Category Archives: Interviews

Muse of Research II: Food As World Building (Heather Rose Jones)

Posted on July 5, 2016 by epbeaumont

One of the things that draws us inexorably into another world is the food. From Marcel Proust’s cookie that launched a million words to the favorite treats of space station dwellers thousands of years in the future, what we eat … Continue reading →

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The Muse of Research: Math and Other Marvels (S. L. Huang)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by epbeaumont

One of the great pleasures of reading is hanging out with folks whose storytelling game is totally different from my own. S. L. Huang writes the action-packed adventures of a mathematical mercenary-superhero, Cas Russell, whose style of math and narration … Continue reading →

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Muse of Research II: Food As World Building (Lev Mirov @thelionmachine)

Posted on June 28, 2016 by epbeaumont

One of the things that draws us inexorably into another world is the food. From Marcel Proust’s cookie that launched a million words to the favorite treats of space station dwellers thousands of years in the future, what we eat … Continue reading →

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The Anthologist’s Art: interview with Athena Andreadis (To Shape the Dark)

Posted on May 9, 2016 by epbeaumont

Athena Andreadis has long been one of my science-fictional inspirations. Her life work in the field includes critical essays on a variety of subjects on her blog at Starship Reckless, her work as a writer of mythic space opera, and a collaborator … Continue reading →

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The Muse of Research: Interview with Kate Elliott

Posted on December 2, 2015 by epbeaumont

Kate Elliott is my contemporary by age and my elder by career. Over the last decades, she’s been steadily producing a wide-ranging body of work in science fiction and fantasy, with brilliantly realized settings from the deep past to the … Continue reading →

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The Muse of Research: Interview with Aliette de Bodard

Posted on November 25, 2015 by epbeaumont

In the last few years, Aliette de Bodard has become one of my favorite science fiction and fantasy writers. Her settings are impeccably realized, from an AU Aztec Empire where the magic works as advertised (the Obsidian and Blood detective … Continue reading →

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Writer Tech (Technique): Lev Mirov on self-care, artistic practice, music, and the writerly zone

Posted on April 9, 2015 by epbeaumont

Edited version of chat interview on Friday, March 20, 2015 9:45 PM EPB: The first question, which I struggle with: what is the balance, for you, between artistic production and self-care? How has it changed over the years? LM: Well … Continue reading →

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