Episode 41: Miri Baker - ”DUEL”

This time around, we’re joined by the one and only Miri Baker (@MiriBaker). Miri brings us a trunked story from ye olden days, all the way back in 2011, plus a lot of great conversation about the load-bearing parts of our personalities, cosplay, and how genuinely liking the things we like is good, actually. This episode’s reading carries content warnings for blood, extremely unsafe handling of swords, and extremely incorrect understanding of swords. It is just under 20 minutes long.   Things we mention on this episode: Blue at War, the cape Miri made for Amal El-Mohtar for the 2020 Hugos Lillian Boyd Machine of Death and This Is How You Die, edited by Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, and David Malki The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde Duotrope’s Digest The Submission Grinder Wondermark! By David Malki Steampunk Fence, by C.S. Pacat Sarah Rees Brennan The Demon’s Lexicon, by Sarah Rees Brennan In Other Lands, by Sarah Rees Brennan Monstrous Affections, edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant Be the Serpent Worldcon 76 Fullmetal Alchemist Himoru Arakawa Neil Gaiman’s Journal Tumblr Arthur, season 14, episode 4, ­“Falafelosophy” Miss Snark’s Blog Query Shark George Clponey John Scalzi’s Whatever Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds Mary Robinette Kowal’s My Favorite Bit Sarah Gailey’s Stone Soup Writing Excuses Schlock Mercenary, by Howard Tayler LiveJournal Fantasy Rants Gaia Online NaNoWriMo Uncanny Magazine Viable Paradise Sarah Gailey River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey Sarah’s Star Wars tweets Amanda Cook’s episode The Hugo Awards Yaya Han’s ultimate bodysuit pattern SFWA Annalee Flower Horne Anime Weekend Atlanta Friends at the Table Gravity Falls Steven Universe She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Archive of our Own Fanfiction dot net Arcane Riot Games League of Legends RWBY Rooster Teeth Red vs. Blue Halo Persona 5 Royal Steam The Locked Tomb series, by Tamsyn Muir Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir Cybergoth freeway rave Miri’s portfolio Rekka Jay This is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone   Stick around next month for the return of Valeria Valdes and Rem Wigmore!