Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced format. A weekly podcast about the craft and business of writing.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 20 hours 7 minutes
18.33.5: State Of The Podcast
Bonus Episode! Our first ever half-numbered episode!
We are making some changes here on the podcast, and we wanted to talk to you about them. We hired a producer (Emma Reynolds), we have new interactive offerings on Patreon (office hours, livestreams, Q&A’s), and we are going to begin advertising! Don’t worry, you can subscribe to our Patreon to listen ad-free...
episode 1: 18.01: Twenty Twenty-Three, By Way of Introduction
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - We begin 2023 with some big changes, and in this episode we'll discuss those, starting with some changes to the core cast.
episode 2: 18.02: An Interview with DongWon Song
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - As we announced in last week's episode (and in this press release), DongWon Song and Erin Roberts are joining us as permanent cast members.
episode 3: 18.03: An Interview With Erin Roberts
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - As we announced in the first episode of the year (and in this press release), DongWon Song and Erin Roberts are joining us as permanent cast members.
episode 4: 18.04: An Interview With Dan Wells
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - In this episode Erin Roberts very enthusiastically launches our interview with "OG" Dan Wells with a delightfully difficult question,
episode 5: 18.05: An Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - In this episode Howard Tayler conducts our interview with Mary Robinette Kowal, leading with a wide-open question: "Where did you even?
episode 6: 18.06: An Interview With Howard Tayler
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - In this episode we interview Howard Tayler, one of the founding members of the podcast, and the creator of Schlock Mercenary.
episode 7: 18.07: Deep Dive into THE SPARE MAN
Spoiler Alert! This week is our deep dive into Mary Robinette Kowal's The Spare Man. It's a sci-fi mystery novel often described as "The Thin Man in space." - Deep dive episodes are necessarily full of spoilers because we ask all kinds of how and why ...
episode 8: 18.08: Building a Mystery
After last week's deep dive into The Spare Man we're ready to talk more generally about mysteries, and the tools we use to write them. Obviously we can't cover all of that in just one episode, but don't worry.
episode 9: 18.09: Unpacking the Tension
For the next several episodes we'll be talking about tension. That may seem like a lot of time to spend on just one word, but as we unpack the word 'tension' in this episode you'll see that there is plenty of material to work with.