New content on Worlds Asunder! This week we can’t wait to introduce you all to Griffin Barber. Author, Baen editor, host of the Baen Free Radio Hour, Griffin is also a polyglot, recently retired police officer, and a lifelong player of tabletop RPGs and science fiction and fantasy fan.

Join us in talking with Griffin about narratives–where they come from, how we tell our own stories, and how we interact with them. Storytelling is an age-old tradition, and isn’t restricted to formal formatting. We’ll also touch on writing as an outlet for personal experiences, and a way to address the darkness and process things we encounter in our real lives.

In Part One, We Discuss:

• Writing as a cathartic exercise

• Using personal experiences in narratives

• Bookshelves

• Mirroring reality in fiction

• Senses and description in writing

Resources and Guest Links:

• https://griffinbarber.com/

• https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B06XFSJTGQ/allbooks

• https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/4816

Huge thanks to Griffin for giving us his time! He’s a busy man, and we weren’t able to buy him drinks this time, due to him living on the other side of the country.

Host Links:

• H.Y. Gregor: https://hygregor.com/

• David Shadoin: https://www.davidshadoin.com/

Credits: (all assets licensed through the sites listed)

• Intro: Music- Cinematic Epic Trailer by PaulYudin on Pixabay

• Animation and Image- From Vecteezy user- kazim hussian; from pixabay users-davidfoxx, DavidGallie, olenchic, stefaniejockschat, AiVreaSaStii, RuneSnow, duyen-nguyen, EnchantedStudios,

• Outro: Music- Good Night by FASSounds on Pixabay

• Animation and Image- From Vecteezy user-onlydesignz; from pixabay users-olenchic, Placidplace, Evgeniy_Z, Dantegrafico, Shayea_Kim

It's part duex of our time with WorldCraft Club!! Come join us as we explore the reasons why we love worldbuilding...

This originally aired on WorldCraft Club's channel.

We joined James Horton and Seth Ring on WorldCraft Club to talk all the nerdy reasons why we love to talk about worldbuilding and why we can't stop annoying the world with it...the full length video is on WorldCraft Club's channel but we divided it into two parts and this episode originally aired on Book Career Network.