Geekdom Empowers

Today we’re talking to the author known as Zelda Knight or Zaria Knight. Zelda writes erotic sci-fi and fantasy romance and is a cryptozoologist in training. If you remember, in his episode Donald Ekpeke talked about her, as they co-edited ‘Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora’. She also became an independent publisher, empowering herself to do what she likes.

You can find of Zelda here:

Homepage: https://authorzknight.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorZKnight

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AuthorZKnight/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@AuthorZKnight

Tons of other links: https://authorzknight.com/links/

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Today we are talking to Carla B. Estruch, translator and editor at Crononauta. You remember Crononauta from previous episodes? This is the small Spanish publisher which publishes only female and non-binary science fiction authors.

In this episode Carla will talk about their adventures in translation to Spanish, including the snail story you heard in the beginning. Translation of science fiction and fantasy is what keeps the engines of SFF running across the world and what create new fans and keeps old fans who are starved for new books and stories. The translators have their own stories, their own tales.

Carla will talk about non-binary science fiction authors, about how the establishment in Spain treats that, and many more things.

You can find Carla here:

Homepage: https://carlabatallerestruch.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/trad_carbaes

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Today we’re talking to Chinese science fiction author, editor, and researcher Regina Kanyu Wang. She will talk about the Chinese science fiction scene, her own writing, the rise of female Chinese authors, and a lot more.

If you want to find Regina:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/regina_kanyu

Center for Science and the Imagination: https://csi.asu.edu/people/regina-kanyu-wang/

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Today we’re talking to two people who make up one team. We’re talking to Dimi Macheras and Casey Silver, who make up 80% Studios. Their latest comic book, Chickaloonies, is based on the ancient Native American stories told to Dima by his grandmother. In this episode, they talk their origin stories, about choosing to go down your own path, about working together as one, and about creating events around their comic books which are amazing.

You can find 80% Studios here:

Website: http://www.80percent-studios.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/80percentstudios/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/80percentstudio

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Today guest is Francesco Verso, an Italian science fiction author, editor and publisher.

He talks about the books he writes, the state of Italian science fiction, and the case for world science fiction and fantasy. As a publisher, he finds the best short stories around the world that have not been translated, that are unknown outside their country of origin, and he publishes them. Not in English. But in Italian and Chinese. He has amazing collections of stories from amazing parts of the world.

If you're curious about new science fiction and fantasy, listen to this interview!

You can find Francesco here:

Website: http://www.futurefiction.org/francescoverso/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francesco.verso.31

Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/Francesco-Verso/e/B005BOQNRY/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/francesco_verso

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Today’s guest is Niina Eveliina, a web comic book creator from Finland. She’s been working on and publishing her webcomic series ‘Numb’ for years now. In this episode she talks about how to start when you don’t feel ready, about what to do if you are aware that there are people more talented than you all around, about the comic book scene in Finland, and, oh, yes, witches.

You can find Niina on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSalmelin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artofniinaeveliina/

Numb: https://www.niinaeveliina.com/

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Today’s guest is Donald Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, a speculative fiction author from Nigeria. He has been awarded an honorable mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, twice. His short story “The Witching Hour,” won the 2018 Nommo award for best short story by an African. He was longlisted for the 2019 Nommo award and the 2020 British Science Fiction Association award. He was also awarded the 2020 Horror Writers Association diversity grant and was nominated for best novella by the Nebula Awards.

I usually don’t give you a list of a guest’s accomplishments, but in this case it is relevant. We’ve talked in this podcasts with guests about the way the American and British SF&F world keeps out authors from other countries, about how so much SF&F gets lost by never being noticed in the world, and I guess you know that there is a lot of inherent racism towards Africans. But whatever we know, whatever we assume, Donald shows us in this interview today many of the ways that African writers are cut off from the rest of the world, from self-publishing, from the big publishers, and more.

You can find Donald on:

Website: https://odekpeki.com/

Twitter: Twitter.com/@penprince_

Also check out the books he edited that we talked about: 'The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)' and 'Dominion’.

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Today’s guest is Michèle Laframboise, a French-Canadian author who has been writing books and comics for a few decades now. In Geekdom Empowers talk about geeks who empower themselves – she is certainly that. She has created a way to publish stories, comics, and books – more than most authors publish.

She publishes in French and in English. And yet maybe you haven’t heard of her. Or maybe you’ve heard of her recently because one of her books was published in Asimov’s.

You can find Michèle here:

Official author blog: https://michele-laframboise.com/

English blog: https://sundayartist.wordpress.com/

Her publishing company: https://echofictions.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/savantefolle

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michele.laframboise

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelesff/

Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/laframboise

Patreon: http://patreon.com/sundayartist

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3182745.Mich_le_Laframboise

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Today’s guest is the cosplayer known as Exuberant Cosplay. If you don’t know him, check out Exuberant Cosplay on Instagram to see the amazing pieces of cosplay he does. He creates suits, exoskeletons, body armor and… it’s just crazy how good it looks.

You can find Exuberant Cosplay:

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exuberantcosplay/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/exuberant_cos

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Our guest today is Matt Ligeti, creator of the Comic Book Yeti website. Join us for a fun, funny, and empowering conversation about how to create something big from the thing that you are geeky about.

Comic Book Yeti website: https://www.comicbookyeti.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicBookYeti

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