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Maeve and Dolan get off to a rocky start navigating their new lives together. Dolan finds employment with a hunky new character. Dolan and Maeve discuss the magic that binds them together and Dolan reveals his version of Maeve's family history. . . Welcome to the second episode of Blood That Binds on Hobbies Include: Writing, the creative fiction podcast. The story you are about to experience is a work in progress. This podcast is designed to be a collaborative creative experience so your feedback is highly valued and encouraged. You can comment on the website or social media under the Discuss tab. I want to thank those of you who listened or read and reached out with your feedback in the past week. A few of you mentioned my reading pace was a little fast that last episode. That was definitely a creator error. I over-edited that episode a tad getting rid of blank spaces. I've loosened the reigns a bit and hopefully corrected that issue this episode. Please let me know what you think. I am always so happy to receive any sort of constructive feedback and to interact with listeners. I do want to say for the record that I will not be going back to re-record or re-edit past episodes after they are released. Any feedback I take into consideration will only impact episodes created after I receive that feedback. I want this podcast to be genuine and show growth over time. The whole point of sharing a work in progress with you is not to provide perfect content but to always provide honest and vulnerable content. Based on your feedback and some of my own thoughts floating around in my brain, I also added a few details and a full scene to this episode just last week, which is a little last minute but I felt the extra information was important to the story. Just a quick reminder: there is a Patreon offer running now until the end of May. The first 10 donors at $5 or above will receive top-tier benefits for as long as they continue donating. Those benefits include your preferred name listed here on the website, early notification of episode release via email, access to an exclusive Discord channel to chat with other listeners and I during live streams, a one-time question answered on the show, and finally access to view and comment on the Google Doc for Blood That Binds. That last one is the big one because it allows you to interact alongside my writing with me and with each other, as well as read all of my private writing notes and see the draft versions of all episodes that I have written. Right now I have rough drafts all the way up to Episode 9. The only rule for that benefit is that you do not share spoilers with anyone. I can create a private Discord channel or Facebook sub-group to discuss spoilers in if needed, but please don't post about unreleased episodes on the main feeds. If this is your first time listening in or reading, I recommend you start back at Episode One and the setup of our story. This second chapter picks up a few days later. You can download by clicking the button at the top of this post, or you can select your platform of choice at the top of the page. The full PDF is available below. Episode 3 will be released in two weeks, on April 22. In the meantime, enjoy this sneak peek of Episode 3 - Liar, Liar, Vampire Sneak Peek “Maeve? Who the fuck is this?” the young woman asks, leaning back and draping her arm casually over the large man’s knee, subtly reaching towards the third person, almost protectively. Maeve then notices how unsteady Dolan is on his feet, how hollow his eyes look. She quickly reaches past him to shut the door and wraps an arm around his waist, supporting his weight easily, “Uh, yeah,” She forces a smile, “So sorry I forgot to tell you guys. This is Dolan, he just moved in.” “Boyfriend?” The man asks with mild interest, raising his eyebrows. “What?” Maeve pulls her arm away, only to have Dolan nearly topple over, “Oh, fuck no.” She grabs his waist and chest again to steady him, “No, he’s my cousin.” Her speech is halting, uncomfortable with the lie she had thought well rehearsed. “We...grew up together. Sort of.” “I’m a junkie!” Dolan offers brightly, goofy smile on his face, leaning heavier on Maeve. He hadn’t realized until well into the afternoon he had missed breakfast, and by that time Maeve was in class. He wasn’t unused to going thirsty, but forgot how hard alcohol could hit him without magic in his system. Maeve laughs awkwardly as the other woman rises to help the clearly drunk cousin stay upright, “He’s fresh out of rehab and really not supposed to be drinking,” she offers the last half of the sentence through a tightly clenched smile. “Hey, you told me to go out!” Dolan defends himself, “And not to come back until after 10. Well it’s after 10 and you’re all still here and it’s not my fault.” His speech is slurred and takes on a very chastising tone, like when she misbehaved as a toddler, “So you might as well introduce me to your friends.” Links & Credits
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