SFF Addicts

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 Stacey McEwan  and panelists Chelsey Ann Tompkins , J.D. Evans , Juliette Cross and Analeigh Sbrana  for a panel on “Romantasy vs. Fantasy Romance”. SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with author Gourav Mohanty about his new novel Dance of Shadows, The Raag of Rta series, grimdark and the Indian SFF market, the influences of both A Song of Ice & Fire and Toni Morrison, being a writer, lawyer and  stand-up comedian, storytelling across career types, his sense of humor and Indian politics, writing a large cast of ch...

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 Christian "Miles" Cameron  and panelists Cat Rambo , Taran Hunt , W. J. Long III  and Skyler Ramirez  for a panel on “Sci-Fi Tropes That Need an Update". SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Creating a Shared Universe with bestselling author Richard Swan. During the episode, Richard lays out the foundations for creating a fictional shared universe, including what a shared universe is, examples of shared universes (such as the MCU, Star Wars and Discworld), giving your world depth through details...

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 C. M. Caplan and panelists Caitlin Starling, Michael R. Miller, Mahaila Smith, Justin T. Call and Laura Elliott for a panel on “Disabilities in SFF". SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Richard Swan about his new novel Grave Empire, his lifelong love of video games, Star Wars and science fiction, The Art of War series and his experiences in self-publishing, working in law, lessons learned from publishing, leaving beloved characters behind, his historical fascinations, the brutalities of warfare an...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Choosing Your Publication Path, featuring authors Christopher Ruocchio and Tatiana Obey. During the panel, Christopher and Tatiana share their publishing experiences, discussing the dream of being an author vs. the reality, querying and literary agents, the essentials of being an indie author, self-publishing costs/cover art...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on How to Write Great Dialogue with author/editor Ed Crocker. During the episode, Ed chats about the keys to great dialogue, including the importance of dialogue in fiction, examples of great dialogue, worldbuilding through dialogue vs. exposition, character voices and rhythm, developing relationships through d...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and Greta Kelly as they chat with author/editor Ed Crocker about his debut novel Lightfall, his writing journey (and meandering twenties), freelance editing, publishing traumas and querying, the benefits of writing courses, vampires and a world without humans, class systems, poverty and the politics of blood, immortality and the dynamics between vampires, werewolves...

Tune in to find out who the newest addition to the SFF Addicts family is! We're so excited for this next phase in our podcasting journey, and we couldn't do this show without all of you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your continued support <3 EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: ⁠⁠sffaddictspod@gmail.com⁠⁠ SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠Patreon⁠ (for exclusive bonus episodes, author...

The end of 2024 is upon us, and that means it's time to discuss our favorite reads! Better yet, this year it's LIVE!!! Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they reminisce on the year that was with friends Greta Kelly , Hannah & Laura from OWWR Pod and Dylan Marsh from The Friends Talking Fantasy Podcast ⁠⁠. During the panel, they share and discuss their top SFF reads of the year (2...

We are so excited to offer all of you a FREE sample of the audiobook for Adrian M. Gibson's debut novel, Mushroom Blues ! Narrated by the talented, award-winning Imogen Church, this sample includes the entirety of chapters one and two. Enjoy! FORMATS & AVAILABILITY: Mushroom Blues is available now in paperback, hardcover and eBook. The audiobook will be available exclusively on Audible soon. A...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn  as they delve into a writing masterclass on Consequences in World Creation with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky . During the episode, Adrian confronts the many consequences of worldbuilding, including establishing a logical fictional “reality”, the depths and possibilities of world creation, being flexible with your world and its consequences,...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his new novels Days of Shattered Faith and Alien Clay, growing up on Doctor Who, how TTRPGs inspire him, ideation and the strangeness of nature, empathizing with aliens and non-human characters, creativity and limitations, authoritarianism and bureaucracy in The Tyrant Philosophers series,...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn  for a masterclass panel on Writing for IP , featuring authors Peter F. Hamilton ,  Mike Chen and  James L. Sutter . During the panel, Peter, Mike and James explore the intricacies of writing for intellectual properties, including how to get involved in IP, deadlines and contracts, the pressures of writing in an established universe, love of the IP vs....

Join host Adrian M. Gibson  as he delves into a writing masterclass on Writing Multiple POVs  with author Lavanya Lakshminarayan . During the episode, Lavanya unmasks the many faces of multiple points-of-view, including why you would write multiple POVs, how to choose the right POV characters and tenses, making character voices unique, connecting with characters (as readers and writers), structure...

Join host Adrian M. Gibson  as he chats with author Lavanya Lakshminarayan about her new novel Interstellar MegaChef, The Ten Percent Thief, working in the video game industry, storytelling and worldbuilding, cultural identity and imagined futures, VR and future technologies, blending culinary arts with space opera, food as cultural exchange and history, cooking TV shows, contrasting characters an...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn  as they delve into a writing masterclass on Fictional Family Dynamics  with award-winning author Tasha Suri . During the episode, Tasha unpacks the complexities of family, exploring what makes family dynamics compelling, the role of family in her work, the key to successful fictional families, types of family dynamics, conveying individual and group c...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Tasha Suri about her new novel The Lotus Empire, completing The Burning Kingdoms trilogy, her love for anime, sapphic fantasy and the romantasy boom, South Asian/historical inspirations in her work, writing messy characters and multiple POVs, piquing readers' curiosity, the shortcomings of academia, Dev Patel, kni...

Join Adrian M. Gibson  and guest co-host Greta Kelly  as they delve into a writing masterclass on Convincing Details & Descriptions  with award-winning author Nghi Vo . During the episode, Nghi gets into the nitty gritty of details, exploring what details/descriptions can do for readers, how to approach details in your writing, delivering effective details, setting expectations for your descri...

Join Adrian M. Gibson  and guest co-host Greta Kelly as they chat with award-winning author Nghi Vo about her new novel The City in Glass, The Singing Hills Cycle (The Empress of Salt and Fortune and its sequels), Siren Queen and Hollywood history, The Chosen and the Beautiful and reimagining The Great Gatsby, cities and evocative settings, vibes vs. plot, angels, demons and love, change, characte...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn  as they delve into a writing masterclass on Omniscient Narration & POV  with award-winning author Cat Rambo . During the episode, Cat lays out all there is to know about omniscient narration, exploring what it is and when to use it, the benefits and challenges of an omniscient POV, finding a narrative voice, how to transition between characters, i...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Cat Rambo about their new novel Rumor Has It, the Disco Space Opera series, writing in different formats and genres, working as an editor, teaching and paying it forward, SFWA and the SFF community, found family, subverting tropes, writing a long series, cooking, foodie culture (in space!) and much more. NOTE:  Th...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn  as they delve into a writing masterclass on Modernity & Building Believable Futures  with award-winning author T. R. Napper . During the episode, Tim unpacks the complexities of modernity, exploring what modernity is, its relationships with hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk, confronting modernity in real life, relevancy and genre expectations, worl...

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson  and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author T. R. Napper about his new novel The Escher Man, living abroad and cultural immersion, balancing parenting and writing, cyberpunk and Australia, memory and technology, the creative process and philosophy, writing in the Aliens universe, trunked novels, unreliable narrators and much more. NOTE:  This is part one of...