The Every Day Novelist

By J. Daniel Sawyer

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 Dec 13, 2021
Dan, Kitty, and their guests have a fantastic show here, complete with a fun community. Writer-recommended, author-approved!

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Moving From Hobbyist to Pro

Episode Date
Quick Announcement
Apr 11, 2024
Question 1106: Creativity and ADD
Apr 10, 2024
Question 1105: Changing the Way You Listen
Apr 09, 2024
Question 1104: Building Life Experience
Apr 05, 2024
Questions 1103: Cannell’s Secret Sauce
Apr 04, 2024
Catch-up & Announcements
Apr 03, 2024
Question 1102: Reading as a Writer
Jan 26, 2024
Question 1101: Pacing in Action-Adventure
Jan 25, 2024
Question 1100: Finding Public Domain Books
Jan 24, 2024
Question 1099: Measuring Yourself as a Writer
Jan 23, 2024
Question 1098: Getting Back In The Mood
Jan 22, 2024
Question 1097: We Need a Punctuation Master Class
Jan 12, 2024
Question 1096: How To Write a Worstseller
Jan 11, 2024
Question 1095: Dictation and Twisty Plots
Jan 10, 2024
Question 1093: Mentally Tough Characters
Jan 09, 2024
Question 1092: Destructive Writing Advice
Jan 05, 2024
Question 1091: Individual Characters or Chessmen?
Jan 04, 2024
Question 1090: Creative Partnerships
Jan 03, 2024
Question 1089: Creating Effective Antagonists
Jan 02, 2024
Question 1088: Writing Implements
Nov 22, 2023
Question 1087: Expanding a Short Story Into a Novel
Nov 21, 2023
Questions 1086: Networking for Writers
Nov 20, 2023
Question 1085: Showing Narrator Gender in First Person
Nov 19, 2023
Question 1084: What Motivates a Writer?
Nov 18, 2023
Question 1083: Vacations for Freelancers
Nov 18, 2023
Question 1082: When Not to Write
Nov 08, 2023
Question 1081: Edible Plants
Nov 07, 2023
Question 1080: Work-Life Balance
Nov 06, 2023
We’re BACK! Question 1079: Fear of Writing
Nov 02, 2023
Question 1078: Sustaining an Unplanned Series
May 25, 2023
Question 1077: AI and the Politics of the Future
May 24, 2023
Question 1076: The Most Fun Story to Write
May 23, 2023
Question 1075: AI and the Demographic Collapse
May 22, 2023
Question 1074: How Many Hours to Write a Book?
May 19, 2023
Question 1073: Using Voice in Character and Narration
May 18, 2023
Question 1072: Intensifying Your Character Dynamics
May 17, 2023
Question 1071: Biospheres and Self-Contained Worlds
May 16, 2023
On Predictability…
May 16, 2023
Question 1070: Story Structure as Quality Control
Apr 05, 2023
Question 1069: Anthropomorphization
Apr 04, 2023
Question 1068: Guilt Cultures vs. Shame Cultures
Mar 10, 2023
Question 1067: Fiction Preorders
Mar 09, 2023
Question 1066: How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels
Mar 08, 2023
Question 1065: First Person Considerations
Mar 06, 2023
Question 1064: Interleaving Novellas into a Novel
Feb 24, 2023
Feedback: Life Hacks: Finding Writing Time
Feb 23, 2023
Question 1063: Rebuilding the Writing Habit
Feb 22, 2023
Question 1062: Cover Design Considerations
Feb 21, 2023
Question 1061: Strategic Concerns for Long Term Series
Feb 20, 2023
Question 1053: Filing Off the Serial Numbers
Feb 20, 2023
Question 1060: Writing and SciFi Educational Resources
Feb 14, 2023
Question 1059: Best Writing Sprints
Feb 03, 2023
Question 1058: Dealing with Burnout
Feb 02, 2023
