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Back to Search14.42: Alternate History
Season 14 Episode 42
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Margaret, and Howard Alternate histories (and historical fantasies) are a staple of genre fiction. In this episo…
6 years, 5 months ago
14.41: History
Season 14 Episode 41
Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mahtab Let's make history! In this episode we talk about doing exactly that—creating real-feeling histories for…
6 years, 5 months ago
14.40: Deep vs. Wide
Season 14 Episode 40
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard How do you decide between digging one really deep, narrow well, and digging one really wide, sha…
6 years, 5 months ago
14.39: Positioning Your Book in the Marketplace
Season 14 Episode 39
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Dongwon "Positioning feels like the most important question in all of publishing." — DongWon Song In thi…
6 years, 6 months ago
14.38: Volunteer Opportunities for Writers, with Jared Quan
Season 14 Episode 38
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Jared Quan Jared Quan serves as a volunteer on several non-profit boards, an…
6 years, 6 months ago
14.37: Outlandish Impossibilities
Season 14 Episode 37
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard Some science fiction and fantasy stories arise from a premise which, under even just rudimentary…
6 years, 6 months ago
14.36: Languages and Naming
Season 14 Episode 36
Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mahtab How do we come up with names? How do we do it in ways that enhance our worldbuilding? What are the eleme…
6 years, 6 months ago
14.35: What You Leave Out
Season 14 Episode 35
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard The advice commonly given to writers is to worldbuild an iceberg, but only to show the reader th…
6 years, 6 months ago
14.34: Author Branding
Season 14 Episode 34
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary Robinette, Dan, and DongWon Authors have brands whether they want to have them or not. It's a simple principle of marketing,…
6 years, 7 months ago
14.33: Writing Imperfect Worlds
Season 14 Episode 33
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Margaret, and Howard How do you write a setting in which the status quo is one with which you deeply disagree? H…
6 years, 7 months ago