Beggars and Brawlers Podcast
By Levi Jacobs
A podcast for fans of Levi Jacobs‘ writing, including the Tidecaller Chronicles and Empire of Resonance series, with biweekly casts featuring news and information related to the books, as well as deleted scenes, exclusive previews, in-depth looks at the story world, and life as an author. Subscribers also get Assassin‘s Tribute, an Empire of Resonance audiobook not available elsewhere!
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73: Queen of Blood and Blasphemy Preview #5--Fulfilling Promises I Made 6 Years Ago
Our last preview chapter of the now available fourth book in the Tidecaller Chronicles! Plus some talk afterwards about what a fool I was to promise all the things I did in the first three books, and how it went against my very nature to make good on… -
72: Queen of Blood and Blasphemy Preview #4--How to Write a 3rd person book INSIDE a 1st person book
Another preview chapter from our Now Available Queen of Blood and Blasphemy! Plus some talk on the very weird point-of-view I used in this book, which is not the simple first ("I crouch down") the rest of the series has been in, nor really third pers… -
71: Queen of Blood and Blasphemy Preview #3--When Your Characters Get Too Damaged (Or Enlightened)
Another preview chapter of Queen of Blood and Blasphemy! Plus some talk afterwards about what to do with characters when they get too damaged, or too enlightened, to want to be in their heads anymore. Spoilers: the answer isn't just to kill them off.… -
70: Queen of Blood and Blasphemy Preview #2--What To Do When Your Dead Body is a Dead City
Another preview chapter of Queen! Plus some talk afterwards about how this whole series ended up very... mysterious. Find the book/audiobook here: https://books2read.com/qobb And a free Tidecaller audiobook here: https://www.levijacobs.com/free -
69: Queen of Blood and Blasphemy Preview #1--What Four Books Will Teach You
In which we preview the first chapter of the forthcoming final audiobook in the Tidecaller Chronicles, Queen of Blood and Blasphemy, and then I talk some on the lessons I learned in the three years and four books that make up the series--plus perhaps… -
68: Muses, Blocks, and Accidental Successes: author chat w/Morgan Cole
In which Chrysathemere author Morgan Cole and I chat about following our creative muses, agency to forever revise our published books (or not), and accidental successes! Plus updates on our works in progress (spoiler: his is not a book!). Chrysathem… -
67: Marilia the Warlord w/author Morgan Cole
In which the highly talented (see: our new No Suck Guarantee) Morgan Cole and I talk about his best-selling (and personal nemesis) book Marilia the Warlord, start of the Chrysathemere series, plus compelling characters, star wars prequels, and writin… -
66: Systems Either Change or Die
Excuse my geeky Andor quote title--I was going to do my usual soliloquoy thing this episode, where I waxed philosophical on how that wonderful Star Wars series makes us root for villains, and what that does to my heart and reader brain when they're a… -
65: Rebel of Riddle and Woe Preview #5
A final preview chapter of the soon-to-be-released third book in the Tidecaller Chronicles, Rebel of Riddle and Woe! Plus some talk afterwards about the many voices I used in the recording, where they came from, and why they were so damn HARD this ti… -
64: Rebel of Riddle and Woe Preview#4
Two preview chapters of the soon-to-be-released third book in the Tidecaller Chronicles, Rebel of Riddle and Woe! Plus some talk afterwards about the challenge of worldbuilding... in between worlds. SPOILER WARNING: if you haven't read books one and …