This week, we talk about the too hot, too cold, and just right self-publishing trends for 2014, and make some startling predictions about 2015. We discuss the race to the bottom in pricing, getting great information from authorearnings.com, and how smil

This week we read Bigger Things by Ev Bishop. Listen as we discuss using a magazine article as part of the narrative, great characters, and prying the cassettes from the books on tape case. Listen now.

This week we read Sideshow by Chrystal Vaughan. We talk about incredible first pages, finding the most elegant way to tell your story, and how Crystal has trouble saying Chrystal's name even through Chrystal isn't Crystal's name. Listen now.

This week we read "Wool" books #4 and #5 by Hugh Howey. We talk about how simple places let you tell complex stories, displaying a sense of urgency, and we learn what a "sheriffian" is. Listen now. Missed Wool #1-#3? Click here.

This week we break format because hey, we made the format and we can break it if we want to. We talk about how execution multiplies the idea (all credit to Derek Sivers), how "What If?" becomes "But Why?" (credit to Donald Maass), and Time Travel Taxi sta

This week we read Through the Door (Book 1 in The Thin Veil Series) by Jodi McIsaac. Listen as we discuss writing that makes you understand a character better, holding grudges, and having a party only to ask, "Why are you here?"

This week, we read Apex Rising (Talker Book 1) by Tom Wright. We talk about showing and not telling, having a heroine who isn't classically beautiful, and golly gee willickers who says "hit the sack" anymore? (Spoiler Alert: Crystal). Listen now.

In this episode, we read Wool #1-#3 by Hugh Howey. We discuss how having too much makes for less conflict, how places are characters, and how Crystal tries to get a word in and oh she can't and here she tries again but no. Listen now.

In this episode, we read The Written by Ben Galley. We talk about the art and science of world building, making great female characters, and spiders exploding in Andrew's face. Listen now.

In this episode, we read His Darker Eye by Michael Scoins. We talk about the murderer's point of view, writing a book for the electronic format, and what Andrew would do if he had a magic eye. Listen now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVY3hC7gCzs