Writing Excuses
Episodes
Writing Excuses 10.10: Q&A with the I Ching
08 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Chu joins us for a literal shake-up of our structure for one episode. We had loads of fun with this one. The I Ching is a collection of poems w...
Writing Excuses 10.9: Where is My Story Coming From?
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This month's syllabus topic is story structure, and we'll be starting with the part we start with. And that part usually isn't the beginni...
Writing Excuses 10.8: Q&A on Character
22 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for a Q&A on characters! The questions for this episode were provided by the attendees at the 2014 Out of Excuses Workshop and Retre...
Writing Excuses 10.7: Who Are All These People?
16 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Our character-focused month continues with an exploration of the challenges involved in building a cast for your story. Whether you're building a ...
Writing Excuses 10.6: The Worldbuilding Revolves Around Me (“The Magical 1%”)
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In which Max Gladstone introduces us to the concept of the Magical 1%Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: http...
Writing Excuses 10.5: What Do You Mean My Main Character is Boring?
02 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Does your draft have a boring main character? You're not alone! Also, the problem can be solved.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/...
Writing Excuses 10.4: Q&A on Ideas
25 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat we premiered the Season 10 concept, and we invited our attendees to give us the questions we need this mon...
2015 Hugo Award Eligibility – SHADOWS BENEATH
21 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Don't forget to nominate for the 2015 Hugo Ballot, and if you like Writing Excuses, please consider nominating Shadows Beneath for Best Related Wo...
Writing Excuses 10.3: Lovecraftian Horror
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Cherie Priest joins us for a discussion of Lovecraftian horror.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://ma...
Writing Excuses 10.2: I Have an Idea; What Do I Do Now?
12 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Writing Excuses Season 10, the podcasted master-class, continues with this exploration of that critical second step: what do do once you've got an...
Writing Excuses 10.1: Seriously, Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
05 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon, Howard, Mary, and Dan offer useful answers to that age-old question: "Where do you get your ideas?"Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: ht...
Writing Excuses 9.54: Capstone to Season 9
29 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As 2014 draws to a close we say goodbye to Season 9, and talk a bit about what we've each learned this year. Howard explained the surprising chan...
Writing Excuses 9.53: Writing For Fun
22 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
You know what's fun? WRITING! Writing is fun. And that, more than anything else, is why we do it. Or at least it's why we decided to do it. Ma...
Writing Excuses Season 9.52: From the Page to the Stage
15 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Allison W. Hill and C. Austin Hill joined us at the Out of Excuses Retreat to talk about turning A Night of Blacker Darkness, by Dan Wells, into a sta...
Writing Excuses 9.51: Q&A At The Retreat
08 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
If there's a crowd with good questions, it's the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat attendees. Given the trend toward moral ambiguity, is the...
Writing Excuses 9.50: Writing for the Enfranchised Reader
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live in front of the Out of Excuses students, a crowd of savvy readers if ever there was one, we talk about how to effectively write for read...
Writing Excuses 9.48: Neurobolics of Characters
01 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As authors we spend a lot of time trying to make our readers care about the characters we create. We have a wide variety of techniques at our disposa...
Writing Excuses 9.49: Hiding the Open Grave
24 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
So, you're planning to kill somebody, but you don't want anyone to see it coming. How do you make that happen? We begin by talking about the h...
Writing Excuses 9.47: Conversation With a Bookseller
18 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Glassman joins us to talk about back cover copy, covers, query letters, signings, and what booksellers look for on page one.Our Sponsors:* Check ...
Writing Excuses 9.46: Disability in Narrative
09 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Harmon, one of the luminaries of Utah area fandom, joined us to talk about disability in narrative. She's been going blind gradually since...
Writing Excuses 9.45: Tools for Writing from Oral Storytelling
03 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
M. Todd Gallowglas is a writer and a storyteller who has spent years doing traditional oral storytelling at renaissance fairs. He joined us at Fanta...
Writing Excuses 9.44: Getting in the Writer’s Mindset with Peter Beagle
27 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We were thrilled to have Peter Beagle join us for an episode, recorded live at Westercon 67. We talked about the writer's mindset, and how to g...
