- Welcome
- Ep00: The Other NaNoWriMo
- Ep01: Before You Start
- Ep02: Here’s Where You Start
- Ep03: Finding the Quiet Time
- Ep 04: Outlines and Creative Freedom
- Ep 05: Building Your Team
- Ep 06: When Ideas Collide
- Ep 07: The Fear of Cliché
- Ep 08: The Richness of Setting
- Dark Justice Audio Promo
- Ep 09: The Scale of Your Stakes
- Ep 10: Measuring Your Productivity
- Ep 11: The Dreaded One-Third
- Ep 12: Structuring Your Writing Time
- Ep 13: Care and Feeding of Your Forearms
- Ep 14: Cycling
- Ep 15: Bracketing The Problem
- Ep 16: The BIG Middle
- Ep 17: Pleasing Yourself
- Ep 18: How Do You Do This Everyday?
- Ep 19: The Voices In Your Head
- Ep 20: Research
- Ep 21: The Final Third
- Ep 22: Torture That Character
- Ep 23: Major Life Events
- Ep 24: What To Do If You’re Behind
- Ep 25: Why Your Writing Deserves The Front Seat
- Ep 26: Bringing the Threads Together
- Ep27: Raising The Stakes
- Ep 28: A Final Crisis
- Ep 29: Bouncing Off The End
- Ep 30: Drama vs. Melodrama
- Ep 31: The Difference Between Stopping and Finishing
- Postmortem 1: When To Say No
- Postmortem 2: To Edit or Not To Edit (and How)
- Postmortem 3: Writing What You’re Afraid Of
- Postmortem 4: The Last Thing You Have To Do
- Questions 1: Reworking Early Stories
- Questions 2: Revisions and Pulling Down Old Books
- Questions 3: More on Drama and Melodrama
- Questions 4: Plotting
- Questions 5: Cultivating Experts
- Questions 6: Developing a Sparkley Voice
- Questions 7: More on Cycling
- Questions 8: The Five-Act Novel Structure
- Questions 9: Dealing with Deadline Pressure
- Questions 10: Character Naming Confusion
- Questions 11: What If I Suck?
- Questions 12: What About Pen Names?
- Questions 13: Picking Your Research Sources
- Questions 14: Setting Deadlines
- Questions 15: Verisimilitude With Setting
- Questions 16: Starting and Restarting
- Questions 17: When Books Run Long
- Questions 18: Cover Copy
- Questions 19: What About Marketing?
- Questions 20: Dictation and Ergonomics
- Questions 21: What About Short Books?
- Questions 22: Setting and Worldbuilding
- Questions 23: Spotting Clichés
- Questions 24: Managing Multiple WIPs
- Nanocast Promo
- Questions 25: What About Publishing Well?
- Questions 26: Where Should Chapters Start?
- Questions 27: Developing Writing Exercises
- Questions 28: How Do You Approach Stories of Different Length?
- Questions 29: Attracting Other Kinds of Readers
- Questions 30: Editing and Publishing on a Budget
- Questions 31: Dialog, POV, and Passive Voice
- Questions 32: Finding the Sequel
- Questions 33: Review Copies and Distribution
- Questions 34: All About Organization
- Questions 35: Tracking Your Productivity
- Questions 36: Worldbuilding, Infodumping, and Series Continuity
- Questions 37: Illnesses and Interruptions
- Questions 38: Is Good Worldbuilding Enough?
- Questions 39: Taxes and the Full Time Writer
- Questions 40: Upping Your Average Word Rate
- Questions 41: Dictation Software and Good Editing
- Questions 42: Upping Your Hourly Word Count Average
- Questions 43: How Do I Get The Right Betas?
- Questions 44: Are Fonts Copyrighted?
- Questions 45: Deep Characterization
- Questions 46: Switching Between Projects
- Questions 47: Head-Hopping–Whether, When, and How
- Questions 48: Keeping Short Stories From Becoming Novels
- Questions 49: What Makes Nanocast Different?
- Questions 50: Taxes, Writing, and Incorporation
- Questions 51: Beating Project Block
- Questions 52: The Stakes of Short Story Plots
- Questions 53: Different Types of Editing
- Questions 54: Making The Reader Care
- Questions 55: Pre-Writing Rituals
- Questions 56: Fictional Granularity and Plot Arcs
- Questions 57: Interpreting Feedback From Betas
- Questions 58: Why Are My Stories Crap?
- Questions 59: Going Exclusive with Kindle Universe
- Special Episode 1: Business 101
- Questions 60: Mental Hygiene
- Questions 61: Contracts and Agreements
- Questions 62: The Rules About Names
- Questions 63: When The Dream Dies
- Questions 64: Gauging Genre Fit
- Questions 65: A Listener Interviews Me!
- Questions 66: Recovering From Literary Studies
- Question 67: Cover Art Logistics
- Questions 68: Integrating New Techniques
- Questions 69: Pre-Publication Procedures
- Questions 70: Keyboard Fright
- Questions 71: When To Change Publishers or Subcontractors
- Questions 72: Why Bother to Submit Short Stories?
- Questions 73: Building a Series Bible
- Questions 74: Watching the Furniture Move
- Questions 75: East Coast Presence
- Questions 76: Publishing Early Books
- Questions 77: Creativity and Multiple Projects
- Questions 78: Recovering from Literary Studies
- Questions 79: Sustaining Creative Energy
- Questions 80: Writing Villain-Free Novels
- Questions 81: Attending Conventions for Professional Gain
- Questions 82: Filing off the Serial Numbers
- Questions 83: Writing and Trademarks
- Questions 84: The Two Sorts of Sub-Plots
- Questions 85: When Characters Don’t Co-operate
- Questions 86: Using Character Sheets
- Questions 87: Licensing and the Creative Commons
- Questions 88: Writing Groups and How To Use Them
- Questions 89: Editing, Focus, and Quality
- Questions 90: Writing Good Jacket Copy
- Questions 91: Revising Old Books–Whether, When, and How
- Questions 92: Self-Editing and Grammar Problems
- Questions 93: Fear of Ideas
- Questions 94: What About Merchandising?
- Questions 95: Character Voice and Aliens
- Special Episode 02: Learning How To See
- Questions 96: Previously-Published Fanfic
- Questions 97: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
- Questions 98: Managing Second Drafts
- Questions 99: Finding Lost Ideas
- Questions 100: What About Audio?
- Questions 101: Critique Groups and Beta Readers
- Questions 102: Pre-Release Checklists
- Special Episode 3: Dictation, with Kevin J. Anderson
- Questions 104: Novel Structure and Multiple POVs
- Questions 105: What Constitutes “Published”?
- Questions 106: Mastering Military POVs
- Questions 107: Can You Look At My Story Pitch?
- Questions 108: When Grief Kills Your Creativity
- Questions 109: New Experiences
- Questions 110: Paid Writing Contests
- Questions 111: Swag Profit Sharing
- Special Ep 3: Streams of Nickels
- Questions 112: A Solution for Alien Dialects
- Questions 113: What’s the Deal With Commas?
- Questions 114: Queries and Cover Letters
- Questions 115: Epigraphs and Lyric Licensing
- Questions 116: What Software Do You Use?
- Questions 117: Creative Commons and Parallel Universes
- Questions 118: Publishing Your Series Bible
- Questions 119: Reading Fiction
- Questions 120: Are Too Many Books Getting Published?
- Questions 121: Mastering Pulp Style
- Questions 122: Re-purposing Public Domain Characters
- Questions 123: How Mean Should I Be to my Characters?
- Questions 124: Complex Group and Character Dynamics
- Questions 125: New Takes on Old Stories
- Questions 126: What’s the Weirdest Question You’ve Ever Gotten?
- Questions 127: Conventions and Taxes
- Questions 128: All About Anthologies
- Questions 129: Learning Murder Mystery Structure
- Questions 130: All About Author’s Notes
- Questions 131: Social Media For Writers
- Questions 132: Travel Writing
- Questions 133: Shifting Gears from Fiction to Non-Fiction
- Questions 134: Setting Up Your Writing Space
- Questions 135: US Taxes and the International Writer
- Special Episode: Emergency NaNoWriMo (with Writer’s Block!)
- Questions 136: What About Google Docs?
- Questions 137: Can A Minor Self-Publish?
