Our Take on Tales

Where we discuss our thoughts on whatever books, movies, comics, TV shows, or other story we’ve come across.

Episode 7 – Lest Old Stories Be Forgot

December 23, 2010 Derailed Trains of Thought 00:44:55 0 Comments

As we celebrate the Christmas season and look forward to a new year, we decide to look back on our old works and see what we’ve learned. Then, in a special holiday Take on Tales, we rate our favorite Christmas movies. Find a comfy chair, some hot cocoa, a

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Episode 5 – A Time and A Pace for Everything

November 22, 2010 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:09:05 0 Comments

Is this really it? The fifth episode of Derailed Trains of Thought? Yes, it is! We apologize for the delay, but we were thrown off our posting rhythm, which, coincidentally, is exactly the topic of this episode’s Story School. We discuss plot pacing, dram

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Episode 4 – Whether ‘Tis Nobler, and Other Choices

November 5, 2010 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:09:29 0 Comments

Shakespeare! Harry Belafonte! Nazis! Anne with an E! Muy Tai! Outtakes! What connects these things? Are you willing to find out? And you ready to accept the consequences? Find all this out and more in our fourth podcast as we delve into the Moral Universe

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Episode 2 – The Pen and the Pocketbook

October 8, 2010 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:06:55 0 Comments

What do Reese’s Pieces, talking animals, and believing in yourself have in common? They mean you’ve sold your artistic vision to the corporate man. Or do they? We explore Commercial vs. Artistic Vision, plus much more in the second episode of Derailed Tra

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Episode 1 – Beginning at the End

September 24, 2010 Derailed Trains of Thought 01:01:51 0 Comments

This is it – the first official Derailed Trains of Thought podcast! Featuring your intrepid and intriguing hosts Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden, we delve into the end of all things, or at least, the end of a few things. Along the way, we touch upon a long u

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