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Back to SearchWriting Excuses Episode 30: Talking Revision with Moshe Feder
Season 1 Episode 30
Last week we talked to an editor, this week we talk to OUR editor: Brandon's and Dan's editor at Tor, Moshe Feder. It's a great opportunity to learn …
17 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 29: Talking Publishing with Lou Anders
Season 1 Episode 29
So what exactly does an editor, do, anyway? We've already talked about the process of submitting to an editor; today we talk about the millions of vi…
17 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 28: Writing for Webcomics with Phil and Kaja Foglio
Season 1 Episode 28
This is the first of five episodes recorded on location at WorldCon 66 in the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Brandon, Dan, and Howard are join…
17 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 27: World-Building Religion
Season 1 Episode 27
The Writing Excuses team sits down to talk about religion as a world-building device: your characters probably believe in something, so what is it? H…
17 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 26: Horror
Season 1 Episode 26
What is horror? Why is it scary? HOW is it scary? Forced by their grandfather's will to spend an entire night in his spooky mansion, our podcasters g…
17 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 25: Viewpoint and Tense Part 2
Season 1 Episode 25
We are pleased to present the second half of "Viewpoint and Tense," which, as we all know, is Tense. Part 1 was Viewpoint. It's not two podcasts that…
17 years, 8 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 24: Research
Season 1 Episode 24
How much research do you do? Howard's answer: "Just enough to get by." In this podcast we talk about why we research, how we research, and when we fe…
17 years, 8 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 23: Viewpoint
Season 1 Episode 23
You've heard about viewpoint, but do you really know what it means? Discover along with Howard the magic world of person, tense, and omniscience, and…
17 years, 8 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 22: Doing The Unpopular
Season 1 Episode 22
As a writer it's sometimes difficult to decide between doing things the readers want, and things that are right for the story. But as Dan says, write…
17 years, 8 months ago
Writing Excuses Episode 21: Humor
Season 1 Episode 21
Enough of this highbrow literary crap--make with the funny! Or, if you're Howard, do both. In this this episode we talk about why to write humor, how…
17 years, 8 months ago