- Questions 138: Collaborative Writing
- Questions 139: Co-Author Agreements
- YA Adventure Special 1: Extracting a Formula with Gail Carriger
- Questions 140: Coping With Project Drop
- Questions 141: Limiting Your Options
- YA Adventure Special 2: Working With Story Formulas
- Questions 142: Why Do Publishers Grab Copyrights?
- Questions 143: Maximizing Your Short Fiction
- Questions 144: How Does One Break Into RPGs?
- Questions 145: The Dreaded Rewrite
- Questions 146: More About Getting Out of Your Own Way
- Questions 147: Meyers-Briggs and Characterization
- YA Adventure Special 3: The Heinlein Juvenile Pt 1
- Questions 148: Self-Plagiarism
- YA Adventure Special 4: The Heinlein Juvenile Pt 2
- Questions 149: Publishing Short Fiction
- YA Adventure Special 5: Hadrian’s Flight, Opening
- Extreme Science Fiction!
- Questions 150: Custom Fonts
- YA Adventure Special 6: Hadrian’s Flight, Complication
- Feedback Episode!
- Questions 151: Quality Standards in Publishing and Editing
- YA Adventure Special 7: Hadrian’s Flight, Core Team
- 200th Episode Celebration! Plus, Font Questions with Kitty NicIaian
- Questions 152: The Nature of Epics
- Extreme Science Fiction
- YA Adventure Special 8: Hadrian’s Flight, Boot Camp
- Questions 153: I Don’t Love My Story
- Questions 154: Film Studies for Novelists
- Questions 155: All About Short Story Collections
- Questions 156: Social Media For Writers
- YA Adventure Special 9: Hadrian’s Flight, McGuffin
- Questions 157: After A Long Break
- Unexpected Announcement
- It’s Time For NaNoWriMo!
- YA Adventure Special 10: Hadrian’s Flight, Pinch Point
- Questions 158: Verisimilitude with Period Fiction
- YA Adventure Special 11: Hadrian’s Flight, Moments of Truth
- Questions 159: Cover Art–HOW???
- Questions 160: Building Hype Pre-Publication
- Questions 161: Finding Experts
- Questions 162: Nanowrimo update AND “Who Podcasts Fiction?”
- Questions 163: Time-Efficient Research
- YA Adventure Special 12: The Action Climax
- Questions 164: Benefits and Pitfalls of Author’s Society
- Questions 165: Categorizing and Marketing YA Books
- Questions 166: How Did Heinlein Avoid Infodumps?
- Questions 167: Epic Scope and Bigness
- NaNoWriMo Special 2: Surviving Current Events
- YA Adventure Special 13: Wrapping It Up
- Questions 168: Advanced POV Techniques
- Questions 169: Politics in Fiction
- Questions 170: One-Scene Storytelling
- Questions 171: Filing Off the Serial Numbers
- Questions 172: Mystery and Crime Subgenres
- Questions 173: Advanced Character Voice
- Questions 174: BIG Projects and Artistic Timing
- Questions 175: Staggered Climaxes
- Questions 176: When Your Ideas Show Up on TV
- Questions 177: How Exclusive are Exclusivity Clauses?
- Questions 178: Multiculturalism and Stereotyping
- Questions 179: Story Developers
- Questions 180: Descriptions and Sensory Impairments
- Questions 181: The Freelancing Leap
- Questions 182: That Feeling of Completeness in Short Fiction
- Questions 183: Snacking At Your Desk
- Questions 184: Top Three Craft Mistakes for the Intermediate Writer
- Special Episode: Major Updates
- Questions 185: Do Not Rewrite? Are You Crazy!?
- Questions 186: Essential Dos and Don’ts
- Questions 187: What Makes Characters Endearing?
- Questions 188: “The Present Day” Setting
- Questions 189: Finding Artists for Covers and Swag
- Questions 190: Publishing House Styles
- Questions 191: Change Tracking As You Go
- Questions 193: Anthology Caveats
- Questions 192: Increasing Story Length
- Questions 194: Cell Phone and Longhand Writing
- Questions 195: My Family Won’t Let Me Write!!!
- Questions 196: What Are Standard Short Story Terms?
- Questions 197: Narrative Technique Terminology
- Questions 198: Staff Notation for Fiction
- Questions 199: What Makes a Co-Author?
- Questions 200: What Happens When Your Story Doesn’t Work?
- Questions 201: Series vs. Episodic vs. Standalone
- Questions 202: Will Beta Readers Steal Your Book?
- Questions 203: Techniques for Upping Your Word Count
- Questions 204: Should Your Fiction Set an Example?
- Questions 205: Managing a Creative Life
- Questions 206: Series vs. Standalones and Discovery Writing
- Questions 207: Language Skills (Writing Instruction Series 1)
- Questions 208: Effective Vocabulary Building (Writing Instruction Series 2)
- Questions 209: Effective Vocabulary Building (Writing Instruction Series 3)
- Questions 210: Spelling (Writing Instruction Series 4)
- Questions 211: The Blank Page (Writing Instruction Series 5)
- Questions 212: Stretching Into New Genres (Writing Instruction Series 6)
- Questions 213: Teaching Punctuation for Fiction (Writing Instruction Series 7)
- Questions 214: Exploring New Perspectives (Writing Instruction Series 8)
- Questions 215: Graphing Story Structures (Writing Instruction Series 9)
- Questions 216: Plot Formulas and Beginning Writers (Writing Instruction Series 10)
- Questions 217: Underused Techniques (Writing Instruction Series 11)
- Questions 218: Present Tense Narration (Writing Instruction Series 12)
- Questions 219: Mashups (Writing Instruction Series 13)
- Questions 220: Teaching Good Editing Practices (Writing Instruction Series 14)
- Special Edisode: Feedback!
- Questions 221: Setting Long Term Goals
- Questions 222: Writing Without A Finish Line
- Questions 223: Writing The Expert
- Questions 224: When to Remove a Book from Market
- Questions 225: Unpleasant Current Events
- Questions 226: Telescoping
- Questions 227: Handling Acknowledgments
- Questions 228: Spelling and Grammar for the Dyslexic Writer
- Questions 229: Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies
- Questions 230: Story Bibles vs. Series Outlines
- Questions 231: How Are Price and Sales Rank Related?
- Questions 232: Mid-Point Reveals
- Questions 233: Unreliable Narrators
- Questions 234: Writing Prompts and Outlines
- Questions 235: Action Fatigue and Meaningful Violence
- Special episode: More Terrifying Feedback!
- Questions 236: The Mystery Formula
- Questions 237: From Blog Post to Book
- Questions 238: Transparent Worldbuilding
- Questions 239: Co-Authoring 101
- Questions 240: Series vs. Multi-Volume Stories
- Questions 241: Mind Control for Authors
- Questions 242: The Next Big Thing
- Questions 243: My Characters Aren’t Coming Through
- Feedback–On Keeping Track of Ideas
- Deep Characterization 1: The Basic Drives
- Questions 244: Writing with ADD
- Deep Characterization 2: The Social Drives
- Questions 245: When Have You Arrived?
- Questions 246: I’ve Lost My Finishing Mojo
- Questions 247: Writing Nonfiction Books
- Questions 248: Writing Chaotic Scenes
- Questions 249: Contracts, Republishing, and Expanding
- Questions 250: Solidarity as a Biological Drive
- Questions 251: Standalones or series?
- Questions 252: Where Credit is Due – Nonfiction
- Questions 253: Can I Resubmit a Rewrite?
- Questions 254: How much dialogue is too much dialogue?
- Deep Characterization 3: Relational Style
- Questions Ep 255: Relateable Aliens That Are Still Aliens
- Special Episode: Interview w/ BundleRabbit Founder
- Questions 256: Coming Back From a Hiatus
- Questions 257: Losing Touch With What You Love
- Questions 258: Editing
- Questions 259: Tough Guy Urban Fantasy Trend
- Questions 260: Trends in Writing Advice
- Questions 261: About Digital Rights Management
- Questions 262: Dan’s Writing Projects
- Questions 263: On Endings
- Questions 264: Bundles Far And Wide
- Questions 265: Dialog Tags
- Questions 266: Show and Tell
- Questions 267: Complex Stories Without an Outline
- Special Episode: Interview with Kevin Tumlinson of Draft2Digital
- Questions 268: Setting a Publishing Time Table
- Questions 269: Maintaining Momentum Between Scenes
- Questions 270: Getting Characters to Speak to You
- Questions 271: All About Flash Fiction
- Questions 272: Nuclear Storytelling Options
- Questions 273: Plotting at Pulp Speed
- Questions 274: All About Horror
- Questions 275: What About Fan Fiction?
