15.51: Feedback—When to Listen, and When to Ignore, with special guest Mahtab Narsimhan

15.51: Feedback—When to Listen, and When to I...

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20.52: 2025 End-of-Year Wrap Up

As our 20th season comes to a close, we reflect on the end of 2025 and a major transition for the show, as Dan Wells steps away from Writing Excuses as a full-time core host. Dan shares the thoughtful, hard-won reasoning behind his decision, while the rest of the team reflects on ...  Show more

20.51: Howard Tayler’s Personal Writing Process

A workflow that made daily writing (and comics) possible—Howard Tayler takes us through two decades of the delightfully eccentric process behind Schlock Mercenary: text boxes in landscape Word, laser-printed pages he inked by hand, and a system that kept comics coming even throug ...  Show more

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