Sara Crowe, literary agent with Harvey Klinger, joins Dan and Howard for a discussion of query letters.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard discuss creativity — how to learn it, how to teach it, and how to get better at it.
David Farland and Tracy Hickman discuss electronic publishing with Dan and Howard.
Sherrilyn Kenyon tells us all how to make readers fear for the characters in her books.
Recorded live at Dragons & Fairy Tales in Eagle Mountain, Utah, this episode features the work of several brave souls who submitted their first paragraphs to us for critique. We are not American Idol — we’re not out to rip these to shreds. We offer constructive criticism, highlight the good…
James Dashner and Julie Wright talk covers, titles, and first lines with Brandon and Dan.
Some new strategies for getting yourself published. Obviously we guarantee exactly none of them.
Jessica Day George joins the Writing Excuses crew again, this time for a discussion of writing for young adults, and maybe for teens, or even middle-grade readers. This isn’t a podcast about rigidly defining the boundary between the YA and middle-grade genres, though. That’s publishing. We’re talking about writing. If you…
Jessica Day George joins the Writing Excuses crew for a discussion of editors…
Dan and Howard are again joined by Jake Black, who writes comics (and some other things) for a living. Jake tells us how he got into the business, and we talk about how this might be applied to other folks. But you can’t do it exactly the way he did…