- Questions 276: Securing Audio Rights
- Questions 277: Picking Your Domain Name
- Questions 278: Deep POV
- Questions 279: Save the Darlings!!!
- Questions 280: Author vs. Writer
- Questions 281: Character Heavy, Plot Heavy, Character-driven, Plot-driven
- Questions 282: Balancing Worldbuilding, Plot, and Characterization
- Deep Characterization 4: Authority Styles
- Questions 283: All About Pulp
- Questions 284: More Thoughts on Exclusivity
- Questions 285: Recurring Heroes and Melodrama
- Questions 286: Passive Protagonists and Coming of Age
- Questions 287: Short Novels–Are They Worth It?
- Questions 288: Is There A Market For it?
- Questions 289: First Person, Present Tense
- Questions 290: Balancing Science and Story
- Questions 291: Reference Photos and Asset Management
- Questions 292: Time Efficient Research
- Questions 293: Mental Health in Fiction
- Questions 294: Scenes, Sequels, and Pacing
- Questions 295: Brainwashing
- Questions 296: Emotions, or Lack Thereof, in Fiction
- Questions 297: Man vs. World
- Questions 298: Emotions in Fiction
- Questions 299: Social Media and the Writer
- Questions 300: What’s Changed?
- Questions 301: Changing Motivations
- Questions 302: Telegraphing
- Feedback! Where to Find Short Novels…
- Questions 303: Road Trip Project
- Questions 304: Themes in Writing
- Special Episode: David Gerrold on Storytelling
- Questions 305: When You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
- Questions 306: Patreon For Fiction
- Questions 307: Connected Short Stories
- Questions 308: A Million Words?
- Questions 309: Repetition, Rhetoric, and Information Flow
- Questions 310: The Viability of Erotica
- Questions 311: More About Melodrama
- Questions 312: Writing To Market–The Rant!
- Questions 313: Forgettable First Novels and Series Strategies
- Questions 314: Cross-references and Fan Service
- Questions 315: Wikis, Series Bibles, and Notes Management
- Questions 316: Career Paths and Dungeons & Dragons
- Questions 317: Pitfalls of Being Author
- Questions 318: Business or Hobby?
- Questions 319: Avoiding Overwriting
- Questions 320: Legal Considerations for Pseudonyms
- Questions 321: How to Price Fiction
- Questions 322: Copyright Strategies
- Feedback: Jurassic Park and Cult Mind Control
- Questions 323: The Ever Expanding Series
- Questions 324: Learning Your Voice
- Questions 325: Writing Humor
- Questions 326 Describing Character
- Questions 327: Knowledge is Magic!
- Question 328: Creativity and Cultural Appropriation
- Questions 329: Writing Braided Novels
- Questions 330: Writing Depressed Characters
- Questions 331: Interrogating Your Brain for Fun and Profit
- Questions 332: Peer Groups
- Questions 333: Dealing With Early Works
- Questions 334: Telling Multi-POV Stories
- Questions 335: Using KDP Select
- Questions 336: Writing Multiple Series
- Questions 337: Where Did I Put My Antagonist?
- Questions 338: Developmental Editors
- Questions 339 Dear First Reader
- Questions 340: Staying Private in a Public Age
- Questions 341: Writing Immature Characters
- Questions 342: Audiobooks and the Market
- Questions 343: Long Novels and the Market
- Questions 344: Historically Accurate Childhoods
- Questions 345: Juggling Multiple Series
- Feedback! Taking Notes and Joseph Campbell
- Questions 346: The Writing Business
- Questions 347: When is a beat a beat?
- Questions 348: Reviving Abandoned Works
- Questions 349: Patreon Structure and Options
- Questions 350: Interrogating Your Work
- Questions 351: Tying Up the Right Loose Ends
- Questions 352: Timeline Tracking
- Questions 353: Pulp Length Fiction
- Questions 354: Covers, Cashflow, and Choices
- Questions 355: Keeping Your Series Fresh
- Questions 356: Friends and Mentors
- Questions 357: Quirky English Prose
- Questions 358: Filing Off The Serial Numbers
- Questions 359: Getting Back to Being an Every Day Novelist
- Question 360: The Essential Skills
- Questions 361: Sales Copy Tips
- Questions #362: Keeping Answers On Topic
- Questions 363: Finding Copy Editors and Proofreaders
- Questions 364: Translating Visualization
- Questions 365: Gear Shifts
- Questions 366: Basic Audiobook Skills
- Questions 367: Story Type and Incorporating Notes
- Questions 368: Replacing the Placeholders
- Questions 369: Hiding The Details
- Questions 370: Chronological Order
- Deep Character #5: Biological Sex
- Questions 371: Designing Conflict
- Questions 371: Short to Long
- Questions 372: Researching the Recent Past
- Feedback: Combined Novels
- Questions 373: The Personal is Prosaical
- Questions 374: Writing In the Real World
- Questions 375: Release Dates and Time Management
- Questions 376: Interest vs. Obsession
- Questions 377: Character Description and Artistic Integrity
- Special Episode: Street Urchins and Other Archetypes, with Gail Carriger
- Questions 378: Getting Started in Dictation
- Question 379: Editing without Killing Voice
- Questions 380: Writing English for Non-Native Speakers
- Questions 381: Iterating Ideas Through Genre
- Questions 382: Back Cover Copy vs. Sales Copy
- Questions 383: Series Release Timing
- Questions 384: Manuscript Formats and Markdown
- Questions 385: Trademarking for Podcasts and Writers
- Questions 386: Writing Difficult Scenes
- Questions 387: Nanowrimo, and the Shape of Stories
- Questions 388: Getting Your Speed Back
- Questions 389: Abandonment Issues
- Questions 390: Sequels that Don’t Suck
- Questions 391: Underserved Fiction Formats
- Questions 392: Authentic Cultures
- Questions 393: Ethics and Ghostwriting
- Questions 394: To Swear or Not to Swear
- Questions 395: Self Assessment and Improvement
- Questions 396: Formats and More Formats
- Questions 397: Look… Who’s Talking?
- Questions 398: Libre Office and Manuscript Submissions
- Questions 398: Concise Mythopoetics
- Questions 400: Breaking the Fourth Wall
- Questions 401: Master File Question
- Questions 402: Research 101
- Questions 403: How Audiobooks Help You Write
- Questions 404: Reading (and Writing!) the Comment Section…
- Happy Holidays
- Questions 405: Season’s Writings
- Question 406: Story vs. Plot
- Deep Characterization #6: Age (pt 1)
- Questions 407: Staying Engaged in Your Stories
- Feedback Episode: Construction, Conflict, and Myth
- Questions 408: Accounting Software
- Questions 409: Procrastinate Later
- Questions 410: Tone and Writing
- Questions 411: Night Flashes
- Questions 412: Antogonistic POV
- Questions 413: Is Military Satire Over?
- Questions 414: Emotional Investment
- Questions 415: Now or Later
- Questions 416: Rhetorical Devices
- Questions 417: Keeping Track of Your World
- Questions 418: Algorithm & Blues
- Questions 419: On Fetishes
- Questions 420: Paperback Trim Sizes
- Feedback: Interactive Fiction
- Question 421: Revisionism
- Questions 422: Music to Write To
- Questions 423: Winging It without Wrecking It
- Questions 424: Publish Without Spending a Fortune
- Questions 425: The Value of Detachment
- Questions 426: Project Drop
- Question 427: Stages of a Writing Career
- Questions 428: Change of Pace
- Feedback: Interactive Fiction… with Graphics
- Questions 429: Palate Cleansers
- Feedback: Trim Size
- Questions 430: Free Fiction as Marketing?
- Questions 431: Sequels and Series
- Questions 432: High Concept
- Questions 433: Podcast Recs and the Future of Publishing
- Questions 434: A Change of Mind?
- Questions 435: Examples of Tone?
