An Author's Voice

Charlie Forêt on the craft of fiction and the books worth reading. Some episodes take one problem apart: chapter endings, first person, the hero's journey, the humble adverb, editing with OODA loops. Others set books side by side, like The Vor Game against Ender's Game, whether Dungeon Crawler Carl earns its hype, or time-travel stories where knowing the future doesn't help.

Now and then there's a look behind the scenes at building a writing life and publishing independently, and the occasional audio story.

Episodes are short, usually around ten minutes, and a new one comes out most weeks.