And actually, now that I look back, I’m glad the protagonist did what he did, because I dreaded the idea of writing a whole novel about a big war. Tolkien did it already, and then Donalson did it in the first Covenant series.

I wonder if we should have an extended cut version of our shows, for the fans who like the longer shows. There are some people you just need to talk to for more than 20 minutes.

We have two new book reviewers who’ve posted 6 new book reviews to the website in the past month or so, and the Library segment is as lively as ever and not going anywhere… in fact, that might expand a little, too.

Matter of fact, Brian and Tim may start adding audio versions of the reviews they’re doing, either in the shows, or as a separate self-contained segment, but we’re still working out the logistics on that part of it.

Trust me, Cover to Cover is not going to be 100% about writing.

Thanks

Summer as to an online resource for Genre bestsellers – Locus Online runs a weekly one. Here is a link – http://www.locusmag.com/2007/2007MonitorArchive.html

I loved the podcaste but wanted to point one thing out about something you said, when talking about asking silly questions of your characters, for example, “What’s your favorite color” so as to open new ways to know the character. I’d like to say though, from my own experience as a writer, that for me, asking the stupid questions becomes a stall tactic. I ask those questions because they’re easy to ask. I end up asking them instead of the one question that not only scares me as a writer, but scares the character. And yet, when I do ask that one heavy hitting question, thats when both the character and I learn something new, and I’ve found that those things are the ones that change the story and make it worth reading.

I’m so glad I listened to this caste. I think y’all got a new fan here and I look forward to future podcastes from you.

Happy Tuesday!

Bliss