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    ISFAB: Indie Sci-fi/Fantasy Author Battle
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    Indie Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author Battle!
    Melissa Sell
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    Indie Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author Battle!

    *ISFAB is organized and sponsored by Fallbrandt Press.* Okay, it may not be exactly this type of battle but believe me, to those authors ...
    130 views0 comments
    Interview with Eric Shapiro
    Melissa Sell
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    Interview with Eric Shapiro

    Eric Shapiro is a writer and filmmaker. Called "the next Philip K. Dick" by author Kealan Patrick Burke, Shapiro is the author of six cri...
    22 views0 comments
    Interview with D. William Landsborough
    Melissa Sell
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    Interview with D. William Landsborough

    D. William Landsborough (known to many as just Doug) is a writer of dark and urban fantasy, with a sprinkling of whatever else crosses hi...
    9 views0 comments
    Interview with Stanley Wheeler
    Melissa Sell
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 5 min

    Interview with Stanley Wheeler

    A part of Stanely was born at the intersection of "once upon a time" and "where no man has gone before." As a result, Stanley found that ...
    10 views0 comments
    Interview with Daryl J. Ball
    Melissa Sell
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with Daryl J. Ball

    The Tannis Project is essentially a chance to get a peek into the thoughts of a near-200-year-old vampire in the form of weekly entries he d
    6 views0 comments
    Interview with MJ Vieira
    Melissa Sell
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Interview with MJ Vieira

    The Manjian Chronicles have characters who are very near and dear to me; I began writing them as a teenager, so their story was easier to sh
    7 views0 comments
    Interview with Daniel Potter
    Melissa Sell
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with Daniel Potter

    Rise of the Horned Serpent’s concept is sky pirates vs Dragons.
    2 views0 comments
    Interview with Troy Young
    Melissa Sell
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    Interview with Troy Young

    The main characters are kind of useless: an ex-mercenary who can’t fight, a crippled Magus fresh out of the Academy, an older priest, and a
    7 views0 comments
    Interview with A.F. Stewart
    Melissa Sell
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Interview with A.F. Stewart

    The legends of Camelot got it wrong.
    8 views0 comments
    Interview with J.M. Lively
    Melissa Sell
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with J.M. Lively

    A lot of things have happened in 2020 and I want my future writing to be more plugged into the pulse of America.
    51 views0 comments
    Interview with PD Alleva
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with PD Alleva

    I enjoy placing little tidbits to old movies and old books in my stories. You could literally play “spot the reference” while reading.
    35 views0 comments
    Interview with Jan Kotouc
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Jan Kotouc

    I didn't much like the first books I've read by Kevin J. Anderson. Then I watched some interviews with him and decided to try his other stuf
    114 views0 comments
    Interview with Joanna White
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Joanna White

    Anakin Skywalker. People criticize him or his actor, Hayden Christensen, but I absolutely LOVE the idea of a Jedi hero who turns evil to sav
    16 views0 comments
    Interview with Alex G. Zarate
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with Alex G. Zarate

    He was born somewhere in Texas when a rip in space/time opened a dimensional rift that nearly wiped out all of humanity.
    8 views0 comments
    Interview with Christopher Keene
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with Christopher Keene

    In his spare time, he writes a blog to share his love of the fantasy and science fiction genres in novels, films, comics, games, and anime.
    7 views0 comments
    Interview with J.M.D Reid
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with J.M.D Reid

    It was really my subconscious hating my current storyline and objecting. It was all for the best.
    23 views0 comments
    Interview with Nikki Nelson-Hicks
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 6 min

    Interview with Nikki Nelson-Hicks

    I once heard John Irving speak at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was fascinating. The one thing I took away from him was when he said
    25 views1 comment
    As Above, So Beneath: An Interview with Joshua D. Taylor
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    As Above, So Beneath: An Interview with Joshua D. Taylor

    There are lots of little bits that I really love, like the strange future food, or naming random things after stuff from Lovecraft and Poe. 
    38 views1 comment
    Interview with Mark Johnson
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Mark Johnson

    Mark Johnson lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his coffee machine, his wife, and two children. He traveled, then worked as a high scho...
    17 views0 comments
    Interview with A. A. Warne
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Interview with A. A. Warne

    I started writing just over ten years ago and jumped straight into fantasy and haven't left the genre.
    26 views0 comments
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