Podcast Episodes

Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 10: The Dos and Don’ts of Attending Cons

Season 3 Episode 10

Last week we discussed what kinds of events that you, the aspiring author, should be attending. This week we cover what you should and shouldn't be d…

16 years, 7 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 9: Conventions You Should Be Attending

Season 3 Episode 9

As genre-fiction writers we attend a lot of conventions. As aspiring genre-fiction writers you probably want to be attending conventions. But which o…

16 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 8: What Star Trek Did Right

Season 3 Episode 8

As we did with The Dark Knight and Watchmen (the comic, not the movie), once again we turn our searing critical insight on a major work of successful…

16 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 7: Genre Blending

Season 3 Episode 7

You've seen it done... "Zombie Apocalypse in Space." "Perry Mason in the Armed Forces." It's genre blending, where the author takes themes prevalent …

16 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 6: Dramatic Breaks

Season 3 Episode 6

What are dramatic breaks? We open this episode with Howard very genuinely playing Doctor Watson to Brandon's Holmes, which is amusing because as it t…

16 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 5: How to Take Criticism

Season 3 Episode 5

How do you take criticism? How do you react, if you even do react? Does criticism cause you to change the way you work? Criticism can come from your …

16 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 3: Stumping Howard at Conduit

Season 3 Episode 3

Howard here... I've learned that it's a really bad idea to run out for a bio-break between podcasts. When I returned to the packed panel room I could…

16 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 2: Keeping it Real with Aprilynne Pike

Season 3 Episode 2

This episode was recorded live at CONduit in Salt Lake City with special guest Aprilynne Pike. Our topic: How do we "keep it real" when writing specu…

16 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 4: Non Linear Story Telling

Season 3 Episode 4

Don't you just hate it when things unfold out of order? Why do writers do that? We explain why they do it, and how they do it, and then we discuss ho…

16 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 1: World-Building History

Season 3 Episode 1

Welcome to Season 3 of Writing Excuses! With eighteen hours and fourteen months of podcasting history behind us, it seems appropriate for us to talk …

16 years, 9 months ago

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