Writing Excuses 9.43: Writing Mysteries
20 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Live from Westercon 67 and Fantasy Con, Mette Ivie Harrison and J.R. Johannson join us to talk about writing for the mystery genre. We begin by talki...
Writing Excuses 9.42: The Convention-Author Relationship, with Deirdre Saoirse Moen
12 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Saoirse Moen, who organizes fan-run literary cons and schedules programs for them, joins us to talk about programming from the convention'...
Registration is open for the 2015 Out of Excuses Writing Workshop and Retreat
09 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Registration is now open for the 2015 Out of Excuses Writing Workshop and Retreat. For the last two years the event has had a very limited size, and a...
Writing Excuses 9.41: Fan Writing, with Christopher J. Garcia
05 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher J. Garcia, publisher and editor of The Drink Tank, joins us for a discussion of fan writing.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto....
Writing Excuses 9.40: Understanding Royalties, with Paul Stevens
28 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Stevens, an editor at Tor, joined us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 to talk about royalties.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://...
Writing Excuses 9.39: Publicity for Books
22 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Patty Garcia, Director of Publicity at Tor, joins us to discuss publicizing booksOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Maste...
Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon
15 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include: As a writer, how do you handle reviewing ot...
9.37: Training A Critique Group, with Kathleen Dalton Woodbury
08 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen Dalton Woodbury, the forum moderator at the Hatrack River writers group joined us at Westercon 67 to talk about critique groups. We cover ho...
Writing Excuses 9.36: Writing Instruction
01 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
David Farland joins, along with a live audience at Westercon 67, for a discussion on writing instruction.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto...
Writing Excuses 9.35: What to do when you disagree with your editor
24 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Orullian joins us to discuss managing the author-editor relationship when things go wrong.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* ...
Writing Excuses 9.34: Science Fiction as Science Education
17 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brad "Doctor Zombie" Voytek talks to us about making science accessible and attractive through science fiction.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto:...
Writing Excuses 9.33: Microcasting
10 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Q&A in which we cover proofreading, writing time, career stuff, and no, you can't have any of our DNA.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://...
Writing Excuses 9.32: Adjusting Character Proactivity
03 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about how to make characters more or less proactive in the stories we tell.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Mas...
Writing Excuses 9.31: Critiquing “An Honest Death”
27 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which Howard is stuck...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Master...
Writing Excuses 9.30: Critiquing A Fire in the Heavens
20 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The third of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which Mary schools us with Milford...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Chec...
Writing Excuses 9.29: Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
13 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The second of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which we thrash on a new Cosmere story from Brandon Sanderson so that he can fix it. Part 2 of...
Writing Excuses 9.28: Part 1 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
06 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The first of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which we thrash on a new Cosmere story from Brandon Sanderson so that he can fix it. Part 1 of ...
Writing Excuses 9.27: Pre-writing
30 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Pre-writing: It's like pre-cooking, only with more abandoned prologues and fewer refried beans.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/W...
Writing Excuses 9.26: Adjusting Character Competence
23 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In which we discuss adjusting how competent our characters appear...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https...
Writing Excuses 9.25: Adjusting Character Sympathy
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In which we discuss adjusting how sympathetic the reader is toward a particular character...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Chec...
Writing Excuses 9.24: Side Quests
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Side quests come in a couple of forms -- they may be something inside the book that takes the characters away from the main plotline, or they may be a...
Writing Excuses 9.23: World Building Without Breaking Viewpoint
02 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How do you describe water from the point of view of a fish?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://master...
Writing Excuses 9.22: Microcasting
26 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Prologues, motivations, and research, oh my!Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/EXCUS...
Writing Excuses 9.21: Sanderson’s 3rd Law
19 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When building your world, go deep rather than going wide.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://mastercl...
Writing Excuses 9.20: Creator vs Creation
12 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How do we interact with readers who find meaning in our works that we don't recall putting in there?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto....
Writing Excuses 9.19: Showing Emotion
05 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How to go about showing a character's emotions without them seeming emo.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClas...
Writing Excuses 9.18: Microcasting
28 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We answer questions on tropes, narrative styles, editing, rule-breaking and more.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Maste...
Writing Excuses 9.17: Microcasting
21 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A Q&A episode with Eric James StoneOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/EXCUSESSup...
