blade: Shadow's Seduction (The Blades of Tesharen Book 2) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 41 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 39: Book Trauma and Cake

S3 Episode 39: Book trauma and book branding - because that's a mix

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai shares their book trauma - that time they burned their own books
  • Kristy talks branding herself as, THE ANNOTATOR!
  • We crap on, crap away.

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Forged Blade: Shadow's Seduction (The Blades of Tesharen Book 2) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 15 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 38: Opposite(genre)s attract

S3 Episode 38:  It IS fiction and a natural fact - horror comedy works 'cause opposite(genre)s attract

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai shares the disturbing realization that they've ALWAYS been a romance writer 😳
  • Kristy talks horror movies and shows, because horror is da bomb
  • We plan to smoosh genres but get stuck on our favs because that tracks!

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Forged Blade: Shadow's Seduction (The Blades of Tesharen Book 2) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 58 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S2 Ep 37: Dr of Words - LGBTQIADHDASD

S3 Episode 37: Here is your prescription for queer neurodivergent fiction.

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai defines representation (and lack thereof) - or something
  • Kristy tries on her stethoscope for autistic queer beats
  • We talk writing PhDs again, but with new perspectives

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Forged Blade: Shadow's Seduction (The Blades of Tesharen Book 2) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 5 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S2 Ep 36: Theraputic narratives - stab a bitch!

S3 Episode 36: Finding therapy through letting our characters loose on coontz!

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb. And the C word in this ep - like, a LOT!

In this episode:

  • Kai sends Weylan on a coont destruction mission and writes about it
  • Kristy gets exactly what she asked the universe for, but forgot to tell it to stab some coontz... 
  • We say coont (yes, I'm choosing to spell it that way here, lol) more times than Thor drops a ya mom joke!

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Forged Blade: Shadow's Seduction (The Blades of Tesharen Book 2) by K.L. Nightshade (Kristy Westaway)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
42 minutes 20 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 35: Embrace the nope!

S3 Episode 35: I'm not dead, you're dead! Oh, wait, yeah, I'm dead too.

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai embraces their existential non-existence
  • Kristy chokes on nuts while nutting out the next steps
  • We embrace the nopeness

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 9 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 34: Neurodivergent writers in Zombie mode!

S3 Episode 34: Yeah, nah. Grave bros!

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai gives a self-promotional shoutout to NUSA - like, dammmn dude. Nice.
  • Kristy enters fuck this mode at work and boy did they back the fuck down!
  • We talk about stuff. And other stuff.

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Merch store (will happen eventually, but for now, if you want some queer shit or share Kai's AFTG obsession, head to their Red Bubble shop: ⁠Rainbow-Pride⁠

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 44 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 33: Spilling the T on Hero Relationships

S3 Episode 33: Fix my characters - says Kai

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai asks for help - because there's a first-time for everything
  • Kristy gives help - yeah, nothing new here at all
  • We fix a relationship like the gods we are!

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- (PRE-ORDER) ⁠Defiant Blade: Allure of Darkness (The Blades of Tesharen Book 1)⁠

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 24 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 32: Wait, you want us to... people?

S3 Episode 32: Finding our best paths is a journey in itself

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai shares their therapist's 'worlds dumbest idea'
  • Kristy talks through her newsletter plans
  • We plan to unplan with plans

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 52 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 31: It's all about the Blades, 'bout the Blades.

S3 Episode 31: To Blade or not to Blade? Dude, that's not even a question.

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai realises the level of trauma escalation in the First Strike books.
  • Kristy realises her shit isn't shit!
  • We unpack how we unpacked Kristy's Blades series and what's next.

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 41 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 30: And some more on that transmedia thing...

S3 Episode 30: Continuing on from last week

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai said stuff
  • Kristy said other stuff
  • We said stuffs. Soz, I have the man flu and as an enby, I'm susceptible to regular colds AND the man flu. So I'm clearly dying and can't word.

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 45 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 29: Transmedia and the M-Word

S3 Episode 29: Talking transmedia and decisions

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai still hates mmmm... *vom*, marrrr *vom*... the M word
  • Kristy says, Facebook - I choose you. (Worst Pikachu reference ever!) 
  • We talk transmedia and social media (because you know how good we are with remembering that exists!)

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 20 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 28: Be Pragmatic. Be-ee Pragmatic

S3 Episode 28: 

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai learns to fuck the rules, but only the fuckable ones
  • Kristy learns to fuck everyone, but not really because asexual and all
  • We are both editing and this pragmatic thing, might be a thing

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 19 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 27.5: Because not this week, satan!

S3 Episode 27 and a bit: It happened - we needed a week off!

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai says, nope
  • Kristy doesn't drop by
  • We just don't

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠.

⁠⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠⁠

- ⁠⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠⁠ and Kai at ⁠⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
3 minutes 46 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 27: All for the Game and all for the Representation!

