{"id":9773,"date":"2020-10-03T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2020-10-02T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T18:28:47","slug":"talkcast-457-ive-seen-smoke-and-ive-seen-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9773","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 457 &#8211; I\u2019ve Seen Smoke and I\u2019ve seen Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9774\" style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vsholmes.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9774\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9774\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9774\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vv-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"V.S. Holmes\" width=\"118\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vv-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vv.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">V.S. Holmes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eat your heart out James Taylor because in tonight&#8217;s episode we\u00a0 interview <a href=\"https:\/\/vsholmes.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">V. S. Holmes<\/a> and it doesn&#8217;t involve Nel Bently.\u00a0 With the <a href=\"https:\/\/vsholmes.com\/starsedge.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nel Bentley series<\/a> we see a wonderful series of sci fi stories with great characters. In this episode, we see V&#8217;s other side with Smoke and Rain and transition to see her fantasy world. Oddly enough, this is the first world she ever created and helped in no small way become the amazing\u00a0 writer she is today..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her current fantasy series consists of two duologies:<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vsholmes.com\/reforged.html\" target=\"_blank\">Reforged<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smoke and Rain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lightning and rain<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vsholmes.com\/reforged.html\" target=\"_blank\">Restored<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madness and Gods<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood and Mercy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight we set the Wayback Machine to talk about those golden days of yesteryear and her very first<\/p>\n<p>book in the very first series of her very first fantasy adventure. It was an interesting look back in time for everyone into how the series first developed and how it has evolved over the years AND how it will continue. Having V on the cast is proof, once again, that when you have a brilliant inventive mind, everything is possible.<\/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-9773-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast457.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast457.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast457.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast457.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast457.mp3&id=9773\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9775\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B014APUYFG\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9775\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9775\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51SHTlxw0JL-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke and Rain\" width=\"340\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51SHTlxw0JL-195x300.jpg 195w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51SHTlxw0JL.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke and Rain<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=9773\" data-text=\"TalkCast 457 - I\u2019ve Seen Smoke and I\u2019ve seen Rain\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9773\" 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%3D9773&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F10%2F51SHTlxw0JL-195x300.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20457%20-%20I%E2%80%99ve%20Seen%20Smoke%20and%20I%E2%80%99ve%20seen%20Rain\" 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>&nbsp; &nbsp; Eat your heart out James Taylor because in tonight&#8217;s episode we\u00a0 interview V. 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