Episodes

  • 32: Jenni Hill

    32: Jenni Hill
    19 Jul 2021
    Jenni Hill (Editorial Director of Orbit Books) joins Antony for our first episode with a non-author, to talk about being a book shepherd, the beauty contest of acquisitions, and how the job involves much less actual editing than you might think.
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    53 min
  • 31: Simon Scarrow

    31: Simon Scarrow
    7 Jun 2021
    Simon Scarrow (Eagles of the Empire, Blackout) joins Antony to discuss balancing research with the needs of a story, how every reader creates their own version of a book, and why Italian tomatoes still haunt him.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 30: Jody Houser

    30: Jody Houser
    10 May 2021
    Jody Houser (Critical Role, Doctor Who) joins Antony to talk about finding new directions in existing properties, whether thinking about writing counts as writing, and getting irate about notes.
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    1 hr and 6 min
  • 29: Helene Wecker

    29: Helene Wecker
    19 Apr 2021
    Helene Wecker (The Golem and the Djinni, The Hidden Palace) joins Antony to discuss telling details, research that both enlightens and frustrates, and pulling the spine out of a manuscript.
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    1 hr and 13 min
  • 28: Vinay Patel

    28: Vinay Patel
    22 Mar 2021
    Vinay Patel (Doctor Who, Murdered by My Father) joins Antony to talk about using practice to push yourself, focusing on nailing the parts only you can do, and the balance between empathy and sympathy.
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    1 hr and 14 min
  • 27: Bonnie MacBird

    27: Bonnie MacBird
    1 Mar 2021
    Bonnie MacBird (Tron, Sherlock Holmes) joins Antony to discuss applying cinematic writing to prose, why truth is important even in fiction, and the joys and dangers of writing a beloved character.
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    1 hr and 6 min
  • 26: Joshua Hale Fialkov

    26: Joshua Hale Fialkov
    1 Feb 2021
    Joshua Hale Fialkov (Chicago Med, The Bunker) joins Antony to talk about collaboration in TV, being too mainstream for indie (but too indie for the mainstream), and solving problems instead of creating them.
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    1 hr and 12 min
  • 25: Ram V

    25: Ram V
    18 Jan 2021
    Ram V (Paradiso, Catwoman) joins Antony to discuss being a planner who doesn't stick to the plan, making sure every scene exists for more than one reason, and hating structural changes.
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    54 min