No Dragons Press

Episode 6: “Addie Hears Something Strange”

Show Notes

These are the show notes from No Dragons Press: Episode Six, where I read chapter 6, “Addie Hears Something Strange.” (If you want to skip the intro and go right to the chapter right around 3:05.)

Hey everyone, thanks so much for listening!

On Location in Myrick

So, this past weekend I actually went to visit the town Myrick is based on. A friend and I just kind of drove around town for a while, scouting out places where Addie might like to hang out and where her house might be and stalking the No Dragons Press offices (though unfortunately there was no Tristan sighting).

Madison & 24th: A real intersection in the fictitious town of Myrick. (I know. That’s how shit works around here.)

I did get a pretty cool shot of the street sign on the intersection of Madison and Twenty-Fourth, and you can even see a bit of the bluffs rising up behind it, although they just look like hills:

Then we wove around through the real bluffs, which are brilliantly green right now and really amazing. (I’ve added a few pictures to the show notes, so you can take a look at nodragonspress.com/podcast and check it out.)

The Bluffs: Addie’s Childhood Home

It made sense to me that Addie should have grown up in the bluffs, always with this view of looking down on the city below and seeing it as something separate. She’s got this view of the world where it’s like she wants to be a part of it but also prefers to stay separate—even when she’s just hanging out, she’s separate from other people, like even at a bar she’s either working or perpetually feeling like she’s just stuck her foot in her mouth. And she is definitely making plans to separate herself from Bradley.

She’s basically a weird girl who doesn’t really know what she wants, which is pretty typical, and I like that she has these special places she can visit whenever she wants to escape, up in these basically rocky, elevated green forests with sight lines of all the places she goes in real life.

Send Me Your Questions for Emily Ruf!

Coming up very soon here, I’m going to be bringing Emily Ruf on the show, the artist of the No Dragons Press series, so we can talk a little bit about how we got started on the project together and how she approaches coming up with a new piece of art every week.

If there’s anything you’d like me to ask her, definitely send me your question: you can reach me on Twitter at @nodragonspress, or check out nodragonspress.com for more contact info. thanks!

Well, that’s it from me! Remember, you can always find archived episodes, show notes, and links to the Weekly Illustrated Fiction series at nodragonspress.com/podcast. And if you know of anyone who might be interested in the show, be sure to let them know where they can find it.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy No Dragons Press, a High Fantasy Adventure: Book One, Chapter 6: “Addie Hears Something Strange.”

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