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Reading Rangers #1: Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ReadingRangers1ShardsOfHonorByLoisMcMasterBujold/ReadingRangers1–ShardsOfHonorByLoisMcmasterBujold.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSButterfly in the sky! I can go twice as high! I can’t sing, so just listen to the theme song… but every time it says Rainbow… think Rangers… Yes, we really ARE that nerdy!

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Signal Boost #6: Sophia Chester (Cosmic Callisto Caprica/Rocket Romance) and Heather Rose Jones (Alpennia Series/Lesbian Historic Motif Project)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFSignalBoost6SophiaChesterAndHeatherRoseJones/Sandf–SignalBoost6–SophiaChesterAndHeatherRoseJones.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIn today’s episode of Signal Boost, Sophia Chester, author of Cosmic Callisto Caprica & The Missing Rings of Saturn and the Rocket Romance novellas, joins us to talk about how her books tackle the civil rights era IN SPACE!!! Then Heather Rose Jones, author of the Alpennia Regency Fantasy Adventure Romance series and the Lesbian Historic Motif Project, joins Jen to talk about the characters of Alpennia, her newest venture into YA, and how she’s created a vital resource for writers and readers to learn about lesbians throughout history. 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):

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Guest Post: Switching Between Lanes, by Stephanie Burgis

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I think that every writer who’s ever read publishing advice online has probably come across at least one article on the importance of “branding.” Apparently, to be really smart, writers ought to be figuring out the one thing that they’re best at — or the one thing that connects the most with potential readers — and then sticking to it no matter what, so that fans will know exactly what they’ll get from every new novel by that author. I know I sound a little snarky in that description, but I’m actually not arguing with it as a strategy. I’m sure that it is a smart, practical way to build a successful career. Unfortunately, I’ve never been much good at sticking to my own lane. There are too many wonderful genres that I love as a reader, and I get frustrated whenever I try to shut out all but one of them in my writing life. Before I sold my first books, I published dozens of adult f/sf short stories, and I drafted full-length novels for both adults and kids. Then my first agent, back in 2005, took me on with an adult historical fantasy manuscript, and it felt like my first big step onto the publishing ladder. Aha! I’m almost there!

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Signal Boost #5: A Conversation about CoGeeko Ergo Sum

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFSignalBoost5CogeekoErgoSum/Sandf–SignalBoost5–CogeekoErgoSum.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIn today’s episode of Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen have a conversation about their earliest memories of geekdom and how they came into their love of SFF from very different directions. In addition, they both have their mini-boosts for the week! Shaun cheats and boosts THREE things. That rapscallion. 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):

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#58. Night Watch (2004) w/ Juan Sanmiguel — A Shoot the WISB Subcast

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ShootTheWISB58NightWatch/ShootTheWisb58–NightWatch.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSGloom travels, Shadowrun, and post-soviet-collapse Russia, oh my! Shaun, Jen, and Paul, discuss the Russian urban fantasy blockbuster film, Night Watch, with special guest, Juan Sanmiguel! The group discuss American audience prejudice against foreign genre films, the fact that they’re probably missing a lot of cultural clues, and how Night Watch does a better job portraying female characters than most US urban fantasy. 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):

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Top 10 Posts and Episodes for April 2017

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Time for another statistics post! Here’s what readers loved on our blog or podcast throughout April 2017: Top Posts: Metropolis (1927), Feminism, and Influence by Stina Leicht Beyond the Cliché Shelf: Making Characters Vibrant and Unexpected by Aliette de Bodard Breaking News: Peter Jackson to turn The Silmarillion into a 14-movie epic by Michael J. Martinez Book Review: CUCKOO SONG by Frances Hardinge (Reviewed by Daniel Haeusser) Ten Post-Apocalyptic Novels Written by Women by Nicolette Stewart The Intersection: AI and Creator-bias by Stina Leicht Book Review: Wothwood by Natania Barron (Reviewed by Paul Weimer) Book Review: The Weight of the World by Tom Toner (Reviewed by Paul Weimer) Book Review: Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Reviewed by Paul Weimer) Book Review: The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard (Reviewed by Paul Weimer) Top Episodes: Signal Boost #1: George Sandison (2084) and Alexandra Pierce (Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler) 321. The Immigrant Experience in SFF w/ Sabrina Vourvoulias, Rose Lemberg, and Bogi Takács #55. Attack the Block (2011) — A Shoot the WISB Subcast w/ Tiara W. #03. The Last Command — Thrawn and On and On (A Star Wars Literary Podcast) 317. Disability in SF/F — A Discussion w/ Sarah Chorn and Elsa Sjunneson-Henry 313. Looking Back, Moving Forward: Anticipating 2017 #57. Get Out (2017) w/ Faridah Gbadamosi and Andrew Hackley — A Shoot the WISB Subcast 294. Mazes and Monsters (1982) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” 320. Alex Wells/Acks (a.k.a. Social Justice Biker Witch) — Hunger Makes the Wolf (An Interview) 304. Scott Lynch and Elizabeth Bear (a.k.a. The Rakish Rogue and the Sky Marshall) — An Interview What did you enjoy the most? Let us know in the comments!

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