Question 1057: Time Jumps
Feb 01, 2023
Question 1056: Too Much Detail
Jan 31, 2023
Feedback: Many Thanks
Jan 30, 2023
Question 1055: All About Paragraphing
Jan 25, 2023
Question 1054: How to NOT Break Your Novel
Jan 24, 2023
Writing Rural, Ep 3: Rural and On-Grid
Jan 20, 2023
Writing Rural, Ep 2: Worldview and Order of Operations
Jan 19, 2023
Writing Rural, Ep 1: Equipment and Strategy
Jan 18, 2023
The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 31: The Nature of Failure
Jan 14, 2023
FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective
Jan 12, 2023
FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction
Jan 12, 2023
FIXED — Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started
Jan 12, 2023
FIXED Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game
Jan 12, 2023
The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective
Jan 12, 2023
The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction
Jan 11, 2023
Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started
Jan 10, 2023
Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game
Jan 09, 2023
Question 1051: Useful Aphorisms
Oct 28, 2022
Question 1050: Re-typing as Editing
Oct 27, 2022
Question 1049: Expanded Universes
Oct 20, 2022
Question 1048: Editorial Pet Peeves
Oct 19, 2022
Question 1047: Positive Pressures
Oct 04, 2022
Question 1046: Great 80s TV Shows
Oct 03, 2022
Question 1045: Interest vs Obsession
Sep 23, 2022
Question 1044: All-Powerful AI
Sep 22, 2022
Question 1043: Ancient Aliens
Sep 22, 2022
Question 1042: Strong Themes
Sep 20, 2022
Question 1041: Adult Moral Choices in YA Stories
Sep 15, 2022
Off-Grid and Overlanding
Sep 14, 2022
Question 1039: Non-Linear Storytelling
Sep 13, 2022
August State of the Podcasters
Aug 30, 2022
Feedback: Charles Replies/Mental Friction
Aug 26, 2022
Feedback: The Drawbacks of Formality
Aug 25, 2022
Feedback on Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile
Aug 24, 2022
Feedback: Dictation Rides Again
Aug 19, 2022
Question 1038: Beta Reader Tech
Aug 18, 2022
Question 1037: Story Rejection Etiquette
Aug 17, 2022
Feedback on Charles’ question on finding time
Aug 16, 2022
Feedback: Tough Love for Charles
Aug 04, 2022
Feedback: Life Experience
Aug 03, 2022
Feedback: Dictation and the Full-Time Life
Aug 02, 2022
Question 1036: What is SpecFic?
Aug 01, 2022
Question 1035: How Formality Works
Jul 29, 2022
Question 1034: Writing, Revising, and Creative Flow
Jul 28, 2022
Question 1033: All About Adventure
Jul 26, 2022
Question 1332: Working the Ranch
Jul 25, 2022
Question 1031: Learning to Type
Jul 22, 2022
Question 1030: What Are Story Beats?
Jul 21, 2022
Question 1029: Dialogue, Punctuation, Pacing, and Packing
Jul 20, 2022
Question 1028: Writing with a Full-Time Life
Jul 15, 2022
Q1027: More on Short Stories and copyright
Jul 13, 2022
Questions 1026: Copyright, Escaping Shorts, and Fix-ups
Jul 12, 2022
Question 1024:Poetry and Poetry Corner
Jul 06, 2022
Question 1023: Short Story Flashbacks
May 20, 2022
Question 1021: Villains and Antiheroes
May 19, 2022
Question 1020: EDN Origin Story
May 17, 2022
Question 1019: Adding Character Texture
May 16, 2022
Question 1018: Writing Prompts (What Are They Good For?)
May 13, 2022
Question 1017: Staying In Your Lane
May 12, 2022
Question 1016: What is YA?
