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Jul 2020
18m 19s

15.30: Write What You Want To Know, with...

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
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Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Laurell K. Hamilton

We've all heard the "write what you know" rule. Laurell K. Hamilton joined us to talk about how she got started by writing what she wanted to know. In this episode we discuss our various paths to learning the things that fascinate us, and which we want to be able to write about.

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