Intro/Origin as a writer – 00:00
A Child of the 70s – 01:12
Ed’s writing hiatus – 01:51
Goodness in Ed’s books – 02:28
Publishing – 02:48
Robert Pattinson! – 04:10
Origin of Mal Goes to War – 05:34
Origin of his sense of humor – 09:12
Toning down of his humor – 11:07
Balancing humor and tragedy – 12:30
Writing is like cooking – 13:00
Constructing Mal / A.I. – 14:15
Do you think of sequels? – 16:57
Worldbuilding is hard – 19:25
Writing sequels is easier – 20:28
Tech progress resistance possible? – 21:57
A.I. structures – 24:00
Create infinite misery for A.I.s – 25:00
Shogun resistance of gunpowder – 25:45
Can’t put genie back in the bottle – 26:30
Mal’s inner-simulations – 27:00
Combat simulation innovation – 28:00
Techno-book faults – 28:25
Loved writing castle siege scene – 29:15
This book has been film optioned – 30:17
Book on film – 31:25
Enjoyed fantasy sequences – 31:51
War vs. band of friends – 32:15
Know what you know with writing – 33:05
Military Scifi – 33:37
Novel close to his heart – 34:54
Think of film while writing? – 35:22
Writing while having a job – 37:44
Founded cancer research company – 39:08
Job responsibilities – 39:50
Nothing is promised – 40:40
Grew up poor – 40:56
Write about cancer? – 41:41
Cancer therapy inspiring There Days in April – 42:30
Cancer treatment – 43:30
Energy to manage writing, job, life, how? – 46:09
My brain is weird – 46:50
Can shift focus easily – 47:30
Dialogue skill, how did you learn? – 48:30
Other writers who do dialogue well – 49:41
A.I. in daily work life – 51:10
Human personality emulators? – 52:08
Will humans gene-edit in our lifetimes? – 53:15
Scientists are playing with embryos now – 53:50
Finding neat ideas – 54:40
Reads everything – 55:30
Who do you recommend for us to read? – 55:48
New project = standalone – 57:15
The future of his career – 58:00