Writing About Dragons and Shit

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This is the official podcast feed for Writing About Dragons and Shit - a podcast about writing with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. Each week B Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Idle Champions Presents), Erin M. Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers), and Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Psychology). New Episodes go live every Friday.

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Writing About Dragons and Shit

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Ep. 203: Treavor’s WIP 10.07.2026 1:13:09

This week Erin M. Evans asks Treavor questions about his work in progress and how things are going with it. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/pro...

Ep. 202: The RPG Musical 03.07.2026 54:51

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about villains winning, mental health, character relationships, and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wi...

Ep. 201: The One After 200 26.06.2026 1:00:13

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about using other languages, character relationships, tough subjects, and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darke...

Episode 200 LIVE! 19.06.2026 1:10:31

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis celebrate our 200TH EPISODE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters....

Ep. 199: Weird Sexy Narnia with Sarah Rees Brenan 22.05.2026 1:07:47

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Sarah Rees Brenan! They’ll talk about Weird Stuff and Things That Get Left in the Draft. Special Guest: Sarah Rees Brenan (Long Live Evil, All Hail Chaos) https://www.sarahreesbrennan.com/ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Em...

Ep. 198: The Sauce is in the Pants 15.05.2026 1:01:51

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer more questions from awesome listeners like you! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky...

Ep. 197: The Webbing of a Novel 01.05.2026 1:04:05

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Your Story’s Hot Sister, Radio Dramas, and Too Many Twists. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Blac...

Ep. 196: Weird Cities with Premee Mohamed 28.04.2026 59:28

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Premee Mohamed to talk about Weird Cities and giving setting texture! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Special Guest: Preemie Mohamed (The Siege of Burning Grass, Wickhills) Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/premeemohamed.com Instagram: https://www...

Ep. 195: Now Kiss 17.04.2026 1:05:33

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Finishing Projects, ADHD, and Minor Characters! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice...

Ep. 194: A Tricky Back Issue with Celeste Bonaventure 10.04.2026 1:20:56

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Jenn Collignon, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Writing Time, Pen Names, Marketing and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social Jenn Collignon (A Little Luck,...

Ep. 193: Finding Characters Revisited 04.04.2026 1:04:27

This week Erin M. Evans, Jenn Collignon, and Treavor Bettis revisit Finding Characters! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social Jenn Collignon (A Little Luck, A Second Story) https://linktr.ee/jennsbookshelf_?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6a71ed30-f9c4-410...

Ep. 192: Endings with Corry L. Lee 27.03.2026 1:01:50

This week the incredible Corry L. Lee returns to talk with Erin M. Evans, Jenn Collignon, and Treavor Bettis to talk about Endings and Character Tragectories! Special Guest: Corry L. Lee www.corrylee.com Instagram @corryllee Find their books here! Amazon Bookshop.org B&N Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) ht...

Ep. 191: Writing Retreats 20.03.2026 58:16

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis talk about Writing Retreats and what they are like. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore) https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social Join the Discord! https://di...

Ep. 190: Bullying Time Zones 13.03.2026 1:09:06

This week Jenn Collignon returns! She joins Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis to answer questions about Brick Walls, Chronic Illness, and Types of Writers. Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social Jenn Collignon (A Little Luck, A Second Story) https://linktr.ee/jennsbooks...

Ep. 189: “I’m Not Sticking My Finger in Some Guy’s Bullet Hole” with Jeremy Szal 06.03.2026 1:14:46

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Jeremy Szal! Together they talk about Anti-Heroes and What He Learned After Finishing His Series. Special Guest: Jeremy Szal (Stormblood, Blindspace) https://jeremyszal.com/ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social...

Ep. 188: A Supportive Trisep 27.02.2026 1:02:39

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Dragons, Short POVs, Mixing Genres, and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky...

Ep. 187: Zoom Zoom Zoom 20.02.2026 1:04:07

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Beats and Midpoints, Scene Time, Word Count, and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters...

Episode 186: F*ck Them Heroes 13.02.2026 1:01:00

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Info Dumping, Character Tags, Interesting Characters, and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bda...

Ep. 185: Don’t Risk Finding Out 30.01.2026 58:23

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Interesting Characters, Writing Groups, Psychic Distance, and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile...

Ep. 184: A Snotty Little Shimmy 23.01.2026 1:03:17

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Writing the Middle, Are We the Baddies, Structure and more! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewa...

Ep. 183: Structure Revisited 16.01.2026 1:06:49

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis revisit B. Dave’s favorite topic - Structure! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Dif...

Ep. 182: Anything is Massagable 09.01.2026 1:11:20

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis return to email questions after way too long a time! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bett...

Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 12: These Characters F**k ...in a Taco Bell 02.01.2026 1:12:46

This week Erin, B. Dave, and Treavor decide if fictional characters make love, fuck, or think they fuck. If you want to listen to more Tangents episodes you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/writingaboutdragons

Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 5: Say Hi to Your Milky 6 For Me 26.12.2025 59:23

We're off the last two weeks of the year - so to make up for that here is a bonus episode that was a Patreon Exclusive! This week Erin talks about a misunderstanding and Treavor and B. Dave yell about the Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker for 40 minutes. If you want to hear more of our Tangent episodes you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/writingaboutdragons

Ep. 181: Magic & Factions 19.12.2025 1:07:07

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer two questions about Magic Systems and Making Factions! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Tre...