{"id":10027,"date":"2021-07-17T20:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2021-07-17T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T15:27:28","slug":"talkcast-490-smart-writing-for-smart-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10027","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 490 &#8211; Smart Writing for Smart Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10030\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KristiCharishAuthor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10030\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10030\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10013809_348775241946471_4403646954983468856_n-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kristi Charish\" width=\"127\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10013809_348775241946471_4403646954983468856_n-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10013809_348775241946471_4403646954983468856_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristi Charish<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode we talk about opening back up of conventions, Northeast Comicon, Gay Somers, Blind Boxes. The blind box analogy referred to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristicharish.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kristi Charish<\/a> and her newest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KE4ITF0?notRedirectToSDP=1&amp;ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&amp;storeType=ebooks\" target=\"_blank\">Owl and the Japanese Circus <\/a>which is book four in the Owl series and really just dumped Commander Cam and I into this wonderful universe of hers. So\u2026.we spent the rest of the interview talking about her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristicharish.com\/owl\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOwl\u201d universe,<\/a> where it came from and where it is going. The universe is, in concept, both scientifically accurate with more than a tinge of supernatural intrigue. Kristi&#8217;s\u00a0writing style is both intense and whimsical which makes for a very relaxed thrill ride (if that isn&#8217;t a bit oxymoronic).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The book was fun to read, the interview was very enjoyable for us.Hope it is for you as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10027-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast490.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast490.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast490.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast490.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast490.mp3&id=10027\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10028\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F-683x1024.jpeg 683w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F-200x300.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F-768x1152.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10027\" data-text=\"TalkCast 490 - Smart Writing for Smart Readers\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10027\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D10027&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F07%2F31FA7EE7-D29C-413D-B5D2-EC7FD2E51C6F-683x1024.jpeg&#038;description=TalkCast%20490%20-%20Smart%20Writing%20for%20Smart%20Readers\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In this episode we talk about opening back up of conventions, Northeast Comicon, Gay Somers, Blind Boxes. 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