Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, and Dan, with Kjell Lindgren Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t yet read The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel, by Mary Robinette Kowal, you may wish to rectify that prior to listening. In this episode we go into great depth on Mary’s novel with the expert…
Spoilers ahead! We dig into Of Noble Family, by Mary Robinette Kowal, focusing on language, culture, and the extensive research Mary did.
If you haven’t yet read “Parallel Perspectives,” from Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, we have a PDF for you to download and read before you start listening to this episode. It’s a 33mb file in a public DropBox folder. Parallel Perspectives PDF for Writing Excuses listeners Got the file? Done reading?…
Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the processes for writing “Kiss Me Twice,” her Hugo-nominated novella
Brandon talks in depth about his novella “The Emperor’s Soul”
Spoilers galore as we discuss “Hollow City,” in depth, with author Dan Wells
Brandon answers “The Way of Kings” questions from Mary, Howard, and Dan.
