Writing About Dragons and Shit

It’s time for another worldbuilding episode - and we decided this time to talk about creating the most powerful beings in fantasy and sci-fi. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about making Religions, Gods, Myths and more! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) h...

We got even more listener questions - so let’s do another listener episode! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Keeping Your Writing Flow, Are Thoughts Important, and Stand Alone with Series Potential! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.c...

We’ve talked here and there about what happens when we come up with an idea for a project - but not how we come up with those ideas. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about the many ways of coming up with ideas and what they do with them. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Blac...

This week we got a bunch of awesome questions and topic suggestions from listeners like you! Yes - YOU! And because of that Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about a bunch of things like; what is “good enough”? More than one point of view? And why do B. Dave and Treavor hate Cabin in the Woods? Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/er...

This week we kick things off with two listener questions! One about writing dark themes and one about short story structure. After that, Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Writing Strengths and leaning into your style. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://t...

This week we got a listener question that brought up two topics we’ve talked about before, but needed some clarification. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis revisit their conversations about Prologues and Info Dumps. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twit...

This week we got together and decided to do one of our good old Tangent episodes! …Except we did do that at all and instead ended up talking about Anti-Heroes and Villains for a whole hour. So, this week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis don’t tangent as much as they thought they would! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B....

We recently talked about forming a writing habit - and doing it intentionally. But what other things can we do to purposefully improve our craft? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about how they have purposefully improved their writing. Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black...

We’re a host down this week, but we decided this was the perfect time to talk about the art of writing comics! This week B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis talk about as many aspects of writing comics as they could think of! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalt...

We’re back! And in our first episode of 2023 we wanted to talk about writing habits that weren’t NaNoWriMo. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about how they went about forming their writing habits and what they do when the habits change. Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Blac...

It’s the last episode of 2022! To celebrate Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis sat down with some mixed drinks and listener questions! So pour a glass of Pepper Nog, get cozy, and relax with us actually managing to answer all of the questions in one episode! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish,...

Like most books things need names - but in Fantasy and Sci-Fi those names are usually made up! So how do you make them up? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about how they go about naming things. Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveW...

NOTE: B. Dave's audio was being weird at the start of the show - but it clears up half-way through and none of us know how or why. Did my best to clean it up. NaNoWriMo is almost over, and many of you are well on your way to finish your first book! Huzaa! But now what? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about what they do when they’ve finished a book - and what they...

This week the gang is back together for another tangent episode! B. Dave checks in with Erin about how the first week of Empire of Exiles has been, Treavor gives an update on NaNoWriMo, and two listeners wrote in with some fun questions (and one of them is about D&D!). Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish,...

This week Treavor Bettis sits down with Erin M. Evans to talk about her brand new book Empire of Exiles ! They discuss everything from how the idea for the book formed, how characters came to be, as well as some writing advice along the way! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twit...

We’ve talked about Worldbuilding in several episodes, but we haven’t gotten to talk about already built worlds and what thoughts went into making them. This week Erin M. Evans takes B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis on a guided tour of the world in her upcoming book Empire of Exiles ! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Da...

It’s October - which only means one thing! NaNoWrMo is upon us! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis take a trip through r/NaNoWrMo and answer some of the questions posted on that lovely subreddit. Is a gentleman’s agreement made at some point? Find out! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened W...

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis sit down with the amazing hosts of Dragon Talk - the Official D&D Podcast! Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble wrote a book about their amazing podcast and the people they’ve gotten to talk to over the years. Tune in for a great discussion about the book and plenty of tangents! Special Guests: Shelly Mazzanoble (Dragon Talk, Confessions...

After having several wonderful guests we’re back to just the three of us - and what better way to get back into the groove than a tangent episode? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Used Book Stores, Horror Stories, Writing Ideas, and Preptober! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darken...

We swear A LOT on this show - but it’s also something that appears often in novels. Whether it’s a good old $%*# or a **** - or something completely made up, swearing happens. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and Special Guest Shanna Germain talk about swearing! Special Guest: Shanna Germain (Monte Cook Games) https://twitter.com/ShannaGermain Starring: Erin M Evans (Brims...

We’ve talked a lot about World Building - but mainly from a Fantasy point of view. Let’s change that! And to help us out we’ve got someone who has actually written a Sci-Fi novel! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and Special Guest Rich Larson Special Guest: Rich Larson (Ymir, Annex) https://richwlarson.tumblr.com/ Buy Ymir Here: https://www.amazon.com/Cypher-Violet-Wars-Ri...

Prophecies - do we love them or hate them? How do we reflect real world issues in fantasy? What’s your favorite monster and why is it a Dragon?! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis and Special Guest Ed McDonald answer these and more! Special Guest: Ed McDonald (Daughter of Redwinter, Raven’s Mark Trilogy) https://twitter.com/EdMcDonaldTFK https://edmcdonaldwriting.com/ Buy Dau...

Hey remember that time we answered questions about Dialogue that Erin had answered years before? Remember how we didn’t finish all the questions? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer a bunch of fun questions about Dialogue! Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)...

How do people write movies?! What does a script even look like? What’s the difference between novels and scripts? This week B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis (we miss you Erin!) talk about film scripts and what goes into them. Starring: Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveW...

Is it future? Or it is past? How do you keep time travel straight in your head while writing? And are there rules of time travel? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, Treavor Bettis, and Special Guest Ren Hutchings talk about Time Travel! Special Guest: Ren Hutchings (Under Fortunate Stars) https://twitter.com/voidcricket Get Ren’s Book Here: https://linktr.ee/underfortunatestars Starring: Er...