15.33: The Long, Dark Second Act of the Soul
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard Many Writing Excuses listeners have asked us how we muscle through writing second acts, those big, chonky "middles" of our stories. In this episode we a...
16 Elo 202018min
15.32: Short Story Markets
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, and Lari, with special guest Erin Roberts Erin Roberts joins us for a discussion of short story markets—a topic which is very susceptible to "churn" because of the wa...
9 Elo 202016min
15.31: The Agent in the Room
Your Hosts: Dan, DongWon, Piper, and Howard You had questions for agents, Dongwon has answers! * How do you go about becoming an agent? * How do an agent and author work together? * At what po...
2 Elo 202020min
15.30: Write What You Want To Know, with Laurell K. Hamilton
Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Laurell K. Hamilton We've all heard the "write what you know" rule. Laurell K. Hamilton joined us to talk about how she got started by writing...
26 Heinä 202018min
15.29: Barbie Pre-Writing, with Janci Patterson and Megan Walker
Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, and Howard, with special guests Janci Patterson and Megan Walker Janci Patterson and Megan Walker joined us to talk about their pre-writing process, which involves role-play...
19 Heinä 202016min
15.28: Small Evils
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard Small evils? Yes, please! This episode isn't about writing the big villainy of world domination, but about focusing on the more relatable villainy of sm...
12 Heinä 202016min
15.27: Alternate History, with Eric Flint
Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Eric Flint Eric Flint joined us at SpikeCon (host of the 2019 NASFIC) to talk about creating alternate histories. His Ring of Fire book serie...
5 Heinä 202022min
15.26: Taking the Chance, with David Weber
Your Hosts: Brandon, Howard, and Dan with special guest David Weber David Weber joined us at NASFIC to talk about the importance of risking failure on any path (especially a writer's path) to success...
28 Kesä 202025min
