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 Krystle Matar and authors James Logan, Kailee Pedersen, Zammar Ahmer, Aimee Donnellan and David T. List for a TBRCon2025 panel on “The Debut Author Experience”.

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The audio of this panel is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the panel below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or stream the audio via Spotify.

Episode 160 of SFF Addicts has arrived!

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with author Malka Older about her new novel The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, Mossa and Pleiti as her Holmes and Watson, cozy vs. comforting fiction, Sherlock Holmes influences, writing realistic character romance/relationships, expanding characters and worldbuilding across a series, working for the non-profit Global Voices, humanitarian work and giving back, writing across different formats, luck and chance in publishing, pantsing and much more.

NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Malka. Stayed tuned next week for her writing masterclass on Future Power Structures & Systems.

Malka Older an aid worker, sociologist, executive director of Global Voices, as well as the author of The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti and more. Her latest release is The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, which you can purchase ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Find Malka on ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Global Voices⁠ and ⁠her personal website⁠.

Episode 160 is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the episode below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or on Spotify, and the full episode archive for the show is available here. Check out the SFF Addicts Twitter or Instagram accounts for more frequent updates.

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/artist Alyssa Winans and artists/publishers/authors Jeff Brown, Lauren Raye Snow, Marc Simonetti and Bryce O’Connor for a TBRCon2025 panel on “How Book Illustrations Come to Life”.

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The audio of this panel is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the panel below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or stream the audio via Spotify.

Episode 159 of SFF Addicts has arrived!

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Infusing Politics into SFF with author Kate Elliott. During the episode, Kate deconstructs the meaning of politics in sci-fi and fantasy, including why SFF and politics meld so well, choosing political themes for your story/world, revealing politics through characters, political biases, nuance and empathy, in-groups/out-groups and “otherness”, using environment and geography to convey politics, “access” as a foundation for political structures and more.

NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Kate. Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to check out part one.

Kate Elliott is the author of The Sun Chronicles, the Crown of Stars series, the Spiritwalker series and more. Her latest release is The Witch Roads, which you can purchase ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Find Kate on ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠her personal website⁠.

Episode 159 is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the episode below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or on Spotify, and the full episode archive for the show is available here. Check out the SFF Addicts Twitter or Instagram accounts for more frequent updates.

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 Adam Bassett and authors Rob J. Hayes, Claire Legrand, P.L. Stuart, Andrew Watson and Gretchen Felker-Martin for a TBRCon2025 panel on “What Makes a Great Prologue?”

To check out all of our TBRCon2025 content, click here.

The audio of this panel is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the panel below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or stream the audio via Spotify.

Episode 158 of SFF Addicts has arrived!

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Kate Elliott about her new novel The Witch Roads, how SFF publishing has changed since the 1980’s, artificial intelligence and art, burnout and perseverance, experimenting with genre and form, magic and fungi in worldbuilding, character relationships and family dynamics, pacing and learning from different genres, Alexander the Great’s badass sister, Korean dramas and much more.

NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Kate. Stayed tuned next week for her writing masterclass on Infusing Politics into SFF.

Kate Elliott is the author of The Sun Chronicles, the Crown of Stars series, the Spiritwalker series and more. Her latest release is The Witch Roads, which you can purchase ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Find Kate on ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠her personal website⁠.

Episode 158 is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the episode below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or on Spotify, and the full episode archive for the show is available here. Check out the SFF Addicts Twitter or Instagram accounts for more frequent updates.

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 Agatha Andrews and authors Rin Chupeco, Hailey Piper, Desirée M. Niccoli, L. B. Shimaira and Lynn Hutchinson Lee for a TBRCon2025 panel on “Romance, Sex & Sensuality in Horror”.

To check out all of our TBRCon2025 content, click here.

The audio of this panel is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the panel below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or stream the audio via Spotify.

Episode 157 of SFF Addicts has arrived!

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Constructing an Alternate History, featuring authors P. Djèlí Clark, Mary Robinette Kowal and Sophie Burnham. During the panel, they lay out the foundations of alternate history stories, discussing what an alternate history is, what these stories can achieve, the divergence point, cause and effect, balancing real history vs. imagined history, bringing modern ideas/concerns into an alternate history, the legitimacy of history, historical research and more.

P. Djèlí Clark is an academic historian and the award-winning author of Ring Shout, A Master of Djinn, The Black God’s Drums, Abeni’s Song and more. Find Phenderson on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠his website⁠.

Mary Robinette Kowal is the award-winning author of The Lady Astronaut series, The Glamourist Histories series and more. Find Mary Robinette on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠her website⁠.

Sophie Burnham is the author of Sargassa, her debut novel. Find Sophie on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠her website⁠.

Episode 157 is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the episode below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or on Spotify, and the full episode archive for the show is available here. Check out the SFF Addicts Twitter or Instagram accounts for more frequent updates.

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 Mihir Wanchoo and authors Peter McLean, Janny Wurts, Tim Facciola, Beth Barany and Laura Anne Gilman for a TBRCon2025 panel on “What Writing Advice Do You Take & What Do You Leave Behind?”

To check out all of our TBRCon2025 content, click here.

The audio of this panel is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the panel below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or stream the audio via Spotify.

Episode 156 of SFF Addicts has arrived!

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a writing masterclass on Reading to Become a Better Writer with author/content creator Evan Leikam (AKA Book Reviews Kill). During the episode, Evan examines the relationship between reading and writing, including how reading shapes us, how to read as a writer, finding the time to read, reading however (and wherever) you can, reading for enjoyment vs. learning, improving your writing through the books you read, applying lessons and breaking the rules, writing craft books and more.

NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Evan. Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to check out part one.

Evan Leikam is the author of Anji Kills A King, his debut novel, and a content creator/podcaster known as Book Reviews Kill. You can purchase Anji Kills A King ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Find Evan on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 156 is available to stream and download on:

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You can also watch the episode below via the FanFiAddict YouTube channel or on Spotify, and the full episode archive for the show is available here. Check out the SFF Addicts Twitter or Instagram accounts for more frequent updates.