TalkCast 192 – PJ Haarsma




PJ Haarsma (left) and an undisclosed SFSN correspondent.

PJ Haarsma (left) and an undisclosed SFSN correspondent.

 

Tonight’s guest is the lovely PJ Haarsma. He’s here to talk about his Softwire series, the accompanying game, the Kids Need to Read charity, and his exciting upcoming projects. We also talked about alternative publishing models and where he sees publishing heading in the future.

 

 

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TalkCast 191 – Kristine Hassell of GeekGirlCon




 

Kristine Hassel

Tonight’s guest is Kristine Hassell from GEEKGIRLCON in Seattle, Oct 19-20. We talk about how it began, how she became involved, some of the past guests and venues and this year’s event. Current guests include Mike Madrid, Chaka Cumberbatch and Kelly Sue DeConnick. GeekGirl Con also features workshops and panels like Summon Your Inner Superhero Style.

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TalkCast 190 – Jay Spence




You're Dead

Tonight’s guest is Jay Spence, Writer Producer and Director of the grindhouse movie, You’re !@#$%  Dead.  This crowd funded project is currently in post-production. Jay walked us through this project from its inception, writing, casting, multi-platform funding shooting and editing and the projects name changes. He, in fact, took a break for editing to do the show. As time grows closer to its completion, look for You’re !@#$%  Dead.

 

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TalkCast 189 – Travis Richey




Tonight’s guest is Travis Richey, writer and star of Untitled Webseries About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time. The Kickstarter for Season 2 is underway now! And you should watch the trailer above to get a glipmse of just one of several exciting guest stars!

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Talkcast 188 – Michael Kellar and the Inkwell Awards




Ms. Inkwell

Ms. Inkwell

Poll: The Superman Movies

This week our guest Michael Kellar gives us some background on inking, the Inkwell Awards themselves, and the 2013 Inkwell Award winners:

  • Favorite Inker: Klaus Janson
  • Most Adaptable: Jonathan Glapion
  • Props Award: Eber Ferreira
  • Favorite Small Press and Mainstream-Independent: Sal Buscema
  • All-In-One: Skottie Young

Additionally the following two inkers received Hall of Fame awards: Dick Ayers, Murphy Anderson.

Michael is currently working on a book for Fourth Wall Productions, called The Aceblade. Check out more of Michael’s work at his website.

 

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TalkCast 187 – Mike Dougherty




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Tonight’s guest is the one, the only, Mike Dougherty. He’s here to tell us all about the soon-to-be-released sizzle reel for Z*Con. We talk about how the reel looks (great! despite its lack of robots…), the Heavyweight DVD Boxing Championships, and  what’s next for Z*Con!

 

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Enter to win Michael J. Sullivan’s new book on Goodreads




The Crown TowerAuthor Michael J. Sullivan is a very talented writer and has been a good friend of SFSN. He has been on our show and we had an incredibly candid conversation about his process and his books. We got an email from him this week and I would like to share some of it with you. His latest book, The Crown Tower, is a prequel to his current series.  From a publisher’s point of view, the inherent problem with any prequel,, is that you already know where the story is going, and their contention is that it simply won’t sell very well. Michael wants to show his publisher that good storytelling in the universe he has created will sell, so he is giving away copies of it to prove to them that there is interest.

Here’s what it’s all about:

Hadrian Blackwater, a warrior with nothing to fight for is paired with Royce Melborn, a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most prized possessions. But it isn’t gold or jewels that the old wizard is after, and if he can just keep them from killing each other, just might do it.

To be entered into this giveaway, you simply need to sign into Goodreads (if you’re not a member already, do it, what are you waiting for?) and go here. Take 30 seconds to be entered to win a free book, and not just any book. Take a moment to show publishers that good writing will always interest readers.

 

Justice is Served




INJUSTICE_11Injustice: Gods Among Us is the latest creation from NeatherRealm studios, the developers behind the legendary Mortal Kombat franchise.  Injustice brilliantly combines elements of the fighting game genre paying homage to its predecessors (Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter) while providing an extremely large amount of comic book fan fare in the process.  The result is an incredibly fun experience for comic book fans and gamers that does justice to the source material. Read More »

Talkcast 186 – Jamal Igle




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Tonight’s guest is Jamal Igle, a comic book creator who has worked on Superman and many other titles for DC. But that’s not what he’s here to talk about! Jamal recently had a very successful Kickstarter campaign, and the first results of that campaign are here! Molly Danger is a smart, spunky, POWERFUL, 10-year-old girl who’s out to save the world. The first issue of the Molly Danger series was released nationwide at Free Comic Book Day, and you can get your own free copy online if you haven’t already.

 

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Talkcast 185 – The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences




pipandtee

Tonight’s guests are Tee Morris and Philippa Ballentine, co-authors of Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences–the best selling, award winning steampunk series–which also includes digital short stories and a free award winning podcast series. After the success of the Ministry, and to keep their fans going until the next novel comes out, they’ve also started a Kickstarter called The Ministry Initiative. This will fund two related projects: a short story anthology and an RPG. And as if that weren’t enough, we also talk about Archer, librarians vs. archivists,  and why NO ONE has control of the sound board after tonight.

 

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