The Redux

S34E9 – Two Publishing Paths: Pros and Cons

Books have a publishing standard, and every Indie Author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. – Eeva Lancaster

Read More

S34 Bonus – Elements of a Villain

If you look at all of the villains in the course of human history, they’ve all believed, delusionally, in the virtue of their actions. Every villain is a hero in his own mind. – Tom Hiddleston

Read More

S34E8 – How to Know When to Stop

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – Walt Disney

Read More

S34E7 – Imposter Syndrome and Your Writing Skills

Describing your writing as trash while you’re still drafting is like looking at a bag of flour and an egg and saying “My cake tastes like crap.” – Paul Grealish

Read More

S34E6 – Writing Humor and Comedy

Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. – Joss Whedon

Read More

S34E5 – The Rule of Three in Writing

If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three. – Laurence J. Peter

Read More

S34E4 – What’s in a (Book’s) Name?

If reading makes you smart, then how come when you read a book they have to put the title of the book on top of every single page? Does anyone get halfway through a book, [and ask] what the hell am I reading? – Brian Regan

Read More

S34E3 – What’s in a (Pen)Name?

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague…. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare

Read More

S34E2 – Plotting vs. Pantsing, Take Two

Write down everything that happens in the story, then in the second draft make it look like you knew what you were doing all along. – Neil Gaiman

Read More

S34E1 – The Lessons We’ve Learned

Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn’t embrace it. I succumbed to it. – Rod Sterling

Read More