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 Dec 202116min
Episode 11: Christmas in the Claus-verse with Tony Bertauski
In this first Alternate Futures Christmas episode, I chat with Tony Bertauski, creator of The Claus-verse, on the business of writing, the fun of developing modern takes on fictional arctic species, a...
22 Dec 20211h 16min
Episode 10: Terraforming, alien life, and the ghost in the machine with A.R.K. Watson
In this episode, I chat with A.R.K. Watson from South Korea on multiculturalism, terraforming, the nature of alien life, and the ghost in the machine. Story Introduction: Death of a Colony Further inf...
5 Nov 20211h 14min
Episode 9: Being an Indie Author, a Strange Satellite, and the Wonders and Dangers of AI with Dietmar Wehr
In this episode, I chat with Dietmar Wehr about starting an indie author career later in life, drawing inspiration from the Black Knight satellite, writing galaxy-spanning science fiction, and the fun...
23 Okt 20211h 27min