- Questions 436: Novels and Screenplays
- Questions 437: Character Development
- Questions 438: Let’s Talk Stalking
- Questions 439: The Edit Pass
- Questions 440: Releasing Series to Best Advantage
- Feedback: Dictation, Antagonists, and the Cloud
- Questions 441: Trends in POV
- Question 442: Anticipating Market Trends
- Question 443: Co-author Agreements
- Feedback: Writer Process
- Question 444: Writing Clean Copy
- Question 445: Small Concept
- Question 446: Libre Office and Kalibre
- Questions 447: Recording the Every Day Novelist
- Questions 448: Writing an International Cast
- Questions 449: On Author Websites
- Questions 450: Pulp Speed Level
- Questions 451: Subtle Character Reveals
- Questions 452: Slamming Tolkien?
- Questions 453: Levelling Up
- Questions 454: Confusing Character Tags
- Deep Characterization #6: Age (pt 2)
- Questions 455: Linear vs. Non-linear writing
- Questions 456: Chapter Length
- Questions 457: Post-Apocalypse Resources
- Questions 458: Swearing in Kids’ Books
- Questions 459: Story Beats
- Questions 460: Glass Boxes
- Deep Character 7: Cognitive Style
- Questions 461: Mysteries, Spoilers, and Readers
- Questions 462: Finding the Climax
- Questions 463: High Concept/Low Concept
- Questions 464: Pick a Peck of Pen Names
- Questions 465: Plot Reveals Through Structure
- Questions 466: Maintaining Productivity
- Questions 467: The Business Side
- Questions 468: Timing is Everything?
- Questions 469: Self-Improvement
- Deep Character #8: Locus of Control
- Out Sick…
- Questions 470: Is This Good Enough?
- Questions 471: The Invader Mindset
- Questions 472: Picking Titles
- Questions 473: Learning When to Learn More
- Questions 474: The Art of Negotiating
- Questions 475: Pros and Cons of Realism
- Questions 476: Working With Younger Beta Readers
- Questions 477: Is It Just Me?
- Questions 478: Low Hanging Fruit
- Questions 479: All The Moving Parts
- Questions 480: How to Use Your Betas
- Questions 481: Hardcovers and Special Editions
- Questions 482: Writing Outside Your Experience
- Questions 483: Banking Series of Series
- Questions 484: Yes, but…
- Questions 485: Tropes vs. Stereotypes
- Questions 486: Expanding Functional Vocabulary
- Questions 487: Writer Solidarity
- Questions 488: Hybrid Decisions
- Question 489: Musical Inspiration
- Questions 490: Statistical Analysis, Writers, and Author Voice
- Questions 491: Modern Epistolary Novels
- Questions 492: Clean Copy Mindset
- Questions 493: Timing Releases of Historical and Holiday Fiction
- Questions 494: Adder Inners
- Questions 495: Writing In-Character OOC Moments
- Questions 496: Written Communication in Fiction
- Feedback: Epistolary Novels and Short Stories
- Questions 497: Story Length and the Audiobook Market
- Deep Character 9: Personality
- Questions 498: Subscribe to Read
- Question 499: Collectivism, Individualism, and the Character
- Questions 500: Television Runtime and Novel Length
- Questions 501: Third Person Omniscient
- Feedback: Letters from Invaders?
- Questions 502: Things That Make You Go Wow
- Questions 503: From Nonfiction to Fiction
- Questions 504: War and PTSD
- Questions 505: Grammar Rules…or Does It?
- Questions 506: Inaccuracy and Tropes
- Questions 507: He Said, She Said
- Announcement: Brief Break
- Recording a new block
- Questions 508: Where Credits Are Due…
- Questions 509: Slavery and Characterization
- Questions 510: Character Voice and Grammar
- Questions 511: The Forgotten Mid-Apocalypse
- Questions 512: The Not-So-Infodumpy Infodump
- Questions 513: Learned the Hard Way
- Questions 514: Writing Regularly
- Questions 515: Splitting Copyright
- Questions 516: Getting to the Finish Line
- Questions 517: Writing and Personal Philosophy
- Questions 518: Copyright and Shared Worlds
- Questions 519: Writing Characters You Don’t Like
- Questions 520: Worldbuilding Resources
- Question 521: Everything Else?
- Questions 522 – Profits to Charity
- Questions 523: Wish Fulfillment
- Questions 524: The Writer’s Mix Tape
- Questions 525: Post Apple-lyptic Fiction
- Questions 526: Short Storied Universe Building
- Questions 527: In the Mood
- Questions 528: How Has Science Fiction Changed?
- Questions 529: Enhanced Ebooks
- Questions 530: Dealing with Idea Overload
- Questions 531: Learning Cover Art
- Questions 532: Novel or Audiobook First
- Announcement: Technical Difficulties
- Feedback: Genre Choices and Finishing Problems
- Feedback: Apocalypse Happening Now
- Questions 533: Writing Believable Others
- Feedback: Enhanced Ebooks and the Market
- Questions 534: Poetry in Novels
- Questions 535: Greg Iles and Stepping Up Your Game
- Questions 536: What’s Next for Indie Publishing?
- Questions 537: Writing with Chronic Pain
- Questions 538: Popcorn Fiction
- Questions 539: Non-Writing Careers for Writers
- Questions 540: Serials in Disguise
- Questions 541: More on Autism and the Brain
- Questions 542: …In the Details
- Questions 543: Mood Music
- Questions 544: Genre and Pacing
- Question 545: Writing For Children
- Questions 546: Doing Business As
- Questions 547: Publish It Anyway?
- Questions 548: Adobe Color Profiles Without Adobe
- Questions 549: Learning Dialog with Only Dialog
- Questions 550: The Tech Before The Fall
- Questions 551: Writing a Montage
- Questions 552: Culture, Economy, and How it Affects the Writing Business
- Questions 553: What You Can Do When There’s Half a You
- Questions 554: The Platform Independent Writer
- Feedback: Value Added Audiobooks?
- Questions 555: The Writer’s Reading Experience
- Questions 556: Avoiding Being Preachy or Dated
- Questions 557: Writing First Person
- Questions 558: Can We Talk About The Weather?
- Questions 559: Work For Hire
- Questions 560: Matter of Conscious
- Question 561: Space Opera
- Question 562: Runaway Shorts
- Questions 563: Trixie
- Feedback: Movement and Chronic Pain
- Questions 564: Disaster Flicks
- Question 565: Skim Read
- Question 566: Low Tech Propaganda
- Questions 567: Research and Worldview Shifts
- Question 568: Everyday Epic?
- Questions 569: Stealth Genre
- Questions 570: Medical Apocalypse
- Questions 571: Shaky Cam Writing
- Question 572: Audio Recording for Dragon
- Questions 573: Apocalypse Recommendations
- Questions 574: Studying Big Stories
- Questions 575: Recovering Your Reading Delight
- Questions 576: Is NaNoWriMo Worthwhile?
- Questions 577: Rapid Scene Changes
- Questions 578: Description That Serves A Story
- Feedback: Nonfiction For Hire
- Questions 579: Serendipity and Listener Questions
- Feedback: I Got My Mojo Back!
- Feedback: Audiobooks and Tone
- Questions 580: Supporting The Author Beast
- Questions 581: Soul Eaters
- Questions 582: Writing Interesting Characters
- Questions 583: Keeping it Interesting
- Questions 584: The Antagonist Protagonist Relationship
- Questions 585: Making Use of Filler
- Questions 586: Introducing Character Flaws
- Questions 587: Managing Burnout
- Questions 588: Testing Your Premise
- Question 589: Pacing in Audiobooks
- Questions 590: Handwriting Ergonomics
- Feedback: Weaving Story Strands
- Questions 591: Preferred Booze
- Questions 592: Briticisms?
- Feedback: Iterating Ideas and Preposterous Premises
- Question 593: Skipping the Details
- Questions 594: Decimating… er… Devastating Your Vocabulary
- Questions 595: Advice for Non-US Listeners?
- Questions 596: The Art of Enjoying Art Over and Over Again
- Questions 597: State of the Audiobook Market
- Questions 598: Character Attrition
- Questions 599: On The Heroine’s Journey
- Questions 600: Quality Shorts
- Questions 601: Wait, Don’t Tell Me
- Questions 602: Is This Worth Writing?
- Question 603: The End of Also Boughts?
- Questions 604: The Big Book of Formulas?
- Questions 605: Revising Old Books
- Questions 606: What’s Your Name?
