We’re baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!
Sorry for the skip in the weeks. We’ve been kind of busy these past few weeks. Let us bring you up to speed!
00:00 — Introduction
- Creeping towards Show #100….
- Missed a week here and there, but we are on a….somewhat regular-ish schedule?
- Sure, we got some feedback in the hopper, but we’re going to focus on something else…
- Pip’s got a new book out! Have you got your copy of Immortal Progeny yet?
- Tee’s trying to keep up with writing, but his Dad has not been making things easy…
- The K.T. Brisket has been perfected. So we’re waiting for K.T. to come back for another visit!
03:58 — Episode 73: Something Old, Something New
- I ask again—have you got your copy of Immortal Progeny yet?
- This is her first solo book since Harbinger!
- A synopsis…with drop-in’s.
- What took this book so long?
- Pip goes deep into an epic fantasy locked in a religious war, and two more are coming…
- While Pip has been working on Immortal Progeny, Tee gets tapped by Wiley Publishing again!
- Podcasting for Dummies, 2nd Edition hit the shelves over a decade ago.
- On the third royalty check for this decade-old book, Tee started making calls.
- In February, offers were made. In March, contracts were signed.
- Coming to shelves in September 2017 — Podcasting for Dummies, 3rd Edition. BETTER. STRONGER. FASTER.
- Anyone remember the iRiver?
- Updating a decade-old book…
- So what happened today? Somebody asked Tee about Billibub Baddings.
- Tee’s done with Billi. Here’s why…
- But if Tee wants to move forward, why is he going back to Podcasting for Dummies?
- What sets The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences apart from Billi or Rafe? More stories, more opportunities…
- When working on titles, it’s not about the art. It’s about paying bills. It’s about survival. It’s about business.
- A lesson for writers with Elizabeth Bear from Edgar Allan Poe…
- Tee doesn’t want to phone it in…and there was a nagging voice Tee was haunted by…
- Even Pip wants Tee to get back to DOPE.
- A full plate. That is what is going on in 2017—a full friggin’ plate.
- Tee is picking a direction. It is forward.
31:46 — Writers Off the Clock
- We prefer to be positive in our Writers Off the Clock segment…but we’re talking about Marvel’s Iron Fist.
- Was it the whitewashing? Nope. Was it Finn Jones? Nope. (But he did not help his case at all.)
- WHO’S TO BLAME? THE WRITERS!
- Iron Fist is what happens when a project is rushed.
- PROPS TO THE LADIES!!!
- This is a first draft. A terrible first draft. LET’S FILM IT!
- Another problem I got: The way martial arts are handled.
- Absolute amateur hour.
- When you watch Into the Badlands, this is your bar, Marvel Entertainment. You have to clear it.
- What was Marvel doing? Cutting corners with martial arts? In Iron Fist?
- QUICK UPDATE FROM TEE ON FINISHING IRON FIST
- The script remained throughout a real disservice to the actors.
- This isn’t all Finn Jones’ fault.
- The big finale…meh.
- Lots of time in corporate boardrooms…or BOREDrooms?
- Does Finn Jones get a pass for not knowing martial arts? EXHIBIT A: The Matrix.
- Iron Fist was a rushed project, and it shows.
47:43 — The Wrap-Up
- Hey, Marvel, don’t like our compinions? FIGHT US!
- Call us at 703.791.1701 (now accessible through the Instagram app!)
- Send Tee email — tee@teemorris.com
- Send Pip email — pip@pjballantine.com
- …or find us on social media everywhere.
- What’s coming in 2017…
- 28-30 April, RavenCon 12 in Williamsburg, VA
- 18 – 21 May, The Nebula Awards Conference in Pittsburgh, PA (It will be Katie, Tee, and Pip…along with others from the Smoky Retreat!)
- Tee and Pip will be visiting Balticon…
- Events in the works…
- A steampunk tea in Ellicott City, Maryland…
- Guest speakers at a Mystery conference…
- …and a return to Revel Grove in October!
- And Tee isn’t busy enough so he’s launch a new podcast all about the video game, Destiny!
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