Empty Pages

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.In this episode, I discuss "the Muse" (and no, not the band or Jason).The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.In this episode, I talk about my submission to Weird Tales magazine. Yes, the same Weird Tales magazine that published HP Lovecraft's stories.The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.This episode talks about my experience with my first ever submission. I've gone from being unable to complete a story to being able to complete them and I'm now starting to submit them for possible consideration for publishing. Exciting!The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.This is the audio book for my short story, "The Basement", as read by me. I hope you enjoy it! If you do, reach out and let me know. If you don't, then feel free to let me know that as well.This story can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.Just a quick announcement that I will going on hiatus for the holidays, but I will be back in January 2022. Happy Holidays!The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.In this episode, I talk about my plans regarding publishing my various short stories. Enjoy!The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.In this episode, I talk about the course I took titled "Writing Effective Horror", offered by AutoCrit. (Non-Sponsored Review)The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.In this episode, I discuss the best time to write.The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.In this episode, I discuss word counts.Helpful Links:https://www.masterclass.com/articles/word-count-guide#3-reasons-word-count-is-important-in-writinghttps://wordcounter.net/our-toolsThe transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.I talk about how self editing can be bad, how it stopped me from ever completing a story and the epiphany I had during NaNoWriMo.Helpful Links:https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talk-from-charlie-jane-andersThe transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.This episode talks about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and my experience with it.Helpful Links:https://nanowrimo.org/The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.The first ever Holiday bonus episode. I discuss my top 5 favorite horror novels and movies.The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com )Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.This is episode 6, which discusses writing setups. In this episode, I talk about what it is, what my person setup is, and how it aids in allowing more room for creativity.The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com)Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.This is episode 5, where I discuss where to get an idea. Ideas can come from anywhere, but if you're wanting to write a story and not sure what to write about, maybe this episode can give you some help.The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com)Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.

Empty PagesThe personal podcast for Ian MacTire, writer / podcaster / werewolf. This podcast follows my journey from first draft to published novel and beyond.This is episode 4, which goes over what tools you will need to start writing stories. It's very basic information that I'm sure most people know, but since part of the goal of this podcast is to help other writers who might be struggling and I have no way of knowing where you are in your journey, I'm laying the foundation. If you feel you already know this, you can skip it, or you can listen and see if I've missed anything and if so, you can reach out to me via twitter or my website and let me know!The transcript for this episode can be found on my website at https://ianmactire.com/If you wish to submit a question or topic for me to answer and/or discuss, please feel free to either send me an email  or message me on Twitter (links below).*****************Find Me Online:Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanMactireInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmactire/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHynrTLeHLuyCicYfNyVg_QWebsite: https://ianmactire.com/CreditsHosted, produced, edited and engineered by Ian MacTire.Intro music: Last Drink by Crowander (www.crowander.com)Outro music: Bye Bye by Crowander (www.crowander.com )About MeYou know those shows that feature some dude who gets turned into a werewolf and then spends the entire movie/series complaining about it? Eff those guys! I will gladly take on the burden of being a werewolf, as I legit see no downside to being one.Anyway, I digress. Throughout my career, I have been a jack of all trades, master of none. I have worked in fields as diverse as customer service, IT, and medical credentialing. I have been writing on and off over the years, but have finally decided to get serious about it. I participated in my first NaNoWriMo in November 2020 and won (which was a pretty big deal for me, if not for anyone else).When not writing or working, I can be found hosting the Empty Pages podcast, and co-hosting the Tricky Fish podcast (along with my daughter), learning to play guitar, and hanging out with my partner in crime, a Golden Retriever named Lord Bark Vader.