The Once And Future Podcast

Bringing you the science fiction and fantasy books that you want to read

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:39:45 GMT

I’m Anton Strout, your host and curator of curious content for this grand endeavor where I’ll be talking as a working author to other working authors about writing, careers, and generally geekery. You can find more general information about the show HERE.

Click on the name of the author below whose interview you want to hear:

Ann Aguirre, Saladin Ahmed, BEA 2012, Keith Baker, Bradley Beaulieu, Amber Benson 1, Amber Benson 2, Book Country, Patricia Briggs, Maurice Broaddus, Matthew Cody, Myke Cole, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Lucienne Diver, Christopher Farnsworth, Matt Forbeck, Yasmine Galenorn, Gen Con 2012, Laura Anne Gilman, Christopher Golden, Lev Grossman, Charlaine Harris, Haunted Halloween Special, Haunted Halloween Special 2, Kevin Hearne, Jim C. Hines, Faith Hunter, Justin Gustainis, Paul S. Kemp, Jackie Kessler, E. E. Knight, Alethea Kontis, J. F. Lewis, Colleen Lindsay, Drew Magary, Ari Marmell, Kelly McCullough, Kelly Meding, Devon Monk, Chloe Neill, NYCC Demonic Hotspots Panel, Allison Pang, Kat Richardson, Pat Rothfuss Worldbuilders Charity, Pat Rothfuss Interview, Diana Rowland, San Diego Comic Con 2012, Kevin Shinick, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Jeanne Stein, K. A. Stewart, Anton Strout, Doyce Testerman, Carolyn Turgeon, Michael R. Underwood and Jaye Wells.

If you like the show and want to support it, please feel free to make a donation which will go towards equipment upgrades and keeping the program commercial free.

O&F Podcast, Ep. 51: Faith Hunter

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:38:35 GMT

Wherein author Faith Hunter and I discuss her first comic con, her bone collection, life before the fantasy genre, Superman, and the Rogue Mage and Jane Yellowrock urban fantasy series. Oh, and some writing advice too! Plus you can win a copy of one of her Jane Yellowrock series by listening!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 50: Christopher Golden

The Once & Future Podcast — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:28:38 GMT

Wherein we discuss fantasy author Christopher Golden and his original fiction, writing the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels and video games, Hellboy, Joe Golem, the Baltimore comic series, how Lynyrd Skynyrd is like collaborating, his road to publication, and some great advice for writers. Plus a chance to win a signed copy of his latest novella Father Gaetano's Puppet Catechism!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 49: Haunted Halloween Special 2

The Once & Future Podcast — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:19:01 GMT

WE’RE BACK!

For our 2nd Haunted Halloween Special, we’ve got all new spooktacular tales read by their authors: Alethea Kontis, Amber Benson, Anton Strout, Faith Hunter, Daniel Marks, Jaye Wells, and Yasmine Galenorn!

(And don't forget to check out Episode 7, our first Haunted Halloween Special if you haven't heard it yet!)

O&F Podcast, Ep. 48: Matt Forbeck

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:47:45 GMT

Wherein I talk with game designer/author/comic book writer Matt Forbeck about roleplaying and video games, late night meetings with J. J. Abrams, comic books, where business meets art, and his insane (yet successful) 12 for ’12 Kickstarter campaign.

O&F Podcast, Ep. 47: Thomas E. Sniegoski

The Once & Future Podcast — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:03:25 GMT

Wherein I talk with urban fantasy/comic book writer Thomas E. Sniegoski about writing both, collaboration, the deep neurosis all writers have, his obsession with dogs in his books, lack of religious outrage at his series with angels, and I gush over his Buffy The Vampire Slayer video game writing.

Plus a chance for you to win his latest Remy Chandler novel!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 46: Anton Strout w/ guest host Amber Benson

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:45:16 GMT

On the 1-year anniversary of the first O&F Podcast, guest host Amber Benson interviews author Anton Strout about his latest urban fantasy, Alchemystic, being besties, changing sex at will, Worldbuilders, how The Hodgman affects all authors, New York Comic Con, and much, much more!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 45: Keith Baker

The Once & Future Podcast — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:50:15 GMT

This episode game designer and author Keith Baker and I talk about one of my favorite card games Gloom, Cthluhu Gloom, how he came up with and world built the contest–winning Dungeons & Dragons world of Eberron, how fun killing a family can be, and…. THE HELLCOW!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 44: K. A. Stewart

The Once & Future Podcast — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:38:23 GMT

This episode I talk with author K. A. Stewart about her Jesse James Dawson series, the cosmic mystery that is the Amazon Sales Ranking, being a world building whoor, balancing writing with World of Warcraft, the crazy things we do to research our books, life as outliners, and how ALL authors are neurotic. Plus a chance to win a copy of your choice of one of the books in the Jesse James Dawson Series!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 43: Doyce Testerman

