A few interviews

As our crowdfund closes (you can view the results) and I emerge from a whirl of activity, let me save here a few interviews I gave. Eric, Adam and Trish asked about both my historical fiction and my sword & sorcery — and where the line is crossed, how I experienced the difference between those modes.

I got the chance to talk about things I’ve mulled over for years. Certainly a perquisite of having a book out. Gratitude to Oliver Brackenbury, my publisher, for drumming up press opportunities, and to Eric de Roulet, Adam McPhee and Trish Matson for asking intriguing questions.

Eric de Roulet on his blog Sad But Building Worlds

part 1 ‘World-building, but it’s medieval Mongolia’

part 2 ‘Gender, sexuality, and marginalized lives in historical fiction’

This was an in-depth interview that we had to stretch over two parts, about writing in historical settings.

Adam McPhee at Adam’s Notes substack
An interview with Bryn Hammond

About my vision/version of Tchingis Khan, who Goatskin is, and the historical turn in sword & sorcery.

Trish E Matson on her blog What’s the Word Now?
A triple interview with Oliver Brackenbury, Bryn Hammond and Dariel Quiogue

Oliver is the publisher, and Dariel my steppe brother with the other half of our Mongol Double. In my segment: Goatskin, her wanderlust, her love life, and what she means to me.

NESS Short Story Panel Discussion

This discussion of my short story ‘Sister Chaos’ and Dariel’s ‘The Demon of Tashi Tzang’ was a sheer joy for me to watch, and offers keen insights into each of our stories. It neatly contrasts our writing styles and is a great way to gain an idea of the sort of thing you’ll find  in our novellas on these characters, back to back in the Double.

I’ve never had a panel on a work of mine before — and such a generous one too. Quite the experience. And seriously, bless Kirk for liking the poetry.

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Shout-outs to shorter interviews … snippets of insight not found elsewhere! (I did not run out of new material per interview)

Just the Axe, Ma’am  with Kevin Beckett
— a great newsletter you should subscribe to if curious about the sword & sorcery revival

From the Sorcerer’s Skull  with Trey

Emporium of the Weird  (YouTube) with Janek

And a quick review of Waste Flowers at Liam’s Lyceum (YouTube)

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The book is expected out in the first quarter of 2025. Preorders up soon at the New Edge Sword & Sorcery shop, where issues of the magazine with my Goatskin short stories are also available.