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Lauren Shippen

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making fiction podcasts at @atypicalartists.co every day. she/her the bright sessions 💡 two thousand & late😈 breaker whiskey 📻 new year’s day 🌃 bridgewater 🌖 maxine miles 🔎 surviving hawkins 📚 laurenshippen.com icon by @emkaydraws.bsky.social

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · Nov 19

hey bluesky, I guess I should introduce myself! I'm a writer of audio drama and books, sometimes actor, + full-time fangirl.

I'm also extremely passionate about audio drama as a medium and I'm always trying to find ways to help people make their ADs.

if YOU want to make an audio drama, read on!

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 9h

I’ll just be here, refreshing my tracking link over and over because I CANNOT WAIT TO READ THIS!!!!!!!

Meghan Fitzmartin @megfitz89.bsky.social · 11h

💗 Happy Mary Sue Day 🧛🏻‍♀️

This is a love letter to fandom, to those who stay up late reading fic, who still argue for your favorite ship, who found themselves in stories.

Art: @lisasterle.bsky.social
Colors: @dearbhlala.bsky.social + @angienessyo.bsky.social
Letters: @longtalljodie.com

The Mary Sue issue 1 covers next to a large, well deserved beer.

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 9h

y'all simply MUST listen to this!!!

August Year Round Productions @augustyearround.bsky.social · 9d

👻✨ NEW PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT ✨👻

I’m beyond thrilled to finally share AYR’s newest SUPERNATURAL SATIRE FICTION PODCAST—

HAUNTED: THE VAN BUREN MANOR 🕯️

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 10h

literally SO honored to be one of the directors steering this truly incredible cast. help make it a reality!

Tal | TAFCON @starplanes.bsky.social · 4d

Wouldn't it be cool if someone adapted Frankenstein with an entire cast of trans actors?

Oh hey, we're doing that! But we need your help to fund it!

igg.me/at/refrank

Re: Frankenstein

An audio drama adaptation of your favorite gothic sci-fi novel, from the team behind Re: Dracula! | Check out 'Re: Frankenstein' on Indiegogo.

igg.me

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 12h

@macrogers.bsky.social, writer of Give Me Away and much, much more, is an expert on characters who have two people living inside of them. So his praise of TWO THOUSAND AND LATE means a great deal!

A stylized graphic with a burning megaphone that says: As a longtime aficionado of the Inner Voice subgenre of audio drama, I was delighted to hear that one of the leading artists of our field was taking it on - and Lauren Shippen crushes it as expected. Two Thousand And Late is Malevolent-meets-His-Girl-Friday, a breathless comedy about surviving late-late-late capitalism with a lot of laughs and some serious bite when you least expect it. Mac Rogers, writer of GIVE ME AWAY

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 14h

every now and then I decide that it's better to just put a bunch of stressful things all together at once to get them over with, like going to get my yearly mammogram while also on book deadline. I call this bad stacking and it does not work

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 1d

They call him Sweetie for good reason and @hadenezekielfelix.bsky.social brings the sweetness to this coworker of Harper's! We're so lucky to have him in our cast, making a dark world that much lighter! hadenezekielfelix.com

A picture of Haden Ezekiel Felix over the fiery background of the Two Thousand and Late show art.

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 2d

texted the character art for phantom pulse to three people today and literally every single person's FIRST reaction was 'oh my god they're all so hot', you were already not prepared to know who the artist is and you're REALLY not prepared to see the result, you are gonna fall in love SO hard

Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 2d

if you give a mouse a cookie, it'll want a glass of milk. if you give a demon a taste of power, it'll want to, you know, take over your entire workplace or kill a bunch of people. get it iced coffee instead.

Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 2d

STEP 5: HYPNOTIZE YOUR BOSS. Riding high off your success, try to convince your boss to ease up. Make sure to bask in the victory before things start to fall apart again. open.spotify.com/episode/2IlA...

The burning dumpster from the show art, with new text over the fire. STEP 5: HYPNOTIZE YOUR BOSS

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Tal | TAFCON @starplanes.bsky.social · 4d

Wouldn't it be cool if someone adapted Frankenstein with an entire cast of trans actors?

Oh hey, we're doing that! But we need your help to fund it!

igg.me/at/refrank

Re: Frankenstein

An audio drama adaptation of your favorite gothic sci-fi novel, from the team behind Re: Dracula! | Check out 'Re: Frankenstein' on Indiegogo.

igg.me

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 5d

it was genuinely SUCH an honor to talk to Jenny, who does truly remarkable work and has such a clear-eyed yet hopeful perspective on our current moment!

Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 5d

It is LGBTQ+ History month and we talked to the person who wrote the book on it! Literally! Jenny Pizer does amazing, important work at Lambda Legal *and* wrote the incredible "Making the Case for Equality". Listen to our conversation now!

BONUS: Let's feel hopeful about the law!

TWO THOUSAND AND LATE · Episode

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 6d

oh GOSH 😚

Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 6d

it was such a delight to talk to Women in Entertainment about working in audio and making TWO THOUSAND AND LATE a show that directly grapples with our present moment! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Building Worlds in Sound: A Conversation with Lauren Shippen on Reinventing Audio Drama

Spotlight Q&A with Lauren Shippen

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 7d

I am taking notes

Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 7d

weird that my strategy of lightly slapping my forehead and muttering "think think think think" under my breath isn't helping me write

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 7d

are FALLING, christ, what a stupid typo 😂

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 7d

ahhhhhhhhhhhh so so so gorgeous, I am OBSESSED!!!!

Léa Charbonnier ♠️✨ she/her @cleadraw.bsky.social · 7d

Redraw of my 2022 alt-cover for The Infinite Noise by @laurenshippen.com 💚✨
Autumn means Teh Bright Sessions 🎧
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#thebrightsessions #heinfinitenoise #youngadultbook #gayromance #redraw

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 7d

Audio drama icon and co-creator of Archive 81 @marcsollinger.bsky.social says "you'll get a kick out of Two Thousand and Late's end-of-the-world angst"!
open.spotify.com/show/2jyRVoD...

A stylized graphic with a burning megaphone that says: If you're a burnt out millennial (or even if you aren't) you'll get a kick out of Two Thousand and Late's end-of-the-world angst, inescapable death-march of late-stage capitalism, and general feeling that everything's stacked against you. Plus, there are demons and emo rock - what more could you ask for. Marc Sollinger, co-creator of Archive 81

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 7d

I got an email from my local blood bank yesterday with the subject line 'the leaves are fall and so are blood supplies'

Molly White @molly.wiki · 7d

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

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Re: Frankenstein | Re: Dracula | Re: Carmilla @redracula.bsky.social · 7d

Our crowdfunding campaign for Re: Frankenstein is live at igg.me/at/refrank! Check out the cast and crew, peruse our perks, and consider supporting this audio drama!

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 9d

hey, look what I can do!

*remembers doing something embarrassing 10 years ago with a vividness so powerful it threatens to kill me like I'm in disco elysium and can literally die from shame*

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 9d

OH! the compendium itself is about 140 pages but also links to a download of a digital extension because my not-in-universe playlist notes were, uh, an additional 70 pages lol

Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 9d

I gathered my show bible, all my notes, playlists, and little tidbits about the atypical universe and Shae McMullin turned it into this absolutely gorgeous book. it's the inside of my brain over the last 10 years spilled out onto pages.

Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 9d

We are SO excited to share a very, very special piece of merch: The Bright Sessions Compendium!!

Whether you’re a longtime fan or a new visitor to the universe of the strange and unusual, this is the only guide you’ll ever need. atypicalartists.certifiedcrucial.com/product/the-...

a photo of The Bright Sessions compendium cover and interior - it's a black and white volume with a mix of text, doodles, and photos

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Davy Gardner @davygardner.bsky.social · 9d

Big News!!!👇More people to the party. Spread the word and mark your calendars!

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Beyond The Mac Rainbow @macrogers.bsky.social · 9d

GIVE ME AWAY Season 3 Episode 8, "You Have Ten Months" (written by me), is live now wherever you get your podcasts. Our hybrid heroes face their deadliest challenge yet: working a regular job. I'm being glib, but that is part of it. The point is it rips, and you should listen to it.

Quote from Season 3 Episode 8 of Give Me Away:
"Where was this taken?"
"We don't know, which is kind of a problem, 'cause... doesn't that look like a box full of guns?"

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 9d

this episode's got everything: bad poetry, being ganged up on by your girlfriend and your demon, fighting with a vending machine, choking out a bigot in a bar...the havoc continues!

Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 9d

STEP 4: ARGUE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND (AND YOUR DEMON). Lie about your demon, ignore your new coworkers, and get a stiff drink. And if you run into your harasser, don't apologize this time. For anything. open.spotify.com/episode/08Uj...

The burning dumpster from the show art, with new text over the fire. STEP 4: ARGUE WITH YOUR GF

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