Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon

Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A.; The questions include:

* As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people's books?

* How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else?

* (Here are the signs we talked about)

* How do you create frightening, unique creatures?

* What are the basics about networking at a convention?

* Is there a yield for the average story idea?

* What rules do you follow and what rules do you break when writing epic fantasy?

* What can you do in critique groups to teach craft if you're avoiding prescriptive critique?

* How strongly do you believe that the audience won't remember what you've told them, but will remember how you said it?