Guest Jennifer Brody , also known as Disney Chills author Vera Strange , talks about what it’s like to write fiction for the biggest storytelling company in the world. We also ask a ton of questions about her new novel, A SACRIFICE OF BLOOD AND STARS. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Edited by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment You killed 101 dalmatians, and you need a storefront to sell that one-of-a-kind coat? Save ...
Oct 08, 2024•39 min
The Victims. They are damaged people, the dregs of a far-future, post-apocalyptic North America. Victims know how to throw blades. They are dangerous . They are also desired . Lisa just wants to enjoy New Year's Eve in San Francisco. A man named Fish is about to spoil that fun. Written and performed by Scott Sigler . Edited by A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Throw down with the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG. Your sharp-edged blade will s...
Oct 06, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Guest Brian Asman discusses his move from indie horror author to traditional publishing for his new novel GOOD DOGS (which hit stores the day this episode was released). Indie authors know the grind of doing everything by themselves, from writing to publishing to marketing to promotion and on and on. What’s it like for an indie author with a hit novel under his belt to get a support team behind him? Listen in and find out. Brian’s 2021 indie novel MAN, F**K THIS HOUSE put him on the map and led ...
Oct 01, 2024•34 min
Since moving into the perfect apartment, Robert has lost all of his friends. That’s okay because the entries in the diary he found there speak to him through their tales of the past, tales filled with isolation and betrayal. And all will soon be well because Robert is about to make a new friend… a forever friend. Written and performed by Scott Sigler . Edited by A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Break out of your isolation with the GoDadd...
Sep 29, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Guest Chris Grall , author of TRIGGER GUARD: A WRITER’S GUIDE TO FIREARMS, discusses how to use guns properly in fiction. How much do you need to know about guns to get them right in your stories? Is there a reference book that explains it all? Because the Chicago Manual of Style and AP Guide do not provide consistent guidelines. What you’ve learned about guns from movies and TV is often flat-out wrong. Grall gives you the goods. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Production Assistance by Al...
Sep 24, 2024•34 min
An apartment building is full of closed doors, and behind them, dark stories that you'll never know. If misery loves company, it absolutely hates being lonely. Written and performed by Scott Sigler . Edited by A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This heartbreaking short story is thanks to GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, which slams the door on 99% of your cost of the first year of a three-year new domain registration. Learn more about your ad...
Sep 22, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Full-cast audio dramas dominate the podcasting charts. Producers have to write the scripts, cast the talent, do all the sound effects, the music, the editing… it’s a ton of work. Fool & Scholar Production’s Travis Vengroff joins us to talk about the work that goes into this art form. With popular dramas like THE WHITE VAULT, VAST HORIZONS, and DARK DICE under his belt, he knows of what he speaks. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by ...
Sep 17, 2024•40 min
In space, no one can hear you scream, but your buddy's cooking sure does smell delicious. A scifi-horror story that will make your mouth water. Written and performed by Scott Sigler . Edited by A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This delicious short story is free thanks to the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, which saves 99% on year one of a new three-year domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 15, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
From manuscript to marketplace, what exactly does a publisher do? We cover the big picture and explain how the large houses do it but focus on our two-person shop – how does Empty Set get so much done? Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Every small business – publishers included – needs a website. The GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG lops 99% off the first year of a 3-year registration for a new domain. Learn more a...
Sep 10, 2024•39 min
The second round of questions from the Sigler Junkies about SLAY and the Siglerverse in general. Lots of great info from Scott in this one as we put SLAY Season 2 to bed and prepare to move on to several episodes of short horror stories. Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON . Ep 76 of SLAY slides down your aural areas be...
Sep 08, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 76
We cover the gear we use for podcasting and offer tips and tricks garnered from our 20 years in the podcasting biz. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment If you’re podcasting, you need a website. Use our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG to slice 99% off year one of a three-year new domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 03, 2024•26 min
The Junkies sent in many questions about the now-complete SLAY Season II. We answered them, live! ARealGirl Herself reads off the questions, Scott answers. ******************************************** SLAY EPISODE 75 podcasts to your face thanks to GoDaddy Promo Code http://www.scottsigler.com/godaddy-promo-codes CJCFOSSIG3. Go ahead and break you off a 99% discount on the first year of a new, three-year dot-com domain registration. Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by S...
