If you’ve been following these interviews, by now you realize that one could not swing a deceased feline quadruped at the World Science Fiction Convention without hitting writers and authors at practically every stage of their careers. Jude-Marie Green is a published author of speculative fiction whose work is just starting to take off. And whilst swinging the above said carcass, I happened to meet her at the wind-down of a long exhausting day tramping for miles around the enormous convention center and downtown Denver, and so ensued one of those, “Oh, really? What do you write?” conversations. Strangely, sheContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #27 – Jude-Marie Green

Here comes another in a long series of interviews with authors I had the distinct pleasure of meeting at World Con in Denver last month.  Mary Robinette Kowal and I were introduced through one of the many globs of authors at the con, authors new and not-so-new, globs that migrate, coagulate, split away like mitosis, merge, disperse, etc., in those minutes between panels. During Hugo Awards ceremony, I was pleased to hear her name called as the winner of the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer.  So, having already asked her to do an interview for Blogging theContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #26 – Mary Robinette Kowal

Habitual readers of Blogging the Muse may recall that I interviewed Kristine Kathryn Rusch, prior to taking my first trip to the World Science Fiction Convention, and we discussed the nature of the publishing industry at length. At World Con, I had the good fortune to meet Kristine and her husband, Dean Wesley Smith, another author of perhaps slightly less renown (at least under his own name) but certainly no less accomplishment.  He has published over ninety novels under numerous pseudonyms–that’s right ninety, 9 – 0–with his real name being better known for media tie-in works, such as Star TrekContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #25 – Dean Wesley Smith

I had the good fortune of meeting Brenda Cooper at an impromptu gathering of authors near the end of World Con in Denver a few weeks ago. I was quite gratified at the time to find myself in the company of several talented individuals, all of whom are further down the path of science fiction and fantasy publishing than I am. In that conversation, woefully cut-short by the pressure of travel time, I got to meet Brenda and learn a bit about her, so it was a great pleasure to continue our conversation via e-mail for this interview series.  InContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #24 – Brenda Cooper