Pen and Dragon

Look out! It's the obligatory favorite books video! Don't worry, we'll be sure to talk about ones you've never heard of before. All of these recommendations are worth your time and shouldn't be missed!

Really.

Pinky swear!

Kenny Gould joins as a special guest on Pen and Dragon as we talk about writing advice, both the good and the BAD. When is the best time to offer a fellow writer some help, and when is it better to let sleeping dogs lie?

Nobody likes a critic. And a judge is a critic with power when you get right down to it... So what the heck is a lawyer?

Why are adaptations so feaking hard? Indie authors Timothy Robare, Mike Cahoon, and Isaac Anderson get down in the weeds and puzzle over just what went wrong with Amazon's Wheel of Time, as well as ask the age-old question: WHY DID DISNEY THROW OUT THE HEIR TO THE EMPIRE?

Uh oh, there's trouble brewing in the Mediterranean... Will Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic impress, or will all the Classic Lit peeps be up in arms?

The Lord of the Rings sure was cool. Cool book. Cool movie. A couple of nice video games, too. Oh, what's that? The celebrated director of Venom: The Movie and Animal Farm wants to make a Gollum movie? Sure. Not like you needed my permission.

Also, what's the deal with indie book contests? By what rubric are they judged?

All this and more!

Should an author ever go back and change a book, or is it best to leave things as they lie? Are AI witchhunts going to become the norm? Is an indie author's success solely based on luck? All this and more on this episode of Pen and Dragon!

Tim and Mike hash out some recent Indie Drama as well as reminisce over some of the greatest fantasy ever written for young readers.

And of course, eventually, they talk Game of Thrones because that's just something that must happen.

Tim and Isaac talk about good 'ol George and his little book series that could. Is there any truth to the Winds of Winter rumor?

Also, this Draft2Digital situation sucks, right? What's up with that??

Special appearance by Juzi, the amazing sentient fruit!