Episode 5: Valerie Valdes - "Handyman"

This month, I'm talking with a debut novelist and friend, Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes). Valerie reads the first chapter of a NaNoWriMo novel with a fun urban fantasy premise, "Handyman," and we talk about empathy, non-harming in writing, Twitter Discourse™️, and Cuban slang. Which means some bilingual strong language. Valerie's debut, Chilling Effect, comes out September 17, 2019, in paperback, audio, and ebook formats, and is worth your preorder dollars.   Things we mention in this episode: NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) "Red Light Properties," by Dan Goldman  The Dresden Files (series), by Jim Butcher Carl Hiaasen Dave Barry Alex Segura Kat Howard's editing services CSI: Miami (TV series) Burn Notice (TV series) Clockwork Boys, by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) Tobias S. Buckell Silvia Moreno-Garcia Robin McKinley Patricia McKillip Anne McCaffrey Mercedes Lackey Lois McMaster Bujold Ursula K. Le Guin Diana Wynne Jones Chilling Effect, by Valerie Valdes Katamari Damacy (video game) Julie Dillon's art NATO Phonetic Alphabet   Join us next month, on August 16th, when we'll have Tyler Hayes on the show!