This time around, I'm joined by multiply-Hugo-nominated podcaster and author of the forthcoming novel, A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske (@freyamarske), thus completing the prophecy. Freya reads an excerpt of her story, "One Version of Yourself, at the Speed of Light," which leads us into a great discussion about using our day-job-expertise in our writing, the end of Be the Serpent, a hot take about historical fiction, and of course a lot of talk about fanfic.


 


Things we mention in this episode:


Be the Serpent 


Alexandra Rowland 


Jennifer "Macey" Mace 


Hurt/comfort 


The Kingston Cycle, by C. L. Polk


Edwardian England 


World War One 


The Hugo Awards 


Worldcon 


My episode being interviewed by Sharon Hsu 


The Archive of Our Own (AO3) 


Kudos (AO3)


Goodreads 


Crack fic 


AUs 


Five things fic 


Brooklyn Nine-Nine 


Ninefox Gambit, the first book of The Machineries of Empire series, by Yoon Ha Lee


A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine


Battlestar Galactica 


Tumblr 


Ted Lasso 


Summer Sons, by Lee Mandello


Dark academia 


Friends at the Table (specifically Sangfielle, their current season)


Hellboy 


Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer


Seducing the Sorcerer, by Lee Welch


Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones


The works of T. Kingfisher 


Freya's insta and website 


The Marvel Cinematic Universe 


Infinity Stones 


 


Join us again next month, when my guests will be Merc Fenn Wolfmoor and Nina Niskanen!

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