May 11, 2022
Question 1015: Opposing the Current Thing (and State of the Podcasters)
May 10, 2022
Feedback: Mid-Life Crises
May 09, 2022
Questions 1014: Unreliable Narrator (pt 4 of 4)
Apr 15, 2022
Questions 1013: Unreliable Narrators (pt 3 of 4)
Apr 14, 2022
Questions 1012: Unreliable Narrators (pt 2 of 4)
Apr 13, 2022
Questions 1011: Unreliable Narrators (pt 1 of 4)
Apr 12, 2022
Feedback: Short Stories and Experimentation
Apr 07, 2022
Feedback on Healthy Romances
Apr 06, 2022
Feedback: More on Knowing What You’re Good At
Apr 05, 2022
Feedback: On Language Barriers in Books
Mar 29, 2022
Feedback: Knowing What You’re Good At
Mar 28, 2022
Question 1010: Open Vista Deadlines
Mar 25, 2022
Question 1009: EDN Archives
Mar 24, 2022
Question 1008: Psychology and Character Design
Mar 23, 2022
Question 1007: Writing as Therapy and Polemic
Mar 22, 2022
Question 1006: The Passive Voice
Mar 21, 2022
Question 1005: Relevant but Not Topical
Mar 18, 2022
Questions 1004: Romance Tropes and Healthy Relationships
Mar 17, 2022
Question 1003: What Makes a Good Villain?
Mar 16, 2022
Question 1002: Adverbs!
Mar 14, 2022
Feedback: Bird by Bird, Writers Yoga, and Text Message Formatting
Mar 09, 2022
Feedback: Swords Sorcery and Sexism
Mar 08, 2022
Feedback: More on Franchise Decay
Mar 07, 2022
Feedback: Short Cuts to Identifying Your Genre
Mar 04, 2022
Question 1001: The Post-Growth World Anthology
Mar 02, 2022
Question 999: Different Names for Different Genres
Feb 28, 2022
Question 998: Everyman vs. Expert
Feb 25, 2022
Question 997: Day Lengths on Other Planets
Feb 24, 2022
Call for Submissions: Swords in Space!
Feb 24, 2022
Question 996: Writing Dyslexic Characters
Feb 10, 2022
Question 995: Crossing Lines vs. Staying In Your Lane – fixed
Feb 09, 2022
Question 994: Subscription Writing Groups
Feb 08, 2022
Feedback: Franchise Decay
Feb 07, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Post Game — The Secrets To Going Pro
Feb 05, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 28– Editors and Escaping Short Stories
Feb 05, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 25 — Difficult Books and the Beta Process
Jan 28, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 21 — Deleted Scenes
Jan 28, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 19 — Managing Pen Names
Jan 28, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 17 — Writing Retreats
Jan 28, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 14 — Why Writing Programs Suck
Jan 19, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 13 — Pen Names, Algorithms, and Wordcount
Jan 19, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 10 — Feedback on Sports from Simon
Jan 14, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Day 7 — Challenges, Scheduling, and Concepts
Jan 14, 2022
Quick Update…
Jan 12, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 5 — The Luxury of Continuity
Jan 06, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 3 — Developing Characters
Jan 05, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 2: Taking Notes Can Save Your Butt
Jan 05, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 1/Using Foreign Languages
Jan 03, 2022
Nanogang Bangs On Pre-Show
Jan 01, 2022
Questions 1274: Competition From AI
Dec 31, 2021
Question 991: The Social Function of Sports
Dec 30, 2021
Questions 990: Chapter Management
Dec 29, 2021
Q989 Dr. Who Bad Guys
Dec 28, 2021
Question 988: Sequel Blurbs
Dec 27, 2021
Question 987: I’ll Give You *One*
Dec 23, 2021
Feedback on Suspension of Disbelief
Dec 22, 2021
Feedback: Future Histories and Jerry Pournelle
Dec 21, 2021
Feedback: The Rest of the Bradbury Challenge
Dec 21, 2021
Question 986: Swords, Sorcery, and Buddyhood
Dec 16, 2021
Question 985: Exposition and the New Writer
Dec 15, 2021
State of the Podcasters Dec 2021
Dec 14, 2021
Question 984: A Man’s Genre?
