We’ve talked beginnings all month. Now we take your questions about them.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
As authors we spend a lot of time trying to make our readers care about the characters we create. We have a wide variety of techniques at our disposal to accomplish this. But do we ever ask ourselves why any of this is possible in the first place? What is it about…
Bill Schaefer of Subterranean Press talks publishing with us.
How do you help your readers relate to the non-human characters in your fiction?
Brandon, Dan, Mary, Howard, and guest E.J. Patten answer a slew of questions about writing and the business of writing.
Maurice Broaddus joins us to talk about “writing the other” — writing other cultures, races, genders — basically anybody who isn’t much like you.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about fictional ecologies.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about pitching — a critical skill for new and established authors alike.
Lauren Beukes joins the ‘cast for a discussion of writing cultures that you’re not personally a part of.
For starters, let’s clear the air. Yes, the first episode of the new year is also the last episode of Writing Excuses Season 3. And yes, we’ll be getting Season 2 and Season 3 on CDs pretty soon here. Collaboration! This is one of our all-time most requested topics, and…