Page Break with Brian McClellan

Brian's guest is podcaster, tech journalist, and author Tom Merritt. Tom has a wildly prolific career, starting in local radio and working for CNET, the Twit.tv network, and numerous freelance radio, writing, and podcast gigs. He currently hosts the Daily Tech News Show and Cordkillers, as well as the science fiction and fantasy podcast Sword and Laser.

Brian asks Tom about his storied career across multiple media; the intersection of audiobooks and podcasting; as well as Tom’s forays into science fiction.

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My guest this week is author RR Virdi. Ronnie has written the urban fantasies Grave Report and Books of Winter, LitRPG Monster Slayer Online, and space western Shepherd of Light. He’s probably best known to epic fantasy fans for his new Tales of Tremaine duology, starting with the First Binding that came out in August of 2022.

Ronnie and I chat about his time working as a mechanic and his love of cars, our authorial anxieties, and our massive lack of skills outside making up fantasy worlds. We discuss the challenges and foibles of indie publishing, and the way Ronnie jumps between writing multiple genres in the course of a single day. Enjoy my conversation with RR Virdi!

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Brian's guest this week is YA author Aprilynne Pike. Aprilynne burst onto the scene with her debut novel Wings, which hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list on its second week of release back in 2009. She’s also written the Earthbound Series, the Charlotte Westing Chronicles, and the Kingdom of Versailles.

Brian chats with Aprilynne about being a parent as a professional creative; their childhood fears; and where your career goes after you start off at the top. Enjoy Brian's conversation with Aprilynne Pike!

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My guest this week is author Becky Chambers! Becky is known for her breakout science fiction Wayfarers series, which began in 2015 with A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Wayfarers books have been nominated for a whole bunch of awards, and won the Hugo for best series in 2019. Becky is also the author of the Monk and Robot series as well as a number of short stories.

Becky and I chat about beekeeping and our love of the natural world, and the way hope and wonder helps fuel our writing. We also talk about the way fiction can explore nuance in a way the real world often ignores. Finally, we get into the way writers grow and change over time, and how we can fall into the rut of working on the same types of projects for the same audiences over and over again.

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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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