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YA Adventure Special 12: The Action Climax

jdsawyer Nanocast November 12, 2016 April 11, 2018 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! Today I discuss the experience of writing the action climax to the book, and how I was able to solve some big problems by finding the answers within the book-to-date, including some unexpected twists. I also talk about how the Heinlein Juveniles have a bifurcated story structure in …

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Questions 163: Time-Efficient Research

jdsawyer Going Pro / Nanocast November 11, 2016 April 11, 2018 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “How did you learn the stuff for the flying suits in Hadrian’s Flight? How to I research without losing writing time?”

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Questions 162: Nanowrimo update AND “Who Podcasts Fiction?”

jdsawyer Nanocast November 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 4 Comments

Subscribe Here! I update you on my NaNoWrimo AND Caine asks: “Do any other Nanocast listeners podcast fiction?”

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Questions 161: Finding Experts

jdsawyer Going Pro / Nanocast November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 One Comment

Subscribe Here! Tammy asks: “How do I find experts, especially for cultural perspectives and details?”

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Questions 160: Building Hype Pre-Publication

jdsawyer Going Pro / Nanocast November 6, 2016 November 2, 2016 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! JR asks: “How do you build hype for a novel pre-publication?”

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Questions 159: Cover Art–HOW???

jdsawyer Going Pro / Nanocast November 5, 2016 November 2, 2016 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! Cheyenne asks: “How do you find cover art resources and learn what you need to in order to get your covers done right?”

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YA Adventure Special 11: Hadrian’s Flight, Moments of Truth

jdsawyer Nanocast November 4, 2016 April 11, 2018 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! Today’s episode sponsored by Bundle Rabbit. Today in our walk-through of Hadrian’s Flight, Hadrian’s confession leads to a cunning plan, while the writer begins gathering the plot threads together.

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Questions 158: Verisimilitude with Period Fiction

jdsawyer Going Pro / Nanocast November 3, 2016 November 2, 2016 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! Josh asks: How do I bring color and spice to my historical world without name-dropping all over the place?

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YA Adventure Special 10: Hadrian’s Flight, Pinch Point

jdsawyer Nanocast November 2, 2016 April 11, 2018 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! We continue our journey through Hadrian’s Flight. Now we’re at the pinch point in the novel, where our main character goes from being reactive to proactive, and as a result the world changes around him.

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It’s Time For NaNoWriMo!

jdsawyer Nanocast November 1, 2016 November 1, 2016 Leave a comment

Subscribe Here! I’m back just in time for November, the very month in which we started this whole crazy adventure last year. Today I talk about what kept me away, what’s going to be happening here now that I’m back, and some crazy bumps in my own creative life that …

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