The Dead Robots' Society

Terry, Paul, and Veronica discuss the latest moves by Spotify to usurp creators' and audiobook narrator's rights. Chat will surely have opinions.

Alternatives to Findaway:

• Author's Republic
• BHF Audi…

Veronica, Terry, and Paul discuss how to make good villains that don't fall into the "nature" or "environment" tropes. In other words, how do we create relatable scumbags? We're sure chat is bereft o…

The DRS Crew are currently editing/beta reading manuscripts and they have more than a few thoughts on the subject. We're sure chat does, too.

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The year is not going well for the DRS Crew, and it just started. So what are they doing to keep on track? Also? Why is chat looking at us like that?

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The DRS crew brainstorms about the technologies we'll need for exploring/inhabiting space. Chat might have opinions, but who cares about them.

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What makes an iconic holiday story? How can you take one of your existing properties and make a holiday narrative out of it? Also? Chat has been bad and gets nothing but coal.

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V goes walkabout for bowling leaving Terry and Paul the odious task of calling out all writers for abusing their beta readers. Or, more accurate, misusing them. Also? There might be something about s…

Why wait for December or the end of the year to make next year's plans? What's wrong with you? Also? What's wrong with chat?

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Veronica and Terry regale Paul and chat with their tales of literary debauchery at the 20Books Vegas conference.

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Join the DRS Crew as they give advice they don't follow as they prepare for writing conferences, publishing books, and, Garaaga forbid, writing them.

Also? Chat is a problem we aim to ignore.

Our lin…

Yay. You finished your novel. Now what? Paul, Terry, and Veronica discuss where to find talent for the things you can't do and how to work with them.

We're certain chat will have their own opinion, b…

Got a boring plot? We got a solution for you.

Chat, however, does not.

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Terry lays out his process and Paul takes him to task for claiming he's having productivity issues. Chat piles on.

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The DRS crew invite chat to ask us anything (within reason, of course). Nothing good come from this...

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DRS Episode 654

Terry asks Paul and V the question: is there such a thing as a bad influence when it comes to movies, books, and other media? Do they have a negative impact on your narratives?

Chat p…

Alternate realities, dimensional shifts, and portals that lead anywhere. Author James Peet joins the DRS Crew to discuss creating alternate worlds as well as some basic rules.

Chat, however, follows …

Gamemaster and RPG designer James Carpio joins the DRS crew to talk RPGs, quick stories, and adventure.

Chat is a constant problem.

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Terry asks about character motivation. Paul provides Voltaire's Candide as an example.

All hell breaks loose with chat.

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Veronica makes the mistake of asking Paul and Terry to help brainstorm a new space western. She should have known better.

As usual, chat is more a hindrance than help.

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Paul, Veronica, and Terry discuss when to cut bait on editing, polishing, and worrying, and when it's time to just hit the damned publish button.

In other news, chat is obnoxious.

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