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b'James Dashner and Julie Wright join Brandon and Dan for an episode about what Lou Anders called "Mating Plumage" back in this 2008 episode of Writing Excuses recorded at Denvention. Lou was just referring to covers, but for this \'cast Dan has extended the metaphor to include \\xa0titles and first lines.
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\\nThese are the three things that are best positioned to quickly "sell" a book. But to whom? And why?
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\\nThe crew talks about their experiences with each of these. Yes, we judge books by covers, and no, writers don\'t have any control over them. We have a little more control of our titles, and still more over our first lines. \\xa0Humorous and tragic anecdotes follow, along with a great example of a first line from Barbara Hambly.
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\\nAudiobook Pick-of-the-Week: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
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\\nWriting Prompt: Julie Wright, when offered the chance to use the word" monkey," came up with "I can\'t believe you did this to me." James suggested "Brandon and Julie go on safari and get attacked by monkeys." Plenty of material there. PLENTY.
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\\nBig Hugs One Last Time: With the absence of Producer Jordo and Former Audio Engineer Howard (neither of whom could make it to CONduit) Revan and Malek of\\xa0Dungeon Crawlers Radio stepped up and made each of these last FIVE EPISODES of Writing Excuses possible. We owe them big-time, and you should go check out their podcast.
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\\nI bet it\'s about puppies: I Don\'t Want to Kill You, by Dan Wells.
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