{"id":7936,"date":"2016-01-30T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7936"},"modified":"2016-01-28T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:50:08","slug":"talkcast-303-melinda-snodgrass-tracy-hickman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7936","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 303 &#8211; Melinda Snodgrass &#038; Tracy Hickman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an amazing podcast in which we speak with 2 wonderful creators.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7935\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Melinda-Snodgrass-150x150.png\" alt=\"Melinda Snodgrass\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/melindasnodgrass.com\">Melinda Snodgrass<\/a> is an author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0811200\/\">screenwriter<\/a> gamer and equestrian\u2026sometimes at the same time. We talk about her writing days on <a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Melinda_M._Snodgrass\">Star Trek \u2013 The Next Generation<\/a>, her work with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melinda_M._Snodgrass\">George RR Martin<\/a> and the Wild Cards Series. Her honest outspoken views are both wonderful and refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7937\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tracy-Hickman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tracy Hickman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Tracy Hickman has an open invitation and came on to talk about two new projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/thevoid.com\">The Void<\/a> is a 3-D immersion virtual reality facility (think Star Trek Holodeck) that has to be seen to be believed. Tracy now has an office job there and is slowly becoming used to it. Seriously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thevoidvr\/\">this project<\/a> is a beautiful ongoing work that is just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>His second announcement is that <a href=\"http:\/\/company.wizards.com\">Wizards Of The Coast<\/a> has asked him to revive and the return to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ravenloft_(module)\"><strong>Ravenloft<\/strong> <\/a>in D&amp;D&#8217;s latest adventure, <a href=\"http:\/\/dnd.wizards.com\/articles\/news\/return-ravenloft\">Curse of Strahd<\/a>, the updating of a RP project he began with Laura in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the interview, Tracy, Kriana and I talk about his participation in our Kickstarter project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/285514212\/my-peculiar-family\">My Peculiar Family<\/a> and his wonderful challenge reward.<\/p>\n<p>And, by the way, Happy Birthday to our dear friend, author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staceylongo.com\">Stacey Longo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for a remarkable hour.<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast303.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast303.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast303.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast303.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast303.mp3&id=7936\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7936\" data-text=\"TalkCast 303 - Melinda Snodgrass &amp; Tracy Hickman\" data-via=\"sfsn\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7936\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D7936&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fc49ccc512d4f99a9a863cc00915cb240%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dmm%26r%3Dpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20303%20-%20Melinda%20Snodgrass%20%26%20Tracy%20Hickman\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an amazing podcast in which we speak with 2 wonderful creators. 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