This is a super-sized episode featuring The Shared Desk crew in studio and recording a 2018 episode for their own feed, so have fun as two podcasts join forces to kick off 2018 with style!
00:00 — Introduction
- Wait a minute…this isn’t your podcast!
- We have a lot of people in studio!
- Big Love to Doctor Who’s Christmas Special!
- And here’s where the show falls off the rails.
- Hey, let’s start a rumor…
- You need to watch the Christmas Special with perhaps the most epic “Previously on…” introduction.
- Nice end to 2017!
- Hold back your enthusiasm on being here!
- Best way to start 2018 — killing Christmas trees!
- What is Battlefield: Earth doing on the Hallmark Channel?
07:00 — Episode #86: Looking Ahead to 2018
- Looking back to Christmas…
- Brandon refuses to let up on the snark for the New Year.
- Teenagers love socks.
- Serena’s rocking electronics while Brandon has got hockey skates for the ice!
- The Canadian shakes her head at the oddities of Americans.
- Penguin Trivia
- Katie reflects on her Canadian Christmas
- Butt Jokes
- What are we planning for 2018?
- Serena and Brandon, the youngsters, are making plans…
- Serena now decides to clam up.
- Brandon can control celebrity deaths? What?!
- Serena is planning to study “creative stuff.“
- TALKING SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD.
- Holy cow, we’re talking a dark turn!
- Brandon looks into Colgan, as well, for their Music Tech program.
- Pip plans for the upcoming year!
- Lots and lots and lots of audio production.
- FOUR. BOOKS.
- And four books may not be
- Nick’s 2018 Plans
- He’s already got a new book out!
- What is the Catwalk series?
- And Stacia is also cranking out the words!
- Looking ahead to the conventions we want to attend…
- GuardianCon 2018
- MAGFest…which has come and gone, but you can hear all about it here!
- What about our Canuck? What is she planning and plotting for 2018?
- There’s enjoying her own successes from 2017!
- What is the Six Stories Told at Night podcast?
- Adaptation ain’t easy!
- Wait—there’s a Beer Magic novel coming from K.T. Bryski?!
- Whenever you make a bet about writing a story, chances are…
- The return of the novella
- Curling is a thing in Virginia, eh?
- Tee’s turn. What is waiting for him in 2018?
- A solo novel, but he’s torn between two projects…
- You can do both, sure, but focus is somewhat split. Pip’s got an idea…
- Twitch for Dummies…and Brandon calls Tee out.
- Tee answers Brandon’s callout.
- Katie now calls out Tee on a completely different issue, and it’s a good call out.
- Tee’s hesitancy with the Twitch for Dummies pitch
- The Adpocalypse on YouTube. This is a thing!
- Our Personal Focus point for 2018
- Brandon: Landing a spot in Colgan High School’s Music Tech Program
- Nick: Writing more. Meeting people.
- Katie: Writing with joy and kindness.
- Serena: Landing a spot in Colgan High School’s Creative Writing Program
- Pip: (amidst the heckling) Her word for the year — “Build”
- Tee: His word for the year — “Complete”
45:13 — The Loot Crate Lookie-Loo
- The last box of 2017 — the December Loot Crate: EXPLORE!
- Tee speculates very little from this Loot Crate will make it to the Giveaway Box.
- Welcome to the EXPLORE Loot Crate!
- A miniature from Mobile Suit Gundam! Classic anime FTW!
- A Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 calendar
- From IDW Comics — Star Wars: Destroyer Down, a prequel story concerning our girl, Rei
- A sweet Destiny 2 tee-shirt, featuring the Wanderwing, your first in-game ship
- The Loot Crate pin — a classic rocket ship
- Loot Crate is holding back on a booklet this go round. Nothing wrong with that.
- Tee, are you ever going to make that Ghost?
- Serena calls dibs on the comic book!
49:38 — The Wrap-Up
- Shout-out to Rob Aldrich who also attended MAGFest!
- Katie is heading back to Canada, but she will be planning to hit…
- Tee and Pip will be heading to RavenCon…and that is when the madness begins for them!
- Writing Advice for 2018
- Nick: Invest into an “Accountability Partner.”
- Katie: It’s okay to do your own thing. (Echoing something Tee said here.)
- Pip: Keep flying.
- Tee: Avoid excuses. (Another huge shout-out to Piper J Drake for this.)
- Serena’s listening…we think.
- More butt jokes.
- If you have an event and want The Shared Desk to appear there, or if you just want to share an opinion about the show, here’s where to find Tee & Pip…
- 703.791.1701
- pip@pjballantine.com
- tee@teemorris.com
- …and social media, of course.
- Pip’s Patreon will feature the first episode of her ALL-NEW PODCAST!
- Yep, she’s got a website (with a teaser) — We Don’t Talk About That
- And you can hear it first….if you become a subscriber.
- Here we come, 2018!
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