Writing Excuses

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Writing Excuses 7.11: More Microcasting Mar 12, 2012

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Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field seven questions in fifteen minutes and forty-two seconds: a new land-speed record!

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Writing Excuses 7.10: Importance of Criticism, with David Brin Mar 05, 2012

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David Brin joins Mary and Dan for a discussion of the importance of criticism.

Writing Excuses 7.9: Microcasting Feb 27, 2012

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Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field questions from Twitter, including what to do if you don't like your characters, keeping your plot on track, and how grounded in real geography your urban fantasy should be. There is also a question about bacon.

Writing Excuses 7.8: The City as a Character Feb 20, 2012

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Sarah Pinborough joins Mary and Dan at World Fantasy for a very writerly discussion of London. Also, they discuss using a city as a character.

Writing Excuses 7.7: Historical Fantasy Feb 13, 2012

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Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about Historical Fantasy (differentiating it from Alternate History), its popularity, and how you might go about beginning to write it.

Writing Excuses 7.6: Behind the Marshmallow Feb 06, 2012

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In this particularly self-indulgent episode of Writing Excuses we take you behind the marshmallow. We explain the origins of the 'cast, and offer you rare insight into what makes this show what it is. We talk about how the show evolved, how our equipment came to be "borrowed," and how Mary came to be involved.