The Once & Future Podcast

This episode we talk with tech pundit/author extraordinaire Tom Merritt about his 15 years as a podcaster and its pioneer days, including his history with The Screen Savers, Tech TV, CNet, and TWiT. We’ll also delve into his own empire of current shows: The Daily Tech News Show, Sword & Laser, Cordkillers and many, many more. Get ready to learn all about his writing side as we discuss NaNoWriMo, time management, science fiction and his latest time travel novel Pilot X. Plus, The Once & Future PIGcast! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This week I talk with editor/anthologist Neil Clarke about his latest anthology Galactic Empires, his ten years running Clarkesworld Magazine, its podcast, panels and conventions, owning a bookstore, rejections, his Best Of anthologies, and, as an added bonus: heart stuff! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us.  It really does help.

This week I talk with author Jason Starr about his new Fox TV’s prequel novel Gotham: Dawn of Darkness! We also get into his roots in crime fiction, writing comics like the Punisher & Wolverine Max series, his Ant-Man prequel novel, and a bunch of other writing chatter you won’t want to miss. Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help. This episode’s sponsors: The Kickstarter for Food Truck Champion from Daily Magic Games The Word Count Podcast

Anton Strout talks with author Jason Rekulak about The Impossible Fortress, his debut novel with Simon & Schuster, the video game based on the book, his fifteen years working at Quirk Books, going from editor to writer, plus a metric ton of writing and publishing industry talk! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This episode Anton talks with author Delilah S. Dawson/ Lila Bowen about her latest project, BOOM Studios LadyCastle comic. They also catch up on all her writing including Star Wars, her Hit series, a Malice of Crows cover reveal, her personal origin story in an anthology, parenting, cartoons, and writing!

On today’s episode Anton talks thirty years of publishing with author Tad Williams on his return to his epic fantasy world of Osten Ard, his Bobby Dollar urban fantasy books, his Shadowmarch and Otherland series, writing, and most importantly who we’ll eat in pecking order to survive whatever apocalypse hits us first! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

Daniel Jose Older talks about his Bone Street Rhumba urban fantasy series, his YA Shadowshaper series, adventures in being a paramedic, the many paths to publication, Lovecraft and racism, the greatness and awfulness of fandoms, his life in music and band Ghost Star, Star Wars love, plus a metric ton of writing talk! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This episode has it all! Ryan North does it all! His webcomic Dinosaur Comics, the Adventure Time comics, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, even Jughead! Oh and of course Shakespearean choose your own adventure books and getting stuck in holes! We also talk comic cons, how vampires are REAL, writing, deadlines, and much computer nerdiness! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This episode I talk with actor John Ross Bowie about his career in entertainment, including music, theater, his Ramones play passion project Four Chords & A Gun, and his regular guest role on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory and lead role on ABC’s Speechless. Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This episode I speak with New York Times bestselling author Brent Weeks about his Night Angel Trilogy and his Lightbringer series, including the just released fourth book in it, The Blood Mirror. We also talk beards, gaming, writing, writing while parenting… all kinds of stuff, really. Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

Young adult author Neal Shusterman talks about his illustrious writing career, from How to Host A Murder games, to screenwriting, playing in the X-Files sandbox, and his own award winning work including the Unwind Distology, National Book Award winner Challenger Deep and his latest series starter Scythe! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

Bestselling author Christie Golden talks with us about her 50+ novels, including original works and a multitude of media tie-ins in TSR’s Ravenloft, Star Wars, Star Trek, World of Warcraft. Learn all about her latest two ventures into the world of Assassin’s Creed! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

Grimdark fantasy novelist Will Panzo tells us all about his debut novel The Burning Isle! We also discuss his time interning and editing for Marvel on their X-titles, life working in the emergency room as a physician’s assistant, writing, New York Comic Con, and how he fared in the Geek Geek Revolution trivia contest there! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This episode we wander New York Comic Con 2016 and chat on the show floor with several of NYCC’s author guests about their upcoming releases, including books by J. Patrick Black, Myke Cole, Holly Jennings, Andrew Liptak, Sarah Kuhn, Will Panzo and Bob Proehl! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.

This episode we talk with nerdess extraordinaire Bonnie Burton about feminism, growing up geeky, her time with LucasArts, Star Wars crafting, marrying R2-D2, Cthulhu, Vaginal Fantasy, being a journalist with CNET, and her latest project CRAFTING WITH FEMINISM: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy! Don’t forget to Subscribe to the podcast over on iTunes, Rate it and please tell your friends about us. It really does help.