Sep 01, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Write an ALIEN movie that holds continuity across the entire franchise. Easy, right? Wrong! We break down the challenges facing director Fede Alvarez for his cinematic spectacular ALIENS: ROMULUS. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment What’s better than a face-hugger? The GoDaddy Promo Code https://scottsigler.com/pages/godaddy-promo-codes CJCFOSSIG. Why deal with a chest-burster when instead you can slice 99% off ...
Aug 28, 2024•47 min
When Kellius Droman died, his age-suppression spell on Delilah evaporated. She went from thirteen years old to twenty-two years old almost instantly. While she will inherit her father’s empire, she’s angry and bitter at his manipulation. Only one person in the world understands the pain of being unknowingly magically modified by a person who is supposed to love you and protect you — Billy Middleton, whose powers and true physical were hidden from him by his grandmother. Delilah’s nightmare-gener...
Aug 25, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 74
If you want to write fiction, all you need is a computer and MS Word, right? Wrong! There is far more to creating than that. Number-one New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler walks through the software, tools, and best practices he uses in his 20+ year career as a full-time fiction author. Learn his ways now and save yourself time and frustration many years down the road. Scott also addresses techniques that help him manage his ADHD. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production As...
Aug 20, 2024•37 min
Lincoln, Delilah, Billy, Sophia Franks, Lukas Franks, and Morgan Stone, Kellius Droman defeated Teddy Two-Fingers, Haimana, Agneetha, and Teddy’s thuengol henchmen, securing the release of the children Teddy kept captive for years. In the process, Lukas was badly injured, Kellius Droman died, and Teddy was left catatonic, completely unresponsive to Lincoln’s questions about how to get his son Sam off The Shelf. Agneetha died, too, at the hands of Lincoln, and Haimana burned alive as a result of ...
Aug 18, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 73
In the book business, the category is “Fantasy & SciFi.” They are not separate things. Why are they lumped together? What’s the difference? Author Scott Sigler and audiobook narrator A.B. Kovacs discuss the differences in the marketplace and in Scott’s horror/scifi work. New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry weighs in with his definition. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This Deep Cuts comes c...
Aug 14, 2024•34 min
Deep underground in Teddy Two-Fingers’s cell block lair, Haimana’s giant scorpion delivered a massive dose of poison to Kellius Droman. Kellius is down for the count — is he dying? Fueled by rage, Billy unleashed his internal power and torched Haimana’s killer beetles. Under the light of ten thousand fireflies, Billy rises up for the final battle with Haimana, but first, he must defeat the same scorpion that down his teacher. With the help of her fellow captives that she may or may not be contro...
Aug 11, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 72
After fifteen years as a full-time fiction novelist and podcaster, what would author Scott Sigler change if he could go back and do it all over again? Listen in for great tips as well as some heartfelt truths about the writing business. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 06, 2024•41 min
With Magda’s help, Lincoln saved his sister Sophia’s life, using Sophia’s healing mesh to stave off the effects of Agneetha’s centipede poison. After giving Lincoln her rixator cloak, the Man in Gray is going after Delilah… and Teddy Two-Fingers. In another part of the sprawling cell block complex, Morgan Stone engulfed Haimana in a whipping tornado. The mesh-buzz effect short-circuited Droman’s magic — will it do the same to Morgan’s and Billy’s if he tries to use his? Teddy Two-fingers knows h...
Aug 04, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 71
As the publishing industry contracts and the internet’s reach expands, the days of “just writing” are over for the vast majority of authors. Modern-day authors (and creators at large) have to manage social media, marketing, fan interaction, conventions, and much more, in addition to crafting the actual things that will sell to happy customers. The FDØ and ARealGirl herself chat about the minefield that is the modern-day creator’s world and the sacrifices that go into becoming successful. Created...
