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Due to technical glitches, I've had trouble with the past two transcripts. This one is all here but in reverse order and some pictures may not show up. Please read from the bottom up.
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@sffwrtcht Yep, my articles with Kirkus run one per week, usually posting Wednesday mornings. #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal Thanks for taking time to be with us! Let's all thank John for his generous time and informative answers! #sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS Yep -- the most awesome crew in show business. We should drive around in a multi-colored bus! Come on, get happy! #sffwrtcht
Transcript from tonight's #sffwrtcht with John DeNardo @sfsignalwill be up on the blog tomorrow. Don't forget to join our sffwrtcht FB page
We have a new podcast every Monday &Thursday, hosted by Functional Nerds Patrick Hester (@atfmb) & John Anealio (@JohnAnealio) #sffwrtcht
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Jay Garmon (@JayGarmon), Karen Burnham (@SpiralGalaxy), Larry Ketchersid (@lketchersid)..and last but not least #sffwrtcht
And so many other contributors...Ashley Crump (@OhThatAshley), Clifton Hill (@CliftonHill), Fred Kiesche (@FredKiesche)...#sffwrtcht
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I'm thrilled we can share Matthew Sanborn Smith's (@UpWithGravity) Beware the hairy Mango podcast. Great fun!#sffwrtcht
...we'll see other trends come around. Remeber when it seemed like every novel was about the singularity& posthumanism?#sffwrtcht
How did the series you are doing for Kirkus come about How To Start Reading SF for non-genre fans? #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht I see sff as being cyclical at times. #Steampunk is big now (longer than I thought it'd be) and soon... #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal That's pretty much my thinking as well. The panel on publishing you did with @ResnickMike @LouAnders & others was great #sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS I don't know about leveling the field. But there will be more people playing in that arena... #sffwrtcht
How do you see SFF changing and developing in the near future from where it is now? Discovering any trends? #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht Ah. Just peripherally. I work in a technology industry. I like science and tech. SF is written science and tech... #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal Do you think the result might be more smaller publishers playing a bigger role? Will it even the playing field? #sffwrtcht
Just wondering if you day job and real world intersect at all with speculative fiction or science? #sffwrtcht (intertwine)
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@BryanThomasS Publishing is not going away, it's just evolving to adapt to a new way of doing things. #sffwrtcht
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@eruditeogre @Wyld_Dandelyon Great point. And you never know how the answers will go. They always surprise. #sffwrtcht
You have talked a lot with people about the state of publishing, especially with ebooks. What’s your take on that? #sffwrtcht
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@Wyld_Dandelyon #Mindmelds are particularly great because you get the panel, & then often extended discussion in comments.#sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht It started as a hobby, but to help pay for the site (hosting, mailing review copies, giveaways, etc.).. #sffwrtcht
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@GraylinFox It's your generous #MindMeld contribution and other like it that make it so cool and fun. Our readers love them.#sffwrtcht
Tied to the prior question: How does your real world intertwine with the world of the site? #sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS We started at one podcast per week, but it got longer and longer. Now we do 2 smaller podcasts each week.#sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS I think the site and the podcast feed each other. Some read the site, some listen, some do both. #sffwrtcht
I did one and loved it. Great fun. RT @sfsignal: @Wyld_DandelyonYep, #MindMelds are virtual convention panels. #sffwrtcht
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@Wyld_Dandelyon Yep, #MindMelds are virtual convention panels. They're a lot of work to coordinate, but the end results rock.#sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal Do you think the podcast has added to the site's growth or has it been more the site feeding the podcast? #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal Thank God they were Functional Nerds rather than Dysfunctional in this case at least ;) @JohnAnealio @atfmb#sffwrtcht
...of course, I'm talking about Patrick Hester (@atfmb) and @JohnAnealio who stepped in to produce our podcast... #sffwrtcht
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@Wyld_Dandelyon It's true. I need to participate in them more. So much to read, so little time #sffwrtcht #MindMelds
#sffwrtcht So, #MindMelds are kind of like panels at SF conventions? I really enjoy that, I get to talk with the most interesting people!
