Category Archives: Interviews

Silly Interview with Spencer Ellsworth Whose Bedpost Notches Are Real People

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Mandolin

Spencer Ellsworth had been publishing short stories since 2009, and has work in PodCastle, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, F&SF and a number of other places. You can find his short story “Clockwork of Sorrow” in the anthology Ghost in the Cogs: Steam-Powered … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal, intermittenty teal storyteller

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Mandolin

Mary Robinette Kowal is a woman of incredible multiple talents — a professional puppeteer who sews regency dresses and narrates audio books — and wins Hugo Awards. Her first novel series, the Glamourist Histories — fantasy novels about Austen’s regency … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with S.B. Divya, Defense Attorney for the Oxford Comma

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Mandolin

Thanks to S. B. Divya for granting me a silly interview! S. B. Divya is one of those people who is talented across many areas: science, engineering, art, fiction, music, and extreme sports. She’s got a shiny new novella available … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Effie Seiberg, Liar.

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Mandolin

Thanks to Effie Seiberg for granting me a silly interview! Effie is a San-Francisco-based writer with the requisite San-Francisco-based tech job. In college, she studied philosophy and logic. Now she bakes novelty cakes shaped like “spaceships and facehuggers.” Follow her on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly Interview with Fran Wilde, expert on man-made wings

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Mandolin

Thank you to Fran Wilde for agreeing to do a silly interview! I met Fran a few years ago at WorldCon, but we really got some nice time together at 2015’s ICFA in the pool. Later, we discussed migraine glasses. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Silly interview with Darusha Wehm, pink-haired sailor.

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Mandolin

Darusha Wehm is a Canadian-born New Zealander who spent YEARS SAILING THE PACIFIC, which is pretty freaking cool. She’s got several novels out, a number of short stories, and she also publishes mainstream fiction (without the ‘m’ in her name). Darusha … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A Silly Interview with Tina Gower, newly published debut novelist!

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Mandolin

Many thanks to Tina Gower for agreeing to do a silly interview with me! Tina’s bio has a typical writery buffet of eclectic experiences: “Tina Gower grew up in a small community in Northern California that proudly boasts of having … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Interviewing Jose Iriarte, former “homework babysitter,” current short story professional

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Mandolin

Today, I’m posting an interview that I was supposed to post a month ago, with Jose Iriarte. (I didn’t save the post correctly, apparently, and it didn’t go into the queue. Oops.) Jose is a new writer–he’s been publishing short … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Interviewing Jose Iriarte, former “homework babysitter,” current short story professional

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Ampersand

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Interviewing Tina Connolly

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Mandolin

A few weeks ago, I discovered that it was a lot of fun to hand people some casual interview questions and see what they had to say. This is the fourth interview I’m putting on the blog. I met Tina Connolly … Continue reading →

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