Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard “Write what you know” gets misapplied a lot. In this episode we’ll talk about how to know things by listening well. In particular, we’re looking at writing interesting characters by listening to real people. We also talk about the more formal act of…
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.
This one’s for all you folks who like to do some world building on-the-fly.
Brandon, Howard, Mary, and Dan offer useful answers to that age-old question: “Where do you get your ideas?”
Brad “Doctor Zombie” Voytek talks to us about making science accessible and attractive through science fiction.
Pre-writing: It’s like pre-cooking, only with more abandoned prologues and fewer refried beans.
How do you put true stuff in your books when the truth is just too strange?
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to talk about how to “hijack” the knowledge you already have in order to make you a better writer.
Nancy Fulda talks Artificial Intelligence with Brandon, Mary, and Howard.
