Sci-Fi Saturday Night

On this episode we have a wonderful; conversation with Cameron J. Quinn and explore the many sides of her artistic career. Cameron writes in many genres including Paranormal Romance, Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Thrillers. We talk about the beginning of her new series She explains how and why she delves into each genre as well as how the writing addiction first came to her (at the age of 6). We also talk about her work as the Marketing Director at Amphibian Press and her longtime friendship and partnership with V.S. Holmes. One of the biggest themes in the interview was how to traverse the complex and intricate work of independent publishing. All in all, it was enlightening and great conversation.

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In this episode we talk about the web-comic Mag Na Mell with its creators Emily Rhain Andrews and Christian Konczal, co-creators of a new Worldbuilding community based on an alternate world filled with Gods and monsters and war. We discuss how it began and why it came to light. We also got insight into what “Worldbuilding” in gaming means for participants in that specific universe. If it sounds complex it is. It is also quite wonderful and it’s in large part based on their web comic. Trust me, its better to let them explain such things as  transmedia storytelling, and how copyright plays into it all.

Ladies and Gent’s, Sci-Fi Looks At The News:

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Amazing artwork from Emily

Betha

We are joined by Terry Thomas, the main organizer of Keene Comic Con, which will have its premiere event on Saturday October 14th. in Keene, NH. Terry is here to talk about the how and why of the birth of this event, the unique nature of the Mini Con and the role that it plays among the conventions. The Keene Con is being produced in collaboration with Enterprize Comics, etc., Comic Boom and Toy City. The cost will be             $ 10.00 for adults with kids under 10 free with an adult. Check their page for more information.

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Bonus Video

The new Philip K. Dick series is currently only on UK channel 4, which has also co-opted “The Great British Bake Off. As Zombrarian noted, the tone of the series has been “slightly altered” Here is the preview.

On this edition, our guest is Keith Gleason of Reckless Sidekick Productions. Keith has been a frequent Convention companion of ours for years. He joins us to talk about a bunch of new projects including updating Hero Envy, and new titles Swamp Tales, Reckless Chronicles and Kid Switch.

We also talk about the resurgence of the “Small Convention” idea and how it brought about Keith putting together Plastic City Comic Con.

In a wonderfully fragmented news segment we discuss:

• GraniteCon

UPDATE:

Former guest, author Richard Paolinelli sent us some information about an anthology project called “The Planetary Anthology” he is involved with. It is a series of 9 books with each volume centered on the nine planets in our solar system, Richard is the editor of the “Pluto” book. This volumes theme is “wealth and/or death and he is currently seeking submissions for his volume. If you’re interested, the criteria is:

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Our first guest is Chris Proulx chief mastermind of Granite State Comic Con. We get a behind the scenes look at the amazing amount of work that goers into putting the show together. Chris talks about some of the many special guests for this years event. We also talk about the many wonderful participants in Artists Alley and Vendor Row, the usual outstanding Cosplay event as well as an outstanding array of events occurring through the weekend. Also, new this year is some amazing convention only merchandise.

The second guest is the amazing and talented artist and creator Rhiannon Mccullough. Rhiannon is a convention regular and her unique creations are amazing and distinctive. She talked about some changes she is doing this year in order to branch out to different communities and we spent a fair amount of time talking about the future of the independent artisan place in the convention scene. She also talked about her eastern inspiration. The last time she was on was July,2012 (she sounds exactly the same!!!).

Join us all at Granite State Comic Con, Sept. 16-17 in Manchester, N.H.

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Laurie Moran

It’s a guest packed show. We begin with Laurie Moran and

Amber Newberry

Amber Newberry from FunDead Publications in Salem, New Hampshire. The ladies join us to talk about their company, who they are, what they do , why they do it and what’s coming up in the “World of the Fundead”. We discuss their newest anthology, ‘One Night In Salem’, 26 stories about Halloween in the city that celebrates it like no other. They talk about how it got put together and the myriad events they have planned to launch it throughout the “Halloween Season”. Check out their full range of books and merchandise and if possible, join them for one of their many upcoming events. It’s a fun company and a great conversation.

