Writing About Dragons and Shit

Ep. 199: Weird Sexy Narnia with Sarah Rees Brenan

22 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Sarah Rees Brenan! They’ll talk about Weird Stuff and Things That Get Lef...

Ep. 198: The Sauce is in the Pants

15 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer more questions from awesome listeners like you!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreo...

Ep. 197: The Webbing of a Novel

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Your Story’s Hot Sister, Radio Dramas, and Too Many Twists.Join ...

Ep. 196: Weird Cities with Premee Mohamed

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Premee Mohamed to talk about Weird Cities and giving setting texture!Join o...

Ep. 195: Now Kiss

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Finishing Projects, ADHD, and Minor Characters!Join our Patreon:ht...

Ep. 194: A Tricky Back Issue with Celeste Bonaventure

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Jenn Collignon, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Writing Time, Pen Names, Marketing and more!Join o...

Ep. 193: Finding Characters Revisited

04 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, Jenn Collignon, and Treavor Bettis revisit Finding Characters!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons St...

Ep. 192: Endings with Corry L. Lee

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week the incredible Corry L. Lee returns to talk with Erin M. Evans, Jenn Collignon, and Treavor Bettis to talk about Endings and Character Trage...

Ep. 191: Writing Retreats

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis talk about Writing Retreats and what they are like.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdra...

Ep. 190: Bullying Time Zones

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jenn Collignon returns! She joins Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis to answer questions about Brick Walls, Chronic Illness, and Types of Writ...

Ep. 189: “I’m Not Sticking My Finger in Some Guy’s Bullet Hole” with Jeremy Szal

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Jeremy Szal! Together they talk about Anti-Heroes and What He Learned After Finishing His Ser...

Ep. 188: A Supportive Trisep

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Dragons, Short POVs, Mixing Genres, and more!Join our Patreon:http...

Ep. 187: Zoom Zoom Zoom

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Beats and Midpoints, Scene Time, Word Count, and more!Join our Pat...

Episode 186: F*ck Them Heroes

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Info Dumping, Character Tags, Interesting Characters, and more!Joi...

Ep. 185: Don’t Risk Finding Out

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Interesting Characters, Writing Groups, Psychic Distance, and more...

Ep. 184: A Snotty Little Shimmy

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Writing the Middle, Are We the Baddies, Structure and more!Join ou...

Ep. 183: Structure Revisited

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis revisit B. Dave’s favorite topic - Structure!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/w...

Ep. 182: Anything is Massagable

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis return to email questions after way too long a time!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon....

Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 12: These Characters F**k ...in a Taco Bell

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin, B. Dave, and Treavor decide if fictional characters make love, fuck, or think they fuck.If you want to listen to more Tangents episode...

Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 5: Say Hi to Your Milky 6 For Me

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're off the last two weeks of the year - so to make up for that here is a bonus episode that was a Patreon Exclusive!This week Erin talks about ...

Ep. 181: Magic & Factions

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer two questions about Magic Systems and Making Factions!Join our Patreon:https://www...

Ep. 180: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 3

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis conclude their Revisit to Worldbuilding! Thank you to everyone who wrote in!Join our Patr...

Ep. 179: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 2

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis continue to Revisit Worldbuilding! Lots of Tangerinos wrote in with their questions and t...

Ep. 178: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 1

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis Revisit Worldbuilding! Lots of Tangerinos wrote in with their questions and there are ple...

Ep. 177: Schrödinger’s Brilliance with Amanda Cherry

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Amanda Cherry! Together they record the most ADHD filled episode yet and eventually talk abou...

Ep. 176: “I Got a Big Spaceship and I Need a Plot” with Rhiannon Held

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Rhiannon Held! Together they talk about Brainstorming and Writing Groups!Jo...

Ep. 175: Gothic Horror with Beth the Bard

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Beth the Bard! Together they talk about what make Gothic Horror so horrific...

Ep. 174: Taking on Too Much with Brandon Crilly

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Brandon Crilly! Together they talk about taking on WAY too much - something...

Ep. 173: Monster Behavior with Keith Ammann

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Keith Ammann! Together they talk about how monsters could behave and what n...

Ep. 172: Plot Twists 2: What a Twist!

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Melissa Caruso! Together they talk about a fan favorite topic–Plot Twists...

Ep. 171: Finding Your Arc

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis revisit Character Arcs and answer a connected listener question!Join our Patreon:https://...

Ep. 170: Drunken First Draft

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer try something new and revisit an old topic!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.co...

