A Thousand Lives Lived

A Thousand Lives Lived


Latest Episodes

Let's Build a World #3: Beginning to Outline the Plot
October 19, 2022

Our Hosts, Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse continue their quest to build a world live.  In this episode, they start building the plot outline of the story using the "Save the Cat" method which Blake Synder originally wrote for the film industry. For the

Let's Build a World #4: Continuing to work the Plot
October 19, 2022

Our Hosts, Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse continue their quest to build a world LIVE.  In this episode, they continue to build the plot outline of the story using the "Save the Cat" method which Blake Synder originally wrote for the film industry. For

A Recap: The World We've been Building
October 10, 2022

It's been a while since we have jumped back into the medieval fantasy world that DAINS and LINSE have been creating.....sooo....Here is a recap of what the world looks like and of the plotline as it has been developed thus far. Be sure to check o

Let's Build a World #3: Plot
October 04, 2022

Our Hosts, Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse continue their quest to build a world live.  In this episode, they start building the plot outline of the story using the "Save the Cat" method which Blake Synder originally wrote for the film industry.  

Episode 5 Magical Otherworlds: the rules don't apply
September 05, 2022

We've been talking a lot about worldbuilding.  But we haven't touched on the various different types of realities and how we can transport our characters there.  Join our hosts, Tamara Linse and Hazel Dains for this lively discussion of the best

Let's Build a World #2 Drawing Out Our Characters
September 01, 2022

There is nothing more enjoyable for an author to sit down with a fellow writer and brainstorm ideas for a brand new world.  And that's exactly what authors Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse do in this BONUS MATERIAL/ 1001 Lives: Let's Build a World. Join

Episode 4: History is Complicated
August 29, 2022

There is more to worldbuilding than deciding where your characters will live.  Your characters are not only shaped by the landscape around them, but also by the culture, the stories they've been told and their history.  So how do you create a hi

Worldbuilding: Creating Magic Systems
August 22, 2022

Writing a fantasy novel featuring a magic system?  Need some guidance?  Podcast hosts Tamara Linse and Hazel Dains discuss the various laws proposed by best-selling sci-fi/ fantasy author Brandan Sanderson.  Linse and Dains will be discussi

Let's Build a World: Live with Tamara Linse & Hazel Dains
August 18, 2022

There is nothing more enjoyable for an author to sit down with a fellow writer and brainstorm ideas for a brand new world.  And that's exactly what authors Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse do in this BONUS MATERIAL EPISODE: 1001 Lives: Let's Build a Worl

Worldbuilding: Major Dos and Don'ts for Writers
August 16, 2022

Hosts Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse get together to talk about what worldbuilding is; why writers need to be good at it, along with some do's and don'ts.Music by:Title: Epic Rise by: Luca Francini(licence can be produced upon request)Where to Find t