Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Panic Mode: Activated!"

Embrace the panic, and remember: chaos makes for unforgettable stories.

In this Alchemy Short n’ Sweet episode, Tim and LeeAnna delve into the joy of a crisis made so much worse by the person who panics!

Sometimes the most mythic moment in your book should be the leg of a drowning mythological figure waving from a distant corner.

We go to places where reality, science, and horror collide in the weirdest ways. You won’t get this kind of weird anywhere else. Trust me.

The beauty of language doesn’t always come from sitting in your chair, sipping a nice tea, and waiting for divine inspiration to strike.

The beauty of fiction is that we get to explore those gaps, to discover the things we didn’t know we didn’t know.

Tim & LeeAnna dive into the “weirdness beneath our skin”—because, honestly, who doesn’t love a good rabbit hole?

Here’s the deal: you can either play it safe, writing characters who are as boring as wet toast, or you can let your imagination run wild.

Find the "egg fee" in your next story, and see where it takes you.

How could someone take a perfectly reasonable idea and turn it into something wildly, explosively, spectacularly out of hand?

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "When Reality Met Fiction: The Meet Cute"

In the end, whether it's love or creative writing, the unexpected is what keeps us hooked.

The next time you're stuck for a plot, remember the absurdity of it all. The mistakes, the greed, the human error...

Serve the Weird (it's okay, you'll see what I mean)