Aug 10, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 10 segments
Today the Pugs come down to earth to talk about the writing life. What time of day do they write? What tools do they use? Eating first or writing on an empty stomach; does it even matter? All this and…
C. R. WileyHost
Tom PriceHost
Glenn SunshineHost
So we're writers and there are a lot of folks out there who listen to us who are writers, but there are also people who would like to write and write and be published in commercial publications and so forth.
So I thought it'd be fun to spend at least maybe, you know, 20 minutes to 30 minutes talking about that.
So I guess the place to begin when thinking about this is how do you do it? You know, how do you do it? And then what are you trying to do? So I don't want to start.
The first question is, do you have a particular time of day that you like to write? Yeah.
It would probably make sense for me to have a particular period of time blocked out to do that, but I find myself writing at all times of the day and night.
Okay, now because that's the case, how do you sort of identify the times? Is it just like you're going through the day and say, oh, I've got a few minutes, I think I'll do some writing now? Or is it as you're planning out that particular day, you block out time?
Generally speaking, well, I've said before, my system of organization is really inspired by the Marx Brothers.
I have goals for how much I want to write, and that to some extent dictates what I actually end up doing over the course of a week.
So what is the daily goal or weekly goal? Okay, there's a guy named Steve Barnes.
He's a sci-fi writer, a guy that he's really a very interesting guy in a lot of ways, politically and theologically very different from me, but we've still had a number of friendly conversations online.
What he said is he believes that as a writer, you can be done with your work by one in the afternoon every day.
So we're writers and there are a lot of folks out there who listen to us who are writers, but there are also people who would like to write and write and be published in commercial publications and so forth.
So I thought it'd be fun to spend at least maybe, you know, 20 minutes to 30 minutes talking about that.
So I guess the place to begin when thinking about this is how do you do it? You know, how do you do it? And then what are you trying to do? So I don't want to start.
The first question is, do you have a particular time of day that you like to write? Yeah.
It would probably make sense for me to have a particular period of time blocked out to do that, but I find myself writing at all times of the day and night.
Okay, now because that's the case, how do you sort of identify the times? Is it just like you're going through the day and say, oh, I've got a few minutes, I think I'll do some writing now? Or is it as you're planning out that particular day, you block out time?
Generally speaking, well, I've said before, my system of organization is really inspired by the Marx Brothers.
I have goals for how much I want to write, and that to some extent dictates what I actually end up doing over the course of a week.
So what is the daily goal or weekly goal? Okay, there's a guy named Steve Barnes.
He's a sci-fi writer, a guy that he's really a very interesting guy in a lot of ways, politically and theologically very different from me, but we've still had a number of friendly conversations online.
What he said is he believes that as a writer, you can be done with your work by one in the afternoon every day.
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