19.26: Bringing Falconry into Writing
Writing Excuses
Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined by the incredible falconer Krista Hong Edwards. Krista was kind enough to take our hosts out with her falcons, and we had the most amazing time! Krista sat down with us to talk about falcons, literature, and much more. Check out our liner notes (below) for all of the texts we reference!
Thing of the Week: Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey: A Novel Book by Kathleen Rooney
Homework: Look up your local falconry club and see if you can attend their next event!
Liner Notes:
See more of Krista, her falcons, and her mission on Instagram at @kristafeather and @feathersforthought
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
“H is for Hawk” by Helen McDonald
To find Krista’s Articles: Hawkchawk Magazine & Pursuit Falconry
Close Reading Series: Texts & Timeline
Next up is Character! Starting July 7, we’ll be diving into three short stories by C.L. Clark. These are all available for free through Uncanny Magazine.
Character: “You Perfect, Broken Thing,” “The Cook,” and “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by CL Clark (starting July 7)
And a sneak peak on the rest of the year…
Tension: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (starting September 1)
Structure: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (starting October 13)
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Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Krista Edwards, Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, and Erin Roberts. Our guest was Arkady Martine. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Writing Excuses has been brought to you by our listeners, patrons, and friends. |
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| 0:15.0 | Season 19, episode 26. |
| 0:20.0 | This is writing excuses. |
| 0:22.0 | Bringing Falconry into writing. This is writing excuses. |
| 0:23.0 | Bringing Falconry into writing. |
| 0:24.8 | 15 minutes long, because you're in a hurry. |
| 0:26.9 | And we're not that smart. |
| 0:28.5 | I'm Mary Robinette. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm Dong-on. |
| 0:30.2 | I'm Dan. |
| 0:31.3 | And we are joined today by our special guest, Krista Hong Edwards. |
| 0:35.6 | Hi, I'm Krista Hong Edwards. I'm a Falconer here in Utah and I also happen to be an |
| 0:41.4 | English teacher and so the opportunity to be on |
| 0:44.7 | writing excuses is combining my two loves. I'm very excited to be here. |
| 0:48.1 | We met Krista in 2023 when we ran the writing excuses Bear Lake where we were doing animal husbandry and |
| 0:54.8 | we had horses and falconry. She came out with her Peregrine falcon sky and |
| 1:00.3 | several other birds and introduced us to the wonderful world of invited Krista to come and join us in talking about how to bring falconry into your writing. |
| 1:17.2 | So when you are, like first of all, how do you become a falcator? |
| 1:23.0 | That's always the first question that's asked when people see this predatory bird on my arm and they look at her talons and her hooked beak and they want to know why do you want that thing on your |
| 1:34.0 | arm and how did you get that thing on your arm. |
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