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:10:58 GMT

This episode I talk writing with Hidden Things debut author Doyce Testerman about our lush gaming histories in MMO’s and pen & paper games, how people keep comparing him to Neil Gaiman (poor him!), the power of NANOWRIMO!, nerdlove thanks to City of Heroes, tackling The Silmarillion again, and our dice addiction problem. Plus a chance to win a copy of Hidden Things!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 42: Chloe Neill

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:49:46 GMT

This episode I talk with author Chloe Neill about her Dark Elite young adult series, and her urban fantasy Chicagoland Vampires series, which, surprisingly does indeed have vampires from Chicago in it! We also discuss our author bucket lists and BINGO cards, trauma=writing!, why we really NEED our day jobs, and discover that this particular episode is very therapeutic for the both of us!

Plus a chance to win one of her books!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 41: Kat Richardson

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:03:18 GMT

This episode I talk with author
Kat Richardson about her Greywalker urban fantasy series, but we discuss more than just silly old book writing. We discuss house boats, her lack of television, how often we can say DUUUDE, quantum theory, what’s a magazine is, which of us can be lazier, the fine things we smelled at Comic Con, death by watermelon, and most importantly, CUPCAKES!

Plus a chance to win some of her books!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 40: Gen Con 2012

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:14:27 GMT

This week in our FORTIETH EPISODE(!) we discuss the 18-year history of the Writer’s Symposium at Gen Con, where yours truly sold his first short story. Also: what you can learn about writing, gaming, and how its coordinator Marc Tassin brings it all together!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 39: San Diego Comic Con 2012

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:23:37 GMT

This week comes to you straight from this year’s San Diego Comic Con where I talk about all the nifty toys and comics I got, what I did and what I saw, asking the same of some of my fellow authors—Rachel Caine, Myke Cole, J.F. Lewis, Kat Richardson and Doyce Testerman.

O&F Podcast, Ep. 38: Michael R. Underwood

The Once & Future Podcast — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:56:44 GMT

This week I talk with author Michael R. Underwood about what geekomancers are, how Patrick Rothfuss and I should fight Pokemon ARENA STYLE!, the digital frontier, how deep a geek he is, the Argentine Tango and the Renaissance Martial Arts. Oh, and books and writing stuff.

O&F Podcast, Ep. 37: Devon Monk

The Once & Future Podcast — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:23:24 GMT

This week I talk with author Devon Monk about the latest in her Allie Beckstrom urban fantasy series plus her Age of Steam series—Dead Iron, and the just releasing Tin Swift. We also discuss our very similar writing lives, how one of our series both come from short stories we wrote, how I R a MASTER STORYTELLER, and she announces her new series with us in BREAKING NEWS that you will hear first right here!

Plus the chance to win one book from both series!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 36: Alethea Kontis

The Once & Future Podcast — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:22:39 GMT

This week I talk with author Alethea Kontis about her latest young adult book Enchanted, Alpha-Oops!, Dragon Con, fangirlism, Mad Scientist Garden Gnomes, fairy tales, how we hate THE MUSE, and just how hard it is out there for Disney’s lost princess!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 35: Paul S. Kemp

The Once & Future Podcast — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:48:43 GMT

This week I talk with author Paul S. Kemp about his tie-in work for a few worlds you may know: Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons' Forgotten Realms. We’ll discuss what it takes to work in shared worlds and we’ll also learn all about his own novel set in his very own world entitled The Hammer & the Blade.

Plus a chance to win a signed copy of said title!

O&F Podcast, Ep. 34: BEA 2012

The Once & Future Podcast — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:18:54 GMT

This week we’ve got a special treat for you as I play roving reporter at BEA (Book Expo America) in NYC, bringing you the scifi and fantasy highlights so you wouldn’t feel left out. And I think I caught some cool stuff for you!

For instance:

- John Freakin’ Scalzi, lord of the internet, about Tor going DRM-free and Redshirts, his latest book’s birthday

- What’s going on at Quirk Books, who you know as the progenitors of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies

- Graphic novel purveyors Boom! Studios (Planet of the Apes, Hellraiser, Adventure Time)

- Dark Horse Comics (Buffy, Angel, Hellboy, The Goon, Mass Effect and much, much more)

- And finally, I talk with SFWA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, about why I should join them

O&F Podcast, Ep. 33: Yasmine Galenorn

The Once & Future Podcast — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:42:59 GMT

This episode I talk with paranormal romance author Yasmine Galenorn, about her fascinating road to publication, her sexay, sexay books, skimpy armor for women in Dungeons & Dragons, the fact that I might speak Elvish (well, technically Quenya), I get a little misty eyed, and we get surprisingly deep about living our lives & also… were-spiders!