Writing Excuses 6.22: Continuing Education for Writers
Mur Lafferty, the Grand Dame of SF podcasting, joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their educations. We've said time and again that nothing improves your writi...
31 Okt 201119min
Writing Excuses 6.21: Brainstorming From Story Seeds
We've done brainstorming casts before. This time we've prepared something quite a bit different. It's different, in fact, because we prepared it -- in advance, even. Producer Jordo provided your host...
24 Okt 201116min
Writing Excuses 6.20: Endings
Lou Anders joins Dan, Howard, and Mary for a discussion of endings. We begin by talking about how important it is to "stick your landing" at the end of the book, and then recap the Hollywood Formula t...
17 Okt 201118min
Writing Excuses 6.19: Pitching
Pitching your work... authors often have difficulty with it. Even authors who have no trouble spinning a fantastic story may find themselves at a loss telling people ABOUT that story in a way that mak...
10 Okt 201118min
6.18: The Hollywood Formula, with Lou Anders
Lou Anders, Hugo-winning editorial director from Pyr books, joins Mary, Dan, and Howard at Dragon*Con for a discussion of the Hollywood Formula. Lou shared this with Mary originally, and she used it t...
2 Okt 201120min
Writing Excuses 6.17: Writing Assistants
Peter Ahlstrom, assistant to Brandon Sanderson, and Valerie Dowbenko, assistant to Pat Rothfuss, join Brandon and Dan to talk about what they do for "their authors." While this may seem like an incre...
25 Sep 201121min
Writing Excuses 6.16: Gender Roles–Black, White, and Gray
Keffy Kehrli joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard in front of a live audience at WorldCon 69 in Reno. He's a Writers of the Future winner, a few votes short of being a Campbell Award nominee, and a female-...
19 Sep 201120min
Writing Excuses 6.15: Writing Other Cultures
In our second WorldCon 69 episode we're joined by Lauren Beukes, whose novels Moxyland and Zoo City are excellent case studies for writing in other cultures. It's a difficult subject, and anybody vent...
12 Sep 201118min
