Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about Historical Fantasy (differentiating it from Alternate History), its popularity, and how you might go about beginning to write it.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard tackle worldbuilding flora and fauna again, this time through negative examples, pizza-trees, and a can of worms.
How do you take a good character and make them evil? And why would you want to do this? Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard answer that second question first, and then walk you through the process of doing this.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk endings, and how to troubleshoot common problems writers have with them.
Andrew P. Mayer joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about taking silly ideas and making seriously awesome stuff out of them.
Jonathan Maberry joins Howard, Dan, and Mary to discuss pigeonholes — specifically, not ending up in one.
Mur Lafferty joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their education.
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard each crank out the beginnings of a story from the same set of story seeds.
Lou Anders joins Dan, Howard, and Mary for a discussion of endings.
Lou Anders joins Mary, Dan, and Howard at Dragon*Con for a discussion of the Hollywood Formula.