Dec 13, 2021
Feedback: Serialization Platforms
Dec 09, 2021
Questions 983: Good Examples of Sticking the Ending
Dec 08, 2021
Questions 982: Internal vs. External Conflict
Dec 07, 2021
Special: AWP Anthologies
Dec 06, 2021
Feedback: Suspension of Disbelief
Dec 02, 2021
Questions 981: The REAL Avengers
Dec 01, 2021
Questions 980: Sword and Sorcery and Sexism
Nov 26, 2021
Questions 979: Recognizing Your Genre
Nov 25, 2021
Questions 978: Egronomics and Exercises
Nov 24, 2021
Questions 977: The Story Grid
Nov 23, 2021
Questions 976: Finding Your Readers
Nov 22, 2021
Questions 975: Formatting Text Message Conversations
Nov 19, 2021
Questions 974: Best Acceptance and Rejection Letters
Nov 17, 2021
Questions 973: Action Adventure Story Beats
Nov 16, 2021
Feedback on the Whole Podcast
Nov 15, 2021
Question 972: Your First Website
Nov 12, 2021
Question 971: Pen Name Strategies and Copyright
Nov 11, 2021
Feedback: Don’t Abandon That Future History!
Nov 10, 2021
Question 970: Interpreting Rejection Letters
Nov 09, 2021
Question 969: Stopping to Breathe Between Creative Bursts
Nov 08, 2021
Question 968: Kitty’s Editorial Journey
Nov 07, 2021
Questions 967: Advice From Authors You Don’t Read
Nov 05, 2021
Question 966: Your First Writer’s Conference
Nov 04, 2021
Question 965: Marvel Vs. DC
Nov 03, 2021
Question 964 Burn-out and the Writer
Nov 02, 2021
Question 963: Serial Publishing Platforms
Nov 02, 2021
Nanogang 2021 Announcement
Oct 31, 2021
Question 961: Genre vs. Lit Fic
Oct 28, 2021
Question 960: Whoovians Represent!
Oct 27, 2021
Question 959: All About Tropes
Oct 26, 2021
Question 958: Alternate Approaches to NaNoWriMo
Oct 25, 2021
Question 957: Prepping for NaNoWriMo
Oct 22, 2021
State of the Podcasters
Oct 21, 2021
A Conversation With Toni Weiskopf
Oct 20, 2021
Question 956: High-Paying markets
Oct 19, 2021
Question 955: Short Story Series Exposition
Oct 18, 2021
Question 954: Insensitivity Readers
Oct 15, 2021
Question 953: Cover Art for Short Stories
Oct 14, 2021
Question 952: Beat Sheets for Sci-fi
Oct 13, 2021
Question 951: What’s the Deal With Pre-sales?
Oct 12, 2021
Feedback on Science Changing Beneath You
Oct 11, 2021
Feedback: Life’s Do-Overs
Oct 04, 2021
The 5 Formulae – excerpt from Secrets with Kitty’s Commentary
Oct 03, 2021
Question 950: Squirrel Brain
Sep 29, 2021
Question 949 Pen Name Order of Ops
Sep 28, 2021
Question 948: What are the Heinlein Juveniles, and where can I find them??
Sep 27, 2021
Question 947: Pandemic to Endemic
Sep 24, 2021
Question 946: Adjusting Your Future History on the Fly
Sep 23, 2021
Question 945: Heroine’s Journey and Heinlein Juvenile
Sep 22, 2021
Characterization and Wisdom–Kitty Rants
Sep 21, 2021
Question 944: Finding Mood Music Playlists
Sep 20, 2021
Question 943: The autodidact’s bible and asking “how’s it going?”
Sep 17, 2021
Question 942: What ACX Debacle?
