AISFP 253 – Jamie Todd Rubin, BEYOND THE SUN

Brent Bowen caught up with science fiction writer and Evernote ambassador Jamie Todd Rubin at last year’s Worldcon. They discuss how wearable tech and Evernote can improve a writer’s life, Jamie’s quest to write everyday (now 396 days out of 398), and his work including his short story, “Flipping The Switch”, in the recent anthology, […]

AISFP 252 – The Writing Process (2013 ICON panel)

The panel, “The Writing Process” was recorded at ICON 2013, an annual Science Fiction-Fantasy Convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around the first week of November. Check out details for ICON 2014 at ICON’s website. This year’s Guests of Honor are: Hugo and Campbell winning author Elizabeth Bear and World Fantasy finalist author Scott Lynch, and […]

AISFP 251 – John Dodds, BONE MACHINES

I’m trying out something new with this episode. Since it was a shorter interview, I’ve included a couple reviews at the beginning of the recording. First, to coincide with a sale on the audiobook of John Dodd’s, Bone Machines ($1.99 at Downpour.com), I’ve read the review that our contributor, Matt Hughes, posted of Bone Machines […]

AISFP 250 – Ser MJS

How serendipitous to have big news for our 250th episode? In an effort to keep the lid on the news, I’ll leave the show notes at this. I’ll come back in a day or so and put in some links to stuff we talk about. For now, have a listen, and thanks so much to […]

AISFP 249 – Amish Scifi by Michael Bunker, PENNSYLVANIA and WICK OMNIBUS

Michael Bunker is a tremendous talent of a writer, with success in his Wick – The Omnibus Edition and currently serialized Pennsylvania novel, which made it to #1 on Amazon for Science Fiction. He is also an off-grid farmer living in a plain community in Texas. He’s been writing for years, and built a following […]

AISFP 248 – Andrew Smith, GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE

As you may have seen in my review of Grasshopper Jungle, I am a huge fan of Andrew Smith, and I’ve only known about him for a week. His book, Grasshopper Jungle is a phenomenal read, the funniest book I’ve read and surprisingly deep as we get to know three sixteen-year-olds discovering love in the […]

AISFP 247 – Great Opening Lines, Part 2: Novels (Gregory Frost at Paradise ICON)

This lecture was given as part of Paradise ICON workshops headed by author, Catherine Schaff-Stump. Today’s episode is the second part of two from Gregory Frost’s lecture. Part One focused on short stories. The next ICON, in Cedar Rapids, IA, will be held from October 31-November 2, 2014. Guests of Honor will be Elizabeth Bear […]

AISFP 246 – Great Opening Lines, Part 1: Short Stories (Gregory Frost at Paradise ICON)

This lecture was given as part of Paradise ICON workshops headed by author, Catherine Schaff-Stump. Today’s episode is the first part of two from Gregory Frost’s lecture. Part Two, AISFP 247 – Novels, is live.  The next ICON, in Cedar Rapids, IA, will be held from October 31-November 2, 2014. Guests of Honor will be […]

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 […]

AISFP 244 – J.L. Bourne, DAY BY DAY ARMAGEDDON

It is with my utmost pleasure to present this interview with the author who introduced me to zombie fiction, J.L. Bourne. I was going to wait until the new year to post this, but his naval officer experience and influence to his novels means many of his fans are in the military. Since some of […]