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DEEP CUTS Episode 20: Storytelling and Learning in Video Games
Mark Ollila, founding director of the Endless Games and Learning Lab at Learning at Arizona State University, chats with Scott about the future of video games. Can you someday get...
DEEP CUTS Episode 20: Storytelling and Learning in Video Games
Mark Ollila, founding director of the Endless Games and Learning Lab at Learning at Arizona State University, chats with Scott about the future of video games. Can you someday get...

DEEP CUTS Episode 19: Writing Fiction for Disney with author Jennifer Brody
Guest Jennifer Brody, also known as Disney Chills author Vera Strange, talks about what it’s like to write fiction for the biggest storytelling company in the world. We also ask...
DEEP CUTS Episode 19: Writing Fiction for Disney with author Jennifer Brody
Guest Jennifer Brody, also known as Disney Chills author Vera Strange, talks about what it’s like to write fiction for the biggest storytelling company in the world. We also ask...

DEEP CUTS Episode 18: From indie to traditional publishing with Brian Asman, author of GOOD DOGS
Guest Brian Asman discusses his move from indie horror author to traditional publishing for his new novel GOOD DOGS (which hit stores the day this episode was released). Indie authors...
DEEP CUTS Episode 18: From indie to traditional publishing with Brian Asman, author of GOOD DOGS
Guest Brian Asman discusses his move from indie horror author to traditional publishing for his new novel GOOD DOGS (which hit stores the day this episode was released). Indie authors...

DEEP CUTS Episode 17: Writing firearms — how much detail is needed?
Guest Chris Grall, author of TRIGGER GUARD: A WRITER’S GUIDE TO FIREARMS, discusses how to use guns properly in fiction. How much do you need to know about guns to...
DEEP CUTS Episode 17: Writing firearms — how much detail is needed?
Guest Chris Grall, author of TRIGGER GUARD: A WRITER’S GUIDE TO FIREARMS, discusses how to use guns properly in fiction. How much do you need to know about guns to...

DEEP CUTS Episode 16: Audio drama basics with Travis Vengroff of Fool & Scholar Productions
Full-cast audio dramas dominate the podcasting charts. Producers have to write the scripts, cast the talent, do all the sound effects, the music, the editing… it’s a ton of work....
DEEP CUTS Episode 16: Audio drama basics with Travis Vengroff of Fool & Scholar Productions
Full-cast audio dramas dominate the podcasting charts. Producers have to write the scripts, cast the talent, do all the sound effects, the music, the editing… it’s a ton of work....

DEEP CUTS Episode 15: The Role of a Publisher
From manuscript to marketplace, what exactly does a publisher do? We cover the big picture and explain how the large houses do it but focus on our two-person shop –...
DEEP CUTS Episode 15: The Role of a Publisher
From manuscript to marketplace, what exactly does a publisher do? We cover the big picture and explain how the large houses do it but focus on our two-person shop –...

DEEP CUTS Episode 14: Our Podcasting Tools of the Trade
We cover the gear we use for podcasting and offer tips and tricks garnered from our 20 years in the podcasting biz. If you’re podcasting, you need a website....
DEEP CUTS Episode 14: Our Podcasting Tools of the Trade
We cover the gear we use for podcasting and offer tips and tricks garnered from our 20 years in the podcasting biz. If you’re podcasting, you need a website....

DEEP CUTS Episode 13: ALIENS ROMULUS – Keeping continuity in a 45-year-old franchise
Write an ALIEN movie that holds continuity across the entire franchise. Easy, right? Wrong! We break down the challenges facing director Fede Alvarez for his cinematic spectacular ALIENS: ROMULUS. ...
DEEP CUTS Episode 13: ALIENS ROMULUS – Keeping continuity in a 45-year-old franchise
Write an ALIEN movie that holds continuity across the entire franchise. Easy, right? Wrong! We break down the challenges facing director Fede Alvarez for his cinematic spectacular ALIENS: ROMULUS. ...

DEEP CUTS Episode 12: Tools of the Trade for Scif-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Authors
If you want to write fiction, all you need is a computer and MS Word, right? Wrong! There is far more to creating than that. Number-one New York Times bestselling...
DEEP CUTS Episode 12: Tools of the Trade for Scif-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Authors
If you want to write fiction, all you need is a computer and MS Word, right? Wrong! There is far more to creating than that. Number-one New York Times bestselling...