Sep 16, 2021
Question 941: Literary Contests and Feedback
Sep 15, 2021
Question 940: Fan Fiction, Serials, and Originality
Sep 14, 2021
Feedback: Cultural Appropriation and Courage
Sep 13, 2021
Question 939: Sequencing Books in a Series
Sep 10, 2021
Feedback: Correction About Imperial China
Sep 09, 2021
Introduction to the Eroticism in Storytelling
Sep 07, 2021
The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile Revealed
Sep 04, 2021
Feedback: A Great Beta Reader Hack
Sep 03, 2021
Feedback: Guest Hosts, Ebook Troubles, and Down From Ten
Sep 02, 2021
Questions 938: Balancing Historical Accuracy Against Modern Sensibilities
Sep 01, 2021
Question 937: Con Artists as Characters
Aug 31, 2021
Questions 936: Burner Novels and a Million Words of Crap
Aug 30, 2021
Question 935: Finding Short Story Markets
Aug 27, 2021
Feedback: Books Read Aloud
Aug 26, 2021
Question 934: Chapter Construction
Aug 25, 2021
Question 933: Selecting a Pen Name
Aug 24, 2021
Feedback: On Re-Using Dialog
Aug 23, 2021
Q932: Maintaining Character Tension in an Open-Ended Series
Aug 17, 2021
Question 931: Short Story Self-Pub Strategies and Figuring Cost/Benefit
Aug 16, 2021
Question 930: Paying For Beta Readers
Aug 13, 2021
Feedback: More On Getting Good Audiobooks
Aug 12, 2021
Question 929: Cultural Appropriation
Aug 11, 2021
Question 928: A Message for Kitty
Aug 10, 2021
Question 927: Best Intro to Dan’s Work
Aug 09, 2021
Question 926: Historicals and Research
Aug 06, 2021
Question 925: Becoming a Good Audiobook Reader
Aug 05, 2021
Question 924: Lines You Should Not Cross
Aug 04, 2021
Question 923: Great Friendships in Literature
Aug 03, 2021
Question 922: The Reviewer’s Circuit
Aug 02, 2021
Question 921: Keeping Track of Character Development
Aug 01, 2021
Special Episode: More on the Adult Mindset
Jul 30, 2021
 Question 920: Other Places To Find Audiobooks
Jul 29, 2021
Question 919: Building Up Your Descriptive Skills
Jul 28, 2021
Question 918: Poetry Markets
Jul 27, 2021
Question 917: Code Switching In Fiction
Jul 22, 2021
Questions 916: The Benefits of Writing Poetry
Jul 21, 2021
Mel Todd on KDP Select
Jul 20, 2021
Every Day Novelist Success Stories: Mel Todd
Jul 19, 2021
Question 915: Writer Resume For Queries
Jul 16, 2021
Question 914: After Your First Novel, Where Do You Go?
Jul 15, 2021
Feedback: Nanogang and Thanks
Jul 14, 2021
Question 913: Structure and Joy
Jul 13, 2021
Question 912: Bildungsroman and Adult Mindset
Jul 12, 2021
Questions 911: The Bildungsroman
Jun 30, 2021
Questions 910: Managing Aphasia and Brain Trauma
Jun 29, 2021
Questions 909: Schools of Thought on Revisions
Jun 28, 2021
Questions 908: Losing the Story Thread
Jun 25, 2021
Questions 907: Making Writing a Priority
Jun 24, 2021
Questions 906: Restarting After an Interruption
Jun 23, 2021
Question 905: Balancing World, Plot, and Character
Jun 11, 2021
Questions 904: When Am I An Author?
Jun 10, 2021
Feedback: Writing Religious Themes
Jun 09, 2021
Questions 903: Dyslexia and Writing
Jun 08, 2021
Feedback on Throwing Lead
Jun 07, 2021
Questions 902: Throwing Lead Sequel
Jun 05, 2021
Feedback: Suave Rob Interview
Jun 04, 2021
Question 901: Book Covers
Jun 03, 2021
Questions 900: Too Much Suffering?
Jun 02, 2021
Feedback: Publisher Fit
Jun 01, 2021
Questions 899: Message Fiction
May 26, 2021
Q898: Substack
May 25, 2021
Poetry Corner – The Garden of Prosperine
May 24, 2021
Questions 897: Polymaths and Autodidacts
May 21, 2021
Feedback: Poetry Corner
May 20, 2021
Feedback: Dialog
May 19, 2021
Feedback: Rewriting
May 18, 2021
Poetry Corner: A Poison Tree
May 17, 2021
Feedback: Gaming Your Fiction
May 17, 2021
Questions 896: Religion, Faith, and Authors Who Do
Apr 30, 2021
 Question 895: Story and Originality
Apr 28, 2021
Poetry Corner: The Riddle of the World by Alexander Pope
Apr 27, 2021
Poetry Corner: Invictus by William Earnest Henley
Apr 27, 2021