Amy chats with author A.D. Sui about the process of writing multiple books at the same time, as well as some tangents on overwriting or underwriting, POV, and writing different tenses.

A.D. Sui is the author of the award-winning novella The Dragonfly Gambit, as well as the novels The Iron Garden Sutra and its upcoming sequel The Cosmic Way, as well as the upcoming Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends and Crest.

You can find more information about the books, including order or pre-order links, at thesuiway.ca

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Books mentioned:

• Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
• Overstory by Richard Powers
• Playground by Richard Powers
• Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
• Metal from Heaven by August Clark
• The Marigold by Andrew Sullivan
• Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell
• The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Amy chats with Cassandra Farrin, author and Director at Erewhon Books, to discuss the process of making a book, from editing through production and what goes into making the physical object of a book.

Find Cassandra online:

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Books and authors mentioned:

• A Soul for a Crown, by Alysha Rameera
• Burn the Sea, by Mona Tewari
• The Mountain Crown, by Karin Lowachee
• Taiwan Travelogue, by Yang Shuang-zi
• Pasha the Storm, by Lin Codega (yet to be released)
• Casanova LLC, by Julia Whalen
• Iron Garden Sutra, by A.D. Sui
• The Raven Scholar, by Antonia Hodgson
• Samantha Shannon
• Robert Jackson Bennett
• Malka Older
• August Clark

In our most tangent-filled episode yet, Amy and author E.M. Anderson try to stay on-topic while discussing cozy fantasy and exploring darker themes through the genre.

E.M. Anderson is the author of The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher, The Keeper of Loney Spirits, and The Lord of the Wood.

Find E.M. Anderson online here:

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Books mentioned:

• The Wolf and His King, by Finn Longman
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
• A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, by Sangu Mandanna
• The Brown Sisters series, by Talia Hibbert (staring with Get A Life, Chloe Brown)
• The Vera Wong Mystery series, by Jesse Q. Sutanto (starting with Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers)
• The Teller of Small Fortunes, by Julie Leong
• The Keeper of Magical Things, by Julie Leong
• Someone You Can Build A Nest In, by John Wiswell
• Vampires of El Norte, by Isabel Cañas
• Midnight Rooms, by Donyae Coles
• Motheater, by Linda H. Codega