Summary: <br> <br> <br> The video stream<br> <br> <br> <br> * We’re still social distancing, but we can still be social!* We welcome Aly Grauer and Drew Mierzejewski—another collaborating couple!<br> <br> <br> <br> Such an epic couple!<br> <br> <br> <br> * We’ve know each other… Aly and Drew are ‘like us but younger!’* Collaborators in life and art!* Aly produced two short stories for Tales from the Archives* Pip tries some new words from the youth! Vibe and dabbing are no allowed.<br> <br> <br> <br> 6:05 Tee asks the hard question of Aly and Drew; Where’d this all start?<br> <br> <br> <br> * Like many collaborators, editing and brainstorming often comes off* Aly and Drew started on a project from the Renaissance Faire* Starting off sharing creative projects can be fun… but the rewards are worth it<br> <br> <br> <br> You can share it!<br> <br> <br> <br> * For a start, there are no rules* Writers are often imagined solitary- but they don’t have to be!<br> <br> <br> <br> Sad writer contemplates writing all alone…<br> <br> <br> <br> * People tend to think ideas are precious, and can be easily lost… but the truth is there are a lot out there* Tee admits thinking never to write another podcasting book.* …and is currently working on 4th edition of Podcasting for Dummies<br> <br> <br> <br> Pip and Tee fear becoming Taylor and Burton<br> <br> <br> <br> * Tee brings back the story of <a href="https://books2read.com/silverpharaoh">the Silver Pharaoh</a>.* Aly and Drew share their own tense moment.* The truth of the matter is, everyone looks back at their first book critically.<br> <br> <br> <br> 21:00 How do you navigate criticism between partners?<br> <br> <br> <br> * Talk about specifics, good and bad* It can be bad when you take criticism too much to heart, and let it break your confidence* Aly and Drew poured energy into <a href="https://www.welcometowarda.com">Warda</a>, and it became a podcast and a tabletop game* Aly finally found a way back in with Drew’s support* Drew points out, building a collaboration takes years* Pip recounts the path of collaboration for <a href="http://www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com">the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences</a>* The couples talk about the strengths that make their collaborations work<br> <br> <br> <br> 38:42 Let’s talk Skyjacks:Courier’s Call<br> <br> <br> <br> * Aly and Drew <a href="https://skyjacks-couriers-call.simplecast.com">have a new podcast collaboration, Skyjacks: Courier’s Call</a>* <a href="http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/campaign/skyjacks/">Skyjacks</a> is a wider collaboration, but it wasn’t child friendly, hence the spinoff* Pip gets excited by large birds… especially large kiwis!* We touch on the advantages the Kickstarter campaign had* The nature of the podcast and the storytelling is very collaborative.* Tee waxes lyrical on the latest wave of roleplaying* Art is not created in a vacuum!* Pip and Tee call out some of the wonderful folks they’ve collaborated with in the past!* Pip talks about her own roleplaying fun with George the Dinosaur<br> <br> <br> <br> Ashimei and George- art by <a href="https://rjameskeith.myportfolio.com/">Candy Cane Studios</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.patreon.com/WhimsyArtifice">Aly and Drew’s Patreon</a>* Aly <a href="https://twitter.com/dreamstobecome">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://dreamstobecome.com">webpage</a>. Aly teaches accent and dialect.* Drew <a href="https://twitter.com/worldstoforge">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CourierCall">Courier Call</a>. Drew also consultation on world-building, DMing, and acting for roleplaying.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> If you have an event and want The Shared Desk to appear there...
