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18.42: Creating Magic Outside of a System
Season 17 Episode 42
How do you write about magic? How do you build a world with magic and spells and potions? We dive into the rules and laws behind magical worlds. We o…
2 years, 5 months ago
18.41: Deep Dive: Erin's Short Fiction Extravaganza
Season 18 Episode 41
If you write short stories or enjoy speculative fiction, this episode is for you. Our host Erin Roberts has written short stories, interactive fictio…
2 years, 5 months ago
18.40: How To Make Money From Your Hobby (with special guest Sandra Tayler!)
Season 18 Episode 40
Or, The Business of the End of Schlock Mercenary
How did Howard start making money from his hobby of drawing and writing comics? How did he self-publ…
2 years, 5 months ago
18.39: How To Write An Ending
Season 18 Episode 39
Deep Dive: Sergeant In Motion
How do you write an ending to a book? How do you finish something you’ve been writing for over 20 years? Howard Tayler t…
2 years, 6 months ago
18.38: How Do You Write A Series With Books That Stand Alone?
Season 18 Episode 38
Deep Dive: A Function of Firepower
How do you write the middle of a book? How do you write an ending to a story? For this week’s episode about writing…
2 years, 6 months ago
18.37: Mandatory Failure
Season 16 Episode 37
We talk with Howard Tayler about the story structure of a story with a BIG disaster in the middle - one which we don't recover from until the next bo…
2 years, 6 months ago
18.36: The Soggy Middle Pays the Rent (or, "Stand Alone With Series Potential")
How do you write the middle of a book? How do you end your book? How do you know what to write next? This week, our hosts —who all work as a writers …
2 years, 6 months ago
18.35: How to Organize Your Writing, or Managing the Mega-Arc
Season 18 Episode 35
Let’s talk about organization! This week, we’re talking about how and what to keep track of— characters, places, names, etc. How do you organize a bo…
2 years, 7 months ago
18.34: Seventeen Years of Foreshadowing
Season 18 Episode 34
18.34: 17 Years of Foreshadowing
What can Normal Gossip teach us about foreshadowing and artful storytelling?
Thinking about the 20 books that make up…
2 years, 7 months ago
18.33.5: State Of The Podcast
Season 18
Bonus Episode! Our first ever half-numbered episode!
We are making some changes here on the podcast, and we wanted to talk to you about them. We hire…
2 years, 7 months ago