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Back to Search15.40: Researching for Writing the Other
Season 15 Episode 40
Your Hosts: Piper, Dan, and Tempest, with special guests Nisi Shawl and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Writing stories which feature people who are not like yo…
5 years, 5 months ago
15.39: Translation, with special guest Alex Shvartsman
Season 15 Episode 39
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Dan, and Lari, with guest Alex Shvartsman Translation is fantastically complex. In this episode Lari and Alex help us nav…
5 years, 6 months ago
15.38: Depicting Religions That Are Not Your Own
Season 15 Episode 38
Your Hosts: Piper, Dan, and Tempest, with special guest Nisi Shawl Whether you're writing about a real-world religion, or one you've created for your…
5 years, 6 months ago
15.37: Writing Under Deadlines
Season 15 Episode 37
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard What's it like to write under a deadline which has been set for your project by someone else? What str…
5 years, 6 months ago
15.36: Collaboration, with Shannon and Dean Hale
Season 15 Episode 36
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, and Dan, with special guests Shannon and Dean Hale We've had several discussions about collaboration, and we've …
5 years, 6 months ago
15.35: Tools for Writing and Worldbuilding, with Erin Roberts
Season 15 Episode 35
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and special guest Erin Roberts We've received a number of questions about the 'tools of the trade' for organiz…
5 years, 7 months ago
15.34: Writing Deliberate Discomfort
Season 15 Episode 34
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and Erin How do you proceed when the story you want to write includes elements that make you personally uncomf…
5 years, 7 months ago
15.33: The Long, Dark Second Act of the Soul
Season 15 Episode 33
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard Many Writing Excuses listeners have asked us how we muscle through writing second acts, those big, cho…
5 years, 7 months ago
15.32: Short Story Markets
Season 15 Episode 32
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, and Lari, with special guest Erin Roberts Erin Roberts joins us for a discussion of short story markets—a topic whic…
5 years, 7 months ago
15.31: The Agent in the Room
Season 15 Episode 31
Your Hosts: Dan, DongWon, Piper, and Howard You had questions for agents, Dongwon has answers! How do you go about becoming an agent? How do an agent…
5 years, 7 months ago