This week, Marshall and Nick introduce and highlight parts of a MoCon 2019 interview featuring literary agent Jen Udden. In addition to questions from Maurice Broaddus, the audience asks a wide range of questions about the world of publishing. Jen gives a few examples of what to do, and what not to do when you want an agent to read your manuscript and so much more!

Topic of the Month: The business of writing

This Month’s Challenge: Submit to a magazine or site that is accepting short story or flash fiction.

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Apex Publications

Shipping and Handling

Barry Goldblatt Literary

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Saturday May 11, 2019

Episode 11 - Convention Etiquette

Saturday May 11, 2019

Nick has returned from MoCon! Marshall and Nick have a very lively discussion about the good things that happened, and the not so good things. They discuss the ways to act like a professional, while still looking up to your heroes.

Topic of the Month: Business of Writing

This Month’s Challenge: Find a Con, Workshop, or Retreat you can attend in the next year

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Saturday Apr 27, 2019

Episode 10 - Social Issues in SFF Part 2

Saturday Apr 27, 2019

Marshall and Nick continue their discussion of incorporating social issues into current works. Social issues are something that every society has in one shape or form. Hear how they incorporate them into their current works and how they recommend to do it.

Topic of the Month: Getting started

This Month’s Challenge: Tell us how you approach starting a new project!

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Jonathan Renshaw: Dawn of Wonder

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Saturday Apr 20, 2019

Episode 9 - Social Issues in SFF

Saturday Apr 20, 2019

Marshall and Nick dive deep into the social issues of our society today and how they incorporate them into their works. As sparked by a tweet earlier this week, they discuss that sci-fi and fantasy are more than just gravity boots and dragons.

Topic of the Month: Getting started

This Month’s Challenge: Tell us how you approach starting a new project!

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Saturday Apr 13, 2019

Episode 8 - Commitment

Saturday Apr 13, 2019

Marshall and Nick discuss their passions for writing and what got them both on the course of writing. Nick opens up about his life-changing events that convinced him to take his writing career serious. *Warning, this episode is emotional*

Topic of the Month: Getting started

This Month’s Challenge: Tell us how you approach starting a new project!

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Friday Apr 05, 2019

Episode 7 - Pantliner

Friday Apr 05, 2019

Marshall and Nick discuss how they approach starting a new project. They discuss their early years when they first began to write, how they discovered their writing styles, and what has worked for them. And yes, both Marshall and Nick are both Pantliners when it comes to their projects. Pantliner: Hybrid of outliner and pantsing.

Topic of the Month: Getting started

This Month’s Challenge: Tell us how you approach starting a new project!

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Saturday Mar 30, 2019

Episode 6 - Code-switching

Saturday Mar 30, 2019

Listen as Marshall and Nick discuss real-life events as examples of code-switching they use frequently and how to apply it to your characters! This will make your characters feel more believable. Nick also does a fantastic (not really) reading from the Brandon Sanderson novel “Skyward” as an example of code-switching.

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite the scene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

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Thursday Mar 21, 2019

Episode 5 - Character Voice

Thursday Mar 21, 2019

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss character distinction through dialogue. They discuss dialect, word choice, and avoiding negative stereotypes to distinguish characters. They also talk about their upcoming event during San Diego Comic-Con.

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

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Friday Mar 15, 2019

Episode 4 - World Building Through Dialogue

Friday Mar 15, 2019

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss world building through dialogue. They use their current works in progress to explain how they get away from info dumping by using dialogue instead.

NOTE: Nick’s audio sounds not so great, but we’ll have that fixed for future episodes.

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite scene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

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