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August 24, 2021
Page Break Episode 10: Robin Hobb
The tenth episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is the venerable fantasy and science fiction author Maggie Ogden, better known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm.
Robin is best known to fantasy readers for her multiple series set in the Realm of the Elderlings. These include, but are not limited to, the Farseer Trilogy and the Liveship Traders Trilogy.
Robin and I discuss her long career, starting in children’s literature and all the way up to the recent announcement that she would be receiving the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. We talk about her use of pen names, her farm and grandkids, and her current writing habits.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like TV writer/producer Joseph Mallozzi, epic fantasy author Robin Hobb, science fiction author Pierce Brown, Twitch streamer Mark Hulmes, and many more!
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August 17, 2021
Page Break Episode 9: Mark Hulmes
The ninth episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is Twitch streamer, YouTuber, performer, professional tabletop roleplayer, and all-around content creator Mark “Sherlock” 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.
We talk about Mark's career; the state of roleplaying when we grew up versus where it is today; building a positive interactive community; and managing players as a gamemaster.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakAugust 11, 2021
Page Break Episode 8: Delilah Dawson
The eighth episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is multi-genre novelist and comic writer Delilah 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 I talk about exercise as a form of creative inspiration, the grueling schedule of a comic writer, and Delilah’s experience working on Star Wars.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakAugust 10, 2021
An AMA with Brian!
Hey everyone!
Brian here for a quick update: today I’m doing an “ask me anything” over on /r/fantasy. If there’s something you’ve been dying to ask me, head on over to Reddit and ask away. I’ll be in and out all day (and probably back for stragglers tomorrow) answering questions. While you’re at it, consider donating to the Pixel Project!
August 3, 2021
Page Break Episode 7: Aliette de Bodard
The seventh episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is software engineer and award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Aliette de Bodard.
Aliette has been published in magazines, ezines, collections, and in long form by major publishers across a prolific career. She has either been nominated for or outright won many of the big awards in genre publishing.
Aliette and I talked about history and conflict; about writing and rewriting, and how working with translators and being multilingual change the way writers think about our stories.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakJuly 27, 2021
Page Break Episode 6: Tom Merritt
The sixth episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my 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.
I ask Tom about his storied career across multiple media; the intersection of audiobooks and podcasting; as well as Tom’s forays into science fiction.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakJuly 20, 2021
Page Break Episode 5: Charlie N Holmberg
The fifth episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is bestselling romantic fantasy author Charlie N Holmberg.
Her books include The Paper Magician, Smoke & Summons, Spellbreaker, The Will and the Wilds, and the upcoming Star Mother. In addition to her fulltime 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.
Our 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. Charlie and I also talk briefly about living in the shadow of our mutual writing teacher Brandon Sanderson.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakJuly 14, 2021
Page Break Episode 4: Wesley Chu
The fourth episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is science fiction author Wesley Chu.
Wes is the author of The Lives of Tao and Time Salvager. In addition to his own work, he’s written tie-in fiction for both The Walking Dead and Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments. Wes and I have been friends since our debut novels came out in the same month back in 2013, and we dive right in to talk about our respective careers and lurking professional anxieties. We also cover tie-in writing, intellectual property, and the holy grail of novel writing: the coveted TV and film deals.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakJuly 6, 2021
Page Break Episode 3: Peter V Brett
The third episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is epic fantasy author Peter V Brett.
Pete is the creator of the best-selling Demon Cycle, a five-book series he finished in 2017. The first book in a new series set in the same world is coming in August 2021, just two months from this recording. Pete and I talk about Pete's love of comics, his background in pharmaceutical marketing, fan art, and writing at length in a single universe.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
Subscribe to Page BreakJuly 1, 2021
Page Break Episode 2: Veronica Belmont
The second episode of my new podcast Page Break is now out! In this episode, my guest is podcaster, host, and all around media personality, Veronica Belmont.
Reading listeners will know Veronica from her from her book club podcasts Sword and Laser and Vaginal Fantasy, while the more tech savvy will know her as the speaker, host, and presenter of a number of shows for CNET, Gizmodo, Sony, and more. I spoke with Veronica about her career, her love of books, emotional burnout, motherhood, and of course the pandemic.
Listen NowPage Break with Brian McClellan is a collection of casual conversations between me and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies.
Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. I aim to use this podcast to find out more about my friends and colleagues.
Look forward to weekly conversations with creators like romantic fantasy author Charlie Holmberg, podcaster Veronica Belmont, epic fantasy author Peter V. Brett, science fiction author Wesley Chu, and many more!
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