Questions 171: Filing Off the Serial Numbers
Subscribe Here! Chris asks: “I wrote in a shared world and want to spin my own series off it. Should I use a psuedonym? What are my other options?”
Questions 170: One-Scene Storytelling
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “What can you tell me about one-scene storytelling?” Books mentioned: They and The Man Who Traveled in Elephants by Robert A. Heinlein
Questions 169: Politics in Fiction
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “Should authors be bold or reticent when it comes to politics in fiction? How does this relate to Military SF?”
Questions 168: Advanced POV Techniques
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “What are some non-obvious ways to elegantly switch the narrative point of view, and between first and third person?”
YA Adventure Special 13: Wrapping It Up
Subscribe Here! Today, I talk about the Character Climax in Hadrian’s Flight, the denouement, and the experience of finishing up my first ever successful attempt to write a Heinlein Juvenile. Interesting revelations about the nature of creativity and young adult literature ensue. This marks the final episode in this series …
NaNoWriMo Special 2: Surviving Current Events
Subscribe Here! An update on my progress and what’s been getting in my way in this most eventful November. Plus, a Patreon update and other news.
Questions 167: Epic Scope and Bigness
Subscribe Here! Joseph Asks: “Following up Questions 152 about epics: How do you create the BIG feel of epics, and how do granularity and scope play into it?”
Questions 166: How Did Heinlein Avoid Infodumps?
Subscribe Here! Josh asks: “I’m re-reading Rocketship Gallileo and noticing that Heinlein manages to infodump without infodumping. How did he pull this off?”
Questions 165: Categorizing and Marketing YA Books
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “What problems come from marketing a YA book without labeling it as YA?”
Questions 164: Benefits and Pitfalls of Author’s Society
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “My writer’s society is looking to incorporate. What do I do?”