Writing Excuses28 Apr 2013

Writing Excuses 8.17: Microcasting

You love 'em, we love 'em, and there's never a shortage of questions so here's another another fast-paced Q&A. Here are the questions that we field in this episode:

* How do you prepare to write?
* How do you write stories that are important without being heavy-handed?
* Magical realism vs. Fantasy -- what's the difference?
* Do you have recommendations or techniques for serving as a beta reader? (Here's the promised liner-note bit from Mary.)
* Is it possible to do a serial with short stories and novellas all in the same setting?
* Why do publishers say they want crossed-genre books, but they're not publishing crossed-genre books?
* Picture books and books for beginning readers: can you 'cast on this for us? (Answer: not until we've got an expert guest in that field. If you want that info, go to SCBWI.org)
* Can you do a 'cast on reading aloud? (Answer: yes. This is not that 'cast.)
* What is the primary thing you've learned from reading Literary Fiction that has informed your Genre Fiction writing?
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