Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon

Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include: * As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people's books? * How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else? * (Here are the signs we talked about) * How do you create frightening, unique creatures? * What are the basics about networking at a convention? * Is there a yield for the average story idea? * What rules do you follow and what rules do you break when writing epic fantasy? * What can you do in critique groups to teach craft if you're avoiding prescriptive critique? * How strongly do you believe that the audience won't remember what you've told them, but will remember how you said it?