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@sfsignal You didn't have enough work so you decided "Hey, let's do a podcast with all our spare time?" LOL #sffwrtcht
We had been threatening to do a podcast for years but it never came together, mostly due to too little time and experience.#sffwrtcht
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@PrinceJvstin You're making me blush. And my "making me blush" I mean "inflating my already-overinflated ego" :) #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal I love #MindMelds They really stimulate conversations & brings folks from all over the genre spectrum together.Lovely!#sffwrtcht
RT @JonathanStrahan: @sffwrtcht I mostly tweet with friends. Readers become friends. It all seems pretty informal. #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht Responses from the community (pros and fans) are generally positive. I guess they like what we do! #sffwrtcht
...you can follow them all via this Twitter list:http://twitter.com/#!/sfsignal/sf-signal-peeps #sffwrtcht
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@eruditeogre Thanks, John! And it's awesome contributions like yours that make that possible. Can I get a #fw for @eruditeogre?#sffwrtcht
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I ask this even as you tweet with @JonathanStrahan and others of note... #questionnegated #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht Here's an index of all our #MindMelds: http://bit.ly/jd0erTIt will keep you busy for months. :) #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht ...and our most popular feature, the #MindMeld, a roundtable discussion. One question, multiple panelists. #sffwrtcht
@sfsignal seeing how you run things & interact with your contributors, I think you make them comfortable & build community well. #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht Regular features at SF SIgnal include daily tidbits of news and cool things around the web, interviews, reviews...#sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal @JohnAnealio I thought @atfmb was going for village idiot#alwayspickontheguywhosnothere #sffwrtcht
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@JohnAnealio I like to think of myself more as the Village Idiot, but Mayor will work, too. :) #sffwrtcht
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@JohnAnealio I had Chinese food for luch, John. Thanks for asking! Now, I challenge you to write a song about it. :) #sffwrtcht
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@JohnAnealio I was there which is where I met both of you, and, yes, I noticed. He's his own Foursquare #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht The Internet makes it incredibly easy to reach out to authors, much more so than in days past. #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht ...bloggers, and we linked to them and they linked to us. And we grew steadily. #sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht Respect and Perseverance. It's not something we consciously did, but over time, we made contact with writers and...#sffwrtcht
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@sffwrtcht If I think about it, it makes me question it. Probably 25+ hrs/wk, at least. I don't really track it. It's just fun. #sffwrtcht
@lisaspindler And I think it's still often the case that it's different than anything else much of the time. Don't you? #sffwrtcht
@sfsignal it does! I always come back to the vision tho. RT That's the beauty of sf, isn't it? It allows for all sorts of rewards #sffwrtcht
RT @sfsignal: @cityoftongues Silverberg is one of sf's greatest living writers, imo. #sffwrtcht / Absolutely without a doubt!
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@sfsignal That love of escapism is very much reflected in the SF I write, especially novels #sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS But the stuff from the 1960s and 1970s like Downward to the Earth is incredible. #silverberg #sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS I'm rereading it at the moment. Loved it at 15, love it just as much now. #silverberg #sffwrtcht
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@eruditeogre @lisaspindler @BryanThomasS I already read SF but he made me see things very differently. #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal How have you gone about building a relationship and credibility with the SFF community? #sffwrtcht #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal I flat out admit I came for escapism mostly although the other part has been a bonus #sffwrtcht
SF Signal is about sharing genre-related news and views, and generally promoting the field we love so much. #sffwrtcht
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@cityoftongues @sfsignal Good to hear how many people came to SF for the different thinking & the critical aspect, not escapism.#sffwrtcht
Goals? We don't need no steenkin' goals! I kid! Basically, we're just out to have fun. That's our motivator. #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal None. But have been reading lots of Silverberg lately. Think he's one of the great unsung literary wonders of the C20.#sffwrtcht
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@cityoftongues @sfsignal The conversion experience to SF I had was quite similar (and has come up a lot recently). #sffwrtcht
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@cityoftongues In retrospect, I *wish* I was assigned more sf in school. They have sf courses these days. How cool is that?#sffwrtcht
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Funny thing is, I was hesitant at first, thinking nobody cared what I had for lunch. 8 years later, we're still going strong. #sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal Wow. So you've been doing this 8 years now? i didn't realize. That's great! #sciencefiction #sffwrtcht
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@BryanThomasS He was a good man and a great teacher. Realise now he was really teaching us to think and read. #sffwrtcht
RT @lisaspindler: @sfsignal's John DeNardo is tonight's @sffwrtcht interview guest. Check it out right now. Follow hashtag#sffwrtcht
In 2003, my buddy JP Frantz (@jpfrantz4) suggested we start a blog. We both liked #sciencefiction, so SF SIgnal was born!#sffwrtcht
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@sfsignal I had a high school teacher who was an SF nut, so our "prescribed" reading was Le Guin and Aldiss and Silverberg.#sffwrtcht
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#sffwrtcht At the golden age of 12, as they say, or thereabouts. I simply tended to gravitate towards sf.
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@sfsignal Let's start with the basics, John. So when/how did your love for speculative fiction come about? #sffwrtcht
He runs a popular review and news site as well as a podcast, John DeNardo @sfsignal, Welcome! #sffwrtcht
He runs a popular review and news site as well as a podcast, John DeNardo @sfsignal, Welcome! #sffwrtcht
Many of you may be familiar with tonight’s guest as he’s active on Twitter and FB and at Cons. #sffwrtcht
Many of you may be familiar with tonight’s guest as he’s active on Twitter and FB and at Cons. #sffwrtcht
Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments.
Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments.
Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest.#sffwrtcht
Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht
Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht
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