Journal

Miyuki Jane Pinckard is joining us today to talk about the Kickstarter for Mermaids Monthly. Here’s the description: Mermaids Monthly is a digital magazine all about mermaids. What kind of mermaids? Every kind. Happy mermaids, murderous mermaids; mermaids, merdudes, mermxs – maybe even a few highly confused manatees! Any cool aquatic chimeras that you could […]

Cat Rambo is joining us today to talk about her novel, You Sexy Thing. Here’s the publisher’s description: Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera You Sexy Thing from former SFWA President, Cat Rambo. Just when they thought they were out… TwiceFar station is at the edge of the known universe, and that’s just how

Caitlin Sangster is joining us today to talk about her novel, She Who Rides the Storm. Here’s the publisher’s description: In this atmospheric YA fantasy that is Wicked Saints meets There Will Come a Darkness, four teens are drawn into a high-stakes heist in the perilous tomb of an ancient shapeshifter king. Long ago, shapeshifting monsters ruled the

Rebecca Kim Wells is joining us today to talk about her novel, Briar Girls. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Cruel Prince meets A Curse So Dark and Lonely in this epic reimagining of “The Sleeping Beauty” that follows a teen girl on a quest to wake a sleeping princess in an enchanted forest, while searching for the truth

Jane Yolen is joining us today to talk about her novel, Arch of Bone. Here’s the publisher’s description: Continuing the story from where Moby Dick left off, this compelling boyhood adventure, penned by beloved author Jane Yolen (Owl Moon), hearkens to timeless coming of age tales of yore. Lovingly illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, the journey of

Tonight at 8pm Eastern US I’ll be interviewing Kat Eldred, owner and founder of Why Knot Fibers. Join the $25 Interviewing Experts level, and come ask questions and hear all about it! Kat Eldred is the founder and dyer behind Why Knot Fibers, a small hand-dyed yarn company specializing in rich nature inspired tonal colors,

Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman are joining us today to talk about their novel, All of Us Villains. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Blood Moon rises. The Blood Veil falls. The Tournament begins. Every generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion

Charlie N. Holmberg is joining us today to talk about her novel, Star Mother. Here’s the publisher’s description: A woman’s heart proves as infinite as the night sky in a breathtaking fantasy by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg. When a star dies, a new one must be born. The Sun God chooses the village

Ryan O’Nan is joining us today to talk about his novel, Winders. Here’s the publisher’s description: In this stunning debut by actor and screenwriter Ryan O’Nan (Skins, Marvel’s Legion, Queen of the South), time itself can be wound back like a clock. The power of Winding can fix mistakes and prevent disasters. Or, in the wrong hands,

Catherynne M. Valente is joining us today to talk about her novel, Comfort Me With Apples. Here’s the publisher’s description: Comfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning Silver Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is

Cassandra Khaw is joining us today to talk about their novella, Nothing But Blackened Teeth. Here’s the publisher’s description: Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists. A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its

Elsa Sjunneson is joining us today to talk about her memoir, Being Seen. Here’s the publisher’s description: A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else. As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids,

Drew Brockington is joining us today to talk about his graphic novel, Waffles and Pancake: Planetary-YUM. Here’s the publisher’s description: Inspired by his beloved CatStronauts series, Drew Brockington is going back in time to when everyone’s favorite Catstronaut, Waffles, was a kitten! Fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Elephant & Piggie will love this fun, cat-tastic

Patti Callahan is joining us today to talk about her novel, Once Upon A Wardrobe. Here’s the publisher’s description: When college student Megs approaches author C. S. Lewis with her younger brother’s request to find out if Narnia is real, he instead takes her on a magical journey through the moments in his life that