Writing Excuses 9.16: Coming up with a New Ending Halfway Through
16 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What to do when you discover your planned ending isn't actually going to work...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Ma...
Writing Excuses 9.15: Becoming a Writer—Full Disclosure
07 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard talk about the unpleasant surprises their careers dropped on them.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX*...
Writing Excuses 9.14: How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
04 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about expressing controversial opinions on the Internet. And just talking about it might be controversial...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: ht...
Writing Excuses 9.13: Three Pronged Character Development
30 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We explore a three-value model for troubleshooting characters: Competence, Proactivity, and SympathyOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/...
Writing Excuses 9.12: Microcasting! Twice in a row!
24 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A Q&A covering editing, rule-breaking, writing the other, gift-giving, and more.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Ma...
Writing Excuses 9.11: Microcasting
17 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Eric James Stone joins us to answer questions about editors, pitching, pantsing, and encouragement.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/W...
Writing Excuses 9.10: Engaging Characters
10 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What makes characters engaging, and how is that different from them being sympathetic?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out ...
Writing Excuses 9.9: What to do When Truth is Stranger than Fiction
03 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How do you put true stuff in your books when the truth is just too strange?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass...
Writing Excuses 9.8: When is your Handwavium Good Enough?
24 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What is handwavium? How does it work? What happens when it doesn't work?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClas...
Writing Excuses 9.7: Last Pass Revisions with Eric James Stone
16 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Eric James Stone joins us for a discussion of revision, and what the final pass process looks like.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/W...
Writing Excuses 9.6: The Experience of Time
10 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Time passes, and we have lots of ways to tell readers how quickly that's happening.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out...
Writing Excuses 9.5: Hijacking the Knowledge You Already Have, with Mette Ivie Harrison
03 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to talk about how to "hijack" the knowledge you already have in order to make you a better writer.Our Sponsors:* ...
Writing Excuses 9.4: Artificial Intelligence with Nancy Fulda
27 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Fulda talks Artificial Intelligence with Brandon, Mary, and Howard.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: ...
Writing Excuses 9.3: Character Perception vs. Narrative Perception with Nancy Fulda
19 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Fulda joins the cast for a discussion of narrative versus character perceptionsOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out M...
Writing Excuses 9.2: Hard Science Fiction with Eric James Stone
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Eric James Stone joins us for a discussion of hard science fiction -- what it is, what it isn't, and how to do it well.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gu...
Writing Excuses 9.1: Chronology of a Book Deal with Eric James Stone
06 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Eric James Stone joins us to talk about the book deal chronology for UNFORGETTABLE.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Mas...
Writing Excuses 8.52: You Think You Don’t Have Time to Write, with Mette Ivie Harrison
30 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to talk about the reasons you think you don't have time to write.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX...
Writing Excuses 8.51: Creative non-fiction with Mette Ivie Harrison
23 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to discuss creative non-fiction, the genre in which the tools of creative writing are applied to factually accurate narra...
Writing Excuses 8.50: Q&A with Mercedes Lackey
15 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mercedes Lackey joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard to field listener questions at GenCon Indy.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check...
Writing Excuses 8.49: Hard Social Science Fiction with Joel Shepherd
08 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Shepherd joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard to talk about hard social science.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Master...
Writing Excuses 8.48: Long-Form Storytelling with Sam Logan
01 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Logan of "Sam and Fuzzy" talks long-form storytelling with Brandon, Mary, and HowardOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* ...
Writing Excuses 8.47: Roguishness with Scott Lynch
25 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Lynch, author of The Republic of Thieves, joins Brandon, Howard, and Mary before a live audience at GenCon Indy to talk about roguishness. Why d...
Writing Excuses 8.46: Editing with Aeryn Rudel
17 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Aeryn Rudel from Privateer Press and Skull Island X joins us at GenCon Indy to talk about editing.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX...
Writing Excuses 8.45: Gencon Q&A With Wesley Chu
11 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Wes Chu joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard for a live audience Q&A at GenConOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterCla...
Writing Excuses 8.44: Talking Publishing with Tom Doherty
03 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Doherty, president and founder of Tor books, joins us at GenCon to talk publishing.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out...
