Stephen Deas lives in Southeast England with his wife and two children. His debut novel, The Adamantine Palace is an epic fantasy where dragons are not the nice, friendly, even cuddly things many modern stories have made them out to be. Deas took time out of his busy schedule writing and preparing for the release [...]
Posts under ‘Interviews’
Inside the Blogosphere: Who Introduced You to the Love of Literature?
The question for this edition was born from my day job, where I am a middle school (ages 10-14) teacher tasked with teaching the enjoyment of reading and all the skills we use to understand what we read.
Who first introduced you the love of books and reading? What about them resonated so deeply with [...]
Ender’s Amanuensis: An Interview with Jake Black
Jake Black is a historian, writer, and cancer survivor who is best known for expertise on the Ender Universe. His recent publication, The Authorized Ender Companion is the definitive work on the Ender Universe, even being used by Orson Scott Card himself when writing his novels.
You can follow Jake at his website http://jakeblack.com/.
JO: How [...]
The Game of Romance: An Interview with Melissa Heidrich of PassionFruit Games
Melissa Heidrich is Studio Director of PassionFruit Games.
PassionFruit Games was founded by a fellowship of slightly insane individuals who decided it was a great idea to risk everything in a startup and make the game they wanted, rather than work for the (wo)man.
Our fellowship has created games together since 2006, the latest one receiving Yahoo’s [...]
Interview: Natasha Bennett
Natasha Bennett has lived in British Columbia, Canada, for the past thirteen years. After graduating from high school, she worked at several retail jobs before applying for a course at Camosun College for Website Design. She made several web sites for clients before deciding that her heart was really in writing. She published a few [...]
Interview: J. C. Hutchins
J. C. Hutchins is the author of the 7th Son (my review) series of podcast novels, the first of which is now in available in print. Visit him at jchutchins.net for lots more episodes, Hutchins’ podcasts on writing and podcasting and lots of other fun promotional stuff, including an entirely FREE prequel to the novel [...]
Inside the Blogosphere: Worst Endings in SF/F/H
Occasionally, I ask some of the best book bloggers in sf/f/h a question about their reading choices, favorites, desires, or any old thing about the genre. I then collect the answers and post them here. This time I asked our participant bloggers:
What are the worst or most disappointing endings in science fiction/fantasy novels? Why?
And we [...]
Inside the Blogosphere: Best Book Endings in the Genre
Occasionally, I ask some of the best book bloggers in sf/f/h a question about their reading choices, favorites, desires, or any old thing about the genre. I then collect the answers and post them here. This time I asked our participant bloggers:
What are the best endings in science fiction/fantasy novels?
And we got some great and [...]
Interview: David P. Murphy
David P. Murphy is the author of Zombies for Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living Dead.
“Zombies for Zombies is the first motivational guide for the newly infected. This guide leads readers by their cootie-covered hands and encourages each one to take the steps necessary to preserve his or her quality of life (and thereby [...]
Matthew Peterson’s “The Author Hour”
Matthew Peterson will be kicking off a free radio show on fantasy beginning October 15 called “The Author Hour” on the Voice America Variety Channel at 9 a.m pacific / noon eastern.
His first topic is Satire, Puns and Humor and his guests are:
1. Terry Pratchett (International bestselling author of the Discworld series, 65 million sold)
2. [...]
