Latest Writing Science Fiction Podcast Episodes
Ep. 51 "A. M. Dellamonica and Kelly Robson"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - August 07, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMary Anne Mohanraj takes a deep dive with authors A. M. Dellamonica and Kelly Robson on their writing, dealing with impostor syndrome, how to provide compelling characterization, setting fantasy in North America, and the writer's life. This interview is a part of the Portolan Project, an initiat...
Ep. 50 "The Secret to Becoming Slime Mold Gods (or Writers?)"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - July 31, 2023 22:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis time around, Mary Anne and Ben are okay with being slime mold gods, (or perhaps writers?) The two divinely intelligent molds of slime examine how they organize their lives around their shared passion of writing and how they fit in other hobbies like gaming and gardening. The hosts also cons...
Ep. 49 "Ursula Vernon"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - July 24, 2023 17:11 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMary Anne interviews Ursula Vernon, a.k.a. T. Kingfisher, about her work, with an interest in how Vernon pivots from writing for adults, to creating children's fiction. Is writing for certain ages really all that different? Mary Anne is also interested in how Vernon approaches worldbuilding in h...
Episode 191: The Necromancer's Lair - Part One
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - July 17, 2023 22:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsFollow the new Kickstarter - michaelkingswood.com/52in23v3 Buy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitte...
Ep. 48 "In the Theater of Magic With Andrea Hairston"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - July 17, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis week, Mary Anne and Ben explore the magic of theater, discuss the importance of representation and research, and address the difficulty in working with dark and difficult material in speculative fiction with author Andrea Hairston. They discuss Hairston's body of work, including her recentl...
Episode 190: Stasis Treatment
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - July 13, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsFollow the next Kickstarter - https://michaelkingswood.com/52in23v3 Buy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood...
Indie Authors and TikTok
Teaching Myself to Write Novels - July 13, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode, I will update you on my current progress between 3 WIP novels, talk about my TikTok journey so far, and recognize the journey of leveling up your "writing craft" is quite difficult. Hope you find this one interesting! And if you want to follow me on TT, find me here: https://ww...
Ep. 47 "Snaring New Suns"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - July 10, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMary Anne interviews editors Tom Gammarino, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie, and Lyz Soto about their anthology of speculative works of literature, poetry, and art from Hawai'i and beyond: "Snaring New Suns." Together, they discuss the initial difficulties they faced when putting toge...
Ep. 46 "Anticipatory Nest Grief"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - July 03, 2023 17:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMary Anne and Ben find themselves feeling a particular sort of grief: the anticipation of the empty nest kind of grief. Both hosts have children that will one day leave the nest to become individuals of their own in the world, and they're not quite sure how they feel about that. The two also dis...
Episode 189: O'Bannon's Talisman
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - July 02, 2023 22:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
Ep. 45 "Hollyhock: A TTRPG Q & A"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - June 26, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOn this episode of MRAH, a high number of humans joins Ben to discuss a table top role playing game in the making: Hollyhock. This TTRPG is set in the surreal and theatrical world of the Fae, during an infamous holiday known as the mysterious and delightful Hollyhock Festival. The creators and d...
Episode 188: The Shrine Of Tulok
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - June 24, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
Episode 187: Bridge Mending
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - June 20, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
Episode 186: Candlemass
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - June 20, 2023 15:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
Ep. 44 "Nisi Shawl"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - June 19, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe host of MRAH, Mary Anne Mohanraj, interviews African-American writer, editor, and journalist Nisi Shawl, best known for her 2016 novel, Everfair. Mohanraj and Shawl take a Deep Dive into the violent realities of history in relation to their work, the difficulties that writers of color face i...
Cool Story Guys S02E29: Marked for Sacrifice
Cool Story Guys - June 13, 2023 07:10 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn the Season Two finale, we take a final, comprehensive look at our spooky multidimensional caveman epic: Beyond the Mirror. Other topics include figuring out which “big energies” we tapped into over the course of the story, other titles that didn’t make the cut, and why Ethan decided to make t...
Cool Story Guys S02E28: Chapter Fourteen - From Beyond
Cool Story Guys - June 13, 2023 07:05 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe group prepares to move on to Torv's world, but before they can leave the ruins of Orn behind, they discover what the Harvester had planned for them all along.
