Fictitious

The Fictitious podcast, hosted by Adron Buske, delves into the craft of Science Fiction and Fantasy storytelling through interviews with authors and other professional writers. These conversations examine the writing process, techniques, and work habits of passionate creators and explore their most recent, and most popular, works.

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Vivian Shaw, "Strange Practice" Author

This episode features author Vivian Shaw, whose debut novel — Strange Practice — was just released from Orbit Books. Strange Practice introduces Dr. Greta Helsing, a normal human physician working to keep the supernatural community not-alive and well in modern-day London. Having inherited her family's specialized medical practice, Greta can barely make ends meet with her treatments for local mummies. But when a sect of murderous monks begins to scour the city's underbelly, intent on killing her ...

Jul 30, 2017•46 min•Ep. 3

Rebecca Zanetti, "Lethal Lies" Author

Our guest is Rebecca Zanetti, a prolific author of dark paranormals, romantic suspense, and contemporary romances. She's published more than 25 novels, many of which have appeared on bestseller lists from the New York Times, USA Today, iBooks, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. Her books include the Scorpius Syndrome series and Realm Enforcer series from Kensington Publishing, and the Sin Brothers series and Lost Bastard series from Grand Central Publishing. Her latest novel, Lethal Lies , was rele...

Jun 19, 2017•45 min•Ep. 2

Lauren Shippen, "The Bright Sessions" writer/creator

We talk with Lauren Shippen, the writer and creator of The Bright Sessions , a science fiction audio drama about people with supernatural abilities - in therapy. It’s a serialized podcast where each episode is a therapy session between a patient and the enigmatic Dr. Joan Bright. The Bright Sessions premiered in 2015, and has been featured by iTunes, Vox, Wired, The Observer, and Popular Science. In 2016 it was the recipient of 7 Audio Verse Awards. As an actor in Los Angeles, Lauren Shippen cre...

Jun 05, 2017•44 min•Ep. 1

Daniel H. Wilson, "Press Start to Play" Editor

This rebroadcast episode was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con 2015 with Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis . His books also include How to Survive a Robot Uprising , A Boy and His Bot , and Amped . Daniel's career spans books, television, and comics. He has a PhD in Robotics and a Masters in Artificial Intelligence. His book Robopocalypse was optioned by DreamWorks and was in development by Steven Spielberg, though the film has been in ...

Jun 05, 2017•24 min

Mary Robinette Kowal, "Ghost Talkers" Author

Hugo-award winning author Mary Robinette-Kowal spoke with us during the release of her novel "Ghost Talkers" , a historical fantasy set in Europe during World War I. We talk about how that novel came together, and we also explore the other facets of her career, including her award-winning work as a puppeteer, and her side gig as a voice over artist, reading audio books and short stories for other writers. This episode originally appeared on our flagship podcast, Nerd For A Living....

Jun 05, 2017•32 min

Introduction to Fictitious

Fictitious is a new podcast about writing and genre storytelling, presented by Nerd For A Living and hosted by Adron Buske. We will delve into the storytelling process and business of writing for genre entertainment. And by genre, we mean all kinds of speculative fiction - science fiction, fantasy, horror and supernatural, and all the category-bending and -blending stories in between. Fictitious will focus on prose fiction, like novels and short stories, but we’ll also explore screenwriting for ...

Jun 05, 2017•5 min

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