All Episodes

Comparing the Culture's Contact with the Prime Directive from Star Trek | LOL 103

I Finished the First Draft! | LOL 102

Technology of The Culture | LOL 101

Economics of The Culture | LOL 100

The Culture's Origins & Government | LOL 099

AI Characters & Their Role in Science Fiction | LOL 098

A New Voyage Begins | LOL 097

Publishing Your Novel on Amazon with Kindle Direct | LOL 096

Self-Publishing Your Novel | LOL 095

Independent Versus Traditional Publishing | LOL 094

Juggling Novel Ideas | LOL 093

Hiring an Editor | LOL 092

My Writing Club, Dyson Swarms & Space Trains | LOL 091

Story Sketch | LOL 090

Writing vs. Storytelling | LOL 089

Character Flaws, Problems & Misbeliefs | LOL 088

Pathnotes from a Writing Conference | LOL 087

Considering Independent Publishing | LOL 086

Thoughts on SpaceX & How Settling Mars Will Really Work | LOL 085

The Creative Process & My (Revised) Daily Writing Goal | LOL 084

This Novel Isn't Working | LOL 083

This Novel is Allowed to Suck | LOL 082

How Not to Receive a Critique | LOL 081

Writing for Science Fiction Readers | LOL 080

First Person Perspective & the Saturn System | LOL 079

The First Page | LOL 078

Curating Ideas & Solar System Travel Times | LOL 077

The Wanderings of Lex | LOL 075

Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy & Rethinking My Next Novel | LOL 074

Market Research (aka Reading a Lot) | LOL 073

Using Simple Sentences & Querying Agents | LOL 069

Writer Beware | LOL 067

Drafting vs. Revising | LOL 066

Finishing the 4th & 5th Drafts of Critical Balance | LOL 065

The Flow of Information in a Novel | LOL 064

Crossword Puzzles for the Writer | LOL 063

TMI | LOL 062

Behind the Scenes | LOL 061

Chapter Titles | LOL 060

15 Writing Tips from Stephen King's On Writing | LOL 059

Novel Pacing & Thrillers | LOL 058

Style Guides, or What I Learned from Being Wrong about the Serial Comma | LOL 057

Writing & Game Mastering | LOL 056

Balancing Self-Confidence & Humility and How to Approach Negative Reviews | LOL 055

Commercial is NOT a Bad Word | LOL 054

Moving On! | LOL 053

Check Your Sources | LOL 052

My Revision Process | LOL 051

The Joy of Fountain Pens | LOL 050

Preparing to Write Book Two | LOL 049

Alpha Readers & Beta Readers | LOL 048

Editing the First Draft | LOL 047

The Road So Far | LOL 046

Learning through Reading: Increasing Momentum | LOL 045

How to Receive a Critique | LOL 044

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Word Counts & The Wheel of Time | LOL 043

Backup Best Practices | LOL 042

Manuscript Best Practices | LOL 041

Giving Good Critiques | LOL 039

Setting the Right Writing Goal for You | LOL 038

Point of View & Tense | LOL 037

Why Space Tourism is Important | LOL 036

On Writing Groups | LOL 035

Riding the Rollercoaster of Writing & Discovering Theme | LOL 034

Ask Me Anything | LOL 033

Keeping It Fresh | LOL 032

A Grain of Salt... | LOL 031

Prewriting or Why I Started with a Prequel | LOL 030

Making Writing a Habit: Consistency is Key | LOL 029

Brute Force Writing: Conversations between Characters | LOL 028

Is Less Realistic Sci-Fi More Approachable? | LOL 027

Finding my Blend: Outlining vs. Discovery Writing | LOL 026

State of the Earth, Jobs in Space & Education in the Future | LOL 025

Space & Tech News and Novel Word Counts | LOL 024

Enjoying Free eBooks & Audiobooks from Your Library | LOL 023

Is Writing Better than Talking about Writing? | LOL 022

Brute Force Writing | LOL 021

Writing is Hard | LOL 019

Writing in a Pandemic & Cylinder Society in the 23rd Century | LOL 018

Building Space Stations | LOL 017

Sci-Fi Subgenres, Plausibility, Aliens, Robots & AI | LOL 016

Animals in Space? | LOL 015

What Do I Want to SAY? | LOL 014

Fleshing Out Cylinder City One | LOL 013

Fleshing Out Cylinder Cities in Space | LOL 012

Bringing Your Setting to Life through Visualization | LOL 011

Tales from the Whiteboard: High Concepts & Everyday Technology | LOL 008

Future Earth History 1: Living in Low Earth Orbit | LOL 007

Beer-Can-Cities in Space! | LOL 006

Worldbuilding the Future of our Solar System | LOL 005

Getting Motivated to Write & Space Elevators | LOL 004

Researching the Future | LOL 003

Setting the Stage: Beginning with Setting & Science Fiction Subgenres | LOL 002

Introductions | LOL 001