The Dead Robots' Society

Justin, Paul, Scott, Terry discuss the intricacies and issues in writing non-human characters and societies.

Terry and Paul discuss professional writing organizations, trigger warnings, author solutions, and the fact Scott Roche needs to grow back his moustache.

Scott, Terry, and Paul discuss the ethics of kickstarters, the value of patrons, and Scott whines a lot.

Terry, Justin, Scott, and Paul discuss a variety of topics including: * Finding a supportive writing environment * What to do when characters do/say unexpected things * How to find beta readers and how to work with them (including ways to bribe them)

Terry, Paul, and Justin discuss how they got into writing, their first novels, and give tips on how to get started.

Join the Robots and they talk with author Timothy Ward about his works in the world of Sand, created by Hugh Howey. We also discuss what we'd like to have known when we started writing. If only we were so lucky. Find Timothy at: http://www.timothycward.com You can join his mailing list at: http://www.timothycward.com/join-my-newsletter And enter for a book giveaway at: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/123903-scavenger-evolution

Paul, Terry, Justin, and Scott discuss indie versus hybrid vs traditional publishing and we also discuss marketing with bookbub, and writing for the money. We are also terrorized by Justin's nipples.

Terry, Justin, Paul, and Scott discuss how to make action beats, thriller beats, and horror beats. In other words, we pretend we know what we're talking about.

Terry, Paul, and Scott discuss making protagonist and antagonists fully realized characters. And Terry seeks counseling for his goodie-goodie characters. Also, is 343 a prime number?

Justin, Terry, and Paul discuss using dream sequences in fiction. Due to new audio capture software, there might be a couple of audio artifacts in the audio. My apologies