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I had a great opportunity to speak with Edward and it was super awesome. Edward is definitely a superb writer. He has been writing for many years and Edward told Keepin It Real all about his journey and how he became an amazing writer. He has wrote for many people and doesn't mind helping other writers and authors. Edward Willett, an award-winning Saskatchewan-based author of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction for readers of all ages, has launched a Kickstarter campaign on March 8 to fund a third annual anthology featuring some of the top writers of science fiction and fantasy working today, all of whom were guests on his Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers (www.theworldshapers.com). Shapers of Worlds Volume III featured new fiction from Griffin Barber, Gerald Brandt, Miles Cameron, Sebastien de Castell, Kristi Charish, David Ebenbach, Mark Everglade, Frank J. Fleming, Violette Malan, Anna Mocikat, James Morrow, Jess E. Owen, Robert G. Penner, Cat Rambo, K.M. Rice, and Edward Willett; poetry from Jane Yolen; and additional stories by Cory Doctorow, K. Eason, Walter Jon Williams, and F. Paul Wilson. Among those authors are several international bestsellers, as well as winners and nominees for every major science fiction and fantasy literary award. All of the authors were guests during the third year of The Worldshapers, where Willett interviews other science fiction and fantasy authors about their creative process. Backers' rewards offered by the authors include numerous e-books, signed paperback and hardcover books (including limited editions), Tuckerizations (a backer's name used as a character name), commissioned artwork, original poetry (from Jane Yolen), audiobooks, opportunities for online chats with authors, short-story critiques, and more. The Kickstarter campaign can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edwardwillett/shapers-of-worlds-volume-iii. The campaign goal was $12,000 CDN. Most of those funds will go to pay the authors, with the rest going to reward fulfillment, primarily the editing, layout, and printing of the book, which will be published in both ebook and trade paperback formats by Willett's publishing company, Shadowpaw Press (www.shadowpawpress.com). The special Kickstarter edition for backers will be followed by a commercial release this fall. Stretch goals are simple: for every $5,000 over the goal the campaign raises, the authors will be paid one cent a word more. Shapers of Worlds Volume III is a follow-up to Shapers of Worlds, successfully Kickstarted in 2020, and Shapers of Worlds Volume II, Kickstarted last year. Shapers of Worlds included new fiction from Tanya Huff, Seanan McGuire, David Weber, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., John C. Wright, D.J. Butler, Christopher Ruocchio, Shelley Adina, and Edward Willett, plus reprints from John Scalzi, Joe Haldeman, David Brin, Julie E. Czerneda, Fonda Lee, Gareth L. Powell, Dr. Charles E. Gannon, Derek Künsken, and Thoraiya Dyer. Shapers of Worlds Volume II featured new fiction from Kelley Armstrong, Marie Brennan, Helen Dale, Candas Jane Dorsey, Lisa Foiles, Susan Forest, James Alan Gardner, Matthew Hughes, Heli Kennedy, Lisa Kessler, Adria Laycraft, Ira Nayman, Garth Nix, Tim Pratt, Edward Savio, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Jeremy Szal, and Edward Willett, plus stories by Jeffrey A. Carver, Barbara Hambly, Nancy Kress, David D. Levine, S.M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn. As I said before Edward is an amazing person. If you want to to contact Edward on social media...all you have to do is find Edward Willett. Therefore, Edward is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and/or book review requests. Please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925. Thank you for your support and keep listening to the podcast. Book your interview with Keepin It Real. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caramel-lucas/message
Explore twenty-four imaginative tales crafted by some of today's best writers of science fiction and fantasy, all guests on Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers during its second year, including international bestsellers and winners of every major award in the field as well as newer authors just beginning what promise to be stellar careers.There are brand-new stories from Kelley Armstrong, Marie Brennan, Garth Nix, Candas Jane Dorsey, Jeremy Szal, Edward Willett, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Lisa Foiles, Susan Forest, Matthew Hughes, Heli Kennedy, Helen Dale, Adria Laycraft, Edward Savio, Lisa Kessler, Ira Nayman, James Alan Gardner, and Tim Pratt, plus fiction by Jeffrey A. Carver, David D. Levine, Carrie Vaughn, Nancy Kress, Barbara Hambly, and S.M. Stirling.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week Ira Nayman, the editor of Amazing Stories, joins us to talk about science fiction short stories and the incredible history of this legendary publication. Find out more at https://amazingstories.com/, http://listen.amazingstories.com/, http://www.lespagesaxufolles.ca/, https://elsewhen.press/, and https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ira+Nayman&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&ref=nb_sb_noss. Thank you to all of our wonderful listeners, including our patrons over at https://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope. Get Beyond The Trope gear at https://redbubble.com/people/beyondthetrope. Mentioned in this episode: Jules Verne H. G. Wells Hugo Gernsback The Hugo Awards Isaac Asimov Ursula K. Le Guin Gernsback Machine: An Amazing Podcast Gisela McKay Hugh Spencer Steve Davidson Kermit Woodall Alfred Hitchcock Marie Bilodeau KILL THE FARM BOY by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne Creative Screenwriting Erik Bauer Laughter is Always Appropriate (article) by Ira Nayman Good Intentions Elsewhen Press Home Alone (Movie) Green Room Eddie Izzard Richard Prior
Author Sean Grigsby discusses Amazing Stories magazine's return with editor Ira Nayman. Also a plate of ribs appears.
