Episode 19: Kathleen McClure - Outrageous Fiction!
In this episode, I chat with former fight choreographer, lawnscaper, and science fiction author Kathleen McClure. She shares how book pirates can destroy your relationship with Amazon KDP's algorithm,...
31 Mar 20221h 10min
Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI
In this episode, I chat with professor emeritus and science fiction author Doug J Cooper. He shares how he got started writing later in life, his interest in artificial intelligence and how it feature...
18 Mar 20221h 12min
Episode 17: T.W. Piperbrook - on Zombies and Werewolves and plagues. Oh My!
In this episode, I chat with former punk musician and post-apocalyptic science fiction author T.W. Piperbrook. He shares his early writing experiences submitting stories to publishers as a kid, the us...
4 Mar 20221h 20min
Episode 16: J.W. Elliot - Anticipating the Future by Studying the Past
In this episode, I chat with historian and science fiction author J.W. Elliot. We discuss topics ranging from crafting longbows and how lessons from The Inquisition can be applied to the present, to t...
18 Feb 20221h 21min
Episode 15: Devon C Ford - The Apocalypse isn't as Fun to Live as it is to Write.
In this episode, I chat with post-apocalypse author Devon C Ford on topics ranging from channeling his experiences with the best and worst of society into apocalypse survival stories and why living th...
4 Feb 20221h 5min
Episode 14: M.D. Cooper on writing far future sci-fi, considerations on the pathway to interstellar colonization, and how raising children is like uplifting a civilization.
In this episode, I chat with military SF author M.D. Cooper on how she developed her Aeon-14 far future science fiction universe, what it takes to turn out 100+ books in six years, social and technolo...
21 Jan 20221h 23min
Episode 13: The nature of writing sci-fi, the challenging speed of technological development, and the goal of 'plausible' not 'perfect' predictions with Gerald M. Kilby
In the first Alternate Futures episode of 2022, I chat with Gerald M Kilby on the nature of writing science fiction, the challenging speed of modern technological development for our institutions, and...
7 Jan 20221h 18min
Episode 12: 2021 Wrap-up episode + Giveaway
This episode is a short year end wrap-up. I also answer the two questions I've been asking my guests all season, and I give you a story intro teaser for the Fractured Eternity series I'm starting. Fin...
31 Des 202116min
