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Episode Listing

Home Episode Listing
  • 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

 

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