Mary Robinette Kowal and Eric Flint join Howard and Dan for a discussion of Alternate history – what, why, and how.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Mary Robinette Kowal and Eric Flint join Howard and Dan for a discussion of Alternate history – what, why, and how.
Scott Westerfeld joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of the visual components of novels.
How to build a future setting for your novel by extrapolating from the present, working backwards from the story you want to tell, and getting those to meet in the middle.
L.E. Modesitt and Robison Wells join Brandon and Dan for a discussion of “practical” fantasy. Recorded live at CONduit in Salt Lake City.
Forget “Anxiety of Influence.” Let’s talk about how to borrow, beg, and outright steal from pop culture, history, and mythology.
A brainstorming session fueled by New Scientist’s “13 More Things We Don’t Understand” article.
Epic podcast! Except it’s only fifteen minutes long… because you’re in a hurry, and we’ll tell you how to write an epic.
Is there a disconnect? Brandon specifically introduces the episode as “World-building political correctness,” but the title here says “World-Building Gender Roles.” And then Brandon goes on to blame Howard for picking the title. There is, in fact, a disconnect. Oh the mirth! Howard was imagining a slightly wider scope for…
Mary is back! We still had a Mary Robinette Kowal episode from WorldCon 67, and now you have it too! We take questions from the audience, and then answer them. Here are the questions: What do you do if your characters revolt and start to take over the story? When…
Howard here, folks. On behalf of the entire Writing Excuses team I’d like to apologize in advance for that which you are about to receive. You know how sometimes one of those crazy thoughts seems like a good idea, and the more you talk about it the better the idea…