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Brad's First Draft

I Take My Stakes Medium Rare (005)

Season 1, Ep. 5

Hi, I'm Brad Salomons... and this is My First Draft.


Brad just wrote the first draft of his first novel. Now put on your headphones and tune in for a winding trek on the trail of creativity, suspense, and inspiration as he embarks on a literary adventure to edit it and then try to get it published.


Politics, money, ecological activism. What makes some guy become the antagonist of the story? Stakes. And maybe a dash of things not going his way.


This is the one where Furiyo schemes and fumes.


Show notes:

Background audio provided by Ovani Sound

Brad is online @ http://squwetchy.art

2024 by Squwetchy Co

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