This is the official podcast feed for Writing About Dragons and Shit - a podcast about writing with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. Each week B Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Idle Champions Presents), Erin M. Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers), and Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Psychology). New Episodes go live every Wednesday at 4am PST!
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Ep. 135: Where to Start
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about where to start your story and what’s important to get to your reader upfront. After that they answer some email questions from lovely tangerinos like yourself! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened…
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In this episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter four, five, and interstitial three, of her book, Empire of Exiles! Get a copy of Empire of Exiles: https://a.co/d/hx0Mt0g Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of L…
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EoE Book Club: Episode 2
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In this episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about chapter two, interstitial two, and chapter three of her book, Empire of Exiles! Get a copy of Empire of Exiles: https://a.co/d/hx0Mt0g Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions…
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EoE Book Club: Episode 1
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In this first episode Erin M. Evans talks with Treavor Bettis and Jenn Collignon about the first three chapters of her book, Empire of Exiles! Extra Life: Dungeon Scrawlers: https://www.extra-life.org/team/68375 Erin’s Page: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/541271 Get a copy of Empire of Exiles: https://a.co/d/hx0Mt0g Starring: Erin M Evans (…
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Ep. 134: Booktube & Self Publishing with J. A. Collignon
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This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by J. A. Collignon - a Booktuber and Self Published Author and our third co-host for the upcoming Empire of Exiles Reread Bookclub! T-Shirts! One of our listeners, Kemery, is putting together a Quotes T-Shirt and wants your help figuring out how to make it happen. This is purely to make shirts a…
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Ep. 133: Trust Fund “Rod”
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis dive into email questions before B. Dave heads out on another adventure! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Cham…
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Ep. 132: Pantsed Through the Heart!
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis finish up the Discord questions from last week. They’ll talk about Duologies, Prep, ARCs, and more! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bet…
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Ep. 131: Lulls in Stange Places
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This week B. Dave is back! And extremely jet-lagged! He joins Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis to answer questions posted by folks in the Official Discord! If you haven’t already joined the Discord - what are you waiting for?? The link is below! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walte…
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Ep. 130: Mystery Stories
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This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis talk about Mysteries! Using topic suggestions and questions from the official Discord they talk about Types of Mysteries, How Erin Sets Up a Mystery, and What Mystery Books They Recommend! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened…
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Ep. 129: Owning a Bookshop with Stacy Whitman
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This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Stacy Whitman – owner of The Curious Cat Bookshop! They discuss what it’s like to own a bookstore, how Stacy started an imprint, and her journey through the publishing industry. Special Guest: Stacy Whitman https://curiouscatbookshop.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone An…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Marketing Skills, Writing for IPs, and Character Development. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Difficulty…
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Ep. 127: Broadcast from the Void
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Beta Readers, Villain POVs, Comp Titles, and more! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Cha…
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Ep. 126: Editing with Richelle Braswell
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This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Richelle Braswell! They’ll discuss what an editor does, when writers should look to work with one, and ways of becoming an editor yourself! Special Guest: Richelle Braswell https://www.richellebraswell.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinme…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Villain Plans and how to reveal them with the perfect example of Chancellor Shmalpatine. Don’t worry, it’ll make sense when you listen to it. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice …
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis decided to not do the topic they picked out and answer some listener questions for an hour. They talk about Extended Action Scenes, Endings, Other Genres, and How They Met! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darken…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Sarah Beth Durst! They’ll discuss Sarah’s new book, The Spellshop, as well as what Cozy Fantasy is and how moving to that genre was for Sarah! Special Guest: Sarah Beth Durst (Queen of Blood, The Spellshop) http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exi…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Genre Trends in the industry and some tips on Beta Readers. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champi…
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Ep. 121: Comics with Jim Zub
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by returning guest, Jim Zub! The wonderful folks in our Discord wrote in questions for him which kicked off some incredible conversations about Jim and the 8,000 comic pages he’s written! Special Guest: Jim Zub (Conan The Barbarian, Skullkickers) https://www.jimzub.com/ Starrin…
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Ep. 120: Time Loops with Django Wexler
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Django Wexler! They answered questions for listeners about Timeline, Time Loops, Hobbies, and Character Decriptions! Special Guest: Django Wexler (How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, The Shadow Campaigns) https://djangowexler.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Ex…
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This week Erin M. Evans, Treavor Bettis, and B. Dave Walters discuss the last three chapters of Morning Glory Milking Farm and give their thoughts on the book as a whole! Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walte…
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Ep. 119: Midlister Survival Guide with James L. Sutter
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by returning guest James L. Sutter! They’ll talk about aspects of the the publishing industry and how to survive during your career as a writer! Special Guest: James L. Sutter (Dark Hearts, The Ghost of Us) http://jameslsutter.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brim…
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This week Erin M. Evans, Treavor Bettis, and special guest Erik Scott de Bie talk about Chapters 13 and 14 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Special Guest: Erik Scott de Bie (Libations for the Dead, Shadow of the Winter King) https://erikscottdebie.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (…
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The listener questions continue - but we’re nearing the end! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Episode 118: Trilogies, Multi-POV, and What is a Story Anyways? Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Socie…
