I'm only mentioning this because you brought up audio stories for kids (not in a self-promoting way, but hopefully a relevant one.) Check out Goop Tales, we do audio stories for kids, we have over a million downloads, and they're free to listen wherever you get your podcasts - gooptales.com
This is great! Now I can sprinkle MID and SPICY into conversations with my 12 year-old (according to whom I am a pretty sus bruh) and see if he is in fact listening to anything I am saying.
And keep that tween and teen slang coming. I was googling slang just last week during novel revision. I am stuck back in the days of "cool" STILL. There's a podcast in this, for some other enterprising person. 10 minutes a week to keep writers up on younger slang and cultural habits just for the purposes of writing credible minor characters. I had a mention of teens selling their Ritalin in my WIP and my daughter immediately corrected me. "This should be Adderall now." Note received!
For another teen slang item, I submit "icy," which I believe is what we gen Xers would have called "cool." ("Mid" is a regular in our house -- also "OP" for over-powered, more of a gamer term, and "opp" for an opponent, enemy, nemesis, hater).
The Martian is a great book. I read it though, but I'd imagine it would do well on audio as well, which apparently it did! And The Reductress is always good for a laugh, thanks for the reminder, Julie.
P.S. Will try to use 'spicy' for non-spicy things and will report back to you.
I'm only mentioning this because you brought up audio stories for kids (not in a self-promoting way, but hopefully a relevant one.) Check out Goop Tales, we do audio stories for kids, we have over a million downloads, and they're free to listen wherever you get your podcasts - gooptales.com
I'm happy to see I'm not the only one struggling to laugh from audio content 😅
Yes! The National Park Service has one of the best IG accounts around :)
This is great! Now I can sprinkle MID and SPICY into conversations with my 12 year-old (according to whom I am a pretty sus bruh) and see if he is in fact listening to anything I am saying.
Thank you for the DEEPEST LAKE shout-out, Julie!
And keep that tween and teen slang coming. I was googling slang just last week during novel revision. I am stuck back in the days of "cool" STILL. There's a podcast in this, for some other enterprising person. 10 minutes a week to keep writers up on younger slang and cultural habits just for the purposes of writing credible minor characters. I had a mention of teens selling their Ritalin in my WIP and my daughter immediately corrected me. "This should be Adderall now." Note received!
Loved your babies piece!
For another teen slang item, I submit "icy," which I believe is what we gen Xers would have called "cool." ("Mid" is a regular in our house -- also "OP" for over-powered, more of a gamer term, and "opp" for an opponent, enemy, nemesis, hater).
The Martian is a great book. I read it though, but I'd imagine it would do well on audio as well, which apparently it did! And The Reductress is always good for a laugh, thanks for the reminder, Julie.
P.S. Will try to use 'spicy' for non-spicy things and will report back to you.
Love the slang! I just learned the term "rizz" but still can't figure out how to use it in a sentence. : ) Can't wait to see you soon!
Informative indeed. I love that Reductress headline. FYI, my 11yo is saying "bet" I guess as "ok"
Thanks for sharing, Julie! Also re: The Martian, I read it and didn't realize it was funny until I saw Matt Damon in it. 😂
The sun is mid!!! That is so funny