S&L Podcast - #205 - Brian McClellan Grows His Own Spaghetti Sauce

[Veronica, Supreme Sword]

When you rule the world of powder mages you can do what you want. Brian McClellan wields his powder for good. In addition to delivering us the complete Powder Mage trilogy with the third book Autumn Republic, Brian is going to bring us a second trilogy in the same universe, all while growing his own spaghetti sauce and keeping bees. Impressive. Most impressive.

https://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=...

[Kris]

can't wait to watch this!

[Trike]

"Authors are writers." -- Veronica Belmont

...and that was the moment I fell in love with Veronica.

[terpkristin]

Fun episode, though I admit I'm more intrigued about his "recipe" for spaghetti sauce than the new book at the moment...

[Joanna Chaplin]

Based on his oblique reference to a character he loved getting killed off, I suspect that Brian McClellan dropped the Star Wars novels at about the same point I did.

[Tamahome]

That's the new publishing trend, push out trilogies as fast as possible?

[Michele]

Brian's doing an AMA on reddit today if you have any new questions.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comme...

[Joanna Chaplin]

Tamahome wrote: "That's the new publishing trend, push out trilogies as fast as possible?"

Isn't that kinda what Jeff VanderMeer did? Also (snark) someone should inform Patrick Rothfuss of this new trend (/snark).

[Trike]

Didn't Rothfuss capitulate and publish a "that'll hold 'em" book that's about the same length as each of Vandermeer's Southern Reach books?

[Michael]

Good podcast! Although I must admit I haven't rushed out to buy The Autumn Republic yet despite reading Promise of Blood and The Crimson Campaign.

[Joanna Chaplin]

Trike wrote: "Didn't Rothfuss capitulate and publish a "that'll hold 'em" book that's about the same length as each of Vandermeer's Southern Reach books?"

Actually now that I think about it, Annihilation and The Slow Regard of Silent Things, both have a dreamlike quality describing a strange and possibly unworldly place and an unusual point-of-view character who I didn't really understand. One was more pleasant than the other.

[Rob]

Joanna wrote: "Trike wrote: "Didn't Rothfuss capitulate and publish a "that'll hold 'em" book that's about the same length as each of Vandermeer's Southern Reach books?"

Actually now that I think about it, [book..."

And both really care about their prose. Interesting parallel.

But @Trike, the second and third books of the trilogy are somewhere between 300/400 pages. So nowhere near novella territory.

[Kristina]

I got my hands on Autumn Republic and can't put it down. I feel like each book is better than the last!

[Trike]

Rob Secundus wrote: "But @Trike, the second and third books of the trilogy are somewhere between 300/400 pages. So nowhere near novella territory. "

Oh. I saw them at the library and they all looked about the same size.

That actually makes me want to read the 2nd and 3rd books even less. I was on the fence at 190 pages. 300? Probably not.