- Questions 607: Banging Character Introductions
- Feedback: Speed Listening
- Questions 608: Working to the Payoff
- Questions 609: Sides Fleshed Out With Capers
- Questions 610: Amazing Transitions
- Questions 611: Constructing Episodes of Serials
- Questions 612: A Writer’s New Year
- Questions 613: Amazing Resolutions
- Questions 614: The Unanswerable Question
- Feedback: Stress Testing Checklist
- Questions 615: Finding Fiction Theory Lectures
- Questions 616: A Unique Conflict?
- Questions 617: Counterpoint in Fiction
- Feedback: Heroine’s Journey
- Feedback: The British Invasions
- Questions 618: The Worst Story?
- Questions 619: The Length of Prologues
- Feedback: Writing Update
- Questions 620: Explore Like An Englishman
- Questions 621: Media in Fiction
- Questions 622: Slapstick
- Questions 623: How to Ghostwrite Yourself
- Questions 624: When Are You An Author?
- Questions 625: Boneyards and Bright Ideas
- Questions 626: Statistical Analysis and Textual Criticism
- Questions 627: Podcast Demographics
- Special: Your Writer Goals for 2019
- Questions 628: Cultivating Niche Markets
- Questions 629: Kitty’s LaTEX Book
- Questions 630: Creative Wells
- Questions 631: Stress & Creativity
- Questions 632: All About Prologues
- Questions 633: Keeping the Energy Up
- Questions 634: What’s on Your TV?
- Questions 635: Picking Your POV
- More 2019 Writing Goals
- Questions 636: Ingram Spark vs. Amazon
- Questions 637: Perfect Writing Day
- Questions 638: File Management
- Questions 639: Everyone Loves My Bad Guys
- Questions 640: Character Tracking
- Questions 641: Audio Set-Up
- Questions 642: Fast and Thorough Edits
- Questions 643: Creating Genre
- Questions 644: Copyright, ISBN, and IP
- Questions 645: Basic Steps to Publishing
- Questions 646: Writing Believable Geniuses
- Questions 647: Choosing Editors
- Questions 648: What Kind of Editor?
- Questions 649: Writers and Bipolar
- Questions 650: Taste as Characterization
- Questions 651: He Said, Historically
- Feedback: Writing Under Stress
- Writer Goals Updates
- Questions 652: Grammar Gold
- Questions 653: Dialog Golden Ratio
- Questions 654: Interconnected Universes
- Questions 655: Too-Much-Time Management
- Questions 656: Writing Book One
- Questions 657: Gripping Climaxes
- Questions 658: Likable vs. Sympathetic Characters
- Questions 659: Writing Multiple Timelines
- Writer Goals 2019: Life, Loss, Change
- State of the Podcast(ers)
- Questions 660: YouTube for Audio?
- Question 661: Time For A Coffee Break
- Questions 662: IQ, Intelligence, and Worldbuilding
- Feedback: Sympathetic vs. Likable Characters
- Questions 663: War Boards?
- Questions 664: Be Excellent, Covers
- Questions 665: When Your Narrator Is Unreliable
- Questions 666: Movies About Writers
- Questions 667: Character Name and Subscriber Rewards
- Questions 668: Impertinent Characters
- Questions 669: Tracking Edit Progress
- Questions 670: Carving Out Time To Write
- Questions 671: Writing Dystopias
- Questions 672: Overusing Adverbs?
- Questions 673: Dan’s Workflow
- Questions 674: Typing Speed
- Questions 675: Counting Books
- Questions 676: Too Much Backstory
- Questions 677: Voice Creep Worries
- Questions 678: Ideal Writing Process
- Questions 679: Pronoun Overuse
- Questions 680: Time Tracking Tools
- Questions 681: Crowded Brain, Empty Page
- Questions 682: Best Story Structures
- Questions 683: Middle of the Night Ideas
- Feedback: Paperback Trim Sizes
- Feedback: Story Bible Tools
- Questions 684: Self Publishing and Self Promotion
- Questions 685: Choosing Character Names
- Feedback: Character Names and Writer Movies
- Questions 686: Conflicts That Drive A Story
- Feedback: Down With Word Counts!
- Questions 687: Plot vs. Story Relevance
- Feedback: Backstory & Process
- Quick Update
- Question 688: Keeping Up With Your Creativity
- Questions 689: Plot Structure vs. Plot Formula
- Questions 690: Making A Living
- Questions 691: Characterizing Radically Different People
- Questions 692: Hacks For Writing Faster
- Questions 693: How to Know When to Release
- Questions 694: More Writing Faster Brain Hacks
- Questions 695: Formulas vs. Structures
- Questions 696: Dealing With Fame
- Questions 697: Memory Tips & Tricks
- Questions 698: Heinlein, Humor, and the Death of Irony
- Questions 699: Baseline Word Count
- Questions 700: Collaboration Woes, pt 1
- Questions 701: Collaboration, pt. 2
- Questions 702: Firehose, Analysis, and Magic
- Questions 703 – Studying Heinlein
- Questions 704: How to Mix Genres
- Questions 705: When To Fix First Drafts
- Questions 706: Filler Words
- Questions 707 – Picking Cover Designers
- Questions 708 – Where is the Setting?
- Feedback – Editing with Siri
- Quick Update: State of the Cast
- Questions 709: Wattpad As A Professional Platform?
- Questions 710: Mood Cues in Writing
- Feedback – Creative Naming
- Questions 711: Ensemble Structure
- Feedback – Killing Distractions For Faster Writing
- Questions 712: Sociological Storytelling
- Questions 213: Redrafting Woes
- Questions 714: Lester Dent and Other Formulas
- Question 715: Growing Into A Series
- Feedback: Acts in Television
- Question 716: Write it Again, Sam?
- Feedback – Poetry in Prose
- Questions 717: Screen to Page?
- Questions 718: Open Source Financial Management
- Question 719: Tracking Book Sales With Gnucash
- Questions 720: Prioritizing Non-Client Work
- Feedback: Editing With Audio Playback Features
- Questions 721: Learning By Teaching
- Feedback: Time Tracking Apps
- Questions 722: Resources for Writing Genius
- Questions 723: How to Successfully Unplug
- Questions 724: Should I Unplug?
- Questions 725: Nanowrimo Fade Out
- Questions 726: Clean Edits, Dirty Drafts
- Questions 727: Making Tracks Audiobook
- Question 728: First Paragraph Styling
- Question 729: Subscription Platforms
- Questions 730: Launching with KDP Select
- Questions 731: AI vs. Narrators
- Questions 732: I Hate My Characters
- Feedback – The Old Masters
- Feedback – Cloud Backups
- Questions 733: Self-Censorship and the Mob
- Questions 734: When You Don’t Like Your Writing
- Questions 735: Right Amount Of Story
- Questions 736: Recouping Audiobook Costs
- Questions 737: Traditional vs. Indie Publishing
- Questions 738: Mob-Proofing Your Business
- Questions 739: Home Cloud
- Special Announcement: The NaNoGang Writing Challenge
- Episode Delay
- NanoGang Day One: Power Outages and Writing Tech
- NaNoGang Day Two: Southern Gothic Dialog
- NaNoGang Day Three: Big World Continuity
- NanoGang Day Four: Cycling and Scheduling
- Nanogang series–Day Five: Writing Times, Dialog, and Discovery
- NanoGang Series, Day 6: Road Construction, Travel, and Fatigue
- Nanogang Series–Day Seven: Ergonomics, Art, and Anticlimax
- NaNoGang Day 8: What’s in the Mystery Box?
- NanoGang Day 9: Making History
- NanoGang Day 10: Breakthroughs and Contractions
- NanoGang Series Day 11/Feedback: Stories Opening, and Anonymity
- Nanogang series–Day 12/Feedback: Writing Fail and Evil Protagonists
- Nanogang series–Day 13: Traveling Blues and Points of View
- Quick Update – Episode Delay
- NanoGang Series Day 14: Deep Freeze Philosophy
- NanoGang Day 15: The Ides of November
- NanoGang Day 16: Characters Can Be Too Smart
- NanoGang Day 17: Gail Carriger and Ed Throw Popcorn
- NanoGang Day 18: The Gang’s All Here!
- NanoGang Day 19: Doubling Down and Zeroing Out
- NanoGang Day 20: Optimizing For Your Background Noise
- NanoGang Day 21: Scene Cards and Deadlines
- NanoGang Day 22: Emotional Blocks and The Rise of Kitty!
