Writing Excuses

At the Out of Excuses Retreat we took some questions from our listeners, and then answered them before a live audience. Here are the questions: * How do you find beta readers? * Legal and IP issues...

14 Okt 201318min

Bill Schafer, co-publisher at Subterranean Press joins us for a discussion of publishing. He talks to us about how this small press fits into the overall market, and why they're thriving in spite of t...

7 Okt 201319min

Cherie Priest stopped by for an evening during the Out Of Excuses Workshop and Retreat this summer, so of course we took the opportunity to drag her into the basement and grill her relentlessly about ...

30 Sep 201319min

This was recorded at the "Out of Excuses Retreat," and the questions came from our attendees. Here are the questions! (You'll have to listen for the answers.) * How have your opinions on self-publis...

23 Sep 201320min

What do you do when something goes wrong, really wrong, with your career? What happens if it's your fault? What about if it's someone else's fault? Mary leads by talking about the Glamour in Glass mi...

16 Sep 201318min

After a quick, two-and-a-half-minute announcement about Writing Excuses winning the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Related Work, we get on with the topic at hand... How do you go about transitioning charac...

8 Sep 201319min

At the time this podcast airs, Jeph Jacques' Permanence project on Kickstarter has just nine days left. Jeph joined us at GenCon Indy to talk discovery writing with Brandon, Mary, and Howard, and yes,...

1 Sep 201317min

When people who have succeeded at a given endeavor speak about their success, we are inclined to listen because hey, we'd like to succeed there as well. It's critical to recognize the bias here. Survi...

26 Aug 201318min