As mentioned a few weeks ago, I was a guest on the Writing Excuses podcast recently. We recorded three episodes, all of which are now online for your listening enjoyment.

The first features me saying very little. I’m not the official guest on that one; I’m just filling in for Howard Tayler. The real guest is L.E. Modesitt, and the topic is How To Write Practical Fantasy. Since I don’t write fantasy at all (either practical or impractical) I didn’t have a ton to say. But I’m there.

The second also features L.E. Modesitt and the four of us (Lee, Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson and me) take questions from the audience. If I recall we talk about how to write action scenes, common problems with military fiction, how to write distinct voices in dialogue, and how to schedule your writing time.

The last one (posted today) has Janci Patterson and me as the guest stars, and we talk about breaking into the YA market. (She also recently sold a YA novel, hers to Henry Holt.) We talk about how we did it, and give some tips and advice.