- Nanogang Day 23: Dan Finds a Groove, Kitty Gets a Note
- NanoGang Day 24: From Text Adventure to Story
- NanoGang Series Day 25: Popcorn and Coconuts
- NanoGang Series Day 26: All Work and No Turkeys?
- NanoGang Day 27: Santa’s Naughty List
- NaNoGang Day 28: Cluster Plucking
- NaNoGang Day 29: Down To the Wire
- NaNoGang Day 30: Sliding into Home
- Questions 740 – The Business of Contractions
- Questions 741 – Finding Fonts
- Questions 742 – Stranger in a Strange Land
- Questions 743 – China Unexpected
- Questions 744 – I Can’t Hold a Job!
- Questions 745 – Screenwriting Tricks
- Nanogang series–Afterthoughts
- Feedback — Sociological Storytelling, Again
- Questions 746 – Starship Troopers, The Movie!
- Questions 747 – How Do You Handle Working From Home?
- Questions 748 – Juggling Multiple Points of View
- Questions 749 – Coping with Project Drop
- Questions 750 – What’s The Deal With Westerns?
- Feedback: NanoGang Alchemy
- Feedback: Influential Science Fiction
- Questions 751 – Picking Projects When Money Is Not On The Line
- Questions 752 – Resuming a Project
- Questions 753 – Managing New Markets
- Questions 754 – Hidden Characters
- Questions 755 – More on the Open Source Office
- Questions 756 – Diction and Dictation
- Questions 757 – Project Switching
- Questions 758 – Holiday Cannibalism and Roman’a’Clef
- Feedback: Background Noise Hacks.
- Feedback: Silverado and Brave New World
- Questions 759: 2020 New Writing Goals, 2019 Goals Review
- Questions 760: Casting for Audiobooks
- Questions 761: Tense and Tension
- Questions 763: Avoiding Burnout
- Questions 762: Fiction Podcasting
- Questions 764: Audience Communities
- Questions 765: Writing Into The Dark
- Questions 766: Beating Killer Writer’s Block
- Questions 767: Epic Fantasy Bigness
- Questions 768: Original Ideas
- Questions 769: Does The Market Want Longer Books?
- Questions 770: Understanding Bundlerabbit
- Questions 771: Mastering Your Own Destiny
- Questions 772: Selling on Subscription Sites
- Feedback: NanoWriMo 2019
- Feedback: Vellum Without Mac
- Feedback: Project Drop, Westerns, and NaNoGang 2020
- Questions 773: RWA Meltdown and Public Scrutiny
- Questions 774: I Finished My Book. Now What?
- Questions 775: Nathan Lowell’s Secret Sauce
- Feedback: 2019 Goals Accountability Check-in from Vega
- Questions 776: Episode Numbers
- Questions 777: Dan’s Writing Status Report
- Questions 778: Realistic Production Goals
- Questions 779: Writing to Learning Ratio
- Questions 780: Coping with Self-Doubt
- Questions 781: Pay to Play
- Questions 782: Do Anxious People Write Better Horror?
- Question 783: Eastern Storytelling
- Feedback: Another View on China Unexpected
- Questions 784: Covid-19 and the Future of China
- Questions 785: The Berlin Wall and the Modern World
- Questions 786: 2020 Publishing Markets
- Questions 787: Defenestrating Windows
- Questions 788: Building a Retirement Income
- Questions 789: Book Bundling Websites–What Are They Good For?
- Question 790: Podcast Sponsorship Links
- Questions 791: Open Source Cloud Docs
- Questions 792: Series Bibles and Journalling
- 2019 Writing Goals Check-in from Ed
- 2019 Writing Goals Check-in from Melisa
- Feedback on Avoiding Burnout
- Questions 793: Restarting After a Break
- Questions 794: Too Many Ideas and Creative Debt
- Questions 795: Why Do Publishers Make Authors Do The Marketing?
- Questions 796: Will A Wiki Help Me Manage My Notes?
- Questions 797: An Epic Rant on Writing Goals
- Scott’s Mind-Boggling Death Threat
- The Return of Kitty!
- Question 798: Media Archive File Types
- Question 799: ERP Software
- Question 800: Library Distribution
- Question 801: Dangerous Creativity
- Question 802: Newsletter Swaps
- Questions 803: The State of the Indie vs. Trad Wars
- Question 804: How Soon is Too Soon?
- Question 805: Maximizing Sell-Thru from Auxilliary Marketing
- Question 806: Amazon vs. Hachette Retrospective
- Question 807: The Post-COVID Zeitgeist
- Question 808: Monopolar Depresion
- Question 809: Zeitgeist Novels
- Question 810: Typewriters and Pulp Speed
- Question 811: Writing Charismatic Characters
- Question 812: Writing For Immersive Readers–Resonance
- Question 813: Protecting Artistic Integrity and Busienss Continuity
- Special Episode: Interview with Kevin Tumlinson
- Question 814: Writing for Voice, featuring Dave Robison
- Questions 815: Law Enforcement Jurisdiction
- Question 816: Tragedy and Character Death
- Special Episode: Interview with Travis Corcoran
- Questions 817: Learning Story Logic
- Questions 818: The 30 Year Project
- Questions 819: Creativity in Times of Chaos, pt 1
- Episode 820: Creativity in Times of Chaos, pt 2
- Question 821: Fiction as Dialectic
- Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Questions 822 Highlander and the Heroine’s Journey
- Questions 823: Artistic Theft vs. Plagarism
- Questions 824: Scenes, Rhythm, and Structure (Complicated Dinner Party Scenes)
- Questions 825: Fake Details
- Questions 826: Publishing Pitfalls w/Gail Carriger
- Questions 827: Reader Contracts w/Gail Carriger
- Question 828: Faking Your Setting
- Questions 829: Story structure and draft management
- Questions 830: Creative Boredom
- Questions 831: Losing the Love of Writing
- Question 832: Relaxing for Creatives
- Question 833: Re-ordering your scenes
- Special Announcement: Changes Are Coming!
- Question 834: Red Herrings
- Feedback: On Carving Out Time and Thinking Out Loud
- Questions 835: Big vs. small picture
- Feedback: Wasted Deaths
- Question 836: Risk Reduction in Tumultuous Times
- Questions 837: New World vs. Old World Storytelling
- Questions 838: Character Arcs Over a Series
- Questions 839: Knock-Outs and Take-Downs
- Questions 840: How Cycling Works
- Questions 841: How Do You Know When You’ve Written Enough?
- Questions 842: Surviving the Chaos
- Question 843: Fiction Editing Process Update
- On Separating the Art from the Artist
- Questions 844: Research and Learning
- Questions 845: Hopeful Books in Dark Times
- Questions 846: Fix-up Novels
- Questions 847: Keeping Stories Short
- Feedback–Historical Cycles
- Questions 848: Message Fiction vs. Enjoyment
- Welcome to the Nanogang 2020
- Nanogang 2020 Day 1: Starts and False Starts
- Nanogang 2020 Day 02: Scene Transitions and Character Grooves
- Nanogang 2020 Day 3: Dialog and Gender Roles
- Nanogang Day 4: Big Personalities
- Nanogang Day 5: Dude, the Spunky Lesbian
- Nanogang 2020 Day 06: All’s Quiet on the Nano Front
- Nanogang 2020 Day 07: The First 3k Challenge
- Nanogang Day 8: Publishing Pitfalls
- Nanogang Day 9: Our Early Efforts
- Nanogang Day 10: Pants on Fire
- Nanogang Day 11: Spelling Oeuvres
- Nanogang Day 12: Sneaky Worldbuilding Tips
- Nanogang Day 13: Stammering Our Way Into Dictation
- Nanogang Day 14: Finding the Time
- Nanogang Day 15: Caffeine Dosing
- Nanogang Day 16: The Doldrums
- Nanogang Day 17: Roman à Clef
- Nanogang Day 18: Tips and Tricks and Road Trips
- Nanogang Day 19: Perfectionism and Insanity
- Nanogang Day 20: Descriptions and That Damned Turtle
- Nanogang Day 21: Slashers are SO Cozy!
