Writing Excuses 8.50: Q&A with Mercedes Lackey
Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes the stars align and serendipity is made manifest. And sometimes Mercedes Lackey happens to be hanging around at the same convention you're recording podcasts at, and...
15 Des 201320min
Writing Excuses 8.49: Hard Social Science Fiction with Joel Shepherd
Joel Shepherd joined Brandon, Mary, and Howard before a live audience at GenCon Indy to talk about writing hard science fiction where the science in question is social science. He's studied internatio...
8 Des 201316min
Writing Excuses 8.48: Long-Form Storytelling with Sam Logan
Recorded live at GenCon Indy, Sam Logan of Sam & Fuzzy joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard to talk about long-form storytelling. Sam's webcomic has been running for eleven years now, and has evolved over ...
1 Des 201320min
Writing Excuses 8.47: Roguishness with Scott Lynch
Scott Lynch, author of The Republic of Thieves, joins Brandon, Howard, and Mary before a live audience at GenCon Indy to talk about roguishness. Why do we like rogues? What can a roguish character ac...
25 Nov 201319min
Writing Excuses 8.46: Editing with Aeryn Rudel
Aeryn Rudel, publications manager (it's like the editor-in-chief) of Privateer Press's Skull Island X imprint, joins us to talk about editing. Obligatory disclaimer -- Aeryn is Howard's boss when Howa...
17 Nov 201316min
Writing Excuses 8.45: Gencon Q&A With Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu again joins Brandon, Mary, Howard, and a live audience at GenCon Indy, this time for a Q&A. The audience handed us the following questions: * How do you write 1st-person POV from a gender...
11 Nov 201316min
Writing Excuses 8.44: Talking Publishing with Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty, founder, publisher, and president of Tor books, joins us to talk about publishing. If you've ever wondered what a publisher does -- not the company, the human being to whom the editors re...
3 Nov 201316min
Writing Excuses 8.43: Realistic Melee Fighting with Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu joins Brandon, Mary, Howard, and a live audience at GenCon Indy for a discussion of writing realistic melee fights. Wes has lots of martial arts experience, he learned rope-dart fighting fr...
27 Okt 201318min
