Episode #28 – Various Topics by the iWriteNetwork, Part 2
A fun episode featuring the iWriteNetwork. This was recorded right after their iWriteNetwork Summer Conference, and I would highly suggest checking it out if you are wanting to learn how to better...
View ArticleEpisode #29 – Storyboarding with Adam Sidwell
Great news, we got Adam Sidwell back for another show!! This time he talks about storyboarding. In between books, Adam Glendon Sidwell uses the power of computers to make monsters, robots and zombies...
View ArticleEpisode #30 – Writing with Mental Illness with Robison Wells
Robison Wells’ interview was performed at ComicCon, so please excuse all the noise in the background. This is a very interesting and serious conversation about mental health… what it really is, how...
View ArticleEpisode #31 – Writing Horror with Michaelbrent Collings
Meet Michaelbrent Collings… if you dare (bwahahaha!) Michaelbrent Collings is a bestselling novelist, produced screenwriter and WGA member, martial artist, and has a killer backhand on the badminton...
View ArticleEpisode #32 – It’s Okay to Suck
This episode started off all right. The point we were trying to make is that it is okay to write a terrible first draft because the only person who will see it is you (and probably the NSA). Afterward,...
View ArticleEpisode #33 – Killer Indie Books Launches with Mikey Brooks
This week we’ve got one of our hosts on as a guest to discuss the recent success he had while launching his independent book, The Dream Keepers. ABOUT MIKEY BROOKS Illustration has always been a love...
View ArticleEpisode #34 – Writing With and About Handicaps with Holly Kelly
Holly Kelly’s blog can be found at http://authorhollykelly.com/. She’s a mom who writes books in her spare time: translation–she hides in the bathroom with my laptop and locks the door while the kids...
View ArticleEpisode #35 – Dialogue and Speech Tags with Larry Correia
Larry Correia (pronounced Korea, like the country) is a retired merchant of death, firearms instructor, and accountant. He also write’s kick-ass books that combines his love of magic and blowing things...
View ArticleEpisode #36 – A Discussion with Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson is the author of more than 115 books, 52 of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists; he has over 23 million copies in print in thirty languages. He has won...
View ArticleEpisode #37 – NaNoWriMo 2013 Week 1 with Chas Hathaway
NaNoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month) is here, and The Authors’ Think Tank is here with weekly episodes to keep you inspired and motivated. This week we have advice and insight from four-time NaNo...
View ArticleEpisode #38 – NaNoWrimo Week 3 with Michael Young
It’s week 3 of NaNoWriMo. How many words are you all up to? Comment with your word count below and listen to today’s podcast with Authors’ Think Tank Blogger Michael Young for a little extra motivation...
View ArticleEpisode #39 – Juggling Life and Writing with Jenni James
Jenni is a mom of seven rambunctious children (including teenagers!). They currently live in New Mexico and a few years ago moved back to the States after living 9 awesome years in the Azores Islands...
View ArticleEpisode #40 – Collaborating with an Illustrator with Jenni James and BC Sterrett
Collaborating with an Illustrator with Jenni James and BC Sterrett. Jenni writes–very, very fast– and BC illustrates… when he isn’t drawing pictures of Satan eating small children for Chinese...
View ArticleEpisode #41 – Writing Memorable Characters with Obert Skye
Obert Skye loves dragons. He wishes he had a few. Actually, he wishes he had a few dozen. Unfortunately, at the moment he doesn’t even have one. Because of this he’s really enjoyed telling the tale of...
View ArticleEpisode #42 – Focused Practice with Howard Tayler
Howard Tayler is the writer and illustrator behind Schlock Mercenary, the Hugo-nominated science fiction comic strip. His artwork is featured in XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery, a role-playing supplement...
View ArticleEpisode #43 – Writing Mythical Creatures with Brandon Mull
Brandon Mull is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Beyonders and Fablehaven series. Brandon resides in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon...
View ArticleEpisode #44 – Creating Magic Systems with Mette Ivie Harrison
About Mette (taken from her website) My name is pronounced “Metty” like my mother’s “Betty.” It is Danish, and we were all named after ancestors. I guess by the time they got to number nine (out of...
View ArticleEpisode #45 – Terron James’ Road to Publication
Born in the wrong age, TERRON JAMES continually fantasizes of shining steel, majestic stone architecture, thundering cavalry rushes, and opportunities to prove his honor. Terron is an English teacher...
View ArticleEpisode #46 – Women and Horror with Mercedes M. Yeardley
Hi. I’m Mercedes. I have two broken laptops, three kids, a husband and no time to write, although I try my very best. I like to write stories. I like to write poems. I like to write essays and...
View ArticleEpisode #47 – Screen Adaptations with Aaron Johnston
Aaron is a New York Times bestselling author, comics writer, and film producer. He cowrote the novels Invasive Procedures, Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens, and the other forthcoming Formic...
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