Writing Excuses

By Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard TaylerBusiness Fiction Careers

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Writing Excuses episodes

November 17, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.46: Editing with Aeryn Rudel
Aeryn Rudel from Privateer Press and Skull Island X joins us at GenCon Indy to talk about editing.

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17 min
November 11, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.45: Gencon Q&A With Wesley Chu
Wes Chu joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard for a live audience Q&A at GenCon

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17 min
November 03, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.44: Talking Publishing with Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty, president and founder of Tor books, joins us at GenCon to talk publishing.

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17 min
October 27, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.43: Realistic Melee Fighting with Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu joins us at GenCon Indy for a discussion of realistic melee fighting.

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19 min
October 20, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.42: The Internal Heckler vs. The Internal Editor
"Silence your internal editor" may not be very good advice. We talk about why.

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18 min
October 14, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.41: Out of Excuses Retreat Microcasting
Microcasting... it's what we call Q&A. Beta readers, IP issues, discovery writing, chapter length, and more.

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19 min
October 07, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.40: Publishing with Bill Schafer
Bill Schaefer of Subterranean Press talks publishing with us.

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20 min
September 30, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.39: Dystopian Fiction with Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest joins the cast for a discussion of dystopian fiction before a live audience.

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20 min
September 23, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.38:Out of Excuses Retreat Q&A #2
The cast talks about self publishing, our early career difficulties, Easter Eggs, and more...

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21 min
September 16, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.37: When Fail Happens in Your Career
How do you respond to bad reviews, publisher errors, or other possible "career fail" situations?

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19 min