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The Murderbot Diaries

SFF Addicts Ep. 56: Worldbuilding 101 with Martha Wells (Mini-Masterclass)

June 6, 2023 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 Worldbuilding 101 with bestselling author Martha Wells. During the episode, Martha unravels the intricacies of worldbuilding, including what it means, why well-crafted worlds are important for stories, first steps for worldbuilding, research vs. creativity, keeping track of details, how to convey information through description, avoiding infodumping, drawing maps, naming shit and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, All Systems Red, Interview, M.J. Kuhn, Martha Wells, Masterclass, Mini-Masterclass, Murderbot, Podcast, SFF Addicts, The Murderbot Diaries, Tor Books, Tordotcom, Tordotcompub

SFF Addicts Ep. 55: Martha Wells talks Witch King, The Murderbot Diaries, Hard Lessons & More

May 30, 2023 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning/bestselling author Martha Wells about her new novel Witch King, her acclaimed The Murderbot Diaries series, hard lessons from her decades-long publishing career, re-releasing old works (and confronting her younger self’s writing), writing both science fiction and fantasy, demons, The Untamed, Mr. Snuffleupagus and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, All Systems Red, Interview, M.J. Kuhn, Martha Wells, Murderbot, Podcast, SFF Addicts, The Murderbot Diaries, Tor Books, Tordotcom, Tordotcompub, Witch King

Author Chat – Martha Wells

April 23, 2021 by David W 2 Comments

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: #Scifi, Adult Science Fiction, All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Author Chat, Books of Raksura, BookTube, Exit Strategy, FanFiAddict, Fugitive Telemetry, Hugo, Ile-Rien, Locus, Martha Wells, Military Sci-Fi, Military Science Fiction, Military SciFi, Murderbot, Murderbot Diaries, Network Effect, Rogue Protocol, Sci, Sci Fi, Sci Fi Books, Science Fiction, Science Fiction 2021, Science Fiction Books, The Fall of Ile-Rien, The Murderbot Diaries, Tor, Tor Books, Tor Publishing, Tor.com, Tor.com Publishing, Tordotcom, Tordotcompub

Artist Chat – Tommy Arnold

March 19, 2021 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Artist, Cover Art, Cover Artist, Cover Design, Fire Opal Mechanism, Gideon The Ninth, Golden Son, Grim Oak Press, Harrow the Ninth, Magic of the Lost, Martha Wells, Megan Lindholm, Morning Star, Morningstar, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, Red Rising Saga, Subterranean Press, The Locked Tomb Trilogy, The Murderbot Diaries, The Thousand Lives of Ardor Benn, The Unbroken, Tommy Arnold, Tor, Tor Books, Tor Publishing, Tor.com, Tor.com Publishing, Tordotcom, Tordotcompub, tyler whitesides, Wizard of the Pigeons

5 Science Fiction Books I Want to Read

October 7, 2020 by David S 10 Comments

With SciFiMonth 2020 (click here to join) coming up in November I decided to look through my TBR and come up with the 5 Sci Fi books that I want to get to sooner rather than later. Fantasy is my comfort zone, but I want to get into more Science Fiction in the near future. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, Craig Alanson, Essa Hansen, Expeditionary Force, Martha Wells, Nophek Gloss, Outbound Flight, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth2020, The Graven, The Murderbot Diaries, Timothy Zahn

Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells

November 8, 2019 by David S Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: All Systems Red, Martha Wells, Murderbot, Novella, Science Fiction, SciFiMonth, The Murderbot Diaries

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