Writing Excuses 5.18: Offending Your Readers
Send your angry emails to Howard, because this was totally his idea. This is a discussion of avoiding unnecessary offense. Sometimes, especially in humorous works, offense is a required risk, so that’s...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 6.16: Gender Roles–Black, White, and Gray
Keffy Kehrli joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard in front of a live audience at WorldCon 69 in Reno. He’s a Writers of the Future winner, a few votes short of being a Campbell Award nominee, and a...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.21: Project In Depth — Force Multiplication
We’re doing something new, and Howard gets to go first. The plan is to take something one of us has completed, and which you’ve had ample time to read, and grill the creator about the project....
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.40: Writing the Other
Maurice Broaddus joins us to talk about “writing the other” — writing other cultures, races, genders — basically anybody who isn’t much like you. We talk about common pitfalls, including resorting to...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 8.45: Gencon Q&A With Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu again joins Brandon, Mary, Howard, and a live audience at GenCon Indy, this time for a Q&A. The audience handed us the following questions: How do you write 1st-person POV from a gender...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.12: Microcasting! Twice in a row!
Aaand we’re microcasting again! A Q&A episode by any other name would sound as neat. Also neat? Eric James Stone joins us again! What writing rule do you break the most? When you review your novel...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.14: How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
Let’s poke the Internet! Of course, we may want to just sit on our hands for a few minutes and think before we poke… Enough thinking. Let’s talk about talking about things. As 21st-century writers, we...
View ArticleWriting the Other Workshop and Retreat
If you wanted to register for the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat and didn’t get in, I’m hoping that you might be interested in the Writing the Other Workshop and Retreat. It’s held at the same...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 10.3: Lovecraftian Horror
Cherie Priest joins us for our “wildcard” episode on Lovecraftian horror this month. We’re still doing the master class format, and part of that format is that once per month we’ll have a guest, or...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 10.18: Build an Entire World? Are You Crazy?
This is for you folks who started writing the story before you finished building your world. Which is what we wanted you to do all along! Sneaky! We’re talking about letting your story drive your world...
View Article12.18: Gendered Dialect, with J.R. Johansson
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary, and Dan, with guest-host Susan Chang, and special guest J.R. Johannsen J.R. Johannson joined Howard, Mary, Dan, and guest-host Susan Chang at LTUE 2017 for a discussion of...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 6.16: Gender Roles–Black, White, and Gray
Keffy Kehrli joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard in front of a live audience at WorldCon 69 in Reno. He’s a Writers of the Future winner, a few votes short of being a Campbell Award nominee, and a...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.21: Project In Depth — Force Multiplication
We’re doing something new, and Howard gets to go first. The plan is to take something one of us has completed, and which you’ve had ample time to read, and grill the creator about the project....
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.40: Writing the Other
Maurice Broaddus joins us to talk about “writing the other” — writing other cultures, races, genders — basically anybody who isn’t much like you. We talk about common pitfalls, including resorting to...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 8.45: Gencon Q&A With Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu again joins Brandon, Mary, Howard, and a live audience at GenCon Indy, this time for a Q&A. The audience handed us the following questions: How do you write 1st-person POV from a gender...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.12: Microcasting! Twice in a row!
Aaand we’re microcasting again! A Q&A episode by any other name would sound as neat. Also neat? Eric James Stone joins us again! What writing rule do you break the most? When you review your novel...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.14: How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
Let’s poke the Internet! Of course, we may want to just sit on our hands for a few minutes and think before we poke… Enough thinking. Let’s talk about talking about things. As 21st-century writers, we...
View ArticleWriting the Other Workshop and Retreat
If you wanted to register for the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat and didn’t get in, I’m hoping that you might be interested in the Writing the Other Workshop and Retreat. It’s held at the same...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 10.3: Lovecraftian Horror
Cherie Priest joins us for our “wildcard” episode on Lovecraftian horror this month. We’re still doing the master class format, and part of that format is that once per month we’ll have a guest, or...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 10.18: Build an Entire World? Are You Crazy?
This is for you folks who started writing the story before you finished building your world. Which is what we wanted you to do all along! Sneaky! We’re talking about letting your story drive your world...
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