Writing Excuses 8.43: Realistic Melee Fighting with Wesley Chu
27 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Chu joins us at GenCon Indy for a discussion of realistic melee fighting.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Master...
Writing Excuses 8.42: The Internal Heckler vs. The Internal Editor
20 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Silence your internal editor" may not be very good advice. We talk about why.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out ...
Writing Excuses 8.41: Out of Excuses Retreat Microcasting
14 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Microcasting... it's what we call Q&A. Beta readers, IP issues, discovery writing, chapter length, and more.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: ht...
Writing Excuses 8.40: Publishing with Bill Schafer
07 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Schaefer of Subterranean Press talks publishing with us.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://mast...
Writing Excuses 8.39: Dystopian Fiction with Cherie Priest
30 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Cherie Priest joins the cast for a discussion of dystopian fiction before a live audience.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check ...
Writing Excuses 8.38:Out of Excuses Retreat Q&A #2
23 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The cast talks about self publishing, our early career difficulties, Easter Eggs, and more...Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Che...
Writing Excuses 8.37: When Fail Happens in Your Career
16 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do you respond to bad reviews, publisher errors, or other possible "career fail" situations?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto....
Writing Excuses 8.36: Transitioning Characters in Prominence
08 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go about transitioning characters in relative prominence during a series of books?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Che...
Writing Excuses 8.35: Digging Yourself Out of Holes with Jeph Jacques
01 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content joins us to talk about discovery writing, and how he digs himself out of holes when he writes himself into them.O...
Writing Excuses 8.34: Survivorship Bias
26 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The cast talks about their survivorship bias, and how to pay attention to that bias so that listeners can extract advice from us that might actually w...
Writing Excuses 8.33: Making Non-Human Characters Relatable
18 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do you help your readers relate to the non-human characters in your fiction?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out Master...
Writing Excuses 8.32: Microcasting
11 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Q&A covering workflow, contests, lantern-hanging, word counts, and moreOur Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass...
Writing Excuses 8.31: Combining Dialogue, Blocking, and Description
04 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The cast talks about making dialogue, blocking, and description work together for exposition and story-telling.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https:/...
Writing Excuses 8.30: Writing Reluctant Characters
29 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The cast discusses how to make reluctant, non-proactive, non-go-getting characters interesting to read about.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://g...
Writing Excuses 8.29: Out of Excuses Retreat Q&A #1
22 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The cast answers questions about publishing, formatting, process, and the Evil Nemesis John Scalzi.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/W...
Writing Excuses 8.28: Your First Contract
14 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The team talks about contracts, and what you as an author staring at a contract should be considering.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.co...
Writing Excuses 8.27: Chapter Breakdowns
07 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do we break our books into chapters, and how to we build those chapters to begin with?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check ...
Writing Excuses 8.26: Space Opera
30 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
What does "space opera" mean, and how might you go about writing it?Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClas...
Writing Excuses 8.25: Middle Grade with E.J. Patten
23 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
E.J. Patten joins us again, this to discuss the particulars of writing middle-grade fiction.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Chec...
Writing Excuses 8.24: Project in Depth–Kiss Me Twice
16 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the processes for writing "Kiss Me Twice," her Hugo-nominated novellaOur Sponsors:* Check out Gust...
Writing Excuses 8.23: Microcasting
09 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon, Dan, Mary, Howard, and guest E.J. Patten answer a slew of questions about writing and the business of writing.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto:...
Writing Excuses 8.22: Pre-writing with E.J. Patten
02 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
E.J. Patten joins us to talk about pre-writing -- all that work that gets done before the prose happens.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto....
Writing Excuses 8.21: What the Avengers did Right
26 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard loved "The Avengers," and would like to tell you what they think the film did right.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gu...
Writing Excuses 8.20: The Short Story, with Mary Robinette Kowal
19 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Robinette Kowal walks us through writing short stories.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.com/WX* Check out MasterClass: https://maste...
Writing Excuses 8.19: Writing and Convention Culture
12 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Writing Excuses tackles water from the perspective of the fish. Also? The culture surrounding writers.Our Sponsors:* Check out Gusto: https://gusto.co...