AISFP 245 – Mike Shevdon, Courts of the Feyre

Mike Shevdon‘s Courts of the Feyre series is complete. His four books, released by Angry Robot Books, are Sixty-One Nails, The Road to Bedlam, Strangeness and Charm, and The Eighth Court. I engineered this conversation to work for those who haven’t read any of the books as well as those who’ve read them all. We have background info on his creative inspiration to writing this behind-the-scenes fantasy world set in modern-day England. We talked about building his magic system and how his main character balances fighting for the world with his role as father. There’s even a sneak peak at what Mike might be writing next. I’ve interviewed Mike on AudioTim Episode 36, an interview that is largely unique from what we talked about here, focusing on Urban Fantasy as a genre and how much you can explore within it, both as reader and writer.

Links:
Mike Shevdon – Website; Twitter; Facebook; Goodreads
Angry Robot Books
Robot Trading Company (buy Mike’s books DRM free)

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Timothy C. Ward
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Timothy C. Ward has been podcasting since 2010, first as AudioTim, and now with AISFP. His first publication, Cornhusker: Demon Gene (A Short Story), is available on Kindle for $.99. His novel in progress, Kaimerus, is described as “Firefly crashes on Avatar and wakes up 28 Days Later.”

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