Writing Excuses
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Writing Excuses is a fifteen minute long podcast hosted by authors Dan Wells
, Brandon Sanderson
, Mary Robinette Kowal
and web cartoonist Howard Tayler
. Promoted as "fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart", the four hosts discuss different topics involved in the creation and production of genre writing and webcomics.
The single topic is discussed in a back-and-forth by the hosts for fifteen minutes. Halfway through the podcast the hosts introduce a book of the week, either a favorite of the hosts or one of their own works. Writing Excuses has been sponsored by Audible
since October 2009. On numerous occasions, often at conventions, the hosts invite guest authors and industry professions on board for podcast episodes.
At the beginning to Season 6, the podcast added author Mary Robinette Kowal as a new host.
Dan Wells (author)
Dan Wells is an American horror fiction author. A Utah native, he currently resides in Orem, Utah.-Early life:Wells wrote his first novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, when he was in second grade. He followed up with several novellas, a serial and a series of comic books when he was in high school....
, Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native, he currently resides in American Fork, Utah. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University, where he was on the staff of Leading Edge, a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine...
, Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal is an American author and puppeteer. She also served as art director for Shimmer Magazine and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales...
and web cartoonist Howard Tayler
Howard Tayler
Howard V. Tayler is the award-winning creator of the hugely successful webcomic Schlock Mercenary. He worked as a volunteer missionary for the LDS Church, then graduated from Brigham Young University...
. Promoted as "fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart", the four hosts discuss different topics involved in the creation and production of genre writing and webcomics.
Premise
Writing Excuses began in 2008 by the three hosts plus Brandon's brother, Jordan Sanderson who serves as producer. The show was meant to serve as a writing podcast that focused on a single topic and short enough to be listened to on a morning commute or during a lunch break.The single topic is discussed in a back-and-forth by the hosts for fifteen minutes. Halfway through the podcast the hosts introduce a book of the week, either a favorite of the hosts or one of their own works. Writing Excuses has been sponsored by Audible
Audible.com
Audible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers....
since October 2009. On numerous occasions, often at conventions, the hosts invite guest authors and industry professions on board for podcast episodes.
At the beginning to Season 6, the podcast added author Mary Robinette Kowal as a new host.
Awards
- Hugo Awards 2011 (nominated)
- Podcast AwardsPodcast AwardsThe People's Choice Podcast Awards, better known as the Podcast Awards, are an annual set of awards given to the best podcasts as voted by the people...
2010 (nominated) - Parsec AwardsParsec AwardsThe Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...
2010 (winner for Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation) - Parsec Awards 2009 (winner for Best Writing Related Podcast)
See also
- I Should Be Writing
- List of Writing Excuses episodes