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Question 1049: Expanded Universes Oct 20, 2022

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Tim asks:
Have you ever developed ancillary materials for one of your stories?
The Man in the Rain

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Question 1048: Editorial Pet Peeves Oct 19, 2022

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Nichole asks:
What are your Editorial pet peeves?

Resources Mentioned:

All You Zombies and The Door in to Summer, by Heinlein
Back to the Future trilogy
The Time Machine by HG Wells
Donnie Brasco
Star Trek IV
The Big Sleep
Crudrat

Open Vistas Anthologies

My Luck, by Mel Todd

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Question 1047: Positive Pressures Oct 04, 2022

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Tim asks:
What kind of pressures work best for you creatively? Deadlines? Self-imposed or other consequences? No pressure at all?

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Question 1046: Great 80s TV Shows Oct 03, 2022

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Nichole asks:

What are your favorite 80’s TV shows and why? Any that work especially well from an adult’s and writer’s perspective?

Quantum Leap
The Greatest American Hero
Magnum PI
Wiseguy
Dallas
The A Team
Battlestar Galactica (original)
Buck Rogers
The Real Ghostbusters
Babylon 5
Murder She Wrote
Duck Tales (original)
Revenge
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Moonlighting

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Question 1045: Interest vs Obsession Sep 23, 2022

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Tim asks:
I remember you telling Dave Robison on the Roundtable, when discussing one of his story ideas, that he should ‘try to stay interested, rather than obsessed’ and I’m curious if you could elaborate on the difference between the two states of mind.

Resources Mentioned
Roundtable Podcast: First Anniversary Episode

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Question 1044: All-Powerful AI Sep 22, 2022

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Caine asks:
What would the world be like if AI could make and remix film/tv/novels to your tastes and preferences, on demand.

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Question 1043: Ancient Aliens Sep 22, 2022

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Caine asks:

I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts regarding the theory about “ancient aliens” directing and interacting with early humans.
Resources:
Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken
At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft
Battlestar Galactica (original series)
Stargate film and series
The Book of Mormon
Exodus story of the Rod of Aaron
The Revelation of St. John the Divine

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Question 1042: Strong Themes Sep 20, 2022

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Tim asks:

I’ve looked back to the first novel I ever wrote – when I was 14 – over the last week. I was surprised to find it had a stronger theme than most of my books. What kind of value do you place on the theme, whether discovered or planned, in a work of fiction?

Resources

Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing — Dave Farland/Wolverton
Star Wars original treaty
Indiana Jones Trilogy

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Question 1041: Adult Moral Choices in YA Stories Sep 15, 2022

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Indiana Jim asks:
In Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile, chapter 18, you write about the protagonists making adult moral choices. Can you go a little deeper into specifically how modern YA fiction manifest the “native idealism, flippant _fait accompl_i, and/or deep self-seriousness,” and how to avoid it?

Resources Mentioned
The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile
Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison

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