Chapters:
Origin as a writer – 00:00
Seed idea of the book – 00:45
Nature of plants – 01:24
Plants communicate – 02:50
Rye volunteered! – 03:56
Plants are not passive! – 04:45
Do plants think? Depends – 05:20
How to add drama to plants – 06:34
Why skip generations in the story? – 07:51
Origin of pacing – 11:15
Inspiration for Stevland – 12:30
Plants as social beings – 13:15
Stevland motive – 14:45
Pando as inspiration – 15:15
Stevland is bamboo? – 16:15
Names stuck on things – 16:35
More reasons for Stevland – 17:30
Title origin – 18:20
What is your research process? – 20:18
Scientists are easy to talk to! – 22:26
Growing plants in space? – 23:33
How moss grows in space – 24:46
Andy Weir and The Martian – 25:35
Colonizing examples from history? – 26:40
Can they live in peace? – 27:51
Mistake in the book? – 28:25
Why not use Glassmaker writing in the first encounter? – 30:13
Why did the Glassmakers leave the city? – 31:04
Decisions for plant personalities? – 32:51
Origin of Stevland name – 34:18
Work as a translator informing work – 35:14
Glassmaker origin (ants/Mayans) – 36:15
Translator pitfalls – 37:45
Process of creating Glassmakers – 38:30
Ant knowledge – 39:20
World building process – 41:26
Looking for problems – 43:02
Novel = found enough problems – 44:40
Motivation for distinct generations – 47:11
Journalism work – 48:44
Generation preference? – 49:30
Poor Higgins – 49:45
Conflicts with generations – 51:30
Writing process (plan as much as possible) – 52:35
One sentence for each chapter plan – 53:40
Novel writing is complicated – 54:45
Color of floating cactus, why? – 55:25
Recommendation – 56:46
Meet Me in Another Life – 56:52
Thank you! – 58:00