Mindy: Writer Writer Pants on Fire is produced by Mindy McGinnis. Were you able to look forward and be like this will get better, I know it. If the blog or podcast have been helpful to you or if you just enjoy listening, please consider donating. For the love story, check out Episode 19 of This is Love. I want to bring up something you mentioned that has not come up on the podcast before, interestingly enough, and it is something that I also think about often. I still struggle with plotting and painting. Mindy: That sounds awesome. It isn't necessarily rejection. Lyrical writing can't work for every middle grader. Mindy: It sounds like you were able to kind of redirect and pivot pretty well. Hayley: I think that's why librarians are so important, especially youth librarians, because, you need to get to know the kids who are coming to your library and then on. So why don't you talk about writing for upper middle grade and cross over potential for YA and where you see that age range falling? If so, write us or send us a voice memo at lisasbeenhacked@gmail.com. But the important thing is that they still choose each other. Okay, To be fair, I had like, weeks to do it, but I was going through like, a really tough mental time then and I wasn't sure if I was even going to do it. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podca... One day Adam Braseel got a phone call from his mother. Yes. I've never done an online presentation where I'm sharing my screen or like walking like teaching and walking people through slides. David Mascarenas was the Dive Supervisor for the Los Angeles Police Department. If you haven’t already, please review us on App... People incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison aren’t allowed to have pets—but some people, like Ronell Draper, have found ways to work around that. And that, of course, all ended quite abruptly. I've done several of those and it's again. If I'm not writing and if I'm not a writer, I think it's really interesting, and I know we're kind of veering away from the topic of writing and publishing. This week on Ask LISA, our sound effects robot LISA takes listener questions about dirt and soil, the meaning of life, and his favorite memories from his career in musical theater. Can you figure out who's lying about lizards? Not necessarily a writing problem, but but, you know, like having a real sense of conviction about your work is quite hard when you're just starting out and you kind of just You just desperately want an agent. On the thrilling conclusion of “LISA’s Been Hacked!”, we install some new security software, learn how to spell “Gloucester,” and finally discover which sound effects robot is the true, original LISA. It launches, when else, July 4th, so if you enjoy what you hear, please search Young Ben Franklin on your podcast app, and head over to subscribe. Pants on Fire Ep 4 - The Truth about Lies in Fiction, Episode 3 - The Truth about Lies in Fiction, Pants on Fire Ep 3 - Sweet-talking Ernest Dickens and the Spanish prisoner. Visit our website, PantsOnFire.pizza to listen to the show and take L.I.S.A.’s weekly trivia quiz. I can scan a lot of pages and pick up, you know, drugs, sex, whatever. Martha Minow's latest book is When Should Law Forgive. What happened next was so unusual that it changed the way we think about arson. And so I did, and she's like, This is the one I'm working with. So I had to figure all that out, like, literally the day before my release. But as I said, I had never done an Instagram live. There's the Life where she was good at science and is a glaciologist. There are reflections about idea, generation and idea development. I’m excited to chat everything middle grade and revising. So why don't you tell us a little bit about your new book Forest of Souls? Can you figure out who's lying about drums? This is my belief in life and in writing. That's everything I am. And I was like, going to focus all of my budget on that tour, but it didn't happen. It's so easy to get sort of lost in a sort of trivial sort of stresses or get lost in the Internet and get lost in politics or coronavirus or whatever it is, we lose sight, I think, of so much and so much of sort of existence, really. And I think you got to go with your gut. My editor said she absolutely loved the book, Loved the voice, loved the world and there was some story problems. I don't write them from the perspective of being a teacher or a parent. And I also think that it's important. The 2020 Summer Olympics have been postponed by a year, but this week we carry on the torch by setting fire to a pair of Wacky Khakis. So in 2020 when all of us feel desperately out of control, I'm sure in the U. S. That's even more magnified. All of that stuff. Can you figure out who’s lying about turtles? I will be. Yeah, I really hope people like it. Because some stuff is kind of ornamental, almost. So, like I would just eat for the sake of eating. I can't get to all this today. I was just like, I have to do this. Why don't you tell? It's you talking about your book, and you can reference people to it. Usually, middle grade is like 9 to 12. My book in 2020 came out on March 3rd, and I got a week of touring in, and then everything shut down and we were done. Pants on Fire Ep 3 - Sweet-talking Ernest Dickens and the Spanish prisoner 15 Nov 2017 We take a journey from the trainer-wheels