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Adrian M. Gibson

SFF Addicts Ep. 140: Creating a Shared Universe with Richard Swan (Mini-Masterclass)

February 4, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Creating a Shared Universe with bestselling author Richard Swan. During the episode, Richard lays out the foundations for creating a fictional shared universe, including what a shared universe is, examples of shared universes (such as the MCU, Star Wars and Discworld), giving your world depth through details, languages, geography and more, the chronology of a shared universe, keeping track of world history, loose shared universes vs. linear shared universes, avoiding problematic plot holes, writing in different formats and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, empire of the wolf, Grave Empire, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Orbit Books, richard swan, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, the justice of kings

Announcing the 2024 FFA Awards Winners

February 3, 2025 by David W Leave a Comment

The votes are in for the 2024 FanFiAddict Awards, and we are proud to announce four winners in the following categories: “Best Indie Debut Novel”, “Best Indie Novel”, “Best Traditionally Published Debut Novel” and “Best Traditionally Published Novel”.

Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged With: A Memory of Song, Adrian M. Gibson, FanFiAddict Awards, FFA Awards, James Logan, John Gwynne, Mushroom Blues, Scott Palmer, The Fury of the Gods, The Silverblood Promise

SFF Addicts Ep. 139: Richard Swan talks Grave Empire, Warfare, History & More

January 28, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Richard Swan about his new novel Grave Empire, his lifelong love of video games, Star Wars and science fiction, The Art of War series and his experiences in self-publishing, working in law, lessons learned from publishing, leaving beloved characters behind, his historical fascinations, the brutalities of warfare and colonialism, soldiers and diplomacy, the afterlife, the ocean, sharks, fear and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, empire of the wolf, Grave Empire, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Orbit Books, richard swan, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, the justice of kings

SFF Addicts Ep. 138: Choosing Your Publication Path with Christopher Ruocchio & Tatiana Obey (Masterclass Panel)

January 21, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Choosing Your Publication Path, featuring authors Christopher Ruocchio and Tatiana Obey. During the panel, Christopher and Tatiana share their publishing experiences, discussing the dream of being an author vs. the reality, querying and literary agents, the essentials of being an indie author, self-publishing costs/cover art/marketing, writing series and/or standalones, hybrid publishing, getting indie books into stores, publishing contracts and rights, compromises and making mistakes, writing supplementary books, crowdfunding/Kickstarter, trends, community and more. We hope this panel helps any of you out there trying to decide your publication path.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Christopher Ruocchio, Empire of Silence, Greta Kelly, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Sistah Samurai, Sun Eater, Tatiana Obey

SFF Addicts Ep. 137: How to Write Great Dialogue with Ed Crocker (Mini-Masterclass)

January 14, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a mini-masterclass on How to Write Great Dialogue with author/editor Ed Crocker. During the episode, Ed chats about the keys to great dialogue, including the importance of dialogue in fiction, examples of great dialogue, worldbuilding through dialogue vs. exposition, character voices and rhythm, developing relationships through dialogue, managing dialogue/environment in group scenes, speech and action tags, Crocker’s 5 Golden Rules for dialogue and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Ed Crocker, Greta Kelly, Interview, Lightfall, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, St. Martin's Press

SFF Addicts Ep. 136: Ed Crocker talks Lightfall, Vampires, Editing & More

January 7, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with author/editor Ed Crocker about his debut novel Lightfall, his writing journey (and meandering twenties), freelance editing, publishing traumas and querying, the benefits of writing courses, vampires and a world without humans, class systems, poverty and the politics of blood, immortality and the dynamics between vampires, werewolves and sorcerers, creating a powerful enemy, overcoming fear/rejection as an author and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Ed Crocker, Greta Kelly, Interview, Lightfall, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, St. Martin's Press

Craig’s Top Reads of 2024

December 31, 2024 by Craigbookwyrm Leave a Comment

It’s the end of the year as we know it (and I feel full of cheese and chocolate). 2024 has been an extremely good reading year for me, and with so many highlights it’s made this post very difficult to narrow down. So I’m going to do something a little different and break it up […]

Filed Under: Best of the Year, Blog Posts, List, Recommendations Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Adrian McKinty, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Becky Chambers, Fonda Lee, Guy Gavriel Kay, James S.A. Corey, Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, Nicolas Lietzau, Octavia E. Butler, Rob J Hayes, Robert Jackson Bennett, Stark Holborn, T. R. Napper, Tim Hardie, Top Reads of 2024, Yuval Kordov

Introducing SFF Addicts’ NEW CO-HOST!!!

December 20, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Tune in to find out who the newest addition to the SFF Addicts family is!

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greta Kelly, M. J. Kuhn, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast

SFF Addicts Ep. 135: Our Favorite Reads of 2024 *LIVE* (with Greta Kelly, The FTF Podcast & OWWR Pod)

December 17, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

The end of 2024 is upon us, and that means it’s time to discuss our favorite reads! Better yet, this year it’s LIVE!!! Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they reminisce on the year that was with friends Greta Kelly, Hannah & Laura from OWWR Pod and Dylan Marsh from The Friends Talking Fantasy Podcast⁠⁠. During the panel, they share and discuss their top SFF reads of the year (2 each for a total of 12).

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Livestream, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greta Kelly, Livestream, M. J. Kuhn, OWWR Pod, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Friends Talking Fantasy Podcast, The FTF Podcast

AUDIOBOOK SAMPLE: Imogen Church narrates Mushroom Blues Ch. 1 & 2 🍄

December 13, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

My debut novel Mushroom Blues is out on March 19th in paperback and eBook, but I will also be releasing it in audiobook on April 16th. I’m so excited to offer all of you a sample of that audiobook, narrated by yours truly. This sample includes the entirety of chapters one and two, so sit back, relax, and enjoy your teaser of The Fungalverse!

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Tube, Debut, Guest Post, Self Published Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Audiobook, Book Tour, Fungalpunk, Imogen Church, Mushroom Blues, Podcast, Self Published, The Fungalverse

SFF Addicts Ep. 134: Consequences in World Creation with Adrian Tchaikovsky (Mini-Masterclass)

December 10, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Consequences in World Creation with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. During the episode, Adrian confronts the many consequences of worldbuilding, including establishing a logical fictional “reality”, the depths and possibilities of world creation, being flexible with your world and its consequences, immersion and logical inconsistencies, mapping out consequences and knock-on effects, organizing story/world information, how characters test the limits of your world, fixing bad worldbuilding choices and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, alien clay, City of Last Chances, Days of Shattered Faith, Head of Zeus, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Tyrant Philosophers, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 133: Adrian Tchaikovsky talks Alien Clay, Days of Shattered Faith, TTRPGs & More

December 3, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his new novels Days of Shattered Faith and Alien Clay, growing up on Doctor Who, how TTRPGs inspire him, ideation and the strangeness of nature, empathizing with aliens and non-human characters, creativity and limitations, authoritarianism and bureaucracy in The Tyrant Philosophers series, experimenting with multiple POVs and vignettes, colonialism, symbiosis and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, alien clay, City of Last Chances, Days of Shattered Faith, Head of Zeus, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Tyrant Philosophers, Tor Books

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