Page Break with Brian McClellan

Brian’s guest is author and podcaster Mallory O’Meara. Mallory wrote the bestselling nonfiction book The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick. Her upcoming Girly Drinks, a feminist history of women and alcohol, is out just a week from broadcast of this episode. Mallory is also the co-host of the literary podcast Reading Glasses.

Mallory and Brian talk about how authors are bound to social media and the frustration that brings; how her career took a left turn into non-fiction; and the way Covid disrupted the fragile social lives of creative professionals. Enjoy Brian's conversation with Mallory O’Meara.

Find Mallory on Twitter, her website, or her podcast, Reading Glasses. Pick up her new book, Girly Drinks, on Amazon or from your favorite bookseller!

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Brian’s guest is horror and science fiction writer, Dan Wells. Dan is the author of the best-selling and critically-acclaimed I am Not a Serial Killer, which was turned into a major motion picture in 2016. He’s also written the Partials Sequence, the Mirador series, the Audible Original Zero G, and a number of other novellas, short stories, and stand-alone novels.

Brian talks with Dan about authorial branding; supporting his family during the pandemic as a professional game master; some of the ins and outs of their business, and about Dan's current collaboration with their mutual friend Brandon Sanderson.

Find Dan on Twitter and Instagram. Hire him as a game master, or buy one of his books from Amazon or Audible!

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Brian’s guest is bestselling romantic fantasy author Charlie N Holmberg. Her books include the Paper Magician, Smoke and Summons, Spellbreaker, the Will and the Wilds, and the upcoming Star Mother. In addition to her full time job as a writer she dabbles in music and podcasting. She’s been published in over twenty languages and has hit the Wall Street Journal bestseller list.

Their conversational chatter ranges all over, starting with Charlie’s interest in music and her best awful band jokes, to dealing with bad reviews, working for Amazon’s publishing imprint, and rude panelists. Brian and Charlie also talk briefly about living in the shadow of their mutual writing teacher, Brandon Sanderson.

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Brian’s guest is Twitch streamer, youtuber, performer, professional tabletop roleplayer, and all-around content creator Mark Hulmes. Mark is the creator of the very successful dungeons and dragons Twitch show, HighRollers, and has had numerous guest spots as both a player and dungeon master on shows all over the internet—including Critical Role.

The two talk about Mark's career; the state of roleplaying when they grew up versus where it is today; building a positive interactive community; and managing players as a gamemaster.

Follow Mark on Twitter and Instagram, and find his fantastic show HighRollersDnD on Twitch or Youtube.

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Brian’s guest is multi-genre novelist and comic writer Delilah S. Dawson. Delilah is known for her widespread work with tie-in fiction including Star Wars, Spiderman, Rick and Morty, Hellboy, and Firefly. She writes fantasy under the name Lila Bowen with the Shadow series, and comedy fantasy in partnership with Kevin Hearne on the Tales of Pell series. Her next book—a middle grade horror novel called Mine—is out on August 10th, 2021.

Delilah and Brian talk about exercise as a form of creative inspiration, the grueling schedule of a comic writer, and Delilah’s experience working on Star Wars.

Follow Delilah on Twitter and Instagram. Pick up her latest book, Mine, from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite bookstore!

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