Ep. 169: Back in the Day

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Web Comics, TV/Movie Scripts, Making Monsters, and more!Join our P...

Ep. 168: Spice to Plot Ration

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Childhood Writing, D&D Fanfics, and Spice to Plot Ration.Join ...

Ep. 167: What’s My Hook?

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Writing Hooks, Musicals, Unexpected Success, and Talking to Author...

Ep. 166: Are My Heroes Villains?

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Heroes Being Villains, POV Mechanics, MORE Burnout, and Querying.J...

Ep. 165: Writing Failure

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Writing Failure, Writing Bios, Freewriting, and Who Gets POV Chapters.Join our...

Ep. 164: An Amish Paradise

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Amish Romance for a surprising amount of time and then answer questions about ...

Ep. 163: Does an MFA Help?

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about MFAs, Difference Between Drafts, and Genre Conventions. Join our ...

Ep. 162: What We Love About Writing

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis answer questions about What We Love About Writing, Reader Expectations, and Bettering Prose!Join our Patreo...

Ep. 161: Sometimes It’s Just Spartacus

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Querying, Pet Companions, and Chapter Titles.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.co...

What’s Up With Your Output?

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week a different sort of episode. During the last Tangents episode B. Dave wanted to check-in with Treavor about his writing and we wanted you to...

Ep. 160: Burnout with Dr. Ben J. Searle

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Dr. Ben J. Searle! Together they talk about Burnout - what it is and what it ...

Ep. 159: Unlikable Characters & Foreshadowing Timing

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis talk about Unlikable Characters and Foreshadowing Timing!Join our Patreon:https://www.patre...

Ep. 158: Spilling the Tea with Ben Riggs

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Ben Riggs and they spill some very interesting tea!Special Guest:Ben Riggs: h...

Ep. 157: Tie-in with Delilah S. Dawson

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Delilah S. Dawson! Together writing tie-in fiction!Special Guest:Delilah S. D...

Ep. 156: Literary Agents with Bridget Smith

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Erin’s agent - Bridget Smith! Together they talk about the Publishing Indus...

Ep. 155: Trusting Yourself with Coral Moore

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Coral Alejandra Moore! Together they talk about Trusting Yourself as a Writer...

Ep. 154: The Toe Ring of Finger Growing

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Making Tough Decisions, Getting Started, and Alternate Endings.Join ...

Ep. 153: Genre Promises

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about What to do With 200,000 Words, Genre Promises, and Making Names.Join...

Ep. 152: Assemble the Team

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Assembling the Team, Copyrights, and Sequel Problems!Join our Patreo...

Ep. 151: An Integral Train

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Query Woes and Test Chapters!As a reminder: New episodes will now po...

Episode 150!

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis celebrate 150 episodes with an extra long episode answering questions from awesome Tangerin...

Prepping for Episode 150

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey all! Quick little episode here - TLDR: send us questions about ANYTHING for Episode 150! It can be about writing, life, D&D, video games - WHA...

Ep. 149: We Have an Announcement…

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 149: We Have an Announcement…This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis have something to announce!Starring:Erin M Evans (Em...

Ep. 148: Exporting the Pain

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis talk about what makes a Good Main Character Go Bad!Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles,...

Ep. 147: Inspiring Books, Burnout, & Changing POVs

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Inspiring Books, Burnout, and Changing POVs!Starring:Erin M Evans (E...

Ep. 146: Short Stories, Writing Gods, & Limited Omniscient

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Short Stories, Writing Gods, Limited Omniscient, and more!Starring:E...

Ep. 145: Tribbling

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about a tribble, TTRPG Publishing, Audiobooks, and Interesting Side Charac...

Ep. 144: Editing, Politics, & Gig Work

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Editing, Politics, & Gig Work!Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of E...

Ep. 143: Questions from the Discord

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis answer questions from the lovely folks in the WADS section of the Dungeon Scrawlers Discord...

Ep. 142: Next Projects with Jasmine Silvera

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Jasmine Silvera! Together they discuss finding a Pen Name and how they go abo...

Ep. 141: Writing vs. TTRPGs with Erik Scott de Bie

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Erik Scott de Bie! Together they discuss the differences between running TTRP...

Ep. 140: Motha$&#%in’ War and Peace

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Side Characters, Staying on Track, and writing some Motha$&#%i...

EoE Book Club: Episode 8

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this FINAL episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter seventeen, VI, and eighteen, of her book, Empire of Exi...

