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A Fun Teaser

July 8, 2022 /

I Did a Podcast About Writing…

With John Goodwin for the Writers of the Future Podcast. I always have a lot of fun talking with John and I think that comes across here.

This is a very short teaser they put together on YouTube for the podcast I did with them, with a bunch of pictures of me and others at the event. One picture you can see me and my long-time good friends Keven J. Anderson and Rob Sawyer. Fun picture.

So take a look. The topic of this teaser is a Hubbard essay on writing that even going on a hundred years after he wrote it is worth the time to read.

And yes, I still have the long hair and yes, it still looks like that. (grin)

Hope you listen to the entire podcast and if you like it, let John know.

ANOTHER TOPIC…

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2 Comments

  • Linda Niehoff

    July 9, 2022 at 2:51 pm

    Loved the interview. It’s always so inspiring to hear your origin story. Here’s a question. You mention that writing slow is deadly and you started writing faster and getting published. I think I remember you touching on that briefly in another class. I’m assuming in this instance you’re talking about slow being endlessly tinkering and rewriting and second guessing yourself, correct? I know speed=more time in the chair. So I’m assuming slow means endlessly going back over it? Also I’d love to read “One Last Dance”! When is it coming back out?? 😉

    • dwsmith

      July 9, 2022 at 7:50 pm

      “One Last Dance” has never been out of print. I wrote it, while moving, sitting on a bed with my electric typewriter on a box, in about two hours to hit the deadline.

      Yes, slow was what English teachers taught. Many rewrites, trying to make everything perfect even though I didn’t have a clue what perfect might be, let alone that there are no perfect stories.

      Seven years of that, no sales or even personal rejections. When I found Heinlein’s Rules is when everything changed and I started selling.

      Glad you liked the interview.