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Nicole Knudsen
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I write things and play make-believe. Sometimes I even get paid for it. || The Godfrey Audio Guide || What A Movie: A Nostalgia-Infused Podcast || Frequently gets on a soapbox about Shakespeare and genre fiction || She/Her

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In these dark times, remember to be gentle with yourself.

#poem #poetry #writing
Grief is an old friend who knows I leave the spare key under the mat. I keep meaning to find a safer hiding place (under the mat is where any burglar would check first) but old habits die hard. Today, Grief lets herself in at 5 AM, long before the sun rises or my alarm beckons me into the morning. She sits square on my chest, her usual perch, and rails about the wrongs of a former lover. My fiancé sleeps soundly beside me, and I worry that Grief will wake him, too. Her hold on my heart is tight, her weight far heavier than it’s been in years. I ask her: why is she here? This is an old pain, one she has long since let go of (though occasionally will knock at when she’s feeling spicy). She doesn’t move, her weight doesn’t lessen, her grip remains vice-like. I ask again: why are you here? Finally, she tells me. It’s too much. Too much? Out there. I am being called to too many places at once. I feel myself sprouting up everywhere. It’s spreading me so thin. She finally shifts her weight, my breath coming a little easier. This, she says, squeezing the memory of my old flame’s carelessness: it’s easier to return here. I know how to navigate a broken heart, not a breaking world. Slowly, I wrap my arms around her and ease her off my chest. Lying in this embrace, I do my best to understand her. That is what old friends do, after all. My fiancé stirs. Of course we woke him, how could we not? He kisses us both on the forehead, gets up, makes a pot of coffee. In case you want any, he tells us. For when you’re ready to face the day.
July 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Sometimes, writing is inching forward on a project, bit by bit.

Other times, it’s cranking out the first draft of a 50+ page one-act play in 10 days.

The ebbs and flows of creative output will never not fascinate me.

#Writing
A screenshot of a Scrivener project’s writing history. Writing days: 10. Average words written per day in draft: 825.
July 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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After watching this on Saturday, my first thought as I left the theater was “I need to see this again.”

I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

#Sinners is absolutely stunning.
The movie poster for Sinners.
April 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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If any of y’all have ever had questions for me or @thereeljferrero.bsky.social about The Godfrey Audio Guide, you’ve got 2 days left to send them our way!

You can submit your questions via the form on this page: thegodfreyaudioguide.com#contact

#AudioDrama #AudioFiction
A screenshot of a podcast player. On The Godfrey Audio Guide’s feed, an episode title reads: “Send us your questions!”
January 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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“Man comes to the door, asks if the King’s inside. Tell me. What’s he really asking?”

“He’s asking, ‘May I kill your guest?’…He’s asking, ‘Will you hand over to me one more victim to add to the long slow massacre that is becoming our history.’ To which an honest man answers - “

“No.”
A photograph of a page from Bill Cain’s “Equivocation.”
January 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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My fiction podcast, The Godfrey Audio Guide, came to a close at the end of December. First, I didn’t post about it because it was the holidays and also I was sick with a nasty cold. Then I didn’t post about it or our upcoming Q&A episode because Los Angeles was on fire.
A screenshot of a podcast player, featuring the show art and partial episode description of The Godfrey Audio Guide, Episode 64 - “Portraits, Part I” A screenshot of a podcast player, featuring the show art and partial episode description of The Godfrey Audio Guide, Episode 65 - “Portraits, Part II” White text over a green background reads: “Send us your questions!”
January 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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It’s been a hard few days, and I’m not even directly impacted by the fires. (Not so far, anyway.) LA is my adopted home, and it’s overwhelming to watch so much of it vanish in an instant.

#LosAngelesFires #LAFires
Los Angeles: “It was a love-hate relationship but the love won out.” For years I’ve said this about my unintended hometown and why I chose to stay. For years, I’ve meant it, even if spoken in jest. I never understood how deeply it was true until the ash rained down. - Nicole Knudsen
January 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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“Answers to the deepest of secrets are yours. Or would be, if only you could sift through them.”

Experience the next stop on #TheGodfreyAudioGuide with Episode 63 - “Rifts & Beginnings”. Now available wherever you get your podcasts 💚

#AudioDrama #AudioFiction #FableAndFolly
Episode announcement image for The Godfrey Audio Guide, Episode 63, Rifts and Beginnings.
November 29, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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I never outgrew my theatre kid phase, but I’m letting the high school version run wild today.

(The shirt is circa 2008 or so)
Nicole, a blonde woman, wears a green coat over a purple shirt that reads “I heart Oz”. She gives a thumbs up.
November 24, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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(Shoutout to the void dryer in particular. My partner crawled out of it while I was reading a note on the wall next to it. The SCREAM that came out of my mouth, y’all…)
November 17, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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It’s been a week and I’m still thinking about #MeowWolf. None of these photos do the experience justice. It was strange and beautiful and wondrous in all the best ways. If you’re ever in Santa Fe, do yourself a favor and visit #TheHouseOfEternalReturn.
November 17, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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We may live in a raging dumpster fire, but the show must go on. How else are we supposed to stay sane?

For any Los Angeles folks: join me on Wednesday, December 11 for Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals’ Eight Crazy Plays. We’ll drink and laugh and scream into the void together. With Shakespeare!
Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals presents: Eight Crazy Plays. Wednesday, December 11th at Three Clubs. 7pm social hour, 8pm showtime. Over a menorah, eight play titles read: All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Love’s Labours Lost, Taming of the Shrew, Othello, Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest.
November 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Awful things are heading our way. We must look out for each other the best we can.

Grieve, then wear your rage like armor. There’s plenty to go around, and we’ve got a long fight ahead of us. So suit up.
White text over black reads: “I cloak myself in rage, The strongest armor I have There is room for you within it And you And you Anyone in search of refuge For this armor is blessed with magic, The kind from ancient, half-forgotten tales: It expands as far as is needed And steels itself all the more This rageful armor hardens Because our hearts refuse to Nicole Knudsen”
November 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM