While George and Chris are off on adventures, Cath and Chia hijack the show to talk about two current obsessions: Ben Aaronovitch‘s Peter Grant / Rivers…Continue Reading71.0 – Peter Grant and Story Genius

Award-winning author Nisi Shawl joins us to talk about her fascinating alt-history steampunk novel Everfair, her Writing the Other workshop and her many other writing and…Continue Reading70.0 – Author Spotlight: Nisi Shawl

What do worldbuilding and guilty pleasures have in common? Not a damned thing other than our desire to discuss both this week. We begin with…Continue Reading68.0 – Worldbuilding and Guilty Pleasures

Locus magazine is the de facto journal of the genre fiction field. We chat with Editor-in-Chief Liza Groen Trombi about the challenges of print and…Continue Reading67.0 – Editor Spotlight: Liza Groen Trombi of Locus

Bonus episode! Chris and George weigh in on the recent controversy surrounding the comments made by a Marvel exec about the Great Comics Slump of…Continue Reading66.1 – Comic Woes

Chris, Chia and George resurrect an old feature: the Pick of the Week! With Cath away at ICFA, we discuss our recent writing process (still…Continue Reading66.0 – Picks of the Week

George and Chia apparently still haven’t caught ’em all! The Pokemon Go craze may have died down long ago, but two intrepid narrators forge ahead…Continue Reading65.0 – Pokemon Still a Go

Author and award-winning cover model Jim C. Hines joins us to discuss blogging for spec fic writers. How has he kept his successful blog running…Continue Reading64.0 – Blogging 101 with Jim C. Hines

Who let the llamas out? We talk to author Kameron Hurley about her career and her writing, including the new space opera The Stars are Legion…Continue Reading63.0 – Author Spotlight: Kameron Hurley

A tree grows in Queens, thanks to author and storyteller Tara Clancy. She joins us to discuss her current memoir, The Clancys of Queens. Along…Continue Reading62.0 – Author Spotlight: Tara Clancy