Speculate

In this episode, we look at what we’ve been reading (and playing) over the summer, with brief comments about Sarah Kuhn’s Heroine Worship, the Superman Rebirth hardcover edition, Vivian Jackson’s Wanted and Wired, L.E. Modesitt’s Imager, Herge’s Tintin series, and Will Cuppy’s How To Attract the Wombat, plus discussion of Harebrained Schemes’ Battletech. We had a great time discussing some things engaging us in a pretty difficult political climate, and we hope you’ll find the recommendations useful. If you like what you hear, please tune in next week for a discussion of work/life balance in writing and a special announcement coming soon about the future of Speculate, and please spread the word about the show. And thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we look at what we’ve been reading (and playing) over the summer, with brief comments about Sarah Kuhn’s Heroine Worship, the Superman Rebirth hardcover edition, Vivian Jackson’s Wanted and Wired, L.E. Modesitt’s Imager, Herge’s Tintin series, and Will Cuppy’s How To Attract the Wombat, plus discussion of Harebrained Schemes’ Battletech. We had a great time discussing some things engaging us in a pretty difficult political climate, and we hope you’ll find the recommendations useful. If you like what you hear, please tune in next week for a discussion of work/life balance in writing and a special announcement coming soon about the future of Speculate, and please spread the word about the show. And thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we combine writing and gaming as we conduct part two of a joint session of Speculate and Greg’s Twitch show Masters of the Dungeon, talking with veteran game masters Askren and Dave (the Digital DM) about story and narrative in tabletop games. We discuss high-level campaigns, the way different systems contribute to different kinds of storytelling, and how collaborative storytelling can draw lessons from individual writing and vice versa, and we hope you find the conversation (and last week’s) as engaging as we did. If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more discussion of speculative fiction, consider supporting the Patreon for even more great content (with more on the way!), and spread the word about the show. And thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we combine writing and gaming as we conduct part two of a joint session of Speculate and Greg’s Twitch show Masters of the Dungeon, talking with veteran game masters Askren and Dave (the Digital DM) about story and narrative in tabletop games. We discuss high-level campaigns, the way different systems contribute to different kinds of storytelling, and how collaborative storytelling can draw lessons from individual writing and vice versa, and we hope you find the conversation (and last week’s) as engaging as we did. If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more discussion of speculative fiction, consider supporting the Patreon for even more great content (with more on the way!), and spread the word about the show. And thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we combine writing and gaming as we conduct a joint session of Speculate and Greg’s Twitch show Masters of the Dungeon, talking with veteran game masters Askren and Dave (the Digital DM) about story and narrative in tabletop games. We discuss high-level campaigns, the way different systems contribute to different kinds of storytelling, and how collaborative storytelling can draw lessons from individual writing and vice versa. Because of the length of this recording, we’ve split this into two parts; each of them was a really interesting discussion which covered a lot of ground, and we hope you find them as engaging as we did. If you like what you hear, please tune in next week for part two, consider supporting the Patreon for even more great content (with more on the way!), and spread the word about the show. And thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we combine writing and gaming as we conduct a joint session of Speculate and Greg’s Twitch show Masters of the Dungeon, talking with veteran game masters Askren and Dave (the Digital DM) about story and narrative in tabletop games. We discuss high-level campaigns, the way different systems contribute to different kinds of storytelling, and how collaborative storytelling can draw lessons from individual writing and vice versa. Because of the length of this recording, we’ve split this into two parts; each of them was a really interesting discussion which covered a lot of ground, and we hope you find them as engaging as we did. If you like what you hear, please tune in next week for part two, consider supporting the Patreon for even more great content (with more on the way!), and spread the word about the show. And thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we talk about the State of the Field with author, editor, and project manager Jaym Gates, looking in particular at tie-in fiction, game writing, and working in shared worlds. This was an interesting conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. If you like what you hear, please tune in for more great episodes to come, consider supporting the Patreon for even more great content, spread the word about the show, and thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we talk about the State of the Field with author, editor, and project manager Jaym Gates, looking in particular at tie-in fiction, game writing, and working in shared worlds. This was an interesting conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. If you like what you hear, please tune in for more great episodes to come, consider supporting the Patreon for even more great content, spread the word about the show, and thanks as always for listening!

In this episode, we conclude our triptych of shows on the work of Andrzej Sapkowski with a discussion of some of the writing techniques used in his book The Last Wish. We chat about writing as momentum, moral complexity, efficiency in the narrative, and more. Thanks for supporting the Patreon at the $5 level, and if you like what you hear, please tune in next week when we’ll have a special State of the Field show about tie-in writing and writing for RPGs, with special guest Jaym Gates. Please spread the word about the show, and thanks as always for listening and supporting the Patreon!

In this episode, we continue our triptych of shows on the work of Andrej Sapkowski with a roundtable discussion of his book The Last Wish, as we’re joined by author, editor, and project manager Jaym Gates. We chat about the book’s translation, the commercial vs. literary quality of the work, the creation of a character with both a sense of nostalgia and a sense of duty and more. If you like what you hear and are able to support our Patreon at the $5 level, please tune in next week when we’ll discuss some of the writing techniques involved in the book. Please spread the word about the show, and thanks as always for listening and supporting the Patreon!