Ep. 55: Martha Wells talks Witch King, The Murderbot Diaries, Hard Lessons & More
Episode description
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning/bestselling author Martha Wells about her new novel Witch King, her acclaimed The Murderbot Diaries series, hard lessons from her decades-long publishing career, re-releasing old works (and confronting her younger self's writing), writing both science fiction and fantasy, demons, The Untamed, Mr. Snuffleupagus and much more.
NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Martha. Stayed tuned next week for her mini-masterclass on Worldbuilding 101.
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- Writer Beware: https://writerbeware.blog/
- The Publishing Rodeo Podcast: https://publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/
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ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Martha Wells is the award-winning/bestselling SFF author of The Murderbot Diaries, The Books of the Raksura series, The Death of the Necromancer, the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy and more, along with short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. Her latest book is Witch King, which is available now via Tor Books.
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ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator, and is currently working on his debut novel.
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M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, her debut novel. The sequel, Thick As Thieves, releases on July 25 and is available to preorder here.
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MUSIC:
Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFX
Outro: “Galactic Synthwave” by Divion