Dan and Kitty give a quick update on the state of the podcast and upcoming developments.

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Andrew has feedback on using your virtual assistant’s text-to-speech features for editing.

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Ian asks: “I’m struggling to find current examples of rich setting. Have authors stopped using setting, or am I not looking in the right place?”

Resources Mentioned

The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block

Choke by Chuck Paulinuk

Setting: How to Create and Sustain a Sharp Sense of Time and Place in Your Fiction by Jack Bickham

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Avril asks: How do you pick a cover designer?

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Ian asks: How do I avoid “filler words”?

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Terry asks: How do I know when I have the skills to fix my early first drafts?

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Charla asks: How do you mix genres without leaning too much on one genre over the other?

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Indiana Jim: Can you recommend a reading list or reading order for getting to know Robert A. Heinlein?

Resources Mentioned

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein

Time Enough for Love by Robert A Heinlein

I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A Heinlein

Friday  by Robert A Heinlein

Job by Robert A Heinlein

To Sail Beyond the Sunset  by Robert A Heinlein

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A Heinlein

Time For The Stars by Robert A. Heinlein

Stranger in a Strange Land  by Robert A Heinlein

Farnham’s Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein

The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein

Double Star by Robert A Heinlein

The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A Heinlein

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, a collection by Robert A Heinlein

All You Zombies by Robert A....

Ian asks: How can I reread my favorites over and over without losing my love for it?

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JB asks: If a collaboration isn’t working, how do you get out of it gracefully?

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