All Episodes
Writing About Dragons and Shit — 234 episodes
Ep. 211: Fantasy Footlocker
Ep. 210: A Haystack is Seldom Focused
Ep. 209: Gronking Some Water
Ep. 208: Literal Champagne Problems with Davinia Evans
Ep. 207: Show Don’t Tell About Bookdough
Ep. 206: Vibe World Building with Valerie Valdes
Ep. 205: Squishy Legos with Cassandra Khaw
Ep. 204: Freddy Can’t Kill Casper Twice
Ep. 203: Treavor’s WIP
Ep. 202: The RPG Musical
Ep. 201: The One After 200
Episode 200 LIVE!
Ep. 199: Weird Sexy Narnia with Sarah Rees Brenan
Ep. 198: The Sauce is in the Pants
Ep. 197: The Webbing of a Novel
Ep. 196: Weird Cities with Premee Mohamed
Ep. 195: Now Kiss
Ep. 194: A Tricky Back Issue with Celeste Bonaventure
Ep. 193: Finding Characters Revisited
Ep. 192: Endings with Corry L. Lee
Ep. 191: Writing Retreats
Ep. 190: Bullying Time Zones
Ep. 189: “I’m Not Sticking My Finger in Some Guy’s Bullet Hole” with Jeremy Szal
Ep. 188: A Supportive Trisep
Ep. 187: Zoom Zoom Zoom
Episode 186: F*ck Them Heroes
Ep. 185: Don’t Risk Finding Out
Ep. 184: A Snotty Little Shimmy
Ep. 183: Structure Revisited
Ep. 182: Anything is Massagable
Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 12: These Characters F**k ...in a Taco Bell
Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 5: Say Hi to Your Milky 6 For Me
Ep. 181: Magic & Factions
Ep. 180: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 3
Ep. 179: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 2
Ep. 178: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 1
Ep. 177: Schrödinger’s Brilliance with Amanda Cherry
Ep. 176: “I Got a Big Spaceship and I Need a Plot” with Rhiannon Held
Ep. 175: Gothic Horror with Beth the Bard
Ep. 174: Taking on Too Much with Brandon Crilly
Ep. 173: Monster Behavior with Keith Ammann
Ep. 172: Plot Twists 2: What a Twist!
Ep. 171: Finding Your Arc
Ep. 170: Drunken First Draft
Ep. 169: Back in the Day
Ep. 168: Spice to Plot Ration
Ep. 167: What’s My Hook?
Ep. 166: Are My Heroes Villains?
Ep. 165: Writing Failure
Ep. 164: An Amish Paradise
Ep. 163: Does an MFA Help?
Ep. 162: What We Love About Writing
Ep. 161: Sometimes It’s Just Spartacus
What’s Up With Your Output?
Ep. 160: Burnout with Dr. Ben J. Searle
Ep. 159: Unlikable Characters & Foreshadowing Timing
Ep. 158: Spilling the Tea with Ben Riggs
Ep. 157: Tie-in with Delilah S. Dawson
Ep. 156: Literary Agents with Bridget Smith
Ep. 155: Trusting Yourself with Coral Moore
Ep. 154: The Toe Ring of Finger Growing
Ep. 153: Genre Promises
Ep. 152: Assemble the Team
Ep. 151: An Integral Train
Episode 150!
Prepping for Episode 150
Ep. 149: We Have an Announcement…
Ep. 148: Exporting the Pain
Ep. 147: Inspiring Books, Burnout, & Changing POVs
Ep. 146: Short Stories, Writing Gods, & Limited Omniscient
Ep. 145: Tribbling
Ep. 144: Editing, Politics, & Gig Work
Ep. 143: Questions from the Discord
Ep. 142: Next Projects with Jasmine Silvera
Ep. 141: Writing vs. TTRPGs with Erik Scott de Bie
Ep. 140: Motha$&#%in’ War and Peace
EoE Book Club: Episode 8
Ep. 139: Chapters, Submitting a Series, & Serials
EoE Book Club: Episode 7
Ep. 138: Narrative Tension with Corry L. Lee
EoE Book Club: Episode 6
Ep. 137: Ensemble Casts & Success
Ep. 136: Stalking the Plot
EoE Book Club: Episode 5
EoE Book Club: Episode 4
Ep. 135: Where to Start
EoE Book Club: Episode 3
EoE Book Club: Episode 2
EoE Book Club: Episode 1
Ep. 134: Booktube & Self Publishing with J. A. Collignon
Ep. 133: Trust Fund “Rod”
Ep. 132: Pantsed Through the Heart!
Ep. 131: Lulls in Stange Places
Ep. 130: Mystery Stories
Ep. 129: Owning a Bookshop with Stacy Whitman
Ep. 128: The Very Tired Episode
Ep. 127: Broadcast from the Void
Ep. 126: Editing with Richelle Braswell
Ep. 125: Villain Plans with Chancellor Shmalpatine
Ep. 124: Thoaunted
Ep. 123: Cozy Fantasy with Sarah Beth Durst
Ep. 122: Trends & Beta Readers
Ep. 121: Comics with Jim Zub
Ep. 120: Time Loops with Django Wexler
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 15-17
Ep. 119: Midlister Survival Guide with James L. Sutter
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 13-14
Ep. 118: Trilogies, Multi-POV, & What is a Story Anyways?
Ep. 117: Word Count, Second Books, & Emotional Journeys
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 11-12
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 9-10
Ep. 116: Neurodivergent Characters with Peter V. Brett
Ep. 115: Listener Questions with Shanna Germain
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 7-8
Ep. 114: Killing Point of Views, Character Mental Health, & Irredeemable Actions
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 5-6
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 3-4
Ep. 113: MGMF Ep. 2 with Summer England & Listener Questions (Starts at 35:13)
Ep. 112: Staying Motivated, Past/Present, & Tragic Heroes
Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 1-2
Ep. 111: Getting Words Out, Pacing, Developing Antagonists, and Writing with ADHD.
