How We Read and Why – Transcript
OnWhat’s the point of reading when there are other ways of getting information? Transcript of our latest episode.
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.
Sci-fi and Fantasy for Peasants — Transcript
OnThe transcript of our recent episode with Qualia Redux about poverty in science fiction and fantasy stories.
Sci-fi and Fantasy for Peasants
OnFor some reason, a lot of SFF authors have a hard time imagining stories about poor people. Fantasy stories often focus on royalty. Sci-fi protagonists tend to be middle or upper class.
Diverse Sci-Fi/Fantasy of the 20th Century
OnIn part two of our discussion on diverse sci-fi and fantasy, we turn our attention to the later half of the 20th century, when the field opened up a little more to BIPOC and queer authors.
Women Writers of the Pulp Era
OnStephen Mazur, former Assistant Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, to talk about the women of sci-fi’s pulp era.
No Plot Just Vibes
OnIn this episode of Rite Gud, we are joined once again by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, who is going to tell us why plot isn’t everything.
Writing Beyond the End of History
OnThere’s one thing contemporary SFF can’t seem to escape. Simon McNeil joins us to talk about writing beyond the end of history.
How To Start a Magazine for Fun and Absolutely No Profit
OnIn this episode, Blood Knife’s Kurt Schiller shares what it takes to launch a magazine, attract subscribers, and give writers a space to create thought-provoking work.
Space Racism, Oppressed Wizards, and Other Marginalized Fantasy Allegories
OnFiction has always used speculative elements to express political ideas; but sometimes, it falls flat in terms of storytelling and politics.
Writing Beyond Limits with Naben Ruthnum
OnWriters are often under pressure to follow rules, to write to the market, to carefully fit themselves into a safe cultural and commercial niche.