Welcome back to the Ink Sink! The reading, writing, and publishing podcast for the rest of us.
Kali and Annie go into the news in the industry this week (with a special appearance by our King of Kings, Nic Cage).
Then we talk about what we're reading.
And our main topic for today is SCPs. If you haven't heard of them, don't worry, we'll do the deep dive for you. We'll also tell you how important they are in the world of collaborative fiction, shared universes, and the future of micro fiction. Didn't know they could do all that, did you?!
Our news sources for this episode:
What's that fanfic: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/comments/r6mxch/help_solve_a_fight_with_my_girlfriend_book_with/
New Dracula coming: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/nicolas-cage-dracula-renfield-movie-1235122323/
We love a good mystery: why would someone publish an academic paper that was totally BS? https://www.chronicle.com/article/another-sokal-hoax-the-latest-imitation-calls-an-academic-journals-integrity-into-question
More on booksellers grappling with free speech and hate speech: https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4120#m54564
Women being awesome: https://www.cbc.ca/books/margaret-atwood-to-be-celebrated-on-stamp-by-canada-post-1.6258417
Some SCP Resources:
https://www.newsweek.com/scp-tiktok-do-not-recognise-bodies-water-meaning-1618385
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/about-the-scp-foundation
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one
