Tempest Raven Prompt Reactions with MM Schreier and Charlie Rogers

Well... life has been life-ing... mostly good things, but still time-consuming! We apologize for the long delay in posting this episode, but anytime Maggie and Charlie stop by, you know it will be a fun listen (even if its a bit late). The Tempest Raven competition has concluded, but we hope you'll still find value and joy in listening to our genre and prompt reactions! Maybe listening to this episode will help generate excitement about the upcoming Verdant Owl competition.

**SPONSOR INFO**

We have two sponsors we'd like to include this episode:

The first sponsor: Alexandria Bellani is promoting a new flash competition, Odd Embers! It’s run by a very talented friend and fellow Contest Goblin, and is an absolutely amazing competition focusing on weird fiction and unique, inspiring prompts (and based on chatter in various writing groups after the first challenge, it seems to have followed through on that prompt promise!).

Their next contest, “Drabble-abble-abble”, kicks off on Friday 10 April (registration closes 9 April), and will challenge writers to submit a single, cohesive story between 290-310 words. There will be three sets of prompts provided to the writers who will need to choose one prompt from each set to include in their stories. The prompt chosen from the first set of prompts must first appear in the first 100 words of the story, the prompt chosen from the second set of prompts must first appear in the second 100 words, and then the third prompt must first appear in the last 100 words. Once a prompt has been introduced, it can flow through into the rest of the story, but each prompt must appear for the first time within its designated 100 word section.

Odd Embers encourages weird, wild takes across all genres and is primarily targeted at the community of masochists who dread any weekend where they haven’t signed up for a writing competition. It’s really fun, quirky, and inspiring, and is really just intended for all of us to have a lot of fun writing!

The second sponsor: Maggie Schreier is promoting Autumn Bettinger's new book: Bella Donna. Although the book is not quite available for preorder yet, here is the link to watch for when it is available, and here is a link to Autumn's personal website. Below is the blurb Maggie wrote for the back cover:

"Belladonna" by Autumn Bettinger is a lush garden of short fiction –- sometimes disturbing, sometimes weird, often poignant, but always beautiful. Read like a botanical guide, this book explores the joy and sorrow of the human experience in masterfully articulated bite-sized tales.
            --  MM Schreier, author of "Monstrosity, Humanity" and "Bruised, Resilient"

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