One Night In Salem

ARIELE SIELING

After a brief critique of the current state of television by Java and a discussion of his R2D2, 3D Printing adventure, author Ariele Sieling joined us. Ariele is a fascinating multifaceted writer, splitting her time between incredibly complex and interesting science fiction novels and charmingly whimsical children’s books. We talked about both.

Her Science Fiction series, The Sagittan Chronicles, is a loosely connected series that currently consists of 5 volumes that stand-alone as well as connect into a very interesting world building series. Her prose style is both imaginative and captivating and the read is very involving. Her newest book in the series is. ‘The Polylocus Problem”.

Her children’s series are picture books that revolve around the character of “Rutherford, The Unicorn Sheep” . Each volume chronicles another one of his adventures.

The Polylocus Problem

Rutherford The Unicorn Sheep

Her website contains her biography in Haiku:

I am Ariele

I write books and carry ducks

My three cats are weird

See her at Granite State Comic Con in September.

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Colby Elliott

In the Geekosphere, there are many kinds of actors. In this episode we talk with Colby Elliott, and his very unique role as voice artist for audio books. How does one begin or become introduced to this trade? Colby and the cast talk about how he started, what he learned and did along the way, his founding of Last Word Audio, some of the books he has done, the numerous awards he has been nominated for his work (including being a finalist in The 2017 Audie Awards) and what’s coming up for him and his company in the coming months.

Interesting conversation on a really interesting topic. Enjoy the chaos.

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Last Word Audio

Richard Paolinelli

On this edition we meet renowned author Richard Paolinelli. We get the chance to talk about how he and the podcast met and the about his many fields of work including sports journalism for many newspapers culminating with his tenure at the San Francisco Examiner which ended in 2010 and how that reignited his interest in fiction and science fiction.

He talks about some of current works including his latest novel. Escaping Infinity, what its all about, where it came from and his amazing success with it as it is now nominated in the category of Best Sci Fi Novel at the Dragon Awards, a fairly new award at DragonCon in Atlanta. Then, he touches on his love of Sherlock Holmes and how that brought him to Belanger Books, who in turn brought him to us to do the podcast and, as it turns out, also become a contributing author to the next edition of My Peculiar Family.

If it all sound a bit convoluted, it’s because it is, so enjoy the conversation. Sit back and enjoy the story of the man who just might possibly be related to Babe Pinelli.

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Escaping Infinity

In this episode, 2 guests and no Java.

Our first guest is an old friend of the show, author, cinema reviewer, Bram Stoker Award Winner and raconteur LL Soares, here to talk about his newest book, Buried in Blue Clay. BiBC is an all out creepfest, but if you’re in any way aware of LL’s writings, this is no surprise. What is a surprise, however is that the fictional city of Blue Clay, Massachusetts is a recurring theme throughout most of his writing and this book is , in some ways, his attempt to somehow bring it all together whilst taking about ghost trap rooms, alien beings, washed up writers and the occasional creepy ass bug thrown in for good measure. Good unnerving,  skin crawling reading, perfect for a thunderstorm in a deserted mansion right before a power failure, but listen in, because he describes it better. We also talk about his website Cinema Knife Fight and spend a few moments talking about Vallerian (which I surmised is Psudo-Slavic for, “I wish this movie had a plot” but evidently not).

            Our second guest is Naomi Moore, creator and force behind the new publication New Orbit, which is due to premiere in October 2017. What is so different about Orbit is their desire to seek new voices from all walks of life, all countries, ages who have a desire to speak about the future. As such, they are accepting submissions from across the globe. Also, all accepted submissions will be paid content, so no more of this “doing it for the exposure” routine. Work deserves payment. Naomi has a herculean task and is planning well for the first edition. If you want more information, click here. If you want to lean about how to submit, click here. Find other ways to support this effort here.

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Ryanne Strong

In this episode we meet new author Ryanne Strong. We talk about her writing career and the many other aspects of it including illustration and crafts. Ryanne is one of the authors on our new upcoming anthology. “My Peculiar Family II. The Holiday Edition ‘(working title). We get the opportunity to speak with her about what its like for a new writer trying to sharpen her craft and her working in various writers groups, some very helpful, others not as much.We also discus her works that were included in ‘Tricks and Treats’. It’s a fun time to learn about our new anthology and our newest author.

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