The Once & Future Podcast

In Today’s episode I talk with cartoonist/illustrator/comic book author Katie Cook about her amazing artwork, her influences and her luck filled but talent ridden road to success, quitting her job, an unheard of number of convention appearances, our flawless parenting techniques, how to be productive from a home office, our mutual love of what we do, Boba Fett, and much, much more.

Wherein I talk with author/game creator James L. Sutter about Gen Con, the Pathfinder role playing game, the rise of Paizo Pulbishing, its relationship to Dungeons & Dragons, moral ambiguity in writing, plus writing novels and game content. AND! We’ve got givaways from our sponsor Paizo Publishing, the creators of the bestselling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game System.

Sponsored by Scrivener. Wherein I talk with Sookie Stackhouse author Charlaine Harris about her books, her whirlwind life in the media, the light and dark side of fandom, the new Sookie Stackhouse anthology, her latest Midnight, Texas series, what series is coming to TV next, graphic novels, the glamorous job of writing, some fantastic advice for writers, and much, much more!

Calling all Time Lords and their Companions! Having just reached its 50-year milestone this past year, Doctor Who has proven itself to be an enduring staple of nerd culture. Myke Cole (The Gemini Cell), Paul Park (All Those Vanished Engines), Anton Strout (Incarnate), Alex Hughes (Vacant), and Steve Bein (the Fated Blades series) celebrate the life and times of the Doctor, and discuss what Peter Capaldi's Doctor contributes with Ali T. Kokmen. Allonsy!

Wherein I chat with fellow authors who I ran across at New York Comic Con 2014, featuring Myke Cole, Alex London, Tom Sniegoski, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Sam Sykes, Patrick Rothfuss, and Amber Benson. Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

In this episode, I cast a Charm spell on Dresden files author Jim Butcher & make him guest host, wherein we discuss how I got my writing gig, favorite cartoons, our mutual grief over Buffy going off the air, the squirrel factor I’d use in saving myself in the face of ultimate villainy, publishing horror stories, my D&D character class and writing advice.

Season 3 begins! Wherein I talk with Dork Tower cartoonist/illustrator/writer John Kovalic and we discuss writing, biking, cheese curd, the changing landscape of comics, dealing with trolls, the diversity problem in our geek community, Gen con, and the day to day of an overworked cartoonist and the games he has been involved with., including MUNCHKIN by Steve Jackson Games!.

Wherein I talk with authors Leigh Perry & Toni Kelner about Leigh’s Skeleton in the Family mystery series, their geek street cred, Houdini, writing around the schedule of having children and the craft in general. Don’t forget to resubscribe to the podcast and, please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

Wherein author Faith Hunter and I discuss her first comic con, her bone collection, life before the fantasy genre, Superman, and the Rogue Mage and Jane Yellowrock urban fantasy series. Oh, and some writing advice too! Plus you can win a copy of one of her Jane Yellowrock series by listening! You can listen to the show in the embedded player here or head on over to iTunes and subscribe to us.

Wherein we discuss fantasy author Christopher Golden and his original fiction, writing the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels and video games, Hellboy, Joe Golem, the Baltimore comic series, how Lynyrd Skynyrd is like collaborating, his road to publication, and some great advice for writers. Plus a chance to win a signed copy of his latest novella Father Gaetano's Puppet Catechism!

WE’RE BACK! For our 2nd Haunted Halloween Special, we’ve got all new spooktacular tales read by their authors: Alethea Kontis, Amber Benson, Anton Strout, Faith Hunter, Daniel Marks, Jaye Wells, and Yasmine Galenorn! (And don't forget to check out Episode 7, our first Haunted Halloween Special if you haven't heard it yet!)

Wherein I talk with game designer/author/comic book writer Matt Forbeck about roleplaying and video games, late night meetings with J. J. Abrams, comic books, where business meets art, and his insane (yet successful) 12 for ’12 Kickstarter campaign.

Wherein I talk with urban fantasy/comic book writer Thomas E. Sniegoski about writing both, collaboration, the deep neurosis all writers have, his obsession with dogs in his books, lack of religious outrage at his series with angels, and I gush over his Buffy The Vampire Slayer video game writing.

On the 1-year anniversary of the first O&F Podcast, guest host Amber Benson interviews author Anton Strout about his latest urban fantasy, Alchemystic, being besties, changing sex at will, Worldbuilders, how The Hodgman affects all authors, New York Comic Con, and much, much more!

This episode game designer and author Keith Baker and I talk about one of my favorite card games Gloom, Cthluhu Gloom, how he came up with and world built the contest–winning Dungeons & Dragons world of Eberron, how fun killing a family can be, and…. THE HELLCOW!