We're back, and we're battling some slight audio problems to bring you a discussion of comfort food, spoilers and cringe comedy. Welcome to the all-new StoryWonk!

This week on the show, we have a bushel of opening bits, a discussion on location and world building, thoughts on spoilers, and tell you why you shouldn't discuss Buffy in Barnes & Noble.

This week on the show, we talk about our new favorite StoryWonk game, answer listener questions on the influence of anime, doing good work and Star Trek, and the appeal of stunt writing.

This week on the show, we address a flurry of listener email, take a hard left turn through the cactus patch to the crazy town of House of Cards, and discuss why doing good work matters.

This week on the show: the TV canon, Lani's problem with horror, and the suspension of disbelief!

This week, we wend our way through the complicated topic of the modern TV canon.

This week, we announce a big new release, have conflict about conflict, and discuss diversity and the responsibility of the author.

This week, we stumble back from our extended hiatus with a rambling, off-the-cuff discussion of our recent television obsessions, dimly illuminated by the glimmerous lantern of insight. Why do so many shows rely on the Mr. K/Morgan? What does George R R Martin have in mind? Are we in safe hands with Mad Men? Why […]

This week, we catch up on Agents Of SHIELD feeback, enjoy a pair of brilliant voicemails, and answer listener questions on paranoia, writing men and being afraid of the story you want to tell.

This week, we are reunited to talk about niche publishing, Helen Fielding, Marvel's Excessively-Punctuated Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and critique our first listener-submitted First Page! Thanks to Ashley!