Subscribe Here! Rebecca and Robert both ask: “How do I do good hard science fiction without overloading on the science and tech?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources: Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip Thorne Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams The …
Subscribe Here! DC asks: “What tips can you offer for achieving depth in first person, present tense?” Resources: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler The Quiet Game by Greg Iles Mortal Fear by Greg Iles 24 Hours by Greg Iles The Girl With the Deep …
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “What’s the big deal about pulp? What did the pulp writers do right? What did they do wrong? What can we learn?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources: The Rocketeer The Knife Slipped by Earl Stanley Gardner The Case of the Backward Mule by Earl Stanley …
Subscribe Here! Ed submits a correction, and then asks: “How do you spot tropes and techniques that are very difficult to do well?” Resources mentioned: Back to the Future Dr. Who
Subscribe Here! Celine asks: “What’s the deal with flash fiction? I love it, but can’t imagine how to write it.” Resources Mentioned: Wasted Youth by Jim Steinman (from Bat Out of Hell 2) The Best of Robert Service by Robert Service The Next Ten Thousand Hours The Raven by Edgar …