Ex Urbe Ad Astra #12 - Pacing with Ken Liu

In this episode, Ada and Jo discuss the merits of good pacing across a range of story lengths with Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Ken Liu.

A damn delightful listen

I listened to this because I loved Ada Palmer's Too Like the Lightning and Ken Liu's The Paper Menagerie. This episode met and far exceeded my expectations. It makes me want to listen to the other 11 episodes posted as of writing---once I've squeezed the juices from this episode, of course. I've never read Jo Walton's work, but this podcast got me curious about that, too.

I write and I listen to a lot of writing podcasts and videos, and I often find my eyes glaze over when the hosts retread familiar ideas. I never felt that way listening to this episode. Every point felt a delightfully fresh and interesting and grounded. I found a lot to love and to apply in this episode, so much so that I want to listen to it again so I can get it all down. I can't recommend this episode strongly enough, and I've got my eye on the rest of the podcast and on new episodes as well.