Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Tasha Suri about her new novel The Lotus Empire, completing The Burning Kingdoms trilogy, her love for anime, sapphic fantasy and the romantasy boom, South Asian/historical inspirations in her work, writing messy characters and multiple POVs, piquing readers’ curiosity, the shortcomings of academia, Dev Patel, knights and much more.
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SFF Addicts Ep. 127: Convincing Details & Descriptions with Nghi Vo (Mini-Masterclass)
Join Adrian M. Gibson and guest co-host Greta Kelly as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Convincing Details & Descriptions with award-winning author Nghi Vo. During the episode, Nghi gets into the nitty gritty of details, exploring what details/descriptions can do for readers, how to approach details in your writing, delivering effective details, setting expectations for your descriptive style, description in short vs. long form fiction, surface detail vs. hyper detail, describing characters, character actions, world details, plausibility and more.
Author Interview: CJ Leede
Another Friday, another author interview! This week I’m sharing my conversation with CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly and the recently released American Rapture. Now, American Rapture is a book that meant a whole hell of a lot to me, one that made me feel seen and heard in ways that feel extremely niche and […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 126: Nghi Vo talks The City in Glass, Love, The Great Gatsby & More
Join Adrian M. Gibson and guest co-host Greta Kelly as they chat with award-winning author Nghi Vo about her new novel The City in Glass, The Singing Hills Cycle (The Empress of Salt and Fortune and its sequels), Siren Queen and Hollywood history, The Chosen and the Beautiful and reimagining The Great Gatsby, cities and evocative settings, vibes vs. plot, angels, demons and love, change, character growth and much more.
Author Interview: Philip Fracassi
Happy Friday, everyone! Very excited to be sharing my interview with Philip Fracassi today, author of books such as: A Child Alone With Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley, and the upcoming special edition release, Sarafina, with Earthling Publications. Philip is a master at crafting a unique sense of horror and suspense, and a lot […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 125: Omniscient Narration & POV with Cat Rambo (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Omniscient Narration & POV with award-winning author Cat Rambo. During the episode, Cat lays out all there is to know about omniscient narration, exploring what it is and when to use it, the benefits and challenges of an omniscient POV, finding a narrative voice, how to transition between characters, internal vs. external characterization, experimenting with POV styles, the viability of omniscient stories with agents/editors and more.
SFF Addicts Ep. 124: Cat Rambo talks Disco Space Opera, SFWA, Teaching & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Cat Rambo about their new novel Rumor Has It, the Disco Space Opera series, writing in different formats and genres, working as an editor, teaching and paying it forward, SFWA and the SFF community, found family, subverting tropes, writing a long series, cooking, foodie culture (in space!) and much more.
SFF Addicts Ep. 123: Modernity & Building Believable Futures with T. R. Napper (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Modernity & Building Believable Futures with award-winning author T. R. Napper. During the episode, Tim unpacks the complexities of modernity, exploring what modernity is, its relationships with hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk, confronting modernity in real life, relevancy and genre expectations, worldbuilding and crafting believable futures, thematic resonance, historical context fact vs. fiction and more.
Author Chat – Jelena Dunato (Ghost Apparent, Dark Woods, Deep Water)
Jelena Dunato is an art historian, curator, speculative fiction writer and lover of all things ancient. She grew up in Croatia on a steady diet of adventure novels and then wandered the world for a decade, building a career in the arts. Jelena’s stories have been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, Future SF and Mermaids Monthly, among […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 122: T. R. Napper talks The Escher Man, Cyberpunk, Memory & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author T. R. Napper about his new novel The Escher Man, living abroad and cultural immersion, balancing parenting and writing, cyberpunk and Australia, memory and technology, the creative process and philosophy, writing in the Aliens universe, trunked novels, unreliable narrators and much more.
SFF Addicts Ep. 121: Researching for Fantasy with Christian “Miles” Cameron (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Researching for Fantasy with author Christian “Miles” Cameron. During the episode, Miles takes a deep dive into research, exploring how research provides convincing surface details, methods for researching, balancing historical fact and creative freedom, lived research and reenactment, combat and swordfighting, systems and worldbuilding details, when to stop researching and more.
Author Interview: Rachel Harrison
Welcome back friends! I have the pleasure of sharing my interview with Rachel Harrison, author of titles such as Such Sharp Teeth, Black Sheep, Cackle, The Return, and very soon, So Thirsty. Releasing this upcoming Tuesday (Sept. 10), So Thirsty is a novel that absolutely rocked my world, not just for how entertaining Rachel’s writing […]