Writing Excuses 7.30: Micocasting...Again!

Microcasting! Again!! Now with exclamation points!!! You’ll have to have a listen for our answers, but here are the questions:

How do you deal with bad reviews?
How do you apply Brandon’s magic system rules to science fiction?
Dan, will you do the marshmallow voice for us again?
How do you keep tension high without exhausting the reader?
You’ve made your manuscript as good as you know how to. Now you need to make it even better, based on feedback. What do you do?
Any tips on creating suspension of disbelief?
How do you deal with annoying fans?

“Oddly, no. Sometimes you guys are dull.” 5:22, Mary Robinette Kowal.

Mary’s Shmoozing 101 Link: Right here.

Homework: The story of the writer and her VERY ENTHUSIASTIC alien fan who is impossible to escape.

Thing of the week: Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones, narrated by Jenny Sterlin.