The Bottom Drawer

Chris Rosser•chrisrosser.net

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

The musings of blogger and fantasy author, Chris Rosser.

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Episodes

E8: Reaching the Limit

After breaking my website's static site generator, I discuss its limitations, and share my plans for migrating my site to Ghost.

Sep 18, 2020•9 min•Ep. 8

Reboot

After a year-long hiatus, I reboot The Bottom Drawer with a new theme, artwork and purpose.

Sep 11, 2020•5 min•Season 2Ep. 1

An email from fellow author, Troy A. Hill, has me thinking about some differences between historical fiction and fantasy. I also share some news about my plans for the future of the podcast, and give an update about the state of my two work-in-progress books - The Prince's Bastard, and A Man at Arms.

Jul 14, 2019•15 min

Disaster Recovery

After my house is broken into and my car stolen, I ask myself if my backup strategy and business continuity is robust enough to recover quickly in the event of a disaster.

Jun 18, 2019•34 min

The iPad Experiment

An experiment to record an episode on an iPad using a cheap lav mic and Ferrite.

May 27, 2019•10 min

Writer's Life

After an embarrassing delay, I'm back to whinge about travel, gastro, Amazon Kindle Select and Australia's National Broadband Network.

May 12, 2019•14 min

Gadzooks

After a thought provoking review of Cadoc's Contract on Amazon, I explore the use of profanity in fantasy novels, and wander down yet another historical rabbit hole.

Mar 16, 2019•18 min

There Be Dragons

After my beta readers tell me I need a map for Cadoc's Contract, I make a map...then I tumble down the rabbit warren of fantasy cartography and ask myself why fantasy maps look nothing like their Medieval counterparts.

Feb 27, 2019•13 min

Overdue

I launch my first podcast and explain my reasons for doing so...after many years of procrastination, dithering and self-doubt.

Feb 23, 2019•5 min

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