Borderline Genius

In today's episode, we interview successful indie writer AC Fuller.

Why is it easier to be a full-time writer as an indie? How do you find a balance between what you want to write and what will sell? How important are covers and book series for commercial success? And why are there so few full-time indie literary fiction writers? And what's the difference between indie and trad writing? AC Fuller shares his insights with us.

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Intro and outro music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. 

In today's episode, we talk about all the ways writing helps us manage our mental health problems. We also asked the twitter #WritingCommunity to tell us how writing has healed them, and we read and expand on some of the replies we got.

As always, the conversation drifts to adjacent subjects: how do you accidentally write a novel? When do smart women finally get guys? How is it to live with borderline disorder? How do you break up with physics, and why has Nora blocked her whole family on Facebook? And what drives some writers to insert better versions of themselves in their books?

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Intro and outro music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. 

Our guest in today's episode is Dario Ciriello, an experienced editor and author of The Fiction Writing Handbook and other works of fiction and non-fiction.

Nora interviews Chet and Dario on editing subjects. Can any writer be a good editor? Which skills should a good copy editor have? Which errors will prevent a writer from being picked up by a publisher? And how does Nora confuse her male colleagues? All this and much more will be answered in part II of Ask the Editors.

Find Nora and Chet on Twitter.

Intro and outro music is So Happy by Scott Holmes.

Our guest in today's episode is Dario Ciriello, an experienced editor and author of The Fiction Writing Handbook and other works of fiction and non-fiction.

Nora interviews Chet and Dario on editing subjects. How does an editor enhance the writer's voice? Do editors have grammatical pet peeves? Can a truly gifted writer make anything work? And why is style important, even if the reader doesn't consciously notice it? All this and much more will be answered in part I of Ask the Editors.

Find Nora and Chet on Twitter.

Intro and outro music is So Happy by Scott Holmes.

So, now you have all this time on your hands. Should you write more? Should you feel bad if you're stressed and can't concentrate?

We, an essential worker (a nurse) and a mom in Germany who hasn't had to work in weeks, but had to homeschool her kids, talk about how we deal with this new situation. A jet fetish, isolation and introspection, and why some people read post-apocalyptic stories right now are subjects that we also discuss.

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Music is So Happy by Scott Holmes.

What are unicorn rules, and should you follow them?

In our first episode, we talk about dialogue techniques, prologues, multiple points of view, erotica, and more. Chet explains the LitRPG genre and recommends a lot of books (keep a notebook handy!), and Nora disses some well-loved classics. 

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Music is So Happy by Scott Holmes.

Nora and Chet: two writers, one transatlantic friendship.

Join us as we chat about the craft of writing, editing, books, and many, many other things.

You can also find Nora McKinney and Chet Sandberg on Twitter!

Music is So Happy by Scott Holmes