Signal Boost

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Paul talks to Joseph Brassey about the second book in his Drifting Lands series, Dragon Road. Careful, because there are spoilers for the first book in the series, Skyfarer, which you should definitely go read right away. When you’re ready, listen to Joseph discuss how he likes to explore what makes good characters good people, what type of redemption arc he has written, and a little bit about how comedy and his improv background inform his writing.

Then Paul is joined by our very own Michael R. Underwood to talk about his brand new Serial Box Publishing project, Born to the Blade. They discuss the process that Mike went through to get Born to the Blade from a concept to a Serial Box project and what it’s like to work with 3 other authors (Marie Brennan, Cassandra Khaw, and Malka Older) in a collaborative story-telling process, including what changed from the original concept.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

* Joseph Brassey (00:53 – 18:02)

* Joseph’s Website

* Joseph on Twitter

* Dragon Road (GO BUY IT!)

* Michael R. Underwood (18:17 – 39:17)

* Michael’s Website

* Michael on Twitter

* Born to the Blade (GO CHECK OUT THE FIRST EPISODE FOR FREE AND SUBSCRIBE!)

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Shaun, Julia and Joyce sit down with the finalists for the Dell Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing at ICFA! They talk to Arthur Davis (the 2018 Dell Award Winner), C.E. McGill, Brittney Hubley, and Alexandra Barr about their experiences at ICFA, their work and influences, and becoming Dell Award Finalists (you, too, can submit to the Dell Award)!

We hope you enjoy the episode! (This is a live recording, so please excuse the audio!)

Show Notes:

The Dell Awards

* Arthur Davis

* Arthur on Twitter

* Or email: arthurlaurendavis at gmail dot com

* C.E. McGill

* C.E. on Twitter

* Brittney Hubley

* Brittney on Twitter

* Alexandra Barr

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In today’s episode of Signal Boost, we’re coming at you from the International Convention on the Fantastic in the Arts! Yay! First, Shaun and Joyce are joined by Keffy R.M. Kehrli to talk about GlitterShip SF, a queer speculative fiction short story magazine, including the challenges, the highlights, and the benefits of having a queer focused publishing venue, Keffy’s precocious pups, and the most recent issue of GlitterShip!

Then Shaun is joined by Bryan Camp, debut author of The City of Lost Fortunes to talk about being a debut author, how he managed to get there, the effect of Katrina on his life and writing, how the history of New Orleans as a port city inspired the world-building, and the proper way (or at least one of them) to pronounce New Orleans.

We hope you enjoy the episode! (This is a live recording, so please excuse the audio!)

Show Notes:

* Keffy Kehrli (00:53 – 15:17)

* Keffy’s Website

* Keffy on Twitter

* GlitterShip

* Bryan Camp (15:33 – 29:47)

* Bryan’s Website

* Bryan on Twitter

* The City of Lost Fortunes (GO BUY IT!)

* “The Independence Patch” by Bryan Camp at Lightspeed Magazine

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Paul talks to Sean Grigsby about his debut novel, Smoke Eaters, which imagines a future world in which firefighters also fight dragons! They discuss how Sean’s fire service career helped inform the novel and why he chose an older protagonist. He also gives us a glimpse into his next book, Daughters of Forgotten Light.

Then Elizabeth is joined by the Aurealis and Ditmar Award-winning author Thoraiya Dyer to talk about her Titans’ Forest Trilogy, especially the second book, Echoes of Understorey. They also discuss why she chose a jungle setting, the reason for changing the main POV in each book, the Greek mythological influences, and what her favorite Eucalyptus tree is!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

* Sean Grigsby (00:53 – 15:17)

* Sean’s Website

* Sean on Twitter

* Smoke Eaters (GO BUY IT!)

* Thoraiya Dyer (15:33 – 29:47)

* Thoraiya’s Website

* Thoraiya on Twitter

* Echoes of Understorey (GO BUY IT!)

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Elizabeth talks to Tonya R. Moore about her collection of short stories (Becoming), how her Jamaican heritage affects her writing, her love of anime and how it influences her work, her upcoming zine on Yaoi anime, and juggling lots of projects.

Then Paul is joined by R.S.A. Garcia to talk about being a Caribbean author, her science fiction short story, “The Bois,” and its roots in Caribbean mythology, the Sunspot Jungle Anthology, being a member of the global science fiction community, and the importance of exploring different viewpoints.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

* Tonya R. Moore (00:53 – 14:32)

* Tonya’s Website

* Tonya on Twitter

* Becoming

* RSA Garcia (14:48 – 29:35)

* RSA’s Website

* RSA on Twitter

* Lex Talionis

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In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to Rati Mehrotra about her debut novel, Markswoman. They explore how Mehrotra’s own background inspired the world, why she decided to write it as a post-apocalyptic novel, what inspires her writing, and a few hints about what is coming next in the Asiana duology.

