Margaret Owen joins the Lit Service Crew to chat about character stakes, both personal and existential, and how to build them up so your readers minds explode (but not because there are thousands of planet-killing weapons waiting to declare war.)
Margaret is the author The Merciful Crow, The Faithless Hawk, and Little Thieves which just barely came out this week as of this podcast publishing. It is a fabulous twist on Grimm's The Goose Girl with lots of scamming, teasing, and a girl cursed to turn into jewels if she cannot give back the things she's stolen and you should check it out.
If you would like to see the chapter we critiqued with all our notes, go here.
To learn more about Margaret, buy a copy of the book, and see the fun character art and comics she's illustrated herself to go with Little Thieves, visit her website.
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4.1 I Made It All Up with Emily Duncan
Bonus Episode: Behind the Scenes in Publishing with Tony Daniel
3.21 Getting Those Hobbits Out the Door
3.20 Character is Setting with Tony Daniel
3.19 How to Not Discover Witches
Bonus Episode: Kate Watson Query and FanX Q&A
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3.17 Save the Dragons with Jodi Meadows
3.16 Heebie Jeebie Research with Susan R. Matthews
3.15 Magic Systems 101 (and when to throw them out)
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Bonus Episode: Query Examples with Nicki Pau Preto
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