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Season 11 Episode 37
Live from Phoenix Comic Con, Gama Martinez joins us for a discussion of casting your book. This is the process by which you create a cast of characte…
9 years, 6 months ago
11.36: The Elemental Relationship
Season 11 Episode 36
In elemental relationship stories the primary page-turning driver is the relationship between two or three characters ¹. In this episode we discuss w…
9 years, 6 months ago
11.35: Elemental Humor Q&A with Victoria Schwab
Season 11 Episode 35
For our third Elemental Humor episode Victoria Schwab joins us as we field questions taken from our audience at Phoenix Comic-Con. Here are the quest…
9 years, 7 months ago
11.34: Humor as a Sub-Genre
Season 11 Episode 34
Humor is present as an element, at least to some degree, in a substantial amount of the media we consume. In this episode we discuss some stylistic t…
9 years, 7 months ago
11.33: Crossover Fiction, with Victoria Schwab
Season 11 Episode 33
Victoria Schwab, who also writes as V.E. Schwab, joined us in Phoenix to talk about crossover fiction—in this context the term means books that targe…
9 years, 7 months ago
11.32: The Element of Humor
Season 11 Episode 32
"Talking about humor is the least funny thing you can do." —Howard Tayler You have been warned! and with that out of the way... What is the driving f…
9 years, 7 months ago
11.31: Futurism, with Trina Marie Phillips
Season 11 Episode 31
Trina Marie Phillips joined us at Phoenix Comic Con to talk about her work as a futurist. Futurism, for those unfamiliar with our use of the term her…
9 years, 8 months ago
11.30: Elemental Thriller Q&A
Season 11 Episode 30
We fielded the following questions about the "Thriller" elemental genre from listeners on Facebook and Twitter: How do I build tension consistently t…
9 years, 8 months ago
11.29: Elemental Thriller as a Subgenre
Season 11 Episode 29
Thrillers are, by their very nature, page-turners. In this episode we look at the thriller element as part of a story whose principal driver is one o…
9 years, 8 months ago
11.28: Impostor Syndrome, with Alyssa Wong
Season 11 Episode 28
Alyssa Wong, Campbell Award nominee and Nebula Award winner, joins us to talk about impostor syndrome. This is the frame of mind that many successful…
9 years, 8 months ago