In fact, if it it can be qualified in some way, I would put money on there being an exponential relationship between one’s level of curiosity and one’s intelligence. It’s what I’ve observed, over and over, among the “geniuses” in the world. That’s not a quote (well… it is… it’s just me quoting me). The quickest and easiest way to become a genius is to be curious about everything. Today, in a chat about books among a bunch of folks I work with, I used this phrase: It’s just something I’ve always done, and always will do, in the name of having a never ending well of story ideas. And when I say “secret,” I mean it’s really no secret at all. Now, other than obviously pitching this show to a potential audience, the reason I thought I’d write about this is that STR represents a “secret” that I use ever single day, as an author. In fact, I know I’m biased, but it’s become my favorite podcast to listen to. We talk about the story, and stories it reminds us of, and related ideas, and then we talk about how we (or some other author) might use this stuff in a thriller novel or other story. We discuss them, like two guys having a whiskey at a bar, what-if-ing our way through about 45 minutes of discussion. And when we share them, we geek out over them. So our solution was to create a show where we share them with the world, two stories at a time, every week. But some don’t-and what do you do with them then? We have experiences, we have conversations with each other and with other authors, and we end up with this filter full of ideas. We’re always reading, watching, listening to, and otherwise absorbing by osmosis all sorts of interesting facts about the world. So the idea behind this show is that Nick and I both do a lot of research, as authors. Or you can call it Stuff That’s Real or STR, we won’t mind. Stuff That’s Real (That You Didn’t Know Was Real) But Also Is Cool Podcast. You may or may not know this, but for awhile now I’ve been doing a podcast with fellow thriller author, Nick Thacker.
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