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2024


Attack of the Pitch Deck!

·1 min

Veronica, Paul, and Terry pull out the old Pitch Deck and deal themselves plot, characters, and complications. Chat will then choose the story they have to tell. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

Who Am I?

·1 min

Veronica asks the age-old question: "How the hell do I write an author bio?"
What details should you include? Formal, informal? Should you tailor them for specific books? The DRS crew pontificates.

Failure To Release

·1 min

The DRS Crew takes aim at book releases and discusses how best not to screw them up. From ill-advised promotional techniques to best practices, Terry, Veronica, and Paul share personal anecdotes and pet peeves.

Outline? What Outline?

·1 min

Paul is writing to an outline for the third time in his career. Will Terry laugh at him, or will he have sage advice? What will Veronica advise after all her experiences with outlines?

Wrap It Up!

·1 min

Terry and Paul are wrapping up their respective series. The DRS Crew discusses the challenges of ending a multi-book series and how they plan to accomplish it.

The Slog

·1 min

The DRS Crew considers the question: when do you decide to rewrite or just slog on through and fix it in the edit?

Chat will probably bring a napkin with a plot scribbled on it.

Is It Bad?

·1 min

Your words are terrible. You hate them. But does that make them bad?
Terry and Paul, sans Veronica, discuss.

Chat will present a napkin doodle made with ketchup as their magnum opus.

Charlie Brown Gives Dirty Magick

·1 min

Author, film maker, and publisher Charlie Brown joins the DRS Crew to discuss his kickstarter, his new magazine, and causes general mischief.

Chat is not helpful in keeping us on topic.

Star Travel and Hand-Wavium

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Warp drives. Wormholes. Infinite Improbability. How do you get your characters from one place to another over interstellar distances? The DRS Crew warms up their dilithium crystals, opens a space/time anomaly, and summons an infinite number of monkeys who want to show us their Shakespeare plays.