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b'You love \'em, we love \'em, and there\'s never a shortage of questions so here\'s another another fast-paced Q&A. Here are the questions that we field in this episode:
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\\n\\t* How do you prepare to write?
\\n\\t* How do you write stories that are important without being heavy-handed?
\\n\\t* Magical realism vs. Fantasy -- what\'s the difference?
\\n\\t* Do you have recommendations or techniques for serving as a beta reader? (Here\'s the promised liner-note bit from Mary.)
\\n\\t* Is it possible to do a serial with short stories and novellas all in the same setting?
\\n\\t* Why do publishers say they want crossed-genre books, but they\'re not publishing crossed-genre books?
\\n\\t* Picture books and books for beginning readers: can you \'cast on this for us? (Answer: not until we\'ve got an expert guest in that field. If you want that info, go to SCBWI.org)
\\n\\t* Can you do a \'cast on reading aloud? (Answer: yes. This is not that \'cast.)
\\n\\t* What is the primary thing you\'ve learned from reading Literary Fiction that has informed your Genre Fiction writing?
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