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Ep. 117: Word Count, Second Books, & Emotional Journeys
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The listener questions continue - but we’re nearing the end! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Word Count, Second Books, and Emotional Journeys! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://tw…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Chapters 11 and 12 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and special guest Rhiannon Held talk about Chapters 9 and 10 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Special Guest: Rhiannon Held (Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/RhiannonHeld Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, B…
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Ep. 116: Neurodivergent Characters with Peter V. Brett
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This week hosts Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Peter V. Brett! He brings the topic of writing Neurodivergent Characters, and then at the end we answer a listener question about Naming Fantasy Things. Special Guest: Petter V. Brett (Demon Cycle Series) https://www.petervbrett.com/ Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of E…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and special guest Shanna Germain talk about Chapters 7 and 8 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Special Guest: Shanna Germain (Monte Cook Games) https://twitter.com/ShannaGermain Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, …
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Ep. 115: Listener Questions with Shanna Germain
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and special guest Shanna Germain answer questions about Fight Scenes, Inspiration, Character Motivation, and Parent Writers. Special Guest: Shanna Germain (Monte Cook Games) https://twitter.com/ShannaGermain Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone…
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This Book Club episode is taken from the main show, Episode 113, where we talked with Summer England. We're just putting this as it's own episode for folks to find later if they only want Book Club episodes. This week we are joined by Summer England! Her TikTok started us down the path to this book club and she’s here to talk about Chapters 3 and 4…
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This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Chapters 5 and 6 of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://tw…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Killing Point of Views, Character Mental Health, & Irredeemable Actions. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter…
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Ep. 113: MGMF Ep. 2 with Summer England & Listener Questions (Starts at 35:13)
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This week we are joined by Summer England! Her TikTok started us down the path to this book club and she’s here to talk about Chapters 3 and 4. But, if you’re just here to listener questions; Summer, Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talking about Character Skill Growth and Middles of Books (starting at 35:13) ((Shout out if you ac…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Staying Motivated, Past/Present, & Tragic Heroes. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treav…
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Welp, here we are! You all joined the discord and now we’re reading some good ol’ smut. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about the first two chapters of Morning Glory Milking Farm. Get your copy of Morning Glory and read along here: https://a.co/d/e2siF0A Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) h…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Getting Words Out, Pacing, Developing Antagonists, and Writing with ADHD. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitte…
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Ep. 110: Connected Series, Feedback, No Villains, and First Lines
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions from the WADS Discord Channel - as well as Connected Series, Feedback, No Villains, and First Lines! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice So…
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We’re taking a quick break from listener questions because this week we are joined by Allison Epstein! She talks with Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis about finding Inspiration from Research and how to go about finding that inspiration. Special Guest: Allison Epstein (Let the Dead Bury the Dead, A Tip for the Hangman) https://alli…
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Ep. 108: Long Range Foot
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions from their shiny new Discord Channel - as well as What To Do With Your Draft, Foreshadowing in Games, Infodumps, and Forcing Romance. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walter…
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Ep. 107: Horror Comedy, Mystery, & Conflict
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Horror Comedy, Mystery, Dragons & Shit, Conflict, and TTRPGs! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveW…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Describing Fantasy Settings, The Writing Mindset, Adding Points of View, and Revising! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) h…
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Ep. 105: Historical, First Book, & Villain Stories
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Historical Based Fantasy, Should You Edit Your First Book, Types of Outlines, and Villain Stories! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dic…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about the dreaded Suddenly, Writing Full-Time, Pronouns, and Timelines. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BD…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Head/Gut/Heart, Love Triangles, Kernel Scenes, Outlining, and Changing Point of View! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) ht…
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The listener questions continue! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Anit-Heroes, Love Triangles, Kernel Scenes, and Point of View Changes! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.c…
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This week we’re kicking off a series of listener questions episodes! How many will there be? We’ll keep recording them until we’re out of questions again! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Stand Alone Novels, Extending Scenes, and Self Promotion! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone A…
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In our 100th episode we do very little writing talk and instead ask each other questions! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore) https://twitter.com/TheTreavo…
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It’s our 99th episode and the last episode of 2023! Instead of our normal show we decided to get together and just talk about the year, our writing, and anything else that popped up (Tangents?? On this show??) But, towards the end (34:20 - see, I remembered) Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis come up with quick story pitches off of …
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This week we are trying something new. Host Treavor Bettis sits down with Bethany Jacobs to talk about her novel These Burning Stars, as well as her background with writing and what her writing process is like. Special Guest: Bethany Jacobs (These Burning Stars) https://www.bethany-jacobs.com/ Get her book, These Burning Stars, here: https://www.ba…
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You’re done with your first novel! …and now they want more? What do you do?! This week special guest Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars, joins Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis to talk about Sequels and how to handle them! Special Guest: Bethany Jacobs (These Burning Stars) https://www.bethany-jacobs.com/ Get her book, T…
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