Episode List
Ep. 210: Cover Art & Book Design with Jeff Brown, Philip C. Quaintrell, Rachel St Clair & Scott Palmer (Indie Appreciation Month)
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and guest authors/artists Jeff Brown, Philip C. Quaintrell, Rachel St Clair and Scott Palmer for an Indie Appreciation Month panel on Cover Art & Book Design. During the panel, Jeff, Philip, Rachel and Scott discuss what cover and book design are, creating a visual brand, the importance of typography and fonts, interior formatting and design, what makes a good vs. bad piece of art, due diligence and art/design no-nos, cover legibility and visual impact, evolving cover trends, setting reader expectations, commissioning artists, book titles, costs/budgeting, communication, timelines and more.🍄 PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY 🍄OUR SPONSOR:Go Back by Emily Wagner is a dystopian novel that explores the role of technology in our lives, and the ways in which governments can control it.Purchase it here in hardcover, paperback and eBook.SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.SUPPORT THE SHOW:- Patreon- Rate and review SFF Addicts- Share us with your friendsEMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:sffaddictspod@gmail.comABOUT OUR GUEST:Jeff Brown is an illustrator and book cover designer who has worked with The Broken Binding, Tor Books, HarperCollins, Bloomsbury and more. Find Jeff on Instagram and his website.Rachel St Clair is a book designer and typography artist who has worked with The Broken Binding and countless indie authors, as well as on numerous crowdfunding campaigns. Find Rachel on Instagram, Behance and her website.Philip C. Quaintrell is the bestselling author of the epic fantasy series A Time of Dragons, The Echoes Saga and The Ranger Archives. Find Philip on Instagram, Amazon and his website.Scott Palmer is the award-winning author of The Last Ballad epic fantasy series. Find Scott on Instagram, Amazon and his website.ABOUT OUR HOSTS:Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues and A Murder Most Fungal. M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves and the upcoming Killswitch Protocol. Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown, The Seventh Queen and the upcoming The Throwaways.FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS:LinktreeMUSIC:Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFXOutro: “Galactic Synthwave” by DivionAD ATTRIBUTION:- Music: "Catching the Killer" by JoelFazhari- Video made using licensed materials from https://envato.com/
Ep. 209: Portal Fantasies with Seanan McGuire & Micaiah Johnson (Masterclass Panel)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Portal Fantasies, featuring guest authors Seanan McGuire and Micaiah Johnson. During the panel, they open the door to portal fantasies, discussing what a portal fantasy is, the appeal of this subgenre, age markets and genre fatigue, portal sci-fi and secondary worlds, establishing the rules of your portal, reflecting our own world through alternate worlds and more.🍄 PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES 🍄OUR SPONSOR:TRANSFERENCE by Ian Patterson is a sci-fi dystopia that dissects what it means to be human in a city where diseases can be transferred.Purchase it here in eBook + paperback.SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.SUPPORT THE SHOW:- Patreon- Rate and review SFF Addicts- Share us with your friendsEMAIL US:sffaddictspod@gmail.comABOUT OUR PANELISTS:Seanan McGuire is the bestselling, award-winning author of the Wayward Children series, the October Daye series and more.Find Seanan on Tumblr, Instagram, Amazon and her website.Micaiah Johnson is the award-winning author of The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall.Find Micaiah on Instagram, Amazon and her website.ABOUT OUR HOSTS:Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues and A Murder Most Fungal.Find Adrian on Instagram and his website.M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves and the upcoming Killswitch Protocol.Find M.J. on Instagram and her website.Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown, The Seventh Queen and the upcoming The Throwaways.Find Greta on Instagram and her website.FOLLOW US:LinktreeMUSIC:Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFXOutro: “Galactic Synthwave” by DivionAD ATTRIBUTION:Music: "Corporate Advertising Music" by SigmaMusicArt / "Synthetic Deception" by GioeleFazzeri
Ep. 208: Incorporating Music into SFF with Peter Orullian (Writing Masterclass)
