Eric James Stone joins the cast to talk astronomy as a tool for world-building
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Spoilers galore as we discuss “Hollow City,” in depth, with author Dan Wells
The crew fields questions about criticism, suspension of disbelief, tension, and more.
What do you do when your villain is more interesting and engaging than your hero? The first step? Admit that this is a problem…
Mary Robinette Kowal talks in depth about her novel Glamour In Glass, fielding questions from Brandon, Dan, and Howard.
Recorded live at Utah Valley University, here’s another Q&A episode from the LTUE Symposium! The questions: What was Brandon’s plan with Mistborn and the themes regarding establishment? Why does Kelsier shrug so much? (This leads into a fun discussion of “tells.”) How do you know when to stop a chapter?…
Capers and Heists as a plot form, with lots of movies cited as examples.
Brandon answers “The Way of Kings” questions from Mary, Howard, and Dan.
A microcast is our word for an asynchronous Q&A episode: you ask us tons of questions online, either through twitter or facebook or our listenermail account (on the sidebar), and we want to answer as many of them as we can. Not every answer can fill an entire episode, though,…
Howard answers questions about “Force Multiplication,” (the 12th Schlock Mercenary book) as posed by Brandon, Dan, and Mary.