Episode 24: Misty Zaugg - Hobby Survivalist, Writing LitRPG, and Organizing Co-writing Projects
Alternate Futures10 Kesä 2022

Episode 24: Misty Zaugg - Hobby Survivalist, Writing LitRPG, and Organizing Co-writing Projects

In this episode, I chat with Misty Zaugg about being a hobby survivalist / generalist prepper, the challenges of writing LitRPG, world-building her dystopian future, and why we need to invent teleporters. Books of hers we discuss: Escaping the Virus series, The Aftermath series, World of Combat series.

Story Intro: Last Stand

Further info on this and other episodes, as well as transcriptions, story cube images and story introductions, can be found at AlternateFutures.co.uk

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