Tag: fantasy

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Episode 224 – Interview with Jendia Gammon

Jendia Gammon is involved in multiple facets within the industry, from writing that gets nominated for all the best awards to running as a writer to editing anthologies and running her own publishing house. Jendia is CEO of Roaring Spring Productions, LLC, as well as Editor-in-Chief of its publishing imprint, Stars and Sabers. Today we chat about her collection of fairy tales that scatter across the imagination from fantasy to science fiction and tentacles, “To Wonder and Starshine.” … Continue…Episode 224 – Interview with Jendia Gammon

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Episode 223 – Chaz and the Emperor’s Kindness

Our own Chaz Brenchley has a prolific year with 4 (5?) new books published. We gathered to talk about his first in a new series, “Of The Emperor’s Kindness”. It is written within a new genre I had to go delve into learning more about, a Fantasy of Manners with only a touch of violence here and there. It is a delightful sapphic romp into a world of his own devising, of warring nations, diplomacy, and noble scheming. The romance of Ambassador Malance and her staff and Vivi (the Emperor’s… niece?) whirl their way through palace intrigues, murder plots, and politics at the highest level of the land. … Continue…Episode 223 – Chaz and the Emperor’s Kindness

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Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines

Jim C. Hines is a Hugo-award winning author of a series of princess fairy tales reimagined. Jim has taken the whole fairy tale Princess trope to a new and darkly glorious confection, combining multiple versions into a new saga where the women band together to solve their problems. Come listen as we delve into folklore retelling and cunning new ideas. Damn the Narrativium, full speed ahead! … Continue…Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines

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Episode 207 – The Literary Memoirs of Alma Alexander

We have chatted with many memoirists, but this vision of the past is new and startlingly original. Alma Alexander’s newest book takes us through her life in stages via the description of the written word that impacted her so profoundly over the years. From childhood to adult, she describes the books she was reading with a glorious review, taking the reader either back to their own experience reading the author or poet, or sending them right out to the library to find a new delight. … Continue…Episode 207 – The Literary Memoirs of Alma Alexander

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Episode 206 – Indie Publisher focus – The Queen of Swords Press

The Queen of Swords Press is “an independent small press specializing in swashbuckling tales of derring-do, bold new adventures in time and space, mysterious stories of the occult and arcane and fantastical tales of people and lands far and near.” Which really sums up why we love all the books they’ve put out, without even mentioning their wide variety of protagonists that increase representation for all of us. But how does an indie press work? Constantly, as this interview with Catherine Lundoff demonstrates! … Continue…Episode 206 – Indie Publisher focus – The Queen of Swords Press

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Episode 204 – Interview with Dawn Akemi

Dawn’s first novel, “Pono & Aloha vs the Zero-Sum Game”, was just released and available on Amazon — and we’re delighted to meet her to chat about it! It’s a fascinating coming of age story of a young girl in Hawaii who discovers the spirit world and her place in it while trying to solve the historically challenging conundrum of saving the past vs helping the present and future. It is a novel of examining the unintended consequences of all our actions, whether we mean them for the best or no. There are trigger warnings, but it’s a very worthy book that many women of all ages can relate to. … Continue…Episode 204 – Interview with Dawn Akemi