Media Specialist Kiley Snyder joins us to talk about hooking young readers.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Wesley Chu joins us for a literal shake-up of our structure for one episode. We had loads of fun with this one. The I Ching is a collection of poems which you consult with numbered sticks. You ask a question, shake a random stick from the cup, and the corresponding…
At the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat we premiered the Season 10 concept, and we invited our attendees to give us the questions we need this month. (They’ll also be the ones providing our questions for February, but we’ll cast our net wide for questions in March.) Ideas are hard!…
Sara Glassman joins us to talk about back cover copy, covers, query letters, signings, and what booksellers look for on page one.
We were thrilled to have Peter Beagle join us for an episode, recorded live at Westercon 67. We talked about the writer’s mindset, and how to get into it. Peter schooled Brandon before the episode even began, and then proceeded to school all the rest of us. Peter is an absolute delight to…
David Farland joins, along with a live audience at Westercon 67, for a discussion on writing instruction.
Peter Orullian joins us to discuss managing the author-editor relationship when things go wrong.
Pre-writing: It’s like pre-cooking, only with more abandoned prologues and fewer refried beans.
Nancy Fulda joins the cast for a discussion of narrative versus character perceptions
Eric James Stone joins us for a discussion of hard science fiction — what it is, what it isn’t, and how to do it well.