It occurs to me that, this being April Fool’s day, when I talk about taking a yeti on my trip, people will think that I’m making a joke. And I am, but not the kind you think. As you know, I have sort of astonishingly weird travel karma. At one point, after a flight was […]
The yeti is not a joke. No, really. I travel with one. Read More »
While I was in Utah I joined Dan Wells and Howard Tayler, of Writing Excuses, for a conversation with Dave Wolverton about movie considerations and formulas. Dave explained the three-act structure to us, and we talked about how this applies for transitioning stories to the screen. As always, you can listen to this at Writing Excuses
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While I was in Utah, I had occasion to visit the home of the Tayler’s. Knowing that they have four children, I brought along The Broken Bridge, my tiny little puppet show. Sandra has written a charming account of the afternoon spent playing with her children. With pictures! “Tra la la!” said Mary as she
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I spent the day hanging out with Howard and Sandra Tayler, which was a great deal of fun. Knowing they had kids, I tossed the Broken Bridge into my bag and took it to their house. Not only did I perform the show, two of their children got excited and started doing their own performances
Hanging with writers, puppets, books, and Schlock. Read More »
The lovely men at Writing Excuses invited me to stick around and record another episode with them at World Con. They’ve just posted it the Writing Process Q & A. Brandon, Dan and Howard answer a wide range of questions and I tag along for the ride.
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While I was at WorldCon, Howard Tayler asked me to swing by and participate in the Writing Excuses podcast panel. He described it as a bunch of fifteen minute podcasts in front of a live audience, which, I must say, was great fun. Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler and Dan Wells are very engaging hosts and
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