Ep. 110: Connected Series, Feedback, No Villains, and First Lines
Ep. 109: Inspiration from Research with Allison Epstein
Ep. 108: Long Range Foot
Ep. 107: Horror Comedy, Mystery, & Conflict
Ep. 106: Himbo McDecimator
Ep. 105: Historical, First Book, & Villain Stories
Ep. 104: Suddenly, Writing Full-Time, Pronouns, & Timelines
Ep. 103: Love Triangles, Kernel Scenes, & Point of View
Ep. 102: Anti-Heroes, Love Triangles, Kernel Scenes, & Point of View
Ep. 101: Return of the Listener Questions!
Episode 100
Ep. 99: A Year of Tangents
Interview: Bethany Jacobs
Ep. 98: Sequels with Bethany Jacobs
Ep. 97: Mid-Book Blues
Ep. 96: NaNoWriMo: Questions
Ep. 95: NaNoWriMo: Structure
Ep. 94: NaNoWriMo: Worldbuilding
Ep. 93: NaNoWriMo: Be Excited About Poop
Ep. 92: The Snowflake Method
Ep. 91: 20%, Writer Voice, & Pacing
Ep. 90: Swearing, Theme, Point of View, & More!
Ep. 89: Calendars, Prologues, Pantsing vs. Outlining
Ep. 88: Self Promotion, Loveable Characters, & Story Formats
Ep. 87: Buddy Cop, Foreshadowing, & Research
Ep. 86: Questions & Redemption Arcs (or A Judicious Use of Portals)
Ep. 85: Return of the Tangerinos
Ep. 84: Flaws
Ep. 83: Critique
Ep. 82: Listener Topics
Ep. 81: Too Many Ideas!
Ep. 80: YA and Tie-Ins with James L. Sutter
Ep. 79: You Always Wake Up Spooning
Ep. 78: Trilogies
Ep. 77: Writing When You Don’t Feel Like It
Ep. 76: A Modicum of %$&#ery
Ep. 75: What’s Stopping You?
Ep. 74: Worldbuilding Gods
Ep. 73: Name This Dragon!
Ep. 72: Ideas
Ep. 71: Listener Questions 2: The Second One
Ep. 70: Writing Strengths
Ep. 69: Revisiting Prologues and Info Dumps
Ep. 68: And Another Tangent (or The Anti-Hero Episode)
Ep. 67: Purposefully Improving
Ep. 66: Comic Writing
Ep. 65: Forming a Writing Habit
Ep. 64: Journey of the Tangerinos
Ep. 63: Naming Stuff
Ep. 62: You Wrote a Book! Now What?
Ep. 61: New Book Glow
Ep. 60: Empire of Exiles
Ep. 59: Empire of Exiles Worldbuilding
Ep. 58: NaNoWrMo Questions
Special: Welcome to Dragon Talk
Ep. 57: Return of the Tangent
Ep. 56: Cursing with Shanna Germain (or Judicious F-Bomb)
Ep. 55: Thoughts on Sci-Fi World Building with Rich Larson
Ep. 54: Quick Fire Topics with Ed McDonald
Ep. 53: Dialogue 2: The Second One
Ep.52: Film Scripts
Ep. 51: Time Travel with Ren Hutchings
Ep. 50: Not Writing About Dragons and Shit
Ep. 49: Listener Questions (or Impactful Um)
Ep. 48: Worldbuilding Revisited
Ep. 47: Lesbian Werewolf Crimefighters
Ep. 46: Multiple Points of View
Ep. 45: Outlines
Ep. 44: Free Writing and Subplots (or Load-Bearing “Just”)
Ep. 43: Oops All Questions
Ep. 42: Our First Projects
Ep. 41: Monster Tangents
Ep. 40: Magic (or Magic Bananas)
Ep. 39: TTRPG Writing with Richard August
Ep. 38: Descriptions
Ep. 37: Sex Scenes (or Fictional Nipples)
Ep. 36: Real World Culture in World Building
Ep. 35: First and Last Lines
Ep. 34: Co-Writing and Character Flaws
Ep. 33: Killing Characters
Ep. 32: Year in Review
Ep. 31: Prologues
Ep. 30: Fancy Chocolate & Strange Liquor
Ep. 29: Realism and Plot Holes
Ep. 28: Dawn Voyage of the Tangerinos
Ep. 27: NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
Ep. 26: Magic in Your Setting with Keith Baker
Ep. 25: Making Heroes
Ep. 24: Oops All Tangents
Ep. 23: The Business (or Bitter, Fat Washed, and Nutty)
Ep. 22: Character Chemistry with Rhiannon Held
Ep. 21: Getting the Most Out of Reading
Ep. 20: Sequels & Series Potential
Ep. 19: Dialogue
Ep.18: Villains
Ep. 17: Endings and 2nd Drafts
Ep. 16: Writing Process
Ep. 15: Pacing & Tension
Ep. 14: Breaking In
Ep. 13: Info Dumps
Ep. 12: Structure
Ep. 11: World Building Overview
Ep. 10: World Building: Governments with Ed Greenwood
Ep. 9: World Building with Patrick Rothfuss
Ep. 8: Trauma with Dr. Janina Scarlet
Ep. 7: POV and Symbolism
Ep. 6: Finding Characters
Ep. 5: Inspiration
Ep. 4: Writer's Block
Ep. 3: Writing in Established Worlds with Jim Zub
Ep. 2: Character Arcs
Ep. 1: First Drafts
Ep. 0: Where to Start