You get an idea for a story. Now what? What happens between the inspiration and perspiration? How do you prepare and develop a story idea so it's ready to be written? That's what I asked seven gifted and articulate writers at this year's Balticon 48 (sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society). The answers from Paul E. Cooley, Jared Axelrod, Maria V. Snyder, Starla Huchton, Pip Ballantine, Nobilis Reed, and Myke Cole are as diverse and inspired as the people we asked. In an intriguing bit of serendipity, Ben Delano of the Reader-Writer Podcast was asking a different question that dovetailed nicely into my own. So I invited him and his co-host Mary Ellen Warren to join me on this episode in exploring the answers to my question. They graciously reciprocated and allowed me to discuss there's on Reader-Writer. It's a lovely bit of synchronicity stretched across two podcasts, and I'm pleased to offer Part I here on the Roundtable (look for Part II on the Reader-Writer podcast).