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b'Let\'s talk about bibles. Specifically, story bibles. What are they, why do we use them, why might we NOT use them, and what tools are working for us?
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\\nHoward again plugs wikidpad, which he converted Brandon to, and which Dan Wells just couldn\'t bring himself to love. Dan uses several different Open Office files. The important thing, though, is that when we need to store information about the book in someplace besides the book itself, we write it down in our story bibles.
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\\nDan talks about his new project, how important the story bible was for that, and what sorts of things absolutely have to go in there. Howard talks about the sorts of Schlock-tech that often end up
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\\nAudiobook Pick-of-the-Week: Freakonomics, by Steven D. Leavitt and Stephen J. Dubner, narrated by Stephen J. Dubner.
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\\nWriting Prompt: Someone is a were-animal. Pick an animal that hasn\'t been done. Were-banana-slug, perhaps?
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\\n9:40 through 10:10: Yes, we went kind of quiet there. Somebody kicked a cable, maybe?
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