Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Live from Westercon 67 and Fantasy Con, Mette Ivie Harrison and J.R. Johannson join us to talk about writing for the mystery genre. We begin by talking about the key differences between thrillers and mysteries, and then move into how this understanding can drive our story structures. We discuss how characters…
Deirdre Saoirse Moen, who organizes fan-run literary cons and schedules programs for them, joins us to talk about programming from the convention’s point of view.
Registration is now open for the 2015 Out of Excuses Writing Workshop and Retreat. For the last two years the event has had a very limited size, and as a result has sold out very quickly. For 2015 we have moved to a new venue, removed the attendance limit, and…
Christopher J. Garcia, publisher and editor of The Drink Tank, joins us for a discussion of fan writing.
Patty Garcia, Director of Publicity at Tor, joins us to discuss publicizing books
Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include: As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people’s books? How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else? (Here are the signs we talked about)…
Kathleen Dalton Woodbury, the forum moderator at the Hatrack River writers group joined us at Westercon 67 to talk about critique groups. We cover how critiques should be offered, as well as importance of receiving critiques graciously and without defense, and we reflect on lots of the good and bad writing…
David Farland joins, along with a live audience at Westercon 67, for a discussion on writing instruction.
Brad “Doctor Zombie” Voytek talks to us about making science accessible and attractive through science fiction.
Q&A in which we cover proofreading, writing time, career stuff, and no, you can’t have any of our DNA.