Join host Adrian M. Gibson as he delves into a writing masterclass on Incorporating Music into SFF with author/musician Peter Orullian. During the episode, Peter strikes a narrative chord, discussing the intersection of music and storytelling, novelizing concept albums, the musicality of prose, writing characters who ARE musicians, music in our world vs. secondary worlds, musical magic systems, copyrights and more.NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Peter. Click here to check out part one.🍄 PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY 🍄OUR SPONSOR:Go Back by Emily Wagner is a dystopian novel that explores the role of technology in our lives, and the ways in which governments can control it.Purchase it here in hardcover, paperback and eBook.SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.SUPPORT THE SHOW:- Patreon- Rate and review SFF Addicts- Share us with your friendsEMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:sffaddictspod@gmail.comABOUT OUR GUEST:Peter Orullian is an author and musician. His written works include the Vault of Heaven series and more. You can purchase Songs of the Dead here.Find Peter on Facebook, Amazon and his personal website.ABOUT OUR HOSTS:Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues and A Murder Most Fungal.Find Adrian on Instagram and his personal website.M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves and the upcoming Killswitch Protocol.Find M.J. on Instagram and her personal website.Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown, The Seventh Queen and the upcoming The Throwaways.Find Greta on Instagram and her personal website.FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS:LinktreeMUSIC:Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFXOutro: “Galactic Synthwave” by DivionAD ATTRIBUTION:- Music: "Catching the Killer" by JoelFazhari- Video made using licensed materials from https://envato.com/
Ep. 207: Peter Orullian talks Songs of the Dead, Collabing with Brandon Sanderson, Xbox & More
Join host Adrian M. Gibson as he chats with author Peter Orullian about his new novel Songs of the Dead, collaborating on the book with Brandon Sanderson, rock/metal culture, multi-layered worldbuilding, musical magic, the living vs. the dead, creative fluidity, video games and working at Microsoft/Xbox, Unbroken and Kickstarter success, the triumphs of community, Christmas movies, antagonists and more.NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Peter. Stayed tuned next week for his writing masterclass on Incorporating Music into SFF.🍄 PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY 🍄OUR SPONSOR:TRANSFERENCE by Ian Patterson is a sci-fi dystopia that dissects what it means to be human in a city where diseases can be transferred.Purchase it here in eBook + paperback.SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.SUPPORT THE SHOW:- Patreon- Rate and review SFF Addicts- Share us with your friendsEMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:sffaddictspod@gmail.comABOUT OUR GUEST:Peter Orullian is an author and musician. His written works include the Vault of Heaven series and more. You can purchase Songs of the Dead here.Find Peter on Facebook, Amazon and his personal website.ABOUT OUR HOSTS:Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues and A Murder Most Fungal.Find Adrian on Instagram and his personal website.M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves and the upcoming Killswitch Protocol.Find M.J. on Instagram and her personal website.Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown, The Seventh Queen and the upcoming The Throwaways.Find Greta on Instagram and her personal website.FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS:LinktreeMUSIC:Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFXOutro: “Galactic Synthwave” by DivionAD ATTRIBUTION:Music: "Corporate Advertising Music" by SigmaMusicArt / "Synthetic Deception" by GioeleFazzeri
Ep. 206: The Art of the Short Story with Isabel J. Kim (Writing Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson & Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on The Art of the Short Story with award-winning author Isabel J. Kim. During the episode, Isabel gets to the short of it, discussing what a short story is, short fiction as a testing ground, comparing short-form vs. long-form fiction, approaching theme, plot and structure in short stories, conciseness and pacing, trimming stories down, selling your short stories and more.NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Isabel. Click here to check out part one.🍄 PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY 🍄OUR SPONSOR:Go Back by Emily Wagner is a dystopian novel that explores the role of technology in our lives, and the ways in which governments can control it.Purchase it here in hardcover, paperback and eBook.SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.SUPPORT THE SHOW:- Patreon- Rate and review SFF Addicts- Share us with your friendsEMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:sffaddictspod@gmail.comABOUT OUR GUEST:Isabel J. Kim is the award-winning author of Sublimation and numerous short stories, as well as co-host of the Wow If True podcast.Find Isabel on Instagram, Amazon and her personal website.ABOUT OUR HOSTS:Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues and the upcoming A Murder Most Fungal.Find Adrian on Instagram and his personal website.M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves and the upcoming Killswitch Protocol.Find M.J. on Instagram and her personal website.Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown, The Seventh Queen and the upcoming The Throwaways.Find Greta on Instagram and her personal website.FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS:LinktreeMUSIC:Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFXOutro: “Galactic Synthwave” by DivionAD ATTRIBUTION:- Music: "Catching the Killer" by JoelFazhari- Video made using licensed materials from https://envato.com/
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