Questions 181: The Freelancing Leap
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “How did you transition from salaried work to writing?” Books discussed: The Freelancer’s Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Questions 180: Descriptions and Sensory Impairments
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “How can I enrich my descriptions even though I’m colorblind?” Books mentioned: Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
Questions 179: Story Developers
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “Is there a market for Story Developers?”
Questions 177: How Exclusive are Exclusivity Clauses?
Subscribe Here! Cain asks: “When I sign an exclusivity clause, how does that constrain me?” Books discussed: The Copyright Handbook by Stephen Fishman
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?”
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 165: Categorizing and Marketing YA Books
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “What problems come from marketing a YA book without labeling it as YA?”