Kill My Darlings
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 10: Kill My Choices
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visit haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode10 for all you darling-killing needs.This week I’m going to look back on all the past 9 episodes a...
Appendices: The Writer's Guide To D&D
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is it time you started playing D&D to help your writing? I’ve mentioned its usefulness for writing in previous episodes but let’s break down e...
Episode 9: Kill My Schools of Magic
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Head on over to haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode9 for all your darling killing needs!This week we’re finally talking about schools of ma...
Appendices: The Fantasy Police
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The watchmen, the fuzz, the sheriff and his men, the king’s guard, the empire’s soldiers. Whatever you call it, it’s always been a feature of th...
Episode 8: Kill My Police
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visit haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode8 for all your darling-killing needs.In this episode we’re going to be looking at the construction...
Appendices: Magic Wands In Fiction
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Magic wands and the fantasy genre are inextricably linked. The wand, as a powerful stick or staff used to wield magic, has been a part of human histor...
Episode 7: Kill My Wand Lore
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visit haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode7 for all you darling-killing needs!This week I'm going to share with you my ideas about wands and t...
Appendices: The History of the Universe
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone in the world has some knowledge of Cosmology. What is it? Cosmology is the facts of the universe. Well, the facts as someone believes them. I...
Episode 6: Kill My Cosmology
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Head over to haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode6 for all you darling killing needs.This week we look at the cosmology of WIPworld - well, wh...
Appendices: J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Potter has become a household name, even in households that have never read the books or seen the films. It seems impossible to have missed this...
Episode 5: Kill My Spellcasting
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visit haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode5 to kill darlings from this episode!This week we are going to be getting into some more magical mec...
Appendices: Steampunk
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is an appendices episode to Episode 4: Kill My Setting, about the Steampunk subgenre and its impact on fantasy storytelling.Steampunk is consider...
Episode 4: Kill My Setting
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode blog is at http://haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode4 for all your darling killing needs.This week we spoke about the place in which...
Appendices: Magic Mythology
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is an appendices episode to Episode 3: Kill My Magical Science about the real-world mythology of magic and its place in the fantasy genre. Magic ...
Episode 3: Kill My Magical Science
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Head over to http://haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode3 for all your darling killing needs!Here's what was covered: Magic is at the centre o...
Appendices: The Chosen One (Harry Potter, Lyra Belacqua, Avatar Aang)
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is arguably the most used character trope in the history of fantasy. Most stories of the genre utilise it in some way. It may be subtle or they m...
Episode 2: Kill My Main Character
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Head over to haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode2 for all your darling killing needs!Here's what I covered: I really want to create a super p...
Appendices: J.R.R. Tolkien
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for his novels The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, as well as the Silmarillion. The Lord of the Rings had been ...
Episode 1: Kill My Story
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Head over to haydenrodgers.net/killmydarlingsblog/episode1 for all your darling killing needs!This is what I spoke about: I want to riff on a lot of t...
Episode 0: Kill My Podcast
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"What is a darling?" I hear you ask. Or more accurately, "is this guy looking for help killing someone?" No, I'm not! My name is Hayden Rodgers by the...