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 Dec 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 Dec 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
Writing Excuses 8.42: The Internal Heckler vs. The Internal Editor
Mary pitched this subject to us -- it's a discussion of the difference between that voice that says "this will make your story better" and the voice that says "nothing can save this story because you'...
20 Okt 201317min
