SFF Author Interviews

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SFF Showcase

Indie SFF books set in other worlds or times, with diverse casts, listed by genre and theme from comedy & YA to dark fantasy and SciFi.

Mara Lynne Johnstone and I met via Twitter when I was preparing to become an indie author. I was an ARC reader of her debut SciFi novel Spectacular Silver Earthling, which stars a robot with attitude, whom a friend compared aptly to Bender from Futurama. In this interview, she talks about the inspiration for her world building and characters. World Building, Fantasy Authors, Character And Setting, Lost In Thought, A Robot, Happy Reading, Futurama

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Fantasy Author Feature: Mara Lynn Johnstone

Mara Lynne Johnstone and I met via Twitter when I was preparing to become an indie author. I was an ARC reader of her debut SciFi novel Spectacular Silver Earthling, which stars a robot with attitude, whom a friend compared aptly to Bender from Futurama. In this interview, she talks about the inspiration for her world building and characters.

Text: Fantasy Author Feature Natalie Kelda Image: head and shoulders shot of light blonde haired Natalie, with a black and white patterned kitten with pink ears draped across her shoulders. Writing, Fantasy Books, Moving To The Uk, Fantasy Worlds, Chronic Illness, Finding Joy, Fantasy World, Interview

Fantasy Author Feature: Natalie Kelda

Natalie was one of the last fellow fantasy author’s I was lucky enough to meet before Twitter imploded. We face similar chronic illness challenges, but are still making steady progress bringing our fantasy books out into the world. In this interview she describes themes her writing explores, what drives her characters and what inspires the SFF/ Fantasy worlds they inhabit.

What Does Pride Mean to You?

As a nonbinary, asexual, aromantic person, for me Pride is complex. Raised in a cis, binary, heterosexual world that gave me zero role models and was oblivious to my existence means that like many, I didn’t realise my identities were queer until later in life. After three years, I still haven’t referred to queer history as ‘our history’ or the LGBTQIA+ community as ‘our community’. Complex, or not, I'll unpack it here.

Fantasy Author Feature: Debbie Iancu Hadad

Debbie Iancu-Hadad is author of YA Fantasy and SciFi with strong romantic threads. Our debut trilogies publishing journeys run parallel and we’ve been critical readers for each other. My favourite things about her books are her well-developed characters, their flaws and the banter and relationships that exist or develop between them. I also enjoy the fast pace of her stories, which keep me turning pages through her fantasy and sci-fi worlds. Here, was discuss her characters and story worlds.

I Think I'm Neurodiverse (ADHD?)

I’ve never considered myself to be ‘normal’ or ‘just like everyone else’. When you’re a nonbinary person and an asexual in a world of binary gender adults interested in romantic relationships and sex —you don’t fit. You often don’t quite present, sound or act like most people. But as I try to iron out creases that trip me up in my teaching career, and talk to neurodiverse friends on Twitter, I’m seeing another set of differences in how I think, feel and function that also set me apart.

As as an Aussie YA Fantasy author on Twitter, it didn’t take me long to bump into fellow Aussie and SFF author Nikky Lee. In this interview, Nikky tells us what draws her to writing YA, what drives her characters, the real-world influences on her world-building, and what she hopes readers will gain from reading her work. Reading, Her World, The Real World, Bump, Building

Fantasy Author Feature: Nikky Lee

As as an Aussie YA Fantasy author on Twitter, it didn’t take me long to bump into fellow Aussie and SFF author Nikky Lee. In this interview, Nikky tells us what draws her to writing YA, what drives her characters, the real-world influences on her world-building, and what she hopes readers will gain from reading her work.

Text: Writer Pantser Interviews
Image: head and shoulders photo of short, blue haired Miriam Cummings holding her first fantasy two books. Writing Process, The Writing Process, Authors, How To Find Out, Bring It On

Writer Pantser Interviews

If your first pantsed novel or two are a mess, what can help you bring structure to pantsing and minimise epic edits? I interviewed three SFF authors to find out, tracking their journeys from their pantser’s journey from story chaos to a semblance of order.