My Superpower and Mini-Interview: James Dashner
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome James Dashner to talk about how […]
183. Douglas Lain (a.k.a. Le Révolutionnaire) — Billy Moon (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode183AnInterviewWDouglasLain/SandF%20–%20Episode%20183%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Douglas%20Lain.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMagical realism, France, and revolutions, oh my! Author Douglas Lain joins Shaun, Stina, and David to discuss his new magical realist novel, Billy Moon. We cover 1968 […]
The Disquieting Guest — A Panel on Horror Writing
Friday afternoon, I took part in a panel on horror writing organized by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild and hosted by the Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba. Chaired by Maurice Mierau, the panel consisted of Chadwick Ginther (author of the Norse urban fantasies Thunder Road and the recently-launched Tombstone Blues), Michael Rowe (in Winnipeg as part […]
178. Emma Newman (a.k.a. Tea & Cake) — The Split Worlds Trilogy
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode178AnInterviewWEmmaNewman/SandF%20–%20Episode%20178%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Emma%20Newman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSEmpires, the Fae, and cake, oh my! Emma Newman, author of The Split Worlds Trilogy, joins Paul and Shaun to discuss her novels, the mentality of […]
176. Sam Sykes at Worldcon (An Interview of Sorts)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode176SamSykesAtWorldcon/SandF%20–%20Episode%20176%20–%20Sam%20Sykes%20at%20Worldcon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSGrimmy darky, monstrous spiders, and sexy Chewbaccas, oh my! Sam Sykes joins Shaun and Jen at Worldcon to talk about the rigidity of fantasy, grimdark, bucking […]
LitBits: The Politics of Author/Work Separation
I’ve been thinking about this problem a lot recently, firstly for some obvious reasons (a certain movie) and secondly because of some of the things I’ve been discussing with my students in my American Literature course. And one of the questions that keeps coming up for me is this: how do we know when we […]
