Thanks to new patron Leah Joy Espinoza! Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.  This podcast is sponsored by our patrons at Patreon.com/valerieihsan. Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan.  Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre Patron comment: Both were great sessions! Thank you!!! Announcements:  Early Bird registration is now for the 2024 Writer Craft Writing Retreat, at this point, there is only five private tickets left and three shared tickets. We'll likely sell out again. I'm in a new anthology by Tsunami Press with my essay "Eye Contact." It's coming out next week. I'm told the books will be in the store November 9th. You can preorder at http://www.tsunamibooks.org/shop/pre-order-tsunami-press-first-anthology  Preorder of Season of the Shadow up now. (Erick's new title.) Nov 30th. New patronage tiers are out TODAY at Patreon.com/valerieihsan. I'm really excited about the new tiers. I've added some really special things to the benefits. And if you sign up for a patron tier, you get a limited edition large vinyl sticker with the quote: Patron announcement:  UPDATE:  Valerie:   getting ready for the conference, launched the new Patreon tiers and released the summer retreat tickets today woodcrafters.org class on November 16th. (Need one more person to sign up for that. It's in-person and also online   Nanowrimo in November (Erick is too!)   Erick:   prepping to send out ARCS house closed on Monday   Just finished: The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin I'M READING:  Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch Indelible by Laurie Buchanan Harness: A Systemic Approach: Guaranteed to Revolutionize Your Coaching by Tess Cope   Up Next: What's a Poor Girl to Do?: Prostitution in Mid-Nineteenth Century America by Elizabeth A. Topping Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the the Early West by Anne Seagraves Frog Music by Emma Donoghue   Erick's Reading:  Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak