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[thelaurenshippen]

Hi Lauren! I just started listening to the AM Archives (which is amazing btw!!) and I was on episode 2 on Luminary and now there’s no sign of The AM Archives or The College Tapes on there. Is this because the podcast is being released weekly now? I’m sorry if I missed an announcement about this elsewhere. I couldn’t find any recent updates about the shows and luminary.

Hey!!! Yes, so sorry if you missed the announcement, but we’re now releasing The AM Archives and The College Tapes widely! We just released the third episode of The AM Archives two days ago so your timing is perfect - it’s right in the main Bright Sessions feed on all podcast apps (including Luminary!) Because we’re releasing it publicly, the individual show feeds were removed from Luminary (and unfortunately, there wasn’t really a way to put info into the app for folks, so we’ve mostly been communicating through the TBS feed/social media). 

Thanks so much for listening and I hope you enjoy The AM Archives as we release it! If anyone wants to binge both shows right away (and become part of a truly wonderful and chaotic discord), Atypical has a membership program and you get access to both shows if you sign up for the Plus Annual membership :) 

[half-explored]

Hi! Happy Storyteller Saturday! I just discovered When Siren Blood Runs. I'd love to hear about Tajuddin and his sister! What's their relationship like?

Happy sts! That would make sense because when I stopped writing that story I kinda stopped talking about them 😅

However, Tajuddin and Faarih are very close nowadays. There's a lot of small tensions here and there, mostly related to Tajuddin's disappearing act that he pulled for six years, but apart from that and Tajuddin's ongoing rivalry with Faarih's fiancé, Iassar, they're doing pretty good. They both regard the other as smarter than them, so they both ask each other for help and advice whenever needed.

Thank you for the ask!

[ink-flavored]

Hi! 8, 9, and 10 for A Writer's Ask Game?

Hey there! Thanks for the ask!

8.     Oldest WIP

It’s gone through quite a few metamorphoses. Let me break it down for you

Stage one: WIP about a girl who turns into a dragon 

Stage two: WIP about a dragon who turns into a woman and has to choose between dragons and humanity when she falls in love with a human

Stage three: WIP about a dragon disguised as a person living among humanity in a world where dragons do this all the time as a kind of game to see who can get the most humans tricked before skipping town. She, however, actually likes being a human way too much, and likes her life she’s created. All the other dragons kind of think she’s weird for wanting to stick around a be a lame human. Unfortunately, she’s way too good at pretending to be a person, and gets tasked with weeding out all of the dragons in a city to be put to death/chased out/etc. at risk of her own life if she refuses or is caught helping dragons escape. Now she has to choose between personal safety, and betraying either humans or dragons, not truly feeling welcome among either of them.

9.     Current WIP

I’ve got quite a few! My most-most current one is The God-Dragon’s Wife! The intro post is [here] if you want to check it out~

10.  Do you set yourself deadlines?

HA! 

No. 

I would never make them. Plus, I prefer to just let the writing come to me whenever it wants. I don’t rush myself.

[ask game]

[wingsofahoneybee]

Pass the happy! 🌻🌈 When you receive this list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 10 of the last people in your notifications! 💖

Oh that's cute!

1. Painting while listening to music that is probably too loud

2. Cuddling my cat

3. Sewing stuffed animals

4. Writing stories about silly things

5. Watching my friends be dumb