Today I just want to give a very quick shout out to Justin Macumber, Terry Mixon and all the other Dead Robots at the Dead Robot Society. I was a little slow in finding out just how good this podcast was but since I have done I have found that it is my favourite writing podcast. It is easily the one that I have learnt the most from and have been influenced a lot about how I write and how I want to approach the business side of writing.

This podcast has a real strong heart to it and there is some amazing banter between the hosts and the guests that they often have on to primarily talk about writing but the hosts do not always stay on topic. I think that is one of the charms of the show though. It comes across as a very laid back, spontaneous podcast which seems to have a little planning but not too much.

The topics they have talk about have covered pretty much every part of writing a novel or short story that I could think off and more. Since listening to this podcast I have more focus in what I am doing and I have learnt a lot about the actual art of writing as well. Things like how to create character depth, and how its easy to go too far into that depth. When to start a story and how not to start a story and a lot more.

It’s great to hear the hosts talk about their love of certain authors and books, and their hatred (Listen to Ryan’s hate love of Twilight) Each of the hosts that are on the show or have been on the show have brought a different perspective to writing and each one I have taken something from.

If you are a writer then I strongly believe that you should give this podcast a go. Listen to four or five episodes and get a feel for it. Too me its essential listening and I am loving listening to the backlog. I’ve just listened to their 200th episode and I really can’t wait till I’m up to date with the show. Keep it going Robots.

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Here’s the link to their website: http://deadrobotssociety.com/