Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
So, what is publishing for, anyway? The question may seem glib, but DongWong Song raised it in their newsletter, and in this episode we answer (or at least refine our asking of) the question. Liner Notes: The Publishing Question Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan…
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard Theme is one of those high-falutin’ concepts we’re often reluctant to approach in a nuts-and-bolts sort of way. In this episode we’ll talk about how our themes can be communicated through elements of our settings, deepening reader engagement with the things we…
How do you “show, don’t tell” a character’s thoughts? We answer this question, and more!
Wes Chu, author and adventurer, recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and has some things to say about all the wilderness trekking that our characters do in the books we write, and how we often forget to say anything about sleeping on inclines, altitude sickness, or packing toilet paper. The salient point: we…
Q&A in which we cover proofreading, writing time, career stuff, and no, you can’t have any of our DNA.
What is handwavium? How does it work? What happens when it doesn’t work?
How do you help your readers relate to the non-human characters in your fiction?
What does “space opera” mean, and how might you go about writing it?
Mary Robinette Kowal walks us through writing short stories.
The cast grills Howard about “Deus ex Nauseum,” the bonus story from Emperor Pius Dei