fibs of toddlers through to our peak period of dishonesty – … It seems to be something that you think about a lot. So they’re fantasy books, but especially my latest book, is kind of borderline fantasy horror, dark fantasy. Review our. Available for all ages, any occasion. It's another step in the ladder, so why don't you talk a little bit about that R and R process. I had no idea what to write about, and I didn't know how to tap into that and how to like, think of something interesting to write about. Um, you know, they're not gory. Give me your money. A Kinda Funny Show. She gave me broad structural feedback in terms of, you know, where the pacing was lagging and like how the structure of the story wasn't working. I have been broacasting weekly since March of 2017. This week, The Big Fib launches a new LISA app, but chaos ensues when an unexpected visitor crashes the scene. Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Josh and Chuck have you covered. And the world has just become too much. Paul Collins’ book is Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard. Pants on Fire Ep 3 - Sweet-talking Ernest Dickens and the Spanish prisoner 15 Nov 2017 We take a journey from the trainer-wheels fibs of toddlers through to our peak period of dishonesty – the teen years – with a child psychotherapist and a family counsellor. So I went to go see my doctor. And this year it has been full of anxiety, and what's been so strange has been realizing that ah, lot of the symptoms of  My anxiety and my breakdown when I was younger have been sort of almost enforced upon us. I am an author. Matt: It's interesting. Listen to RNZ: Pants on Fire episodes free, on demand. Um, it is actually a self paced tool, so you don't have to do it in 10 days. I mean it's super important, super important, and I'm really glad we talked about it, but I definitely rather end on a higher note for the episode. Why? The Big Fib is produced by Gen-Z Media in partnership with PRX. So, like literally, I would just go to YouTube and, like, check out like the views and the comments and stuff and if they all seem to be really well attended. So any particular inspiration for this? Depression is that, I mean, that's what gets me every time. That's definitely leading an insulated life. And there were a lot of librarians I know and also teens that were like, Hey, where's you know? But also I was waiting for stamps, so that's like my excuse, Well, because of the whole post office situation, I was waiting a very long time for stamps. Is it just my ego rearing its head? I ended up with a group of people because I was forcing myself to go out, forcing myself to be with friends, forcing myself to find those things. And, you know, all the rejections were coming in, and I had another moment, just like is this what I want to do, because it's just a lot of rejection and a lot of pain. We were planning this really big cover photo challenge in June, like leading up to my book release and then I post about it. What is the author saying or what is, you know, really having a discussion as opposed to Like I mean, I freely admit to like occasionally combing through reviews, looking for someone that maybe hopefully actually got it. And it's about how you can make a book idea, meaning not just a new story idea, but like a new idea for how to move the scene forward or an idea for a character or an idea for world building. He said there were people inside the house. And sometimes, like when we used to live next to a river in York, in the north of England, And I remember nearly falling into a depression. It's very hard to do, and especially when you are a younger writer or you're unsure of yourself and what your own voice might be. Like I have those days too. Errol Morris went anyway. The house became the center of a case that's referred to as “The Ghostbusters ruling.” The judicial opinion read: “as a matter of law, the house is haunted.”. If the blog or podcast have been helpful to you or if you just enjoy listening, please consider donating. I also felt very alone during that time, like, no matter who was around you, like even if you don't have a partner or even if you are having a house full of people. There was a man standing in the front yard. Hilarious and fast-paced, the show teaches kids to ask insightful questions, weigh the evidence before them, and trust their guts. To see Robert Cohen's photographs, visit thisiscriminal.com. Look for your weekly digest of new blog posts on Sunday! There's such a broad range. It's been like long enough now that I can't even recall specifically, I don't know, at least a half dozen. Visit http://www.tryvellum.com/pants To learn more. I'm not working hard enough. Personally, it's not been great, but it hasn't been like a disaster. And it's like I had a real situation to deal with. In the era of fake news, kids need to learn to be able to tell what’s true from what’s false. I'm fine. I'm just saying it is not worth throwing yourself against that brick wall over and over If your heart is not in it. Send a puppet gram and lighten someone's day. Mindy: I wanna talk a little bit about looking back on the real down, those deep lows. If you haven’t already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! She kind of did that. For a nine year old, it's actually very mysterious to me because I think as a writer we just create the book.