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So I'm Writing a Novel... episodes

  • Short Story Chat #6 – Elric 1961 and 2023

    Recorded Jan 9, 2024, New Edge Sword & Sorcery editor Oliver Brackenbury is joined by fellow editor Jay Wolf, New Edge social media coordinator Kevin Beckett, and author Christopher Rowe, to compare & contrast Elric's first appearance ("The Dreaming City" in Science Fantasy issue 47, June 1961) with his latest ("The Folk of the Forest", in New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1, Nov. 2023).


    New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1 is available here, in three formats: https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-category/new-edge-sword-sorcery/issue-1/

    "The Dreaming City" can be found in many incarnations across decades of different Elric collections, but the original can be read here on The Internet Archive.

    1 hr 42 min
  • Short Story Chat #5 - Dara’s Tale by Mark Rigney

    Recorded Dec 13, 2023, New Edge Sword & Sorcery editor Oliver Brackenbury is joined by fellow editor Jay Wolf and special guest Matt Holder, reviewer at Strange Horizons, to discuss "Dara's Tale" by author Mark Rigney for the Sword & Sorcery magazine Tales From The Magician's Skull, a publication from Goodman Games which was released on August 1, 2022.


    Find out more about the author discussed here: https://markrigney.net/

    Matt Holder's reviews at Strange Horizons: http://strangehorizons.com/author/mat...

    Download our free New Edge Sword & Sorcery issue #0 at our website! https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/

    1 hr 2 min
  • Short Story Chat #4 - Evil Honey by James Enge

    Recorded Nov 22, 2023, New Edge Sword & Sorcery editor Oliver Brackenbury is joined by fellow editor Jay Wolf and special guests Matt John of The Rogues in the House podcast, and Old Moon Quarterly editor Graham T. Wilcox to discuss "Evil Honey" by author James Enge for magazine Old Moon Quarterly #3 a magazine that is currently running a Kickstarter to increase the word count of stories and insert black & white illustrations for the magazine in 2024.


    Find out more of the author here: https://jamesenge.com/

    Old Moon Quarterly: https://www.oldmoonpublishing.com/

    Old Moon Kickstarter till Nov 30, 2023 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

    1 hr 12 min
  • Short Story Chat #3 - The Wolves of Winter Road by author T.A. Markitan

    Recorded Oct 18, 2023, New Edge Sword & Sorcery editor Oliver Brackenbury is joined by fellow editor Jay Wolf and special guest Matt Holder, reviewer at Strange Horizons, to discuss "The Wolves of Winter Road" by author T.A. Markitan for the Sword & Sorcery anthology A Book of Blades Volume II, a publication from the Rogue In The House Podcast which was released on June 28, 2023.


    Find out more about the author discussed here:  https://www.facebook.com/T.A.Markitan/

    56 min
  • Short Story Chat #2 - Dog in The Corner by Stephen Graham Jones

    Recorded Sep 19, 2023, New Edge Sword & Sorcery editor Oliver Brackenbury is joined by fellow editor Jay Wolf and special guest Matt Holder, reviewer at Strange Horizons, to discuss "Dog in the Corner" by horror author Stephen Graham Jones for the Cullen Bunn edited Sword & Sorcery anthology Swords in the Shadows, being released to the public by Outland Entertainment on Oct 24, 2023.


    Find out more about the author discussed here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Stephen-Graham-Jones/151691780

    50 min
  • Short Story Chat #1 - The Second Death of Hanuvar by Howard Andrew Jones

    https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/

    Recorded Aug 23, 2023, New Edge Sword & Sorcery editor Oliver Brackenbury is joined by fellow editors Graham Wilcox (Old Moon Quarterly) and Jay Wolf to discuss the sword & sorcery short story "The Second Death of Hanuvar" a modern classic in the making from Howard Andrew Jones.

    Find out more about the author discussed here: https://www.howardandrewjones.com/

    1 hr
  • Ep 68 – Hanuvar with Howard Andrew Jones

    Returning guest of the show, Howard Andrew Jones, is kicking off an amazing Sword & Sorcery book series starring his most excellent character - Hanuvar!


    Join us for a craft-centric discussion of Howard's writing techniques & development, as seen through the lens of his exciting new series.

    Check out the book!
    www.howardandrewjones.com

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep 67 – So I’m Still Writing a Novel...

    In which Oliver discusses the status of the novel, the revamp of our Patreon, how publishing New Edge Sword & Sorcery magazine has benefitted his writing, and more!


    Check out the first ever published Voe story, "Something Oath-like" over in a Book of Blades Vol. 2!

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    21 min
  • Ep 66 – Queen of Swords Press, with Catherine Lundoff

    When most of us think about publishing we tend to think of one of the Big Five (Four? How many are we down to now?), but there is a whole world of smaller, independent publishers to explore!


    Wanting to learn more about that world, Oliver spoke with Catherine Lundoff about her own experiences launching and running Queen of Swords Press.

    https://queenofswordspress.com (Twitter, Facebook, Patreon)

    PATREON: www.patreon.com/soimwritinganovel
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    Oliver's Link Tree (For everything else): https://linktr.ee/obrackenbury

    53 min

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The show where you join me, Oliver Brackenbury, on the journey of writing my next novel, from first ideas all the way to publication & promotion. In this unique, one-man-reality show I'll share you with you my ever evolving thoughts and feelings on how I write, being a writer, and everything that entails at each stage of the process. I'll also answer listener questions and, sometimes, interview people who write fiction.