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Attention writers! Registration is now open for the Writing Excuses Horse Retreat at Bear Lake aka “Riding Excuses.”This four-day workshop, led by bestselling authors Dan Wells and Mary Robinette Kowal, is designed to help you improve your writing skills and take your craft to the next level. In addition to participating in…
Hello, long-time listeners. We’re ready to level up the podcast and to that end, we are looking for a producer. Who We Are: Writing Excuses is a fast-paced, educational podcast for writers, by writers. It airs weekly. Episodes vary in length from fifteen to twenty-five minutes but are usually less…
For our Fifteenth Season, in 2020, we’re trying something different. We’re going to let you guide our conversation. Rather than waiting to ask your questions, ask them now and we’ll use those questions to structure the season in 2020. Use this form to tell us what you’ve been struggling with,…
Today only! Get $100 off your ticket to WXR 19 with the code CyberMonday. (Yes, it’s Tuesday.) This code is good until 11:59pm Central on Tues, Nov 27, because that’s how we roll. Looking for a holiday gift for your writer? Or yourself? How about a writing workshop and retreat…
2019 will be our seventh Writing Excuses Retreat: Join us for a cruise in the Caribbean, September 13th-22nd, 2019! Registration is now open with early bird pricing! Prices go up Jan 31st, so book soon! The full details are available on the registration page, but here’s a quick overview: What…
Some of the most frequently asked questions that we get on Writing Excuses revolve around how to Write the Other. In order to answer that need, which takes more than 15 minutes, we’ve partnered with Tempest Bradford and Nisi Shawl (who literally wrote the book Writing the Other) to bring…
One of the things that we’ve liked about the Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreats in the past has been that we’ve had a small student teacher ratio. When we were setting up the cruise, and decided to remove the membership cap, we knew that we wanted to try to preserve…
If you wanted to register for the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat and didn’t get in, I’m hoping that you might be interested in the Writing the Other Workshop and Retreat. It’s held at the same location, Mary Robinette Kowal’s parents’ house. Mary will be joined by NY Times…
As we announced in November, we are holding the second annual Out of Excuses Retreat this year, September 29 through October 5. Last year’s retreat was a huge success, and we’re excited to be doing it again, and we’re especially excited to be offering another scholarship. Even better, this year’s…
Writing Excuses won the 2013 Hugo Award for “Best Related Work,” and the team is grateful to our listeners, the WSFS voters, and of course our many guests.
