Beyond The Trope

Our wonderful friend, Patrick Hester, joins us this week to talk about his newly released book, Samantha Kane: Into the Fire. We're also joined, yet again, by James Persichetti from Nelson Literary Agency.

Mentioned this week:
SAMANTHA KANE: INTO THE FIRE by Patrick Hester
SAMANTHA KANE: COLD AS ICE by Patrick Hester
The Functional Nerd Podcast
The Hugo Awards
Baen Library
Wordfire Press
THE PAINTED MAN by Peter V Brett
Google
Ingram
Kobo
Carol Berg
JT Evans
Kickboxer 4 (Movie)
World Fantasy Con
John Anealio
STORM FRONT by Jim Butcher
Brent Weekss
Kevin J. Anderson
Baen Books (http://baen.com)
Jody Lynn Nye
Paul Di Filippo
Lou Antonelli
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY CAT by Patrick Hester (https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-with-my-Cat-ebook/dp/B00AEV29Q8/)
UPSIDE DOWN (Anthology)
Monica Valentinelli
World Con
Kickstarter
Harry Potter (Book Series) by J.K. Rowling
Mur Lafferty
I Should Be Writing (Podcast)
Superstars of Writing
Sam Sykes
Howard Andrew Jones
http://atfmb.com
http://twitter.com/atfmb
Jaym Gates
Gail Carriger
John O'Neill

One of our AWESOME listeners, Daniel Mohr (AKA Germany Dan), sent us some pages from a novel he's working on, and we discuss them with our special guest, James Persichetti.

Mentioned this week:
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Music Man

James Persichetti, query reader for Nelson Literary Agency, joins us to talk about the slush pile and life at a literary agency.

Mentioned this week:
Nelson Literary Agency
Kristin Nelson
Joanna MacKenzie
Danielle Burby
Frankfurt Book Fair
WOOL by Hugh Howey
ERAGON by Christopher Paolini
NYXIA by Scott Reintgen
Doctor Who (TV Show)
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
RMFW
Pikes Peak Writers
X-Men (Movie)
Grayhawk Agency

Joe Stech, editor of Compelling Science Fiction, joins us to talk about hard sci-fi and data science.

Mentioned in this episode:
Mile Hi Con
Oracle
Brad Feld
Hacker News
Reddit
World Con
Neil Clarke
Clarke's World
Y Combinator
David Baur
R Deno Stelter
Heather Kristjanson
Roy Murdock
The Boulder Python Meetup on November 10, 2016
Denver Comic Con
Pop Culture Classroom
Rich Larson
http://compellingsciencefiction.com 
http://twitter.com/joe_stech 
http://twitter.com/CompellingSF 
http://facebook.com/JoeStech 

Bryan Thomas Schmidt joins us to talk about writing, X Files, and weird stuff he does during interviews with podcasters.

Mentioned on this episode:
The Hugo Award
THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
GALACTIC GAMES edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
MISSION TOMORROW edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
DECISION POINTS edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
SHATTERED SHIELDS edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Alan Dean Foster
Tracy Hickman
Todd McCaffrey
X Files
Predator
IF IT BLEEDS (Predator Anthology) edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
SAGA OF DAVI RHII (Book Series) by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
WordFire Press
Patrick Hester
Kevin J. Anderson
University of Kansas
J.R.R. Tolkein
Mile Hi Con
Ben Bova
John Scalzi
Jonathan Maberry
Kate Corcino
Chris Carter
J.J. Abrams
George R. R. Martin
LORD VALENTINE'S CASTLE by Robert Silverberg
MAJIPOOR Book Series by Robert Silverberg
SIMON SAYS by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Lethal Weapon (Movie)
HARRY BOSCH (Book Series) by Michael Connelly
THE CAVES OF STEEL by Isaac Asimov
John Sandford
TODAY I AM PAUL by Martin L. Shoemaker
Mr. Roboto (song) by Styx
http://bryanthomasschmidt.net 
http://twitter.com/bryanthomass 
http://facebook.com/bryanthomass 

The author of WINDSWEPT and LIKE A BOSS, Adam Rakunas, joins us this week.

Mentioned in this episode:
THE RIGHT PEOPLE by Adam Rakunas
OH GIVE ME A HOME by Adam Rakunas
Angry Robot Books
The Eagles (Band)
Hotel California (Song by The Eagles)
The Philip K. Dick Award
World Con
Patrick Tomlinson
Alyc Helms
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore Maryelizabeth Hart
Omusubi (The Food)
Greg van Eekhout
Tor Books
Green Flash Brewing
Ted Chang
Marc Gascoigne
Sam Morgan
Pippin (Musical Play)
The Doubleclicks
ConFusion January 19-22, 2017
Emerald City Comic Con March 2-5, 2017
Logan's Run
Mike Underwood
Jack Stack BBQ
The White Trash Zombie series by Diana Rowland
Mur Lafferty
http://Worldbuilders.org 
Power Rangers (Specifically the Pink Ranger)
http://giro.org 
http://twitter.com/rakdaddy 
http://facebook.com/adamrakunasbooks 

This week we're joined by three writers who work together to form N.J. Tanger.

Mentioned in this episode:
UNIVERSE EVENTUAL (Book Series) by N.J. Tanger
CHIMERA by N.J. Tanger
HELIOS by N.J. Tanger
CERES by N.J. Tanger
The Coen Brothers
SILO (Novella Series) by Hugh Howey
Mile Hi Con
http://njtanger.com
http://twitter.com/njtanger
http://facebook.com/njtanger
HORUS by N.J. Tanger (Out Spring 2017)

This week, Brianna Shrum joins us to talk about Pitch Wars, writing, and amazing tricksters.

Mentioned in this episode:
NEVER NEVER by Brianna Shrum
Pitch Wars
HOW TO MAKE OUT by Brianna Shrum
THE GRISHA TRILOGY (Book Series) by Leigh Bardugo
Loki
Tom Hiddleston
Hannibal Lecter
Silence of the Lambs (Movie)
Zutara
Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Show)
M. Night Shyamalan
NaNoWriMo
LITERARY SEXTS by Amanda Oaks and Caitlyn Siehl
THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater
Alan Turing
CROOKED KINGDOM by Leigh Bardugo
http://brainnashrum.com
http://twitter.com/BriannaShrum
http://www.facebook.com/brianna.r.shrum
http://www.instagram.com/bchrumby
https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/brianna-shrum

Travis Heermann joins us this week to talk about screenplays, writing for RPGs, and crowdfunding.

Mentioned on this episode:
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
THE RONIN TRILOGY (Book Series) by Travis Heermann
Kickstarter
Exploding Kittens
Twitter
Facebook
SWORD OF THE RONIN by Travis Heermann
Amanda Palmer
Critiki Party Podcast
Mario Acevedo
Mile Hi Con
Jeanne C. Stein
Jim Pinto
DEATH WIND by Travis Heermann
The Matrix
Ann Randolph
Spiderman (Movie)
The Firefly RPG - Smuggler's Guide to the Rim
Serenity
AEG
Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition
The Illusionist's Daughter (D&D Supplement)
EVE Online
Gen Con
Monica Valentinelli
Margaret Weis
Firefly (Episode: Heart of Gold)
http://travisheermann.com
http://twitter.com/travisheermann
http://facebook.com/travisheermann

There are good ways to handle critiques and bad ways. This week we talk about the good ways.

Mentioned in this episode:
Charlaine Harris
THE SOUTHERN VAMPIRE SERIES (Book Series) by Charlaine Harris
True Blood (TV Show)