Cold

This week in the Cold, we're talking about the art and purpose of conversation. Not just any conversation, but the kind that allows for nuance, true insights, a real connection. As a fiction writer, ...

29 Jan 202314min

This week in the Cold, we talk about the thrill inherent in doing our absolute best. How the pursuit of excellence is a noble exercise; especially when we’re able to separate the pursuit from the actu...

16 Jan 202316min

This week in the Cold, we're talking about writer's block, being at war with time, and surviving an apocalypse or two. Especially the apocalypse part. This episode is also available as a blog post: h...

8 Jan 202319min

This holiday week in the Cold, we're celebrating art that's on the edge, that's...creepy. To me, creepiness is a much broader concept than it would seem, at least on the surface. It’s not just eerie, ...

18 Dec 202218min

This week in the Cold, I have some suggestions for getting the Christmas spirit right this year. For getting our stories straight. I’ve collected these from experience and tried every single one of th...

11 Dec 202212min

The week in the Cold, we talk about the middle place in any creative endeavor. If you're a writer, it's that frustrating, hard won, simultaneously deflating and thrilling point in any novel, trilogy, ...

4 Dec 202215min

The Cold annual list of all things (great and small) for which to be grateful is here! Happy Thanksgiving, my friends! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpre...

21 Nov 202212min

This week in the Cold, we talk about the holiday that is the ultimate storyteller's dream: Halloween! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2021/10/29...

30 Okt 202213min