bitter talk

There's something strange about looking back at Katarine now. Not because she's bad (I know she isn't), but because she feels like she belongs to a different creative lifetime. When I first wrote her, the medium itself was different. Roleplay wasn't about depth or long arcs or carefully...

"Perhaps the kindest thing I could do for the characters would be to leave their stories unfinished. Leave them with their possibilities, their potential, even if they only exist in my own mind." — Rebecca Yarros Over the years, I have grown so much as a writer, but even now, I find myself...

Follows: No More Bad Writing

"This is just bad writing. Just bad writing. So you know what to do. Just do it.." [Deletes words on laptop screen] "No bad writing. I think that solves it." - Johnny Depp as Morte Rainey The Secret Window (2004)

Host: Hellooo and welcome to Bitter Talk, the podcast where we dish about all the delightful chaos happening in Bitter Tales of the Galaxy. Tonight, we've got a very special guest. Joining us is the mastermind behind the entire Bitter Tales saga, author, creator, and resident chaos engine…...

I have been roleplaying for eighteen years - nineteen in February. My very first character was Katarine Ryiah, and throughout this long writing life she has been a source of constant, aching tension. From the very beginning, I didn't love her story, but I loved her, so I kept her. And as I have...

I GOT MY PHD!!!!!!!! Sincerely, Dr. Kitter Bitters