“Doubt is more interesting than surety. Doubt is a powerful place to exist because it’s a position of openness and flexibility. Do I take this path or that one?”
Author Chat
Author Chat: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author Adrian Tchaikovsky for a chat about his long writing journey, the galactic worldbuilding, politics and characters of The Final Architecture series, his personal history with biology and zoology, creating strange alien races and writing empathetic aliens, the contrast between writing fantasy and science fiction, how he approaches research and much more.
Author Chat: Luke Arnold
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author/actor Luke Arnold for a chat about his new book One Foot in the Fade, worldbuilding, characters and more in The Fetch Phillips Archives, Raymond Chandler and other noir influences, morally grey characters (and worlds), balancing acting and writing and much more.
Author Interview: Mark Lawrence
Interview with Mark Lawrence in honor of the release of The Girl and The Moon (the third installment in the Book of the Ice trilogy).
Live Playthrough: Siege of Treboulain (with Jed Herne)
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson, Tori Gross and Connor M. Caplan as they play the beginning of Siege of Treboulain live with Jed Herne. They had a great time experiencing the game together, crafting a consistent main character and making decisions as a team (with the occasional inconsistent decision to throw gasoline on the fire). Jed also answered some questions about the game’s worldbuilding, character progression and more.
Author Chat: Jed Herne
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and author/podcaster Jed Herne for a chat about his new epic fantasy interactive fiction game Siege of Treboulain, his previous novels, the challenges (and benefits) of writing an interactive fiction game versus a novel, how he got started in podcasting, the beginnings of Wizards, Warriors & Words and what his hopes are for the podcast’s future, finding a good creative/life balance and much more.
Author Chat: Chris Panatier
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author Chris Panatier for a chat about his new novel Stringers, his first novel The Phlebotomist, the biology of blood, string theory and quantum entanglement, research wormholes, humor and effective uses of footnotes in fiction, bug sex, art, tattoos, metal bands and much more.
Author Q&A with Thiago Abdalla
Hey friend! Welcome to my first ever author Q&A for FanFiAddict! My first interview is with an author whom I’m newly aquatinted with but fell in love with their debut novel, A Touch of Light, book 1 of the The Ashes of Avarin series. His name is Thiago Abdalla and I think you’ll enjoying hearing […]
Interview with E.J. Doble – author of The Fangs of War
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to read The Fangs of War, book #1 in the Blood and Steel Saga. Very early on I was blown away by the exceptionally high standard; it goes without saying that indie fantasies are not to be underestimated! In his debut novel, Doble has shaped some of the […]
Author Chat: Nia “N. E.” Davenport
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author Nia “N. E.” Davenport for a chat about her debut novel The Blood Trials, breaking into the SFF market, incorporating geopolitics, race and magic into her fictional world, writing an ass-kicking female protagonist, delivering tense, powerful action scenes and much more.
Author Chat: Gareth L. Powell
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author Gareth L. Powell for a chat about his new book Stars and Bones, its timely themes, the mentorship of Diana Wynne Jones and Helen Dunmore, paying it forward with a “field guide” on writing, the appeal of writing space opera and accessible sci-fi, social media and mental health and much more.
Author Chat: Megan Van Dyke
Join FanFiAddict’s Tori Gross and author Megan Van Dyke for a chat about Megan’s debut novel Second Star to the Left, romance in fantasy, where she got her start, a deep discussion of craft, what she does in her (limited) free time and much more.