- Nanogang Day 22: Playing Chicken and Courting Offense
- Nanogang Day 23: Formal Respect and Point of View
- Nanogang Day 24: A Pie of Coprolites
- Nanogang Day 25: Writing on the Go
- Nanogang Day 26: Revisions and Mochi Donuts
- Nanogang Day 27: Outlining and Scaffolding
- Nanogang Day 28: Character Depth Tips
- Nanogang Day 29: Audio, Jargon, and Deep POV
- Nanogang Day 30: Nano for the New Writer
- Nanogang 2020 Post-Game: Reflections on Writing, Mentorship, and Madness
- Question 849: Protagonist vs. Protagonist
- Questions 850: Re-Finding the Groove
- Questions 851: Practice and Magic Ratios
- Questions 852: Starting From Zero
- Questions 853: The Coming Censorship
- Questions 854: When the Flow Breaks
- Questions 855: Short Novels and Short Fiction
- Questions 856: Ending Cults
- Question 857: Wolf of Venus and Heinlein Juveniles
- Feedback: More Fix-up Novels
- Feedback: Novel and Short Story Structure
- Feedback: Jurisdictional Research
- Going Pro: Episode 1
- Going Pro: Episode 2
- Going Pro episode 3: Financial Prep
- Going Pro Episode 4: Small Business Education
- Going Pro Ep5: Production
- Going Pro Ep 6: Flexibility and Trade-offs
- Going Pro ep7: Surviving the Coming Chaos
- Questions 858: War Boards vs. Checklists
- Feedback: Making a Living with Short Stories
- Feedback: Going Pro
- Feedback: Going Pro Risk Management Episode
- Question 859: Affiliate Links and Support
- Feedback: Poetry in Fiction
- Questions ep. 860: Building a Word Tracker
- Dialog Series – pt 1
- Questions Ep 861: The Social Value of Fiction
- Questions Ep 862: The Legacy Value of Fiction
- Questions Ep 863: Anthology Calls
- Questions Ep 864: Curating a Storybundle
- Question ep 865: Poverty and Creativity. Are They Related?
- Question 866: Cover Art Refreshment
- Questions 867: Novelizing a Screenplay
- Special Episode: Archivos
- Question 868: Mental Reset–Fear, the Dark Side, and Finding New Magic
- Question 869: Mental Reset–The Right Kind of Pressure
- Question 870: Writing Out of Order
- Feedback: Getting the Magic Back
- Upgrading Your Dialog Episode 2: Voice
- Upgrading Your Dialog ep 3 — Profanity, Slurs and Idiom
- Upgrading Your Dialog ep 4–Timing
- Questions Episode 872: The Glass Box
- Question 873: Pivoting to Non-Fiction?
- Q874: Crypto as an End Run
- Mark Jeffrey on Cryptocurrencies and Private Commerce
- Questions 875: Nested Journeys and Long Story Arcs
- Epic Poems and Storytelling
- Poetry Corner: The Cremation of Sam McGee
- Tim Niederitter on Dictation and its Drawbacks
- Questions 876: Alternative Writing Tools
- Question 877: Relative size of story stages
- Poetry Corner: Kubla Khan
- Questions 878: Vigilante Fiction
- Questions 879: How does rewriting work anyway?
- Questions 880: How Goes the Rural Life?
- Questions 881: Fallow Genres
- Poetry Corner: The Second Coming
- Questions 882: Fiction and Non Fiction Pen Names
- Questions 883: Deadlines — What Are They Good For?
- Questions 884: Favorite Fantasy Creature
- Questions 885: Open Anthology Calls
- Poetry Corner: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Questions 886: Gaming Out Your Plots
- Question 887: Knowing What to Cut
- Question 888: Creative Freedom and Racist Publishers
- Poetry Corner: The Raven
- Questions 889: Western Genre Research
- Question 890: Writing in Small Chunks
- Questions 891: Awards and Writer’s Associations
- Q892: Learning From Screenwriters
- Question 892: Good vs. Bad Dialog
- Q894: Western Themes in Alternate Settings
- Poetry Corner: Invictus by William Earnest Henley
- Poetry Corner: The Riddle of the World by Alexander Pope
- Question 895: Story and Originality
- Questions 896: Religion, Faith, and Authors Who Do
- Feedback: Gaming Your Fiction
- Poetry Corner: A Poison Tree
- Feedback: Rewriting
- Feedback: Dialog
- Feedback: Poetry Corner
- Questions 897: Polymaths and Autodidacts
- Poetry Corner – The Garden of Prosperine
- Q898: Substack
- Questions 899: Message Fiction
- Feedback: Publisher Fit
- Questions 900: Too Much Suffering?
- Question 901: Book Covers
- Feedback: Suave Rob Interview
- Questions 902: Throwing Lead Sequel
- Feedback on Throwing Lead
- Questions 903: Dyslexia and Writing
- Feedback: Writing Religious Themes
- Questions 904: When Am I An Author?
- Question 905: Balancing World, Plot, and Character
- Questions 906: Restarting After an Interruption
- Questions 907: Making Writing a Priority
- Questions 908: Losing the Story Thread
- Questions 909: Schools of Thought on Revisions
- Questions 910: Managing Aphasia and Brain Trauma
- Questions 911: The Bildungsroman
- Question 912: Bildungsroman and Adult Mindset
- Question 913: Structure and Joy
- Feedback: Nanogang and Thanks
- Question 914: After Your First Novel, Where Do You Go?
- Question 915: Writer Resume For Queries
- Every Day Novelist Success Stories: Mel Todd
- Mel Todd on KDP Select
- Questions 916: The Benefits of Writing Poetry
- Question 917: Code Switching In Fiction
- Question 918: Poetry Markets
- Question 919: Building Up Your Descriptive Skills
- Question 920: Other Places To Find Audiobooks
- Special Episode: More on the Adult Mindset
- Question 921: Keeping Track of Character Development
- Question 922: The Reviewer’s Circuit
- Question 923: Great Friendships in Literature
- Question 924: Lines You Should Not Cross
- Question 925: Becoming a Good Audiobook Reader
- Question 926: Historicals and Research
- Question 927: Best Intro to Dan’s Work
- Question 928: A Message for Kitty
- Question 929: Cultural Appropriation
- Feedback: More On Getting Good Audiobooks
- Question 930: Paying For Beta Readers
- Question 931: Short Story Self-Pub Strategies and Figuring Cost/Benefit
- Q932: Maintaining Character Tension in an Open-Ended Series
- Feedback: On Re-Using Dialog
- Question 933: Selecting a Pen Name
- Question 934: Chapter Construction
- Feedback: Books Read Aloud
- Question 935: Finding Short Story Markets
- Questions 936: Burner Novels and a Million Words of Crap
- Question 937: Con Artists as Characters
- Questions 938: Balancing Historical Accuracy Against Modern Sensibilities
- Feedback: Guest Hosts, Ebook Troubles, and Down From Ten
- Feedback: A Great Beta Reader Hack
- The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile Revealed
- Introduction to the Eroticism in Storytelling
- Feedback: On Chapter Breaks
- Feedback: Correction About Imperial China
- Question 939: Sequencing Books in a Series
- Feedback: Cultural Appropriation and Courage
- Question 940: Fan Fiction, Serials, and Originality
- Question 941: Literary Contests and Feedback
- Question 942: What ACX Debacle?
- Question 943: The autodidact’s bible and asking “how’s it going?”
- Question 944: Finding Mood Music Playlists
- Characterization and Wisdom–Kitty Rants
- Question 945: Heroine’s Journey and Heinlein Juvenile
- Question 946: Adjusting Your Future History on the Fly
- Question 947: Pandemic to Endemic
- Question 948: What are the Heinlein Juveniles, and where can I find them??
- Question 949 Pen Name Order of Ops
- Question 950: Squirrel Brain
- The 5 Formulae – excerpt from Secrets with Kitty’s Commentary
- Feedback: Life’s Do-Overs
- Feedback on Science Changing Beneath You
- Question 951: What’s the Deal With Pre-sales?
- Question 952: Beat Sheets for Sci-fi
- Question 953: Cover Art for Short Stories
- Question 954: Insensitivity Readers
- Question 955: Short Story Series Exposition
- Question 956: High-Paying markets
- A Conversation With Toni Weiskopf
- State of the Podcasters
- Question 957: Prepping for NaNoWriMo
- Question 958: Alternate Approaches to NaNoWriMo
- Question 959: All About Tropes
- Question 960: Whoovians Represent!
