SFF Addicts

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson , M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on How to Write Unlikable Characters  with bestselling author Joe Abercrombie . During the episode, Joe unpacks the core traits of unlikable characters, including what makes an unlikable character likable , why readers are fascinated by awful people, the process of creating an unlikable character, t...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author Ed Crocker and authors T. Kingfisher, R.A. Busby, Tanya Pell, Angela Sylvaine and Geoffrey W. Cole for a TBRCon2025 panel on "The Role of Humor in Horror". SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson , M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Joe Abercrombie about his new novel The Devils, first attempts at writing, working in film, TV and music video editing, the world of The First Law and gradual success, his opinions on grimdark, writing (absurdist) alternate history Europe, going down historical research rabbit holes, creating an eclecti...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/reviewer Eleni Argyró and authors Django Wexler, Anna Stephens, Christian Cameron, Quenby Olson and L. R. Lam for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Publishing in More Than One Genre". SUPPORT THE...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as  they delve into a writing masterclass on Writing for Different Mediums  with author/actor Luke Arnold . During the episode, Luke breaks down his approaches to four different mediums (prose, comics, screenwriting and video games), including expressing your creativity through various mediums, learning from other mediums, researching and understandi...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author Kaden Love and authors Sarah K. Balstrup, Yuval Kordov, Michael J. DeLuca, Tori Tecken and David T. List  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Religion in Fantasy". SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with author/actor Luke Arnold about his new novel Whisper in the Wind, the pros and cons of writing a series, character development in The Fetch Phillips Archives, his nostalgia for films and video games, lessons learned from acting, audiobook narration and voice acting, noir inspirations and tropes, urban fantasy and genre mashups, crea...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author Marshall J. Moore  and authors Travis Baldree, Sarah Beth Durst, Stephanie Burgis, Marti Dumas  and Mariana Costa  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "What Are the Limits of Cozy Fantasy?" SUPPORT...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as  they delve into a writing masterclass on Writing Nature & Wilderness  with bestselling author Hannah Kaner . During the episode, Hannah ventures out into the wilds of storytelling, including incorporating your natural surroundings into fiction, drawing influence from environments you’ve never visited, using landscape/environment to enhance st...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/book reviewer Neil Williams  and authors Mary Robinette Kowal, Malka Older, Sue Burke  and Wick Welker  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Is Science Catching Up to What Was Once Sci-Fi? " SUP...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Hannah Kaner about her new novel Faithbreaker, completing The Fallen Gods Trilogy, perseverance and the marathon of publishing, querying and what to look for in an agent, the challenges of writing a series, community and pushing yourself, creating a pantheon of gods, writing about faith and religion, opening scene...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/book reviewer Eleni Argyró  and authors Fonda Lee, Andrea Stewart, Sebastien de Castell, J.S. Dewes, SourpatchHero  and Luis Magalhaes  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Sidekicks & Secondary...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as  they delve into a writing masterclass on Finding the Emotional Core  with bestselling author Nicholas Binge . During the episode, Nick delves into the emotional heart of storytelling, including what "emotional core" means, why characters and relationships are vital for emotional investment, developing a character’s emotional journey, emotional re...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/book reviewer Neil Williams  and authors Christopher Paolini, Constance Fay, Andrea Hairston  and Darran M. Handshaw  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "What Makes Advanced Technology in Sci-Fi Suc...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Nicholas Binge about his new novel Dissolution, memory and identity, writing elderly characters, the joys of teaching and podcasting, agents and querying, getting books optioned for TV and film, living up to hype, marketability vs. artistic vision, experimenting with story structure, antagonists, dementia, grandpa...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author A.J. Calvin  and authors Sebastien de Castell , David Green, Samantha Mills, Brent Lambert  and Taran Matharu  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Fantasy Trends Over the Last Decade & Where W...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as  they delve into a writing masterclass on Bringing the Funny to Sci-Fi  with bestselling, award-winning author John Scalzi . During the episode, John sets up the punchline for sci-fi comedy, including what humor means to us, humor as a skill that you develop, Douglas Adams and the progression of humor in sci-fi, the marketability of humorous sci-f...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author Adrian M. Gibson  and authors Suyi Davies Okungbowa , Rebecca Campbell , Syr Beker , Nick Snape  and Brenda Peynado  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "What is the Future of Dystopian Sci-Fi...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling, award-winning author John Scalzi about his new novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye, luck and career longevity, major changes in the publishing landscape, Old Man's War book 7 and writing without pressure, fandom and avoiding burnout, turning the moon into cheese, using the lunar cycle as a story structure, writing doz...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author/booktuber Philip Chase  and authors Jenn Lyons ,  Evan Winter , Sung-il Kim,   Rebecca Campbell  and J.D.L. Rosell  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Writing a Successful Inciting Incident&...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly  as they delve into a writing masterclass on How to Train Your Character  with award-winning author C. L. Clark . During the episode, Cherae works out the fundamentals of character strength and training, including the body and the stories we tell ourselves, convincing fictional examples of physicality, how the body affects plot and character, biologi...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/book reviewer George Dunn  and authors Josh Malerman ,  Philip Fraccasi , Gemma Amor,   Cynthia Pelayo  and Jenny Keifer  for a TBRCon2025 panel on "Jump Scares: How to Create Shocking Horr...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with award-winning author C. L. Clark about her tie-in new novel Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf, Arcane, League of Legends and writing for a major IP, giving Ambessa more heart and complexity, the Magic of the Lost series, the influence of The Wheel of Time on her writing, teaching and editing, melding big and small-scale themes, writing ba...

Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2025 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/publisher Caroline Lambe  and panelists Wolfe Locke , Konstance , Jessie Kwak  and Beth Barany  for a panel on “How to Market Through Email Newsletters”. SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly  as they delve into a writing masterclass on Mythological Retellings  with author Gourav Mohanty . During the episode, Gourav delves into humanity's ancient relationship with mythology, including why mythology has appealed to us across time, the popularity of mythological retellings, how to choose which myth to retell, pairing a myth with a genre...