Dead Robots' Society: Recent Episodes
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The Dead Robots' Society, a gathering of aspiring writers podcasting to other aspiring writers, hoping to help each other along the way to the promised land of publication.
Terry and Paul are wrapping up their respective series. The DRS Crew discusses the challenges of ending a multi-book series and how they plan to accomplish it. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site:...
The DRS Crew considers the question: when do you decide to rewrite or just slog on through and fix it in the edit? Chat will probably bring a napkin with a plot scribbled on it. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site:...
Your words are terrible. You hate them. But does that make them bad? Terry and Paul, sans Veronica, discuss. Chat will present a napkin doodle made with ketchup as their magnum opus. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site:...
Author, film maker, and publisher Charlie Brown joins the DRS Crew to discuss his kickstarter, his new magazine, and causes general mischief. Chat is not helpful in keeping us on topic. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley...
Warp drives. Wormholes. Infinite Improbability. How do you get your characters from one place to another over interstellar distances? The DRS Crew warms up their dilithium crystals, opens a space/time anomaly, and summons an infinite number of monkeys...
What's the difference between you and your brand? The DRS Crew discuss. Chat, on the other hand, will likely bring iron. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site:...
Do props, outlines, and other aids actually help in the writing? The DRS Crew ponders. Chat, as per usual, is chewing on lead paint chips Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's...
Do you love dystopia and cataclysm tropes? Why? Veronica, Paul, and Terry discuss. Chat has the nuclear launch codes, and we are very afraid. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com...
Terry, V, and Paul discuss that whole "getting back on the horse after life tries to kill it" thing. Chat has promised us a glue factory. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com...
Veronica, Terry, and Paul discuss including drugs, weapons, and other potentially controversial elements in your stories. Chat, no doubt on illicit substances, will provide comic relief. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's...
Veronica, Terry, and Paul discuss how to reset those bad habits and declutter your writing. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica:...
Paul, Terry, and Veronica discuss genre jumping and the art of leaving easter eggs in your work. Chat will no doubt be eating crayons. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's...
Paul and Terry discuss plot versus pacing and take questions from chat. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica:...
You published a book. Now what do you do to sell it? Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica: http://www.voicesbyveronica.com/ Enjoy...
Terry, Veronica, and Paul try and answer the question: how do you measure your long-term success as a creator? Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site:...
Veronica, Terry, and Paul discuss publishing rights, what to sell, and the deals to avoid. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica:...
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: Alternatives to Spotify: Bandcamp Apple Music Amazon Music Our links:...
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 of utter scum, although JR might count. Our links:...
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. Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com...
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? Our links: Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site:...
Paul, Terry, and Veronica discuss how NOT to organize by being examples of utter failure. But, we'll tell YOU how to do it! Also? Chat does not respect our authority.
Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica: http://www.voicesbyveronica.com/
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Terry, Paul, and Veronica discuss the perils of the publishing process. Also? Chat is not alliterative.
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DRS Episode 640 - Instead of Pitch Deck, Here's Us
Paul and Terry attempt to pacify chat when V goes walkabout. Hilarity ensues.
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Join Paul, Terry, and Veronica for an hour of ghosts in the machine. If chat will let us.
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DRS Episode 641 - Pitch Deck Returns!
Terry, Paul, and V come up with plots for the pitch deck cards chosen by chat. Nothing good will come from this. We promise.
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Author and friend of the show joins Terry, Veronica, and Paul to discuss his first novel. Prepare to roast, joke, and maybe even learn something.
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DRS Episode 638 - AI Seances, Bad Haircuts, and Surprises
After Paul shares a story about AIs, the crew descend into utter madness of story ideas, esoterica, and utter nonsense. Chat, of course, is no help at all keeping us on topic.
Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica: http://www.voicesbyveronica.com/
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DRS Episode 639 - Patreon, BMAC, and Kofi
Terry and Paul share how they use Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Kofi to help support their writing and podcasting. There's also some discussion about Donna Summers...
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DRS Episode 637 - Advice for Paul
Paul goes walkabout leaving Terry and Veronica without a topic. As such, Paul becomes the topic. Let the roast begin!
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DRS Episode 634 - Expectations
The crew attempt to stay on topic after having been hijacked the week before...
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DRS Episode 635 - Sidekicks, Overlords, and Too Damned Many Words
Are your secondary characters sidekicks? Are your protags really evil cat overlords? How many words are too many? Terry, Veronica, and Paul try to stay on topic despite chat's evil temptations.
Paul's store: https://payhip.com/paulecooley Paul's site: https://shadowpublications.com Terry's site: https://www.terrymixon.com/ Veronica: http://www.voicesbyveronica.com/
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DRS Episode 636 - Science! Story Bibles! Newsletters?
Paul nerds out on science, Terry laments his story bible situation, and we never get near the topic of newletters because of chat. That's right, we blame chat.
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DRS Episode 633 - Frazzlement and Hospitals
Paul is a stressed out insomniac, Terry has too many cats, and Veronica refuses to be in charge.
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DRS Episode 632 - In All Seriousness...
Paul and Terry host an April Fool's episode and, as expected, things go awry.
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DRS Episode 631 - Off The Rails
Veronica suggested a topic. Paul tries to introduce said topic. The show immediately spirals off into pop culture, movies, and lint rollers.
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DRS Episode 630 - Character Complexity
Terry, Veronica, and Paul ponder how to make characters pop, our favorite fictional characters and dynamics, and, of course, many cats make an appearance.
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DRS Episode 629 - Planning, Goals, and FAILURE
Terry, Veronica, and Paul discuss how to plan and what to do when you fail. Spoiler alert--lots of failure.
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DRS Episode 628 - Plot This!
Authors Roland Denzel and Troy Lambert join Terry, Veronica, and Paul to discuss Plottr, an application for storytellers, and the importance of story bibles, plotting epic tales, and a general discussion of our individual processes.
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Paul and Terry discuss changing the game, changing trajectory, and finding new ways to succeed.
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DRS Episode 612 Terry and Paul riff on the future of The Black audio, the hell of genres, and avoiding the dreaded "dud."
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DRS Episode 609 - Covers, Cats, Pacing, and Memes
Covers can ruin a sale, cats can ruin a podcast.
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DRS Episode 611 - Change, Aliens, and Story
Terry hates change and Paul says "don't contact the aliens!"
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DRS Episode 610 - Kickstarters, Hard Sci-Fi, Social Evolution
Kickstarters are kicking it for some writers. Also, is it okay to NOT be hard sci-fi?
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DRS Episode 608
Terry and Paul discuss the various expected lengths of books and stories, Meta, and a slew of other nonsense.
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Terry and Paul talk nonsense, answer questions, tell jokes, and actually impart some writing/publishing advice, all while entertaining our listeners/viewers.
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DRS Episode 605 - Edits, Deadlines, and Oceania
Terry and Paul discuss their deadlines, editing issues, and, of course, The Black: Oceania
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Terry and Paul compare edits, audiobook strategies, and a strange aside about the Dune movie.
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