S3 Episode X: They finally did it! Kristy read All for the Game!

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai embraces the stupid, embraces the obsession, embraces the, 'BE LIKE NORA'.
  • Kristy puts up with Kai's AFTG obsession (hope she didn't think that would shut them up! Lol)
  • We talk All for the Game - "Fucking finally!" - Kai

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 38 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 26: The AI Takeover is Happening (Thank Fuck!)

S3 Episode 26: AI is such a tool! 

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai trials AI as a research assistant
  • Kristy hires AI as a writing intern
  • We revisit AI because we don't have time to cross our fingers

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
41 minutes 44 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 25: Deep Down in the Darkness where we Dare to Delve

S3 Episode 25:  Let's get all sorts of dark

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kristy questions dark versus light
  • Kai questions the question
  • We talk about the writing gold in the darkest of fantasy fiction

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to ⁠character.collective.podcast@gmail.com⁠.

⁠CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION⁠ - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid. 

Kai on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠ you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: ⁠Subscribe for notifications!⁠ If you use my affiliate link to ⁠JOIN MEDIUM HERE⁠, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU! 

** ⁠Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast⁠ **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- ⁠Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠#DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)⁠

- ⁠Sugar Twink by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Story Bored by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway⁠

- ⁠Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker⁠

- ⁠Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

- ⁠Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World⁠

* Visit Kristy at ⁠www.kristywestaway.com⁠ and Kai at ⁠www.kaiparker.com⁠. Or our Facebook group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective⁠ (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from ⁠www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
33 minutes 58 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep24: AI, Privilege, and Trauma - Oh, my!

S3 Episode 24: We talk AI... but totally took a left at trauma!

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai is an ad for Medium - but they are right, you should totally follow and read all the things
  • Kristy hyperfocusses on AI so that Kai doesn't have to
  • We wonder what Grinder for AI would be called. Maybe I'll ask AI

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid.

Kai on Medium: Subscribe for notifications! If you use my affiliate link to JOIN MEDIUM HERE you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: Subscribe for notifications! If you use my affiliate link to JOIN MEDIUM HERE, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU!

** Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)

- #DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)

- NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)

- Sugar Twink by Kai Parker

- Story Bored by Kai Parker

- ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway

- Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker

- Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World

- Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World

* Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com and Kai at www.kaiparker.com. Or our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
1 hour 12 minutes 27 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
S3 Ep 23: Organising Shit — the Practical

S3 Episode 23: You heard the theory, now hear it in action. There will be a test - but we probs won't get around to it.

!Mild coarse language - like numerous droppings of the F-bomb.

In this episode:

  • Kai is working through their million bits of writing...
  • Kristy re-assessesasseses because the needle moved!
  • We implement our organising of the organisation and do the things

Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that.

Send your questions, words of encouragement, fan-fic, and fan art (come on, make our day!) to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR MEDIUM PUBLICATION - Follow now and get EARLY SNEAK PEEK insights into the coming episode (that is of course unless we have one of those weeks where we literally record it the day it's released... but we're really trying not to do that! Lol. Follow the publication for more insights into us, our writing, and our processeseseseesesses, as we embrace the stupid.

Kai on Medium: Subscribe for notifications! If you use my affiliate link to JOIN MEDIUM HERE you get all the benefits and I get therapy. Cheers!

Kristy on Medium: Subscribe for notifications! If you use my affiliate link to JOIN MEDIUM HERE, you get all the benefits and I gets my med. Thank YOU!

** Listen to Kai's fictional podcast pilot episode - Treading Water Podcast **

AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon:

- Sit Happens: a one-bed romance short story (Kai Parker)

- #DearMoon (NUSA book 0.5) by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)

- NUSA Earth: Natural Unhuman Space Academy by PJ Silva (Kai Parker)

- Sugar Twink by Kai Parker

- Story Bored by Kai Parker

- ADHD Ask by Kristy Westaway

- Cupid's Guide Series (3 books) by Kai Parker

- Write Now Book Writing Series (4 Books) from Writers World

- Living on Purpose Book Series (4 Books) from Writers World

* Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com and Kai at www.kaiparker.com. Or our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecharactercollective (we mostly forget we have one)

* Acknowledgements:

- Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome

- Music by Shane Ivers from www.silvermansound.com

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2 years ago
1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds

Character Collective - Writing Words and Character Conversations
Writers on writing, characters, and other stuff. Subscribe, follow, like, share - do all the things! Write. Let's do this. Email us at character.collective.podcast@gmail.com For more podcast stuff, go to http://kaiparker.com/podcast. Follow Kai Parker at: www.kaiparker.com www.pjsilva.com Follow Kristy Westaway at: www.kristywestaway.com https://www.instagram.com/kristywestawayauthor/ https://twitter.com/KristyWestaway Thank you to: @jayiisnthome for the amazing image artwork