[ISBW] Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!

<p><strong>[NOTE: this episode has some NSFW language]</strong></p> <p><strong>Open</strong></p> <ul> <li>Welcome back from the wilderness, Matt F’n Wallace!</li> <li>Scrivener will indeed tell you how many words you wrote in a year</li> <li>Mur is making progress on Midsolar Murders Book 2</li> <li>Matt is working on a video game he can’t talk about yet, and we await Savage Crowns</li> </ul> <p><strong>Good News Good News</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hugo nominations are open for 2022</li> <li>Team Rejection count: now at 14</li> </ul> <p><strong>Main Topic: Matt’s New Middle Grade Book</strong></p> <ul> <li>This is the book Matt always wanted as a kid, so now he’s written it for himself & everyone else</li> <li>Using the word “fat” and all the baggage different people bring to it</li> <li>Relating to Vincent D’Onofrio and Sammo Hung in their acting and action roles</li> <li>How to approach writing fat characters: <a href= "https://writingtheother.com/on-demand-writing-fat-characters/">Writing the Other</a></li> <li>(written by Hugo-nominated author <a href= "http://megelison.com/">Meg Elison.</a> You really should read her award nominated novella "The Pill.")</li> <li><a href="http://www.matt-wallace.com/SVG,">Matt's page</a>, and the <a href="http://fatkidguide.com">Fat Kid Guide</a> page</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">January 27, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 8 | murverse.com<br /> Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License</span></p>