How can you break into and consistently sell to the top science fiction, fantasy, and horror markets such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact? What themes does Brian tend to write about? Find out as Sean Patrick Hazlett meets with his seventh guest, author, Brian Trent.
Brian Trent is a writer specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and history. He is a futurist with a keen interest in the past. His writing career formally began in journalism. He published works on everything from longevity research in mice to artificial intelligence in Switzerland; from the rise of surveillance cities to the “disinformation age” of the world wide web; from the search for life on Mars to the question of whether human society will survive tomorrow’s Internet-of-Everything. He has gone undercover with the skeptics movement and covered politics, social media, video gaming, and more. Mostly, and perhaps unsurprisingly, his interest is science-fiction. In the ideas, people, and places that may yet arrive. His work regularly appears in the world’s top fiction markets, including Analog, Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Nature Futures, Galaxy’s Edge, Pseudopod, Escape Pod, and much more.