Then Elizabeth is joined by Marlee Jane Ward, award winning author of Welcome to Orphancore and its sequel, Psynode, and current candidate of the Down Under Fan Fund! They discuss Marlee Jane’s breakout hit, Welcome to Orphancore, what she’s working on now, her experience attending Kij Johnson’s writing workshop, and why she’s excited to be the DUFF candidate.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

* Rati Mehrotra (00:53 – 12:17)

* Rati’s Website

* Rati on Twitter

* Markswoman

* Marlee Jane Ward (12:32 – 21:06)

* Marlee Jane’s Website

* Marlee Jane on Twitter

* Down Under Fan Fund

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Paul talks to Marko Kloos about his military SF series, Frontlines, and more specifically about the sixth and “final” book in the series, Points of Impact. Marko shares how he tried to play with the typical military SF tropes, how his military service inspired the series, and a little about his new series that should be out later this year.

Then Cody Sisco, author of the Resonant Earth series, joins Elizabeth (in her very first solo interview!), to talk about what inspired the Resonant Earth series, some of the reasons for making it an alternate history, and the process to write and release the first book, Broken Mirrors, including what motivated him to do self-publishing, an anthology that he’s publishing, and more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

* Marko Kloos (00:53 – 16:26)

* Marko on Twitter

* Marko’s Website

* “Frontlines is an action-packed military sci-fi series that captures the essence of warfare” by Andrew Liptak

* Cody Sisco (16:39 – 30:54)

* Cody’s Website

* Cody on Twitter

* Resonant Earth Series

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Signal Boost is back! In our 1st boost festival of the year, a very sick Jen and a dissertation-downtrodden Shaun attempt to answer a few of your silly questions. Based on questions by @Runalongwomble and @timata87, we tell you about our secret Jaeger names, our fight songs, and the sf/f worlds we like to live or go on vacation in!

It’s a bit of absurd podcastery with a heavy dose of laughs, and when it’s all done, we take a minute to share some mini-boosts.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

Mini-Boosts

* Shaun’s Boosts:

* The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian – A Science Fiction for Kids Podcast

* Space Cases – S1E1

* Jen’s Boosts:

* Insignia Volume 5

* Capricious SF Issue 9 – Gender Diverse Pronouns

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

In our final podcast of the year, Shaun and Jen offer a quick wrap-up of all the things we loved about 2017. We share some of our favorite episodes, remind folks of our listener/reader survey, and offer up some last minute mini boosts to make 2017 just a little bit more joyful.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #31 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Our Favorite Episodes:

* Jen’s Picks:

* 319. The Core (2003) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure”

* 333. Malka Older (a.k.a. The Information Broker) — Null States (An Interview)

* 317. Disability in SF/F — A Discussion w/ Sarah Chorn and Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

* 324. Inclusivity in Fairy Tales — A Discussion w/ Sara Cleto, Brittany Warman, and Shveta Thakrar

* October Signal Boosts

* Signal Boost #21: Nathan Adler and Darcie Little Badger

* Signal Boost #22: Tonya Liburd and Stephen Graham Jones

* Signal Boost #23: Eden Royce and Karolina Fedyk

* Signal Boost #24: Ian Muneshwar and Zin E. Rocklyn

* Shaun’s Picks:

* 338. Indigenous Representation in Horror — A Discussion w/ Darcie Little Badger, Nathan Adler, and Stephen Graham Jones

* 337. Ann Leckie (a.k.a. Singularitrix) — Provenance (An Interview)

* #63. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) — A Shoot the WISB Subcast

* Signal Boost #10: Alien Nation, Supergirl, and Flash!

Mini Boosts:

* Jen’s Picks:

* The Wounded Warrior Project

* The NAACP Legal Defense Fund

* Shaun’s Picks:

* Mass Effect: Initiation by N.K. Jemisin

* Founders Brewing Breakfast Stout

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Becca talks to Michelle Kan about her book, No More Heroes. They discuss what it meant for Michelle to write an #OwnVoices gender-fluid aro-ace character that included her ethnic heritage, issues with anxiety, and parkour! They also talk about how Michelle wrote No More Heroes during NaNoWriMo and how her film-making education helps her write.

Then Rachel Cordasco, founder of SFinTranslation.com, joins Jen to talk about what she does at SF in Translation, what inspired her to create the site. They also discuss how much speculative fiction there really is in translation, what makes a good translation, and some of Rachel’s favorite translated works of 2017.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #30 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Michelle Kan (00:55 – 12:49)

* Michelle’s Website

* Michelle’s Twitter

* Fish & Swallow

* No More Heroes (Buy the book!)

* Rachel Cordasco (13:11 – 28:02)

* SF in Translation

* Rachel’s Twitter

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.