Month: April 2008

Author Interview Series #7 – Mur Lafferty

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I first became aware of Mur Lafferty via the podosphere. I ran across her I Should Be Writing and Geek-Fu Action Grip (sadly, now gone) podcasts on iTunes, and, like many thousands of other writers out there, enjoyed discovering that the worries, the angst, the ups and downs that go along with writing are all pretty much universal, along with the personal pleasure of encountering another writer who enjoys the same kind of geeky pastimes as me. I heard one of her short stories “City Talkers” on Escape Pod, a podcast for science fiction short stories, and thought it wasContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #7 – Mur Lafferty

Author Interview Series #6 – Melinda Snodgrass

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I must admit that I first became aware of Melinda Snodgrass only recently, when one of my readers suggested her as a candidate for this interview series. When I had the opportunity to see the body of work she has produced and the acclaim she has garnered for her work in television and publishing, I didn’t waste any time approaching her for an interview. She was gracious enough to agree. What interested me most, at least initially, was that she wrote an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that ranks as one of the best in science fiction television.Continue readingAuthor Interview Series #6 – Melinda Snodgrass

Author Interview Series #5 – Edward Lee

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As a kid, I had always had a love of the horror genre, be it movies, comics, or films, but it had lain dormant for a long, long time. I first heard of Edward Lee when I sensed a reawakening of my interest in horror, so I asked a friend (who is a HUGE horror geek) who she would recommend, and she recommended Joe Lansdale (whose interview you can find below), and she also mentioned Edward Lee, but then added (and I’m paraphrasing), “But only read Ed Lee if you’re really twisted.” That sounded like a throw-down to me, soContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #5 – Edward Lee

Author Interview Series #4 – Richard Dansky

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I first became aware of the name of Richard Dansky way back when I was playing Vampire: The Masquerade. His name was on a fair number of those supplement books that every gamer just has to have. Since those days, he’s moved on to other venues, but stayed primarily within the game industry. Writing for video games is generally more lucrative than writing for tabletop pen-and-paper games, just in case you potential writers out there didn’t know. However, I’m finding that there are a lot of writers out there who got their first paying gigs writing for roleplaying and/or videoContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #4 – Richard Dansky