The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy

Craziness in May will not stop The Sarge! Welcome to The Survival Guide’s Reboot Camp where we look back on the early days of the podcast (and see how things have changed).

The book is in print…but is it in the bookstores? Maybe yes, maybe no. It might depend on your publisher; but no matter who [...]

Welcome back for another blast from the past with another Survival Guide Reboot Camp.

So you want to attend a con not as an attendee, but as a guest? How do you get on to the programming? What do I do once I get on a panel?! After taking that first impression, it’s time to [...]

Welcome to Reboot Camp!
To answer the demands for archives, I’m dropping into the feed, once a week, the episodes of Season One. I’m keeping it simple: New intro, new ending, and a blast from the past with The Sarge.
If you already have the episode, feel free to delete it but this is the shortest [...]

You’ve heard The Sarge chat with James Patrick Kelly about the uphill battle of writing short stories in a novel publishing. I decided to revisit the challenges of marketing short stories with a writer that is blazing a trail of his own: Matt Wallace. With multiple Parsec Awards under his belt and an arsenal of [...]

Place yourself into the following situation: You begin in 2006 a novel that evolves into a larger-than-life epic. For the past two years you have been building up to the grand finale, the earth-shattering, mind-blowing, nail-biting ending to a story full of twists, turns, dips, and diversions that would make the Top Ten [...]

Turn your back for only a moment…and THAT’S when those New Zealanders strike…
(SARGE’S NOTE: My own snarky remarks to Pip’s attempt at recording a Survival Guide will be featured in italics.)

00:00 — The Survival Guide… podjacked by Captain Kiwi!

NOW HEAR THIS: Prepare to drive on the wrong side of the road and spell everything with [...]

Accomplished podcaster, beer snob, and aspiring writer…
…but he’s just this guy. You know?
 
 
Tee invites into The Bunker a podcaster better known for his knowledge of copyrights in podcasting, Cmd-Ln of The Command-Line Podcast. While he is best known for his blog and podcast on tech matters, Cmd-Ln is also an aspiring writer and he is [...]

SGWF Show #33: Canaveral, We Are Holding the Countdown…

00:00 — Opening

More Mac woes
Pimp That Kiwi 2.0

Dragon*Con — good times had by all…

Creatures ‘n’ Crooks — always a pleasure.

Constellation Books — nice place, good people.

A Version 3.0 in the works Return trip to DragonCon with a stop at NMEs in Vegas!

For those of you who stopped [...]

Show #032: Tough Love
For the week of August 28, 2007

00:00 — Opening

Dragon*Con is coming on strong.
Come on by the Dragon Moon Press booth. I’ll be there with…
Word count: Expert Podcasting Practices is in the final stretch with edits…
Collecting audio for D*C for future shows across ALL podcasts.

04:30 — Show #32: Tough Love

When you write a [...]

In one week, Dragon*Con 2007 is going to happen. This is my Super Bowl of cons. Every Labor Day weekend, gamers, costumers, media fans, authors, and (now) podcasters claim Atlanta for their own. To prepare some of you Survivalists for your first Dragon*Con, hurtle yourself through the vastness of time and space (with Dr. Floyd, [...]