Table Talk: Pulp Team-ups and Medium Mixers

Table Talk is Back!

Pull up a seat and strap yourself in for another edition of Table Talk, the (semi) regular column where New Pulp authors Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Mike Bullock answer questions and offer their viewpoints on a wide array of topics relating to New Pulp Fiction.

This time out, the guys tackle team ups and mixing mediums. That’s right, it’s a pulp team-up-a-palooza at www.newpulpfiction.com.
Direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/07/table-talk-pulp-team-ups-and-medium.html

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Have a question you want the Table Talk Trio to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns.

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New Pulp’s Table Talk - What's it Worth?

New Pulp’s Table Talk returns! This week, Barry Reese, Mike Bullock, and Bobby Nash figure out what projects to work on and is it ever okay to work for free? Find out what the guys think at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/

Direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/04/table-talk-whats-it-worth.html?spref=fb

New Pulp’s Table Talk: Questions From Readers IV

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Table Talk, the column where three New Pulp authors talk about whatever questions happen to teleport through the quantum pockets of their nebulous imaginations. This week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Mike Bullock dig into the mailbag and respond to more questions from you, the readers.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Questions From Readers IV is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/02/table-talk-questions-from-readers-iv.html

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Have a question you want the Table Talk Trio to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns.

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New Pulp’s Table Talk - Reader Questions 3.0

Reader questions continue to enter arrive at the Table Talk offices. So, this week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash and Mike Bullock take some time to respond to two readers and their great questions. This week’s questions come from Mark Holmes and C William Russette. Thanks for writing, guys.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Reader Questions 3.0 is now available at www.newpulpfiction.com or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/01/table-talk-reader-questions-30.html

Join the conversation. Leave us a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts on this topic. We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions.

Have a question you want the Table Talk Trio to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns ASAP.

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Table Talk - Counting Words and Runaway Tales

The wonderful thing about creating stories is the often limitless nature of creating things. There are no boundaries, nothing a creator cannot do in the name of making up a great tale. However, this can often lead to pitfalls and unforeseen circumstances. This week, we check in on Barry Reese, Bobby Nash and Mike Bullock as they discuss applying some structure and what to do when the story bleeds over the lines.
New Pulp’s Table Talk - Counting Words and Runaway Tales 0 is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2011/12/table-talk-counting-words-and-runaway.html

Join the conversation. Leave us a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts on this topic. We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions.

Have a question you want the guys to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Who's God? Whose dog?

This week, Table Talkers Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Mike Bullock toss out their ideas of what's helping and hindering the New Pulp movement and discuss what they would change if they pulled all the strings.
New Pulp’s Table Talk - Who's God? Whose dog? is now available at www.newpulpfiction.com or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2011/11/table-talk-whos-god-whose-dog.html

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New Pulp’s Table Talk - What's in a Translation?

After a week away to recharge the batteries, the Table Talk Team returns to New Pulp with a brand new and exciting topic. And they even brought along a couple of friends. This week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash and Mike Bullock are joined in the conversation by New Pulpers Tommy Hancock and Van Allen Plexico as the guys discuss translating pulp characters into other mediums.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - What's in a Translation? is now available at www.newpulpfiction.com or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2011/11/table-talk-whats-in-translation.html

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New Pulp’s Table Talk - Which Side of The Control Fence Are You On?

Table Talk Returns at New Pulp! Table Talk is a weekly column where three authors heavily steeped in New Pulp discuss all sorts of random topics (not always) relating to New Pulp. This week Bobby Nash, Mike Bullock, and Barry Reese discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing versus working with traditional publishers and then dig into the two sides of the work-for-hire/creator-owned treasure trove.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Which Side of The Control Fence Are You On? is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or click the title above for a direct link.

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New Pulp’s Table Talk - It Takes a Village To Own an IP

Welcome back to Table Talk, the weekly column where three authors heavily steeped in New Pulp discuss all sorts of random topics (not always) relating to New Pulp. This week Bobby Nash, Mike Bullock, and Barry Reese discuss the past, present, and future of the public domain and how they view it from both sides of the table.

Table Talk - It Takes a Village To Own an IP is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or click the title above for a direct link.

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Table Talk - Looking Forward Through The Rear View Mirror

Table Talk, where three writer- umm, authors, discuss the ins and outs of creating fiction for prose, comics and other outlets. This week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Mike Bullock chat about how far ahead they plot and how far back they work when building their characters.

Table Talk: Looking Forward Through The Rear View Mirror with Mike Bullock, Barry Reese, and Bobby Nash is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/

Table Talk Returns... But At What Price?

Mike Bullock, Barry Reese, and Bobby Nash are back for another installment of NewPulpFiction's Table Talk. This week, the guys discuss the rising cost of books and what it means to readers, writers, and publishers.

Table Talk: At What Price? with Mike Bullock, Barry Reese, and Bobby Nash is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/