The Every Day Novelist
Summary: The Every Day Novelist delivers a new 3 to 30 minute episode each day discussing writing craft, discipline, publishing, and business, all geared toward helping you achieve a professional pace (four to twelve or more novels in one year) in your writing. The direction of the show is steered by your questions, ideas, and disagreements.
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Podcasts:
Dawn asks: How do work through personal or intellectual issues in writing without letting it take over? Resources Mentioned Gulliver’s Travels and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan SwiftThe Screwtape Letters by CS LewisLetters from the Earth (Twain)Candide by VoltaireSuave Rob’s Amazing AdventuresDown From TenThe Name of the RoseLord of the Rings by JRR TolkienA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Nichole asks: How can I get rid of the passive voice words while still conveying past tense? Resources Mentioned: King James Version BibleDeadwoodThe Complete Works of Shakespeare Open Vistas Anthology: Swords In Space!
Dawn: How do connect my story (plot, theme, or characters) to current events without it being obvious? Resources Mentioned: Star Wars original trilogyStar Wars prequel trilogyLord of the Rings by JRR TolkienThe Zero EffectA Scandal in Bohemia
Dawn asks: How do I balance writing healthy relationships with popular tropes that depend on unhealthy dynamics, especially in romance? Resources Mentioned: Friday by Robert A HeinleinSuave Rob’s Amazing AdventuresTwilight by Stephanie Meyer50 Shades of Gray by EL JamesThe Firm by John Grisham
Caine asks: Why is The Joker so popular with fans? Or is he? Resources Mentioned: Batman: The Animated SeriesBatman, tv series (1966)The Dark KnightBatman Begins
Nichole: Any thoughts on good versus bad use of adverbs in writing?
Today we have feedback from Kell, Nichole, Rose, and Roland on a variety of topics. Resources MentionedBird by Bird by Anne LammottYoga For WritersArticle on Formatting ebooksQuestion 978: Ergonomics and Exercises
Herb has feedback on the topic of Swords & Sorcery and Sexism, with a few recommendations for examples of the genre with interesting female characters. Resources Mentioned: Gate of Ivrel by CJ CherryhThe Birthgrave series by Tanyth LeeSavage RealmsAgainst the Horde by David GemelEdgar Rice Burroughs’s Barsoom series and Venus seriesThe Saga of Dray Prescott by Alan Burt AkersUnder The Green Star by Lin CarterJohn Norman’s Gor series
Roland has feedback on the episode on Franchise Decay, with thoughts on the Battlestar Galactica reboot. Resources Mentioned Battlestar Galactica (2003)Stargate SG-1And Then She Was Gone Archivos
Today Christopher has feedback on Episode 952 and ponders short cuts to identifying the genre of your story. Resources Mentioned The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett Lie Down With Lions by Ken FollettThe Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster BujoldDune by Frank HerbertA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsRhapsody in Blue
Nichole says: I need to learn more about the implications of a shrinking economic world. Still working on my story but as I have not read up on this, I worry the story may go in implausible directions. Do you have any recommendations for writers on this topic? Resources Mentioned:The Day the Universe Changed (book and miniseries)The Storm Before the Calm George FriedmanAbundance by Peter DiamandisThe Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower, Disunited Nations, and The End of the World is Just the Beginning, – all by Peter ZeihanCanadian demographers on population collapse1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric H ClineHoly Shit: Managing Manure to Save MankindSubmit stories for “After The Peak” here
Rob asks: When using different author names for different genres to avoid confusing the recommendation algorithms, what are potential knock-on affects or implications to consider?
Robert Asks: How do the differences between an Everyman protagonist and an expert affect the start of novels? Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonPatriot Games by Tom ClancyTakenDeath WishSilence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford and Other Short Stories Philip K. Dick
Robert asks: Most sci-fi brush over the issue of different day lengths on different planets. What might change with the structure of days if we became an interstellar species? Babylon 5: Day of the DeadBabylon 5 : By Any Means Necessary Swords In Space!
New anthology now accepting submissions. Give me swashbucklers, knife fighters, booby-trappers, batons-wielders, pirates, Mafiosos, Robin Hoods, cops, priests, robbers, fugitives, and assassins. Give me Swords In Space! Submit your story using the form on this page, or email editor @ everydaynovelist.com
