Fantastic interview with one of my favorite substack authors. Its cool too see " behind the scenes" of what drives an author's style. The science background shows up in all of SDGs work (meant as a complement; makes the stories feel grounded).
"Sounds grandiose, as maybe only a high school student can be!" - this made me laugh. Probably true. I'm not sure I ever used that much foresight in high school though.
What an awesome interview! Thoughtful questions and even more thoughtful answers! Loved getting to read some of SDG's thoughts and reflections here. So many things I love thinking about 🔥
Oh don't you worry, I'm already an avid reader of her work! Fortunately for me, she started reading my work first and it made me curious so I read hers too. I immediately loved her work. Awesome how internet communities can work that way!
Awesome! Yeah, the internet is a great tool when put to the right order of things. I first encountered her putting an index together of other science fiction and fantasy authors on Substack. Not to drown you in stuff, but here's that index if you are interested (second part of the post). https://www.patrickabbott.net/p/talking-aliens-are-demons
Fantastic interview with one of my favorite substack authors. Its cool too see " behind the scenes" of what drives an author's style. The science background shows up in all of SDGs work (meant as a complement; makes the stories feel grounded).
"Sounds grandiose, as maybe only a high school student can be!" - this made me laugh. Probably true. I'm not sure I ever used that much foresight in high school though.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was nice seeing the brain of a scientific sci-fi writer worker.
What an awesome interview! Thoughtful questions and even more thoughtful answers! Loved getting to read some of SDG's thoughts and reflections here. So many things I love thinking about 🔥
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. SDG is a great author with much earned praise. I hope you check out her work.
Oh don't you worry, I'm already an avid reader of her work! Fortunately for me, she started reading my work first and it made me curious so I read hers too. I immediately loved her work. Awesome how internet communities can work that way!
Awesome! Yeah, the internet is a great tool when put to the right order of things. I first encountered her putting an index together of other science fiction and fantasy authors on Substack. Not to drown you in stuff, but here's that index if you are interested (second part of the post). https://www.patrickabbott.net/p/talking-aliens-are-demons
Great interview. It's always fascinating to hear about authors who's work you enjoy.
Glad you enjoyed it. She was a fantastic person who gave great insight into her and her work.
This is an awesome interview and gave me a shortlist of SDG’s stories to check out - The Nativity Scene sounds great!
And hey, I’m CANADIAN…didn’t see that anywhere on the list… just sayin’…😏😏😏🇨🇦🍁
If you're volunteering, give me a few days to whip up some questions. What medium for the interview do you prefer?
I liked how you did the call with Philip Carter that time. Something conversational?