This time around, my guest is author and agent Jennie Goloboy (@JennieGoloboy), whose Obviously, Aliens released in November 2021 from Queen of Swords Press! After hearing the opening chapter of the book, we get into what made it and what didn't in the final draft, along with some great talk about the craft of humor writing and some excellent recommendations!
Things we mention in this episode:
Queen of Swords Press
Foxhunt, by Rem Wigmore
Doge (meme)
Terry Roy
NaNoWriMo
Seasteading
Peter Thiel
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Men in Black
The War of 1812
P. G. Wodehouse
Graceland
Denver International Airport (DEN)
Ted Lasso
The Murderbot Diaries, (Wikipedia) by Martha Wells
2021 Hugo Award results
Soldier (1998)
Unforgiven
The Imperial Radch trilogy, by Ann Leckie
The Last Watch, by J. S. Dewes
Jennie's website
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper, by A. J. Fitzwater
Book Tour 39: Victor Manibo – Escape Velocity
Episode 60: Ivy Fox – Strapped
Book Tour 38: John Wiswell – Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Episode 59: Laura Blackwell – "Poor Prisoners"
Book Tour 37: A.D. Sui – The Dragonfly Gambit
Book Tour 36: Jo Miles – Ravenous State
Book Tour 35: Premee Mohamed – The Butcher of the Forest
2023 Awards Eligibility Roundup
Book Tour 34: Juliet Kemp – Song, Stone, Scale, Bone
Episode 58: Josh Storey – The Wolf That Waits at the End of All Things
Episode 57: Sean Markey – The Deadlands
Book Tour 33: Martha Wells – System Collapse
Episode 56: Best of the Trunk – Episode 37 with Lillian Boyd
Book Tour 32: Caitlin Starling – Last to Leave the Room
Episode 55: Celebrating One Hundred Trunkcasts with Sarah Gailey
Book Tour 31: Sarah Hollowell – What Stalks Among Us
Episode 54: Jessica Mary Best – Third Wheel
Book Tour 30: Aimee Ogden – Emergent Properties
Episode 53: Lor Gislason – ”My Body, My Body, and Me”
Book Tour 29: Chuck Tingle – Camp Damascus
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