11.18: Elemental Horror
Steve Diamond joins us to kick off our month on the elemental genre of horror. We explore the emotional components that readers seek from horror, and then drill down into the ways that we can create t...
1 Maj 201621min
11.17: Elemental Adventure Q&A
You may still have questions about how to apply elemental adventure in your work. Hopefully your questions are similar to the ones we collected below, because these are the ones we answered: * What ...
24 Apr 201622min
11.16: Adventure as a Subgenre
Let's be adventurous. Let's move beyond simply being cooks, and strive to become chefs. In this episode we explore using the element of adventure as an ingredient in something that has far more than a...
17 Apr 201623min
11.15: The Environment, with L.E. Modessit, Jr.
L.E. Modesitt, Jr. joined us at LTUE for a world building discussion centered around the way the environment informs the story. We talk about lead in Roman plumbing, water lilies in Las Vegas sewers, ...
10 Apr 201617min
11.14: The Element of Adventure
We'll be looking at the element of adventure in April. Our exploration begins with a description and definition of this element, and how it is discreet from other elemental genres. The easiest way to...
3 Apr 201620min
11.13: Elemental Idea Q&A
Shannon Hale joined us at LTUE 2016 to field questions about the Idea elemental genre. Here are the questions: * How do you keep an elemental idea story from feeling like you're just waiting for the...
27 Mars 201616min
11.12: Idea as Subgenre, With Nancy Fulda
Nancy Fulda is back for our second episode on the Idea elemental genre. We cover some tools for exploring an idea, and then drill down a bit on how to use that exploration, or even multiple exploratio...
20 Mars 201619min
11.11: Self Publishing in 2016, with Michaelbrent Collings
Recorded live at LTUE, Michaelbrent Collings guest-starred for a discussion about self publishing. The landscape continues to change, and Collings is fully engaged in it. He begins by stressing the i...
13 Mars 201618min
