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Why Murderbot is tough to write and other sci-fi secrets – Interview with Martha Wells
1 hour Posted May 11, 2021 at 3:33 am.
– Martha talks about how she chooses the idea to write.
– Martha talks about being excited by her stories and writing.
– Martha talks about what parts of the story she wants to be engaged by.
– Martha talks about the Murderbot series and Murderbot.
– Martha talks about he chooses between writing a novel versus a novella.
– Martha talks about writing novellas.
– Martha talks about the difficulty in writing science fiction with new technology
– Martha talks about her inspirations.
– Martha talks about her interest in true crime and
– Martha talks about her previous mystery novels.
– Martha talks about the aesthetic of the book.
– Martha talks about sci-fi mysteries and noir.
– Martha talks about enjoying archaeology.
– Martha talks about enjoying revision.
Martha talks about her writing routine.
– Martha talks about her cats.
– Martha talks about how her writing process has changed over time.
– Martha talks about attending conventions.
– Martha talks about meeting celebrities at cons.
– Martha talks about how busy authors can be.
– Martha talks about having been a gamer.
– Martha talks about the video games she enjoyed.
– Martha talks about world-building.
– Martha talks about the Murderbot character.
– Martha talks about the future of Murderbot.
– Martha talks about her writing output.
– Martha talks about sci-fi versus fantasy.
– Martha talks about fantasy writing.
– Martha talks about her favorite character to write.
– Martha talks about enjoying Star Trek, Godzilla, and other things when she was young.
– Martha talks about writing Stargate and Star Wars novels.
– Martha talks about working on Magic: The Gathering.
– Martha talks about writing for other properties.
– Martha talks about promoting books.
Martha talks about her earlier works.
– Martha talks about how she was able to write for Stargate and Star Wars.
– Martha talks about the contracts for Murderbot.
– Martha can be found at marthawells.com and on twitter @marthawells1 and on marthawells.dreamwidth.org
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Why Murderbot is tough to write and other sci-fi secrets – Interview with Martha Wells
Check the book out here https://amzn.to/33EmJJ3
Interview Timeline
Martha Wells has written many fantasy and sci-fi novels, short fiction and novellas. She’s also written Star Wars and Stargate novels as well as worked on Magic:The Gathering. She has won Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards for her work. She recently released a new Murderbot novella and we spoke about the novella, Murderbot, her other works, and her inspirations. Fugitive Telemetry (Tordotcom, 2021)
Links of interest
https://amzn.to/33EmJJ3
https://publishing.tor.com/fugitivetelemetry-marthawells/9781250765376/
http://marthawells.com/
https://twitter.com/marthawells1
http://marthawells.dreamwidth.org
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For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
Guests: Martha Wells
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, tordotcom, science fiction, fiction, star wars, locus award, hugo award, Nebula award,
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