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19.08: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Working with an Editor
Season 19 Episode 8
An agent, an editor, and a writer walk into a Zoom room and record a podcast... but really... that's (part of) what this episode is!
First off, a remi…
2 years, 3 months ago
19.07: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Intention
Season 19 Episode 7
For our second episode in this three-part series on revising your NaNoWriMo novel—or any other larger project you have—we are diving into intentions …
2 years, 3 months ago
19.06: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Length
Season 19 Episode 6
Ali Fisher, editor at Tor Books and member of the podcast Rude Tales of Magic, joins us for a three-part series on editing.
First up: length! How do …
2 years, 3 months ago
19.05: LIVE Recording - Revisions with Mahtab Narsimhan
Season 19 Episode 5
Some writers love revisions and some would rather scrub the toilet than revise their writing. On this episode, we are joined by author Mahtab Narsimh…
2 years, 3 months ago
19.04: LIVE Recording - Pacing with Guest Fonda Lee
Season 19 Episode 4
Pacing is one of the most subjective and difficult aspects of storytelling to get right. What is pacing? How do you know what the right pace is for a…
2 years, 4 months ago
19.03: Behind The Scenes with our Producer and Recording Engineer
Season 19 Episode 3
A few months ago, we were on a cruise ship in Alaska recording podcast episodes for 2024!
This live recording features a Q&A with cruise attendees, wh…
2 years, 4 months ago
19.02: Q&A Episode with WX Core Cast
Season 19 Episode 2
We have a LIVE podcast recording from September 2023, when we were hosting one of our writing retreats on a cruise ship in Alaska! (To learn about ou…
2 years, 4 months ago
19.01: Interview with Abraham Verghese
Season 19 Episode 1
In our first episode of 2024, we interviewed author and physician Abraham Verghese, who most recently published "The Covenant of Water." We talked wi…
2 years, 4 months ago
18.53: Funding the Writing Life
Season 16 Episode 53
Rent isn't paid in words alone. How do all of us, in various stages of our careers, keep ourselves afloat as we go about the writing life? We're gett…
2 years, 5 months ago
18.52: Writing Inside The Box
Season 18 Episode 52
"Your short story should definitely be a novel." It's something writers are often told when they write short stories. What tips and tricks can you us…
2 years, 5 months ago