12.2: How to Nail Character Voice in First Person
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley This week we talk about character voice, and how to get it right in First Person. This POV is a strong tool for developing memorable characters. We co...
8 Jan 201721min
12.1: Variations on First Person
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard We're beginning a new season, and during 2017 we will be focusing our topics on structure. We are also going to shake things by expanding our cast a bit. Yo...
1 Jan 201723min
11.52: Elemental Ensemble Q&A, With Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray joined us aboard Oasis of the Seas to answer our attendees questions about the Elemental Ensemble. Here are the questions: * Can you fit an ensemble into a short story? * What the mi...
24 Dec 201624min
11.51: Ensemble as a Sub-Genre, with Lynne M. Thomas
Lynne M. Thomas joins us to continue our discussion of the Elemental Ensemble, which is one of our favorite elemental tools. It's not just for heists. It adds interest, emotion, and lots of plot possi...
18 Dec 201617min
11.50: Hand-Selling Your Book to Potential Readers, with Michael R. Underwood
Michael R. Underwood has talked to us about hand-selling books before, but that was about pitching to agents and editors. This time around he's talking about placing your product in the hand of your c...
11 Dec 201624min
11.49: Elemental Ensemble, with Michael Damien Thomas
Michael Damien Thomas, co-publisher and co-editor-in-chief of Uncanny Magazine, joined us for a discussion of the elemental genre that contains most of the stories we refer to as "heists." It's all ab...
4 Dec 201624min
11.Bonus-04: Fantasy Food, with Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch
Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch joined Howard and Dan at GenCon Indy to talk about fantasy food, and how we engage our readers' appetites with our fiction. We talk economics, logistics, sensory engage...
29 Nov 201617min
11.48: Elemental Issue Q&A, with DongWon Song
DongWon Song, literary agent with HMLA, joins us for a Q&A on the elemental genre of "Issue." Here are the questions, which were submitted by the attendees at WXR '16: * Can only certain people tac...
27 Nov 201622min
