Hello, hello, hello play-cousins! We are back for another BookStorm! Join in the creative conversation as we construct an expansive fantasy world grounded in shifter magic and queerness. Chimera Chronicles features a gender-fluid, memory-reading, shapeshifter assassin protagonist named Genesis, who learns of their true nature and rebels against the empire that raised them.

It's giving very Mystique, very mysterious, not-so-so-demure, very found family in the mist of game of thrones cultural intrigue! And yes, there are DRAGONS!

Okay, okay, let's get it!

What is a BookStorm?

BookStorming is like brainstorming, but an entire book, series, or short story. We start with a random idea for a character, a world, or a magic system—and we hash out the in-between.

How Does it Work?

We start with a Topic: What’s an idea that’s been sitting on your spirit for a minute? About a character, magic system, setting?

We then move to the Structure: What are the components of this story?

• Magic System - HOW does this world work?
• Setting - WHERE is this world located?
• Characters - WHO is in this world?
• PLOT - WHAT happens in this world?
• Impact - WHY is this story important?
• Narrative - HOW is this story told?

And then we spiral up from there!

We hope you have as much fun listening to The Gathering as we had making it!

Note on Intellectual Property:

Remember, any ideas, stories, characters, or story components that come from any BookStorm episode are the intellectual property of Black Worlding. If you want to use some of these ideas, please contact us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thisisblackworlding@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Connect with Us:

Visit our website for more info on what we are up to with BWP: ⁠thisisblackworlding.com⁠

Follow us on instagram: ⁠@thisisblackworlding ⁠

Support the Show:

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Your feedback and support means the world to us and helps us reach even more listeners.

Together, we're creating a space where our voices are heard, our stories are celebrated, and every listener is valued. Thank you for being a friend!

Credits:

Our new, custom intro and outro music is provided by the wonderful artist ⁠poliigone⁠, called “Renégade”! ⁠Check out their music at this link⁠!

Disclaimer for Explicit Content:

Please be advised: This podcast may contain explicit language and discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

At Black Worlding, we believe in honest and open conversations, even if that means occasionally using strong language or discussing explicit topics. Our goal is to provide a safe and inclusive space to explore diverse voices and narratives, including those that may challenge conventional boundaries.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploration and celebration of diverse voices in literature and media.

Hey, hey, hey! We haven’t forgotten about y’all; especially not in the season of Pride and Juneteenth!

This week, we have a wide-ranging discussion on the intersections of Black queerness and our battles for freedom and liberation throughout history and in narrative storytelling. We engage with real-life Black queer baddie activists in concert with some of our favorites Black queer baddies in sci-fi & fantasy media to zero in on the current challenges of regime, imperialism, racism, xenophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment and policy, islamophobia, potential war, colonialism, white supremacy, and antiblackness.

In the midst of so much chaos and oppression, we are really trying to understand how we get free y’all, and we are doing that the best way we know how; through storytelling and black worlding. Come on in the room, community.

Let’s get it!

What we Cover

• How Black Queerness as a framework and lens can help us to see beyond the bounds of white supremacy.

• What does it mean to position Black Queer storytelling at the forefront of liberation?

• How Black Queer authors, characters, and activists always lead the way in revolution

• The Black Queer nuances within presenting Black queer characters in storytelling

• Are we racing to Panem and the Hunger Games as a society?

• How do we get free?

Literature & Media to Check Out

• Mortal Instruments - Diana Wrayburn from Cassandra Claire’s Dark Artifices Trilogy

• Lafayette Reynolds - True Blood

• Louis de Pointe du Lac - Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire Television Series

• Zoelle - Oathbound, The Legendborn Cycle by Tracy Deonn

• Great Cities Series by N.K. Jemisin

Connect with Us:

Visit our website for more info on what we are up to with BWP:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠thisisblackworlding.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow us on instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@thisisblackworlding ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Support the Show:

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Your feedback and support means the world to us and helps us reach even more listeners.

Together, we're creating a space where our voices are heard, our stories are celebrated, and every listener is valued. Thank you for being a friend!

Credits:

Our new, custom intro and outro music is provided by the wonderful artist⁠⁠ ⁠⁠poliigone⁠⁠⁠⁠, called “Renégade”!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Check out their music at this link⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Disclaimer for Explicit Content:

Please be advised: This podcast may contain explicit language and discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

At Black Worlding, we believe in honest and open conversations, even if that means occasionally using strong language or discussing explicit topics. Our goal is to provide a safe and inclusive space to explore diverse voices and narratives, including those that may challenge conventional boundaries.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploration and celebration of diverse voices in literature and media.

And we back, and we Black, and flyin' high off the Cowboy Carter Tour Act II tour and all the different ways we experience Black storytelling!

This week, we interrogate all those "moments that make us," thinking about the pivotal moments of catalyzation in our lives, about representation, about what it means to present stories of our own lineages and legacies, and, ultimately, about how the lines between fantasy and reality are incredibly thin, especially when it comes to Black storytelling.

Listen, representation will not save us...but sometimes, it can give us the hope to figure out how to save ourselves...Alright kinfolk, let's get it!

In this episode:

• A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation of the 1970s | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
  
• 
  N.E. Davenport - The Blood Trials

• 
  Before Central Park there was Seneca Village | Secrets of the Dead | PBS

Connect with Us:

Visit our website for more info on what we are up to with BWP: ⁠⁠thisisblackworlding.com⁠⁠

Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠@thisisblackworlding ⁠⁠

Support the Show:

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Your feedback and support means the world to us and helps us reach even more listeners.

Together, we're creating a space where our voices are heard, our stories are celebrated, and every listener is valued. Thank you for being a friend!

Credits:

Our new, custom intro and outro music is provided by the wonderful artist ⁠⁠poliigone⁠⁠, called “Renégade”! ⁠⁠Check out their music at this link⁠⁠!

Disclaimer for Explicit Content:

Please be advised: This podcast may contain explicit language and discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

At Black Worlding, we believe in honest and open conversations, even if that means occasionally using strong language or discussing explicit topics. Our goal is to provide a safe and inclusive space to explore diverse voices and narratives, including those that may challenge conventional boundaries.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploration and celebration of diverse voices in literature and media.

Hey, hey, hey play cousins! We are back with another BookStorm and this time, we are trying something new! We gave ourselves a time limit experiment: Can Rae and Día successfully worldbuild in under an hour?? It seems we just might be able to!

Enjoy this short little novella about reconnecting with your ancestral heritage in a world after the end of the world…

Let’s get it!

What is a BookStorm?

BookStorming is like brainstorming, but an entire book, series, or short story. We start with a random idea for a character, a world, or a magic system—and we hash out the in-between.

How Does it Work?

We start with a Topic: What’s an idea that’s been sitting on your spirit for a minute? About a character, magic system, setting?

We then move to the Structure: What are the components of this story?

• Magic System - HOW does this world work?
• Setting - WHERE is this world located?
• Characters - WHO is in this world?
• PLOT - WHAT happens in this world?
• Impact - WHY is this story important?
• Narrative - HOW is this story told?
  

And then we spiral up from there!

We hope you have as much fun listening to The Gathering as we had making it!

Note on Intellectual Property:

Remember, any ideas, stories, characters, or story components that come from any BookStorm episode are the intellectual property of Black Worlding. If you want to use some of these ideas, please contact us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thisisblackworlding@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Connect with Us:

Visit our website for more info on what we are up to with BWP: thisisblackworlding.com

Follow us on instagram: @thisisblackworlding

Support the Show:

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Your feedback and support means the world to us and helps us reach even more listeners.

Together, we're creating a space where our voices are heard, our stories are celebrated, and every listener is valued. Thank you for being a friend!

Credits:

Our new, custom intro and outro music is provided by the wonderful artist poliigone, called “Renégade”! Check out their music at this link!

Disclaimer for Explicit Content:

Please be advised: This podcast may contain explicit language and discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

At Black Worlding, we believe in honest and open conversations, even if that means occasionally using strong language or discussing explicit topics. Our goal is to provide a safe and inclusive space to explore diverse voices and narratives, including those that may challenge conventional boundaries.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploration and celebration of diverse voices in literature and media.

Hey hey hey! We are back for a VERY special impromptu review of the new and wonderfully iconic film by Ryan Coogler; Sinners! Buckle up for a wild ride through our immediate responses to this wonderful film in all its parts; acting, cinematography, plot, mechanics, the MUSIC, etc.

And make no mistake, it will be FULL of spoilers!

Alright, let's get it!

Hey hey hey, play cousins! We are back with a new episode for you, and we are diving deep into worldbuilding and how we go about it! Join us as we discuss the mechanics and socio-cultural aspects of worldbuilding, referencing some of our favorite sci-fi/fantasy stories. We ask questions like, “Why do we need fantasy and dreaming?” and “How do we reshape the world and consequences in our own BookStorms?” Buckle up for a great conversation!

Let’s get it!

Connect with Us:

Visit our website for more info on what we are up to with BWP: ⁠⁠thisisblackworlding.com⁠⁠

Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠@thisisblackworlding ⁠⁠

Support the Show:

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Your feedback and support means the world to us and helps us reach even more listeners.

Together, we're creating a space where our voices are heard, our stories are celebrated, and every listener is valued. Thank you for being a friend!

Credits:

Our new, custom intro and outro music is provided by the wonderful artist ⁠⁠poliigone⁠⁠, called “Renégade”! ⁠⁠Check out their music at this link⁠⁠!

Disclaimer for Explicit Content:

Please be advised: This podcast may contain explicit language and discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

At Black Worlding, we believe in honest and open conversations, even if that means occasionally using strong language or discussing explicit topics. Our goal is to provide a safe and inclusive space to explore diverse voices and narratives, including those that may challenge conventional boundaries.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploration and celebration of diverse voices in literature and media.

And we're back again with a very special interview episode with the wonderful Mina Brower, author of the Daughters of Chaos Series! Take a dive into our conversation about world-building, her series, and what it means to write in true representation.

Buckle up for an exciting ride...let's get it!

Connect with Us:

Visit our website for more info on what we are up to with BWP: ⁠⁠thisisblackworlding.com⁠⁠

Follow us on instagram: ⁠⁠@thisisblackworlding ⁠⁠

Support the Show:

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Your feedback and support means the world to us and helps us reach even more listeners.

Together, we're creating a space where our voices are heard, our stories are celebrated, and every listener is valued. Thank you for being a friend!

Credits:

Our new, custom intro and outro music is provided by the wonderful artist ⁠⁠poliigone⁠⁠, called “Renégade”! ⁠⁠Check out their music at this link⁠⁠!

Disclaimer for Explicit Content:

Please be advised: This podcast may contain explicit language and discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

At Black Worlding, we believe in honest and open conversations, even if that means occasionally using strong language or discussing explicit topics. Our goal is to provide a safe and inclusive space to explore diverse voices and narratives, including those that may challenge conventional boundaries.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploration and celebration of diverse voices in literature and media.