Welcome to the fifth season of Worldbuilding for Masochists! And we've got some big news in this episode!

After many episodes talking about the Magical Nude Gate, we are diving fully in and launching a Kickstarter anthology! We want to tell some of the stories for which the MNG provides such glorious opportunity. We’ve solicited stories from former guests (see a full list below) and will open the anthology to submissions, as well. We hope to bring you an ebook anthology in summer of 2024!

Contributing authors include: 

• Natania Barron
• Marie Brennan
• Mike Chen
• Kate Elliott
• Victor Manibo
• Kritika H. Rao
• Mike Underwood
• Valerie Valdes

But of course, that will only happen if our Kickstarter meets its goals! Because we believe in paying people for their work. (Wild idea, in publishing, we know!)

To learn more (and to see the rewards!), check out the Kickstarter! Then tell a friend! Tell all your friends!

But that's not all! In this episode, we also give thanks to all the amazing guests, and then we explore some of our personal worldbuilding highs and lows -- our surprising wins and our epic fails. We've all taken "Choose, Don't Presume" to heart over the past few years, and that has paid off in wonderful ways -- but it also sometimes leads us to painting ourselves into corners that we then have to contort out of!

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