- Question 961: Genre vs. Lit Fic
- Nanogang 2021 Announcement
- Question 963: Serial Publishing Platforms
- Question 964 Burn-out and the Writer
- Question 965: Marvel Vs. DC
- Question 966: Your First Writer’s Conference
- Questions 967: Advice From Authors You Don’t Read
- Question 968: Kitty’s Editorial Journey
- Question 969: Stopping to Breathe Between Creative Bursts
- Question 970: Interpreting Rejection Letters
- Feedback: Don’t Abandon That Future History!
- Question 971: Pen Name Strategies and Copyright
- Question 972: Your First Website
- Feedback on the Whole Podcast
- Questions 973: Action Adventure Story Beats
- Questions 974: Best Acceptance and Rejection Letters
- Questions 975: Formatting Text Message Conversations
- Questions 976: Finding Your Readers
- Questions 977: The Story Grid
- Questions 978: Egronomics and Exercises
- Questions 979: Recognizing Your Genre
- Questions 980: Sword and Sorcery and Sexism
- Questions 981: The REAL Avengers
- Feedback: Suspension of Disbelief
- Special: AWP Anthologies
- Questions 982: Internal vs. External Conflict
- Questions 983: Good Examples of Sticking the Ending
- Feedback: Serialization Platforms
- Question 984: A Man’s Genre?
- State of the Podcasters Dec 2021
- Question 985: Exposition and the New Writer
- Question 986: Swords, Sorcery, and Buddyhood
- Open Vistas: After the Peak
- Open Vistas: Fire, Iron, Muck, and Sludge
- Open Vistas: Swords in Space!
- Open Vistas: Immortality* (Some Assembly Required)
- Feedback: The Rest of the Bradbury Challenge
- Feedback: Future Histories and Jerry Pournelle
- Feedback on Suspension of Disbelief
- Question 987: I’ll Give You *One*
- Question 988: Sequel Blurbs
- Q989 Dr. Who Bad Guys
- Questions 990: Chapter Management
- Question 991: The Social Function of Sports
- Questions 1274: Competition From AI
- Nanogang Bangs On Pre-Show
- Nanogang Bangs On — Day 1/Using Foreign Languages
- Nanogang Bangs On — Day 2: Taking Notes Can Save Your Butt
- Nanogang Bangs On — Day 3 — Developing Characters
- Nanogang Bangs On — Day 5 — The Luxury of Continuity
- Quick Update…
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 7 — Challenges, Scheduling, and Concepts
- Nanogang Bangs On — Day 10 — Feedback on Sports from Simon
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 13 — Pen Names, Algorithms, and Wordcount
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 14 — Why Writing Programs Suck
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 17 — Writing Retreats
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 19 — Managing Pen Names
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 21 — Deleted Scenes
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 25 — Difficult Books and the Beta Process
- Nanogang Bangs On Day 28– Editors and Escaping Short Stories
- Nanogang Bangs On Post Game — The Secrets To Going Pro
- Feedback: Franchise Decay
- Question 994: Subscription Writing Groups
- Question 995: Crossing Lines vs. Staying In Your Lane – fixed
- Question 996: Writing Dyslexic Characters
- Call for Submissions: Swords in Space!
- Question 997: Day Lengths on Other Planets
- Question 998: Everyman vs. Expert
- Question 999: Different Names for Different Genres
- Question 1000: The Sidekick’s Journey
- Question 1001: The Post-Growth World Anthology
- Feedback: Short Cuts to Identifying Your Genre
- Feedback: More on Franchise Decay
- Feedback: Swords Sorcery and Sexism
- Feedback: Bird by Bird, Writers Yoga, and Text Message Formatting
- Question 1002: Adverbs!
- Question 1003: What Makes a Good Villain?
- Questions 1004: Romance Tropes and Healthy Relationships
- Question 1005: Relevant but Not Topical
- Question 1006: The Passive Voice
- Question 1007: Writing as Therapy and Polemic
- Question 1008: Psychology and Character Design
- Question 1009: EDN Archives
- Question 1010: Open Vista Deadlines
- Feedback: Knowing What You’re Good At
- Feedback: On Language Barriers in Books
- Feedback: More on Knowing What You’re Good At
- Feedback on Healthy Romances
- Feedback: Short Stories and Experimentation
- Questions 1011: Unreliable Narrators (pt 1 of 4)
- Questions 1012: Unreliable Narrators (pt 2 of 4)
- Questions 1013: Unreliable Narrators (pt 3 of 4)
- Questions 1014: Unreliable Narrator (pt 4 of 4)
- Feedback: Mid-Life Crises
- Question 1015: Opposing the Current Thing (and State of the Podcasters)
- Question 1016: What is YA?
- Question 1017: Staying In Your Lane
- Question 1018: Writing Prompts (What Are They Good For?)
- Question 1019: Adding Character Texture
- Question 1020: EDN Origin Story
- Question 1021: Villains and Antiheroes
- Question 1023: Short Story Flashbacks
- Quick Update…
- Question 1024:Poetry and Poetry Corner
- Question 1025: Multiple Firsts
- Questions 1026: Copyright, Escaping Shorts, and Fix-ups
- Q1027: More on Short Stories and copyright
- Question 1028: Writing with a Full-Time Life
- Question 1029: Dialogue, Punctuation, Pacing, and Packing
- Question 1030: What Are Story Beats?
- Question 1031: Learning to Type
- Question 1332: Working the Ranch
- Question 1033: All About Adventure
- Question 1034: Writing, Revising, and Creative Flow
- Question 1035: How Formality Works
- Question 1036: What is SpecFic?
- Feedback: Dictation and the Full-Time Life
- Feedback: Life Experience
- Feedback: Tough Love for Charles
- Feedback on Charles’ question on finding time
- Question 1037: Story Rejection Etiquette
- Question 1038: Beta Reader Tech
- Feedback: Dictation Rides Again
- Feedback on Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile
- Feedback: The Drawbacks of Formality
- Feedback: Charles Replies/Mental Friction
- August State of the Podcasters
- Question 1039: Non-Linear Storytelling
- Off-Grid and Overlanding
- Question 1041: Adult Moral Choices in YA Stories
- Question 1042: Strong Themes
- Question 1043: Ancient Aliens
- Question 1044: All-Powerful AI
- Question 1045: Interest vs Obsession
- Question 1046: Great 80s TV Shows
- Question 1047: Positive Pressures
- Question 1048: Editorial Pet Peeves
- Question 1049: Expanded Universes
- Question 1050: Re-typing as Editing
- Question 1051: Useful Aphorisms
- Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game
- Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started
- The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction
- The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective
- FIXED Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game
- FIXED — Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started
- FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction
- FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective
- The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 31: The Nature of Failure
- Question 1052: Publishing Start-Up Costs
- Writing Rural, Ep 1: Equipment and Strategy
- Writing Rural, Ep 2: Worldview and Order of Operations
- Writing Rural, Ep 3: Rural and On-Grid
- Question 1054: How to NOT Break Your Novel
- Question 1055: All About Paragraphing
- Feedback: Many Thanks
- Question 1056: Too Much Detail
- Question 1057: Time Jumps
- Question 1058: Dealing with Burnout
- Question 1059: Best Writing Sprints
- Question 1060: Writing and SciFi Educational Resources
- Question 1053: Filing Off the Serial Numbers
- Question 1061: Strategic Concerns for Long Term Series
- Question 1062: Cover Design Considerations
- Question 1063: Rebuilding the Writing Habit
- Feedback: Life Hacks: Finding Writing Time
- Question 1064: Interleaving Novellas into a Novel
- Question 1065: First Person Considerations
- Question 1066: How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels
- Question 1067: Fiction Preorders
- Question 1068: Guilt Cultures vs. Shame Cultures
- Question 1069: Anthropomorphization
- Question 1070: Story Structure as Quality Control
- On Predictability…
- Question 1071: Biospheres and Self-Contained Worlds
- Question 1072: Intensifying Your Character Dynamics
- Question 1073: Using Voice in Character and Narration
- Question 1074: How Many Hours to Write a Book?
- Question 1075: AI and the Demographic Collapse
- Question 1076: The Most Fun Story to Write
- Question 1077: AI and the Politics of the Future
- Question 1078: Sustaining an Unplanned Series