Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

Writing Excuses is a podcast for writers, by writers. But who are those writers?

Season 18 & 19

At the end of 2022 Brandon became a Host Emeritus and Erin Roberts and DongWon Song joined as core hosts from Season 18 onward!

Season 17

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Season 16

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Season 15

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Season 14

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Season 13

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You’ll hear from these hosts in groups:

The Core Crew: Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard
The Chicago Crew: Brandon, Amal, Mary, and Maurice
The Utah Crew: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard
The Baltic Sea Crew: Mary, Dan, Aliette, and Howard

Season 12

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Writing Excuses On The Road

We often record at conventions, provided at least two of us are in attendance, and we can wrangle an engineer. The Road Crew varies a lot, but it always includes special guests drawn from the professionals in attendance. There have been quite a few of those…

Writing Excuses was created by Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells in 2008. Mary Robinette Kowal joined the cast in 2010. In 2023 DongWon Song & Erin Roberts joined as permanent hosts.