Somebody Write This Podcast

The audio version of this episode can be found here . Hannah: In the rural south, a bounty hunter struggles to partner with a young woman. Jennie: Somebody write this. Hannah: Hi, and welcome to Somebody Write This where we use a random plot generator to give us an idea. And then we brainstorm how that could be a thing somebody might want to write. I'm Hannah. Jennie: And I'm Jennie. Hannah: And to help us with our brainstorming today, we have a guest. Welcome, Shem Greenwood. Shem: Good afternoon. Hannah: We are very excited to have you here with us. And so before we get into our topic today, we just want to have a real quick chat with Shem and get to know him and his relationship with stories a little bit. And so I want to start with the fact that you teach high school English. I'm a teacher as well, also of high school and middle school, and so I'm curious, what stories or themes do you see today's high school students really connecting with, either...

The audio version of this episode can be found here . Hannah: 40 shady police detectives are asked to contact the daughter. Jennie: Somebody write this. Hannah: Hi, and welcome to Somebody Write This, where we use a random plot generator to give us an idea and then we brainstorm how that could be a thing somebody might want to write. I'm Hannah. Jennie: And I'm Jennie. Hannah: And to help us with our brainstorming today, we have a guest. Welcome, Jo Cassidy. Jo: Oh, thank you for having me. I'm so excited. Hannah: Oh, we're so excited to have you on. This is gonna be a lot of fun. Jo: And you're our first published author guests. We're so excited. Hannah: You are our first published author, and so I'm definitely going to ask you some questions about that. Jo: Yes. Hannah: First of all, I'm curious because I know you write mostly YA, young adult fiction What drew you specifically to YA work? Jo: Mostly because when I was in high s...

Doug Van Hollen sent in the beginning of chapter 3 for An Unbreakable Radio Cypher and John Wilkes Booth's Diary in Liverpool! We shared a piece of it on the podcast but here is what he sent in its entirety. Enjoy! CHAPTER 3 The alley was something of a rarity in New Liverpool; real estate was always at such a premium. At least it was until the whir-bombs turned the Southern Bank into "developable lots”. The alley was lined with industrial-size waste bins that glowed various shades of red and green to indicate their fullness, as well as awnings hanging over little stoops and porches that once held kitchen staff preening themselves on their breaks but now stood empty. Most of the rubble and loose urban detritus had been cleared off to the sides into oddly organic banks that hugged the backs of the buildings lining the alley. Fenster hovered well behind Westinghouse's elbow, poised, it seemed, to bolt back down Central Boulevard the way they had just come. "Are...