Brian asks:
What’s a good straightforward tutorial for doing cover art?
Resources Mentioned:
Joel Friedlander’s Monthly eBook Cover Design Awards
Becoming an Every Day Novelist by J. Daniel Sawyer
Createspace Cover Design Resources
Questions Ep. 176: When Your Ideas Show Up on TV
Scream
Taken By The T-Rex
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Kris asks: How to I maintain focus when ALL THE IDEAS are trying to take over?
Resources Mentioned
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Caroll
The Color of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett
Crewel Lye by Piers Anthony
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Kazuko asks: Is there any value to writing wish fulfillment stories?
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Zoe asks: How do you know you need to learn more before successfully working on a specific project?
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Celine asks: How do you pick great titles?
Resources Mentioned
Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
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Phy asks: “How do you know what projects to work on now… and what do work on later?”
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Kristine asks: “How do you use the personal to inspire a story that’s interesting to other people?”
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Today Roger asks: “I have a pile of ideas, but I’m not sure how to make them into a story. Help!”
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Tarquin asks: “Everyone is talking about cultural appropriation. What’s the deal?”
Resources Mentioned:
The Mikado
Soviet War Crimes
Pol Pot
Great Leap Forward
Nazi extermination camps
Rape of Nanking
Unit 731
Native Americans in the United States
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