Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Last year we announced the first ever Writing Excuses Retreat, and an awesome scholarship to go along with it. We’ve never done an event like this before, but we feel pretty good about it, and we think it will be a big help to a lot of writers, and we…
We’re back for the New Year, and we start by answering all your questions. Or at least eight of them.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard each take a look at some changing aspect of the industry, and how they’re reacting to that change.
A fast-paced Q&A covering discouragement, magic systems, ideas, and our embarrassing early projects.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary review some of Emma Coats’ “Pixar Rules” for storytelling
It’s microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? What are the pitfalls of jumping from novels to short fiction, and vice versa? Do you need to start with short fiction first? (This answer involves…
Jim Zub talks writing comics with Brandon, Howard, and Mary at GenCon Indy
James L. Sutter, Pathfinder editor with Paizo, talks to us about tie-in fiction.
Janci Patterson joins us to talk about contemporary YA , her debut novel “Chasing the Skip,” and writing from a pitch.
Maurice Broaddus joins us to talk about “writing the other” — writing other cultures, races, genders — basically anybody who isn’t much like you.