Ep. 139: Chapters, Submitting a Series, & Serials

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Chapters, Submitting a Series, & Serials! Starring: Erin M E...

EoE Book Club: Episode 7

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, of her book, Empire of Exiles...

Ep. 138: Narrative Tension with Corry L. Lee

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Corry L. Lee! Together they discuss types of Narrative Tension and how each m...

EoE Book Club: Episode 6

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter twelve, V, and thirteen, of her book, Empire of Exiles! Get ...

Ep. 137: Ensemble Casts & Success

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Ensemble Casts, Success, What Ideas to Go With, and When To Split ...

Ep. 136: Stalking the Plot

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Outline Endings,Traditional Publishing, and Secondary Plots. Star...

EoE Book Club: Episode 5

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter ten, IV, and eleven, of her book, Empire of Exiles! Ge...

EoE Book Club: Episode 4

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter seven, eight, and nine, of her book, Empire of Exiles! ...

Ep. 135: Where to Start

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about where to start your story and what’s important to get to your reader upfront...

EoE Book Club: Episode 3

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter four, five, and interstitial three, of her book, Empire of Ex...

EoE Book Club: Episode 2

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter two, interstitial two, and chapter three of her book, Empire ...

EoE Book Club: Episode 1

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about the first three chapters of her book, Empire of Exiles! Extra ...

Ep. 134: Booktube & Self Publishing with J. A. Collignon

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by J. A. Collignon - a Booktuber and Self Published Author and our third co-host for the upcomin...

Ep. 133: Trust Fund “Rod”

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis dive into email questions before B. Dave heads out on another adventure! Starring: Erin...

Ep. 132: Pantsed Through the Heart!

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis finish up the Discord questions from last week. They’ll talk about Duologies, Prep, ARC...

Ep. 131: Lulls in Stange Places

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week B. Dave is back! And extremely jet-lagged! He joins Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis to answer questions posted by folks in the Official Dis...

Ep. 130: Mystery Stories

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis talk about Mysteries! Using topic suggestions and questions from the official Discord they talk about Types...

Ep. 129: Owning a Bookshop with Stacy Whitman

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Stacy Whitman – owner of The Curious Cat Bookshop! They discuss what it’s like to own a b...

Ep. 128: The Very Tired Episode

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Marketing Skills, Writing for IPs, and Character Development. Sta...

Ep. 127: Broadcast from the Void

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Beta Readers, Villain POVs, Comp Titles, and more! Starring: E...

Ep. 126: Editing with Richelle Braswell

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Richelle Braswell! They’ll discuss what an editor does, when writers should look to work wi...

Ep. 125: Villain Plans with Chancellor Shmalpatine

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Villain Plans and how to reveal them with the perfect example of Chancellor Sh...

Ep. 124: Thoaunted

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis decided to not do the topic they picked out and answer some listener questions for an hou...

Ep. 123: Cozy Fantasy with Sarah Beth Durst

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Sarah Beth Durst! They’ll discuss Sarah’s new book, The Spellshop, as w...

Ep. 122: Trends & Beta Readers

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Genre Trends in the industry and some tips on Beta Readers. Starring: Erin M E...

Ep. 121: Comics with Jim Zub 

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by returning guest, Jim Zub! The wonderful folks in our Discord wrote in quest...

Ep. 120: Time Loops with Django Wexler 

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Django Wexler! They answered questions for listeners about Timeline, Time L...

Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 15-17

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, Treavor Bettis, and B. Dave Walters discuss the last three chapters of Morning Glory Milking Farm and give their thoughts on ...

Ep. 119: Midlister Survival Guide with James L. Sutter 

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by returning guest James L. Sutter! They’ll talk about aspects of the the pu...

Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 13-14

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, Treavor Bettis, and special guest Erik Scott de Bie talk about Chapters 13 and 14 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your cop...

Ep. 118: Trilogies, Multi-POV, & What is a Story Anyways? 

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The listener questions continue - but we’re nearing the end! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Epi...

Ep. 117: Word Count, Second Books, & Emotional Journeys 

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The listener questions continue - but we’re nearing the end! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Wor...

Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 11-12

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Chapters 11 and 12 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glo...

Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 9-10

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and special guest Rhiannon Held talk about Chapters 9 and 10 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. ...

Ep. 116: Neurodivergent Characters with Peter V. Brett

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week hosts Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Peter V. Brett! He brings the topic of writing Neurodivergent Charact...