Jul 30, 2024•33 min
Haimana has had years to prepare for a duel to the death with Kellius Droman. Can Billy and Morgan tilt the scales? Lincoln and Sophia are pushed to the edge. Will they survive the day? Oh, and hey, take a memo — do not incur the wrath of Delilah. Who lives? Who dies? Season Two is almost complete. Awful nice of GoDaddy Promo Codes to bring you SLAY 70 free as a bird! Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by...
Jul 28, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Scott and ARealGirl Herself discuss the difficulty of taking vacations when you are a content creator, and your content is your business and your income. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This healthy dose of Deep Cuts comes courtesy of the GoDaddy Promo Codes page, where the code CJCFOSSIG3 saves you 99 percent on your first year of a three-year dot-com registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Jul 23, 2024•29 min
Lincoln, Billy, Lukas, Sophia, Kellius Droman, and Morgan Stone assaulted the Big Nasty’s burger joint located just outside the main gates of the Bastion’s fortress in Coris. At the restaurant, Lincoln and his comrades found the elevator that leads to Teddy Two-Finger’s lair. In that lair, Teddy is already evacuating his “line workers,” the kidnapped paranormal children whose nightmares he harvests to make the purest filament in existence, filament for which Teddy demands — and receives — astron...
Jul 21, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 69
SLAY co-creator Rob Otto joins Scott for a chat about their annual writing retreat and their collaboration process. Links in this episode: The Puppy in the Red-Checkered Coat: Meets Santa BLUE EYE SAMURAII on Netflix. Deep Cuts is: Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This round of Deep Cuts comes courtesy of the stamps.com promo code page. 75% off the startup costs with that link! Learn more about your ad choices...
Jul 16, 2024•38 min
Working together, Lincoln, Billy, Magda, and Ariella learned that Teddy’s lair is beneath a Big Nasty’s restaurant in Cordis, close to the supernatural pawnshop known as “the Clearinghaus,” and also close to the Bastion’s fortress headquarters. The Bastion has a magical interference zone around it, a zone that includes the Clearinghaus and Big Nasty’s. This zone, affected by a persistent spell known as “mesh-buzz,” hides the detection of all meshwork within it. It also makes magic unpredictable ...
Jul 14, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 68
This episode was recorded on vacation at my parent’s house, so it doesn’t have our usual studio-quality sound. Episode 68 will also be recorded on the road. If this sound bothers you or takes you out of the story, we will be re-recording these episodes the third week of July. Come on back then to get the good stuff. If the sound doesn’t bother you that much, then saddle up, sailor! PREVIOUSLY ON SLAY: Thanks to a clue that Delilah Droman planted in Gabriella Radu’s mind, Lincoln and Billy paid a...
Jul 07, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Scott and ARealGirl Herself go over the process of how your favorite novels transmogrify into audiobooks. What does an editor do? How do you make these things? What’s this “volume” knob all about? Let’s turn it to 11. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs . Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 02, 2024•28 min
Lincoln visited Gabriella Radu at her home after Teddy ransomed her to her father. The little girl had been through hell and may never fully recover, but she brought with her a clue to Teddy’s whereabouts — a clue planted in her mind by Delilah Droman. That clue? The name Finicus Sleidan, a darkmesh creator in Trenton, New Jersey, who is possibly the maker of dreamgaunts that Teddy uses on defenseless enlightened children in his hidden nightmare factory. Meanwhile, Delilah is breaking down. To s...
Jun 30, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 66
So you finally publish that novel — now how do you interact with your audiobook narrator? How do you make sure the narrator matches your tone and vibe? Author Scott Sigler (also an audiobook producer) and audiobook narrator A.B. Kovacs (also an audiobook producer and director) give you the ins and outs. Plus, newbie narrator tips from Ray Porter, narrator god known for HAIL MARY, EARTHCORE, and JOE LEDGER. Hat tip to K.C. Alexander for her SINless series, which A.B. Kovacs narrated. Created by S...
Jun 25, 2024•48 min
