SLICES: Computer Crash At Deadline — How Do Creatives Manage?
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SLICES: Computer Crash At Deadline — How Do Creatives Manage?

Accidents happen. Some are worse than others. For a creative, a total computer crash is not great—especially when under a heavy deadline. Scott & A talk about how we dealt with it during the final weeks of Scott’s active deadline for SLAY. What plans and procedures did we already have in place that let us keep writing? What did we miss that hurt us? What should you do to protect your priceless work? Pro tip: no matter how you back up — be sure to back up. Even just a flash drive separate from your computer can help. — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment Never give up, never surrender And never spill coffee on your laptop if you can help it. If you do take that spill, tell us all about it using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 to get you ninety-nine percent off your first year of a new domain. That’s a lot of coffee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SLICES: So You Wanna Narrate Audiobooks?

SLICES: So You Wanna Narrate Audiobooks?

Let’s talk audiobook narration! Scott learned voice acting as he went, as a means to get his fiction out into the world. ARealGirl Herself learned in acting school and as a professional actor, and r...

16 Elo 46min

SLICES: JJ Watt’s a Nice Guy!

SLICES: JJ Watt’s a Nice Guy!

Douglas Sandstorm, a football fan, posted on social media about eating breakfast next to JJ Watt in a Greenwich Village diner, saying he chose to give the footballer his privacy. Watt ended up seeing...

12 Elo 17min

SLICES: Horror Writers of America AI Controversy

SLICES: Horror Writers of America AI Controversy

This week, the Horror Writers Association, of which Scott is a member, published a pro-AI screed from one of their then-current Trustees. It instantly generated reactions from writers of all sorts an...

9 Elo 35min

SLICES: Summer Convention Recap

SLICES: Summer Convention Recap

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7 Elo 48min

SLICES: Author Gets Rights Back with Nicholas Sansbury Smith

SLICES: Author Gets Rights Back with Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Prolific action bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith recently reclaimed the rights to his Extinction Cycle series. With new covers and new content, he’s ready to relaunch the property. But what is the ...

2 Elo 52min

SLICES: GFL VII News!

SLICES: GFL VII News!

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28 Heinä 41min

SLICES: The Book Tour That Went Horribly Wrong

SLICES: The Book Tour That Went Horribly Wrong

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26 Heinä 23min

SLICES: Football & Neurodegenerative Death

SLICES: Football & Neurodegenerative Death

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School published what is now the largest study of former NFL players ever conducted. They looked at nearly twenty thousand players who appear...

24 Heinä 55min