Weekly Writing Report: Recent Episodes
Lance Schonberg
Talking through my writing journey and the topics I think about or develop along the way. This is not a fiction podcast, but that's coming.
Show Notes for Episode 7: A Quick Look Back at 2022, 04 January 2023
0:00 Intro
1:09 The Report – a few numbers to give an idea of last week’s writing
1:43 Announcements are mostly getting saved for next week
2:15 The Topic – A whirlwind recap of what I accomplished in writing during 2022/
5:01 Outro – mentioning my shop, the sample ebooks, and a quick licensing notice.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.
Show Notes for Episode 6: Too Many Stories, 08 November 2022
0:00 Intro
0:34 The Report – more a general update on how I've been spending my limited writing time
1:04 Announcements
There are creative writing courses at my university and my writing samples got me into one for the coming term.
1:38 The Topic – Too many stories. (And too many ideas for more.)
6:42 Outro – mentioning my shop, Patreon, and a quick licensing notice.
8:23 Blooper – the first one that didn't annoy me enough that it would need an explicit tag to include.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.
Show Notes for Episode 5: Does Word Count Matter?, 01 November 2022
0:00 Intro
0:44 The Report – more a general update on how I've been spending my limited writing time
1:45 Announcements
My flash story "Boom-daze" appeared on episode 737 of the Manawaker Studios Flash Fiction Podcast. Find it here.
"Doors and Shadows" a Fantasy short story has been selected for the upcoming Flame Tree Press anthology "Hidden Realms". Announced here.
4:30 The Topic – Does word count matter? Short answer = yes. Longer answer also = yes, but for specific reasons.
7:02 Outro– mentioning my shop, Patreon, and a quick licensing notice.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.
Show Notes for Episode 4: Middle-Aged Man as Full-Time Student, 25 October 2022
0:00 Intro
1:15 The Report – more a general update on how I've been spending my limited writing time
2:25 Announcements
My flash story "Boom-daze" appeared on episode 737 of the Manawaker Studios Flash Fiction Podcast. Find it here.
"Doors and Shadows" a Fantasy short story has been selected for the upcoming Flame Tree Press anthology "Hidden Realms". Announced here.
I've started work on the cover for Big Hair Day, a coming of age story set in 1986.
4:30 The Topic – Middle Aged Man as Full-Time Student. Going back to school at age 50, what that's done to my writing so far, and how it might affect it in the years ahead.
11:19 Special Bonus Announcement
11:54 Outro– mentioning my shop, Patreon, and a quick licensing notice.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.
Middle-Aged Man theme song intro lovingly borrowed from a YouTube recording of a 1990 SNL skit starring Mike Meyers.
Show Notes for Episode 3: Lengths of Fiction, 30 August 2022
0:00 Intro
0:33 The Report – Word Count for the week and progress note on The Memory Project.
1:18 Announcement – Recording update for Small Realities and what it means for the secret launch date.
2:35 The Topic – Lengths of Fiction. What a writer (at least a SF or F writer) usually means when they my four-draft writing process (five if you count the outline when it happens, six if you count the read-through and note taking between the 2nd and 3rd drafts)
8:09 Outro– mentioning my shop, Patreon, and a quick licensing notice.
Errata: If an error makes it all the way through my production process until the final listen through, I think leaving it in helps keep me honest and work harder to catch them. It’s tough being human sometimes. This week’s error, in among trying to figure out what that noise was (can anyone else hear it?) and eliminate it, I completely missed that I said a Drabble is exactly 1000 words. It’s not. A Drabble is exactly 100 words, which makes what I say right afterward make sense.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.
A short podcast, talking through my writing journey and some of the thoughts that occur to me along the way. Not a fiction podcast, but a podcast about writing. Mostly my writing. This week's topic is my fiction-writing process.
Show notes:
0:00 Intro
0:32 The Report – Word Count for the week and progress note on The Memory Project.
1:06 Announcement – Recording has started for my planned fiction podcast, Small Realities. It will launch when I’ve recorded and edited enough to get to the end of the year.
1:40 The Topic – my four-draft writing process (five if you count the outline when it happens, six if you count the read-through and note taking between the 2nd and 3rd drafts)
6:32 Outro – mentioning my shop, Patreon, and a quick licensing notice.
Errata: in the intro, I reported the date as the 22nd of August instead of the 23rd. I think this was probably because I updated my notes/script last night and didn’t think about it too closely. Probably won't happen again.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.
A quick introduction to my plans for this podcast, talking through my writing journey and some of the thoughts that occur to me along the way. Not a fiction podcast, but a podcast about writing. Mostly my writing.
Show Notes:
- 0:00 Opening & Intro – very quick introduction to the podcast and what it’s for.
- 0:43 Topic – talking about what this podcast will be for me and the format for future episodes.
- 1:51 The Report – word count, stories completed, and what the current major project is.
- 3:17 Announcement – I have an ebook about to launch on Amazon and in my shop.
- 4:01 More Topic – just a little more detail on plans for this podcast.
- 4:40 Outro – which will be shorter next time, mentioning my shop, Patreon, and a quick licensing notice.
Stay safe and be well, everyone.
Intro Music courtesy of Music_For_Videos on Pixabay Music.
Outro Music courtesy of Coma Media on Pixabay Music.
Transition Typewriter Sounds courtesy of monotraum on Pixabay Sounds.