
Ep 12 - Pierce Brown - Science Fiction Author
09/07/21 • 77 min
Brian's guest is bestselling novelist and screenwriter Pierce Brown. Pierce is known for his excellent Red Rising space opera. During their chat, Pierce dissects Brian's childhood and they philosophize about the headspace of writing as well as their mutual love of video games. They talk about screenwriting, and Pierce even gives a bit of an update on the much-anticipated book six of the Red Rising series and his thoughts on the TV show.
Follow Pierce on Twitter and Instagram. Find his books on Amazon or your favorite bookstore!
Find Brian at his website, on Twitter and Instagram, or find his books on Amazon, direct from his bookstore, or wherever books are sold!
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Brian's guest is bestselling novelist and screenwriter Pierce Brown. Pierce is known for his excellent Red Rising space opera. During their chat, Pierce dissects Brian's childhood and they philosophize about the headspace of writing as well as their mutual love of video games. They talk about screenwriting, and Pierce even gives a bit of an update on the much-anticipated book six of the Red Rising series and his thoughts on the TV show.
Follow Pierce on Twitter and Instagram. Find his books on Amazon or your favorite bookstore!
Find Brian at his website, on Twitter and Instagram, or find his books on Amazon, direct from his bookstore, or wherever books are sold!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 11 - Dan Wells - Novelist and Podcaster
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!
Find Brian at his website, on Twitter and Instagram, or find his books on Amazon or wherever books are sold! You can find those signed bookplates on his website store.
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Ep 13 - Robert Brockway - Novelist and Comedy Writer
Brian's guest is novelist and comedy writer Robert Brockway. Robert got his start during what many listeners will think of as the golden age of Cracked.com, editing and writing funny articles that were read by hundreds of thousands of people every week. Robert’s comedy chops have since moved on to co-found 1900HotDog.com. Robert is also the author of the post-apocalyptic horror novel Carrier Wave and the Vicious Circuit, an urban fantasy series from Tor Books.
Robert discussed his early days at Cracked.com; the responsibility of making people laugh; the difficulty of managing mental and physical health while creating, and the horrors of being thrown into the deep end of public speaking as a new author.
Find Robert on Twitter and at 1900HotDog.com. Pick up one of his books from Amazon or your favorite bookseller.
Find Brian at his website, on Twitter and Instagram, or find his books on Amazon, direct from his bookstore, or wherever books are sold!
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