Writing the Body: Avoiding Characters Who Are Brains-In-Jars (Unless That’s Your Whole Thing)
OnIn this episode, writer and stuntwoman SL Huang joins us to talk about writing that fully explores the physicality of its characters.
Category: Rite Gud
This isn’t a podcast for total beginners. We’re going to assume that you know what plot structure is, what a protagonist is, where ideas come from, and how to use a semicolon. This is a podcast for people who can already write okay, but want to do better.
Writing While the World Burns: What Does It Mean to Be a Writer During the Climate Crisis?
OnIn this episode, we talk to writer/editor Sarena Ulibarri about what it means to be a writer during a global climate crisis. Do writers have a responsibility to address the problem? Are we a part of the problem? Does art matter when the world is on fire?
Transgressive Queer Fiction and the Right to Be Messy
OnIn this episode, horror writer Gretchen Felker-Martin joins us to talk about the importance of making space for transgressive fiction by queer writers.
Creepypasta and Other Eerie Starches
OnIn this spooktacular episode, we talk to Ash and Jon of the Horror Vanguard podcast about the internet-based form of horror fiction known as creepypasta.
Writer Beware! Spotting Shady Agents, Vanity Presses and Other Scams
OnThe road to publishing can be a thorny one, filled with con artists lying in wait to pounce on unwary writers. Fortunately, Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware is here to tell us how to avoid being scammed.
The Dark Side of Fandom Part 2: Friendship Simulator
OnIn part two of our discussion on the dark side of fandom, RS Benedict talks to Tim Heiderich about parasocial relationships, Twitch streamers, Nazis, Pink Floyd’s The Wall and fans who want to watch their idols burn.
The Dark Side of Fandom, Part 1: Have You Accepted Spider-Man as Your Lord and Savior?
OnFandom can be fun, but it can also turn ugly too, or it can keep us so busy focusing on someone else’s work that we fail to develop our own talents.
Originality: Feh, Who Needs It?
OnRS Benedict talks to Stephen Mazur, Assistant Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, about originality. How important is it, really?
No More Heroes with JR Dawson
OnMuch of speculative literature focuses on superheroes and Chosen Ones. But what about ordinary people or flawed people who don’t save the world? Do they matter?
Guns: How to Feature Them in a Realistic Way
OnTons of stories feature guns, but they’re usually portrayed in a wildly unrealistic way. Nate Bethea of “What a Hell of a Way to Die” was kind enough to stop by to talk to us about what writers get wrong about firearms.