Cool Story Guys S02E27: Competitive Memorial Service
Cool Story Guys - June 13, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWith pretty much all of our bad guys dead following the climax of the story, we take a look back at all of the antagonistic forces from the book and rank them from dumbest to best. Other topics include whether or not we inadvertently made our main character a Thanos, Jeff’s asinine internal batt...
Ep. 43 "Lesson Planning"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - June 12, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMary Anne and Ben have been invited to teach in the first week of the famous writing workshop, Clarion West! Drawing from their past experience as students of the writing workshop, the hosts of MRAH take some time in this episode to brainstorm what their lessons are going to look like for the in...
Ep. 42 "Afro-Surrealism With Yvette Lisa Ndlovu"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - June 05, 2023 21:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHumans Mary Anne and Ben interview Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, (also human), as well as a Zimbabwean sarungano (storyteller), about her work in her recently published short story collection "Drinking from Graveyard Wells." The hosts of MRAH explore what it means to be a writer from the diaspora with Ndl...
IE35 - ONE, UNO, SOLO! The Writer Is a Lonely Hunter!
Introverted Exhibitionist - June 05, 2023 04:47 - 31 minutesIf it takes a village to raise a writer, why are writers so alone? In this episode, the INTROVERTED EXHIBITIONIST talks about writing as a lonely pursuit--but also one that is very worthwhile! Also, find out about the WOMEN OF SPACE OPERA STORYBUNDLE and other far-out projects in the works from ...
Ep. 41 "On the Magic of Ritual With K. Tempest Bradford"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - May 31, 2023 00:01 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMary Anne Mohanraj takes a Deep Dive with author K. Tempest Bradford on her work, themes of ritual magic, and travel research. This interview is a part of the Portolan Project, an initiative to provide a wealth of exceptional creative writing courses and resources. This interview has been “Chart...
All is Lost Moment, Motivation, and a Complete MS
Teaching Myself to Write Novels - May 29, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutesAn update on my progress and the last and final part 3 of my editing session with Randy Surles and Laura Graves. Sign up for book updates: eepurl.com/g1Zj6b Opening Music: Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge License: http://creativec...
Cool Story Guys S02E26: Chapter Thirteen - The Fire on the Mountain
Cool Story Guys - May 23, 2023 07:05 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBefore the group can even hope to stop the Ghora, they have to find it first. Following the monster's path, they discover the scale of destruction Ja has inadvertently unleashed on Orn.
Cool Story Guys S02E25: TGI Fridays but Without the Depth
Cool Story Guys - May 23, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBecause we have dragged our protagonists back to their miserable home world, we explore the idea of homecoming in our real lives and try to figure out which of our personal traumas we have projected onto the story. Other topics include the futility of trying to explain magic, finding the right b...
IE34 - GASP! Why Dreaded Dry Spells Can Be Fun!
Introverted Exhibitionist - May 23, 2023 00:30 - 24 minutesIn this episode, the INTROVERTED EXHIBITIONIST faces a nasty dry spell on the publishing font but turns it on its head to discover the good things about failure! Also, find out about the SUPERHERO SPECTACULAR STORYBUNDLE and some other far-out projects in the works from the House of the Raincoat...
Ep. 40 "Welcome to Season 2"
Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans - May 22, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe hosts of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans return for season 2! Mary Anne and Ben ease back into podcast mode by reflecting on the first season of the show, as well as the kinds of guests they should invite and topics they should explore in the coming episodes. Of course, it wouldn't be an M...
Episode 185: Sea Legs
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - May 15, 2023 19:45 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
Episode 184: Legacy
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - May 15, 2023 19:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
Episode 183: The Briefcase
Story Time With Michael Kingswood - May 15, 2023 18:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBuy My Books - https://michaelkingswood.com/store Visit My Website - https://michaelkingswood.com Sign up for my newsletter - https://www.michaelkingswood.com/newsletter-signup/ Follow me on: Gab (https://gab.com/michaelkingswood), Twitter (https://twitter.com/michaelkingswd), YouTube (https://yo...
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