In our long-awaited thirteenth episode, we welcome Fran Wilde, whose most recent work is her collection A Catalog of Storms, from Fairwood Press. In this episode we discuss where we first met Fran, her recent reading at Fantastic Fiction at KGB, getting started writing and being oneself, how summers in Kentucky with her grandmother shaped her life and writing, AI and the evolution of language, how poetry impacted her fiction, playing with sound, directing a genre MFA program, writing without an MFA, finding time for art in stressful times, refilling the well, her writing process, thinking about writing everyday, her new collection A Catalog of Storms, the famous Peter Capaldi selfie at the Eugie Foster Awards, working with Erewhon Books, adventures in book touring, conversing with authors and fans, editing and running The Sunday Morning Transport, forthcoming projects, and much more!

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A gift from Fran! A free trial membership to The Sunday Morning Transport!