Matthew Toffolo digs deep into the life of an indy magazine editor for the AMAZING STORIES magazine. Learn more about amazing stories here: https://amazingstories.com/ Submit your Fantasy/Sci-Fi story to the magazine: https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/ Buy the magazine on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Stories-Gernsback-Originally-Presented/dp/1523276193 See Amazing Stories on IndieGoGo : https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/amazing-stories-special-all-color-issue#/
https://bryanaiello.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mirage-25-sten-lem-w-in.mp3 On episode 25 of Mirage, Ira Nayman and I discuss the life and work of Soviet Author Stanislaw Lem author of Solaris. Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy, and satire, and a trained physician. Lem's books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 45 million copies. *** Ira Nayman is Sci-Fi humorist and author of five novels published through Elsewhen Press and his eighth collection will be available soon. His Masters in Media Studios was conducted entirely online through Paul Levinson's Connect Ed. he also holds a Ph.D. in Communications from McGill. He has worked as an editor and submitted content to Amazing Stories for three years. Check the links below for more information: The return of Amazing Stories: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1898637184/the-return-of-amazing-stories-magazine Twitter: https://twitter.com/arnsproprietor?lang=en Website: http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca/ Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Ira+Nayman&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Ira+Nayman&sort=relevancerank *** Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates on my other show Origin: Stories on Creativity. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbSnMk6QPiULXmKDYmwCmIg Subscribe on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bryan-aiello/mirage-speculating-on-speculative-fiction-author-and-other-topics?refid=stpr subscribe on Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mirage-bryan-aiello/id1261093328?mt=2 *** Music on the episode courtesy of: Anjulie That fat rat: fly away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMg8KaMdDYo *** Follow me on twitter @bryaiello for updates on this channel and my podcast and my writing projects. My website is: http://www.bryanaiello.com Email questions and comments to: me@byranaiello.com Support the show on my poorly managed patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/BryanAiello
https://bryanaiello.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/in-86.mp3 Ira Nayman is Sci-Fi humorist and author of five novels published through Elsewhen Press and his eighth collection will be available soon. His Masters in Media Studios was conducted entirely online through Paul Levinson's Connect Ed. he also holds a Ph.D. in Communications from McGill. He has worked as an editor and submitted content to Amazing Stories for three years. Check the links below for more information: The return of Amazing Stories: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1898637184/the-return-of-amazing-stories-magazine Twitter: https://twitter.com/arnsproprietor?lang=en Website: ttp://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca/ Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Ira+Nayman&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Ira+Nayman&sort=relevancerank ORIGIN *** Music on this episode courtesy of: Kevin MacLeod Mountain Emperor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxQFdMlZcw *** Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates on my other show Mirage: Speculating on Speculative Fiction. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbSnMk6QPiULXmKDYmwCmIg Subscribe on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/origin-stories-on-creativity/id1247194933?mt=2 Subscribe on stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bryan-aiello/origins-stories-on-creativity?refid=stpr Follow me on twitter @bryaiello for updates on this channel and my podcast and my writing projects. The podcast has a facebook page! Check it out for schedules of upcoming shows and guests and to communicate with about whatever you want including be a guest or suggesting authors or artist. https://www.facebook.com/BryAiello/ My website is: http://www.bryanaiello.com Email questions and comments to: me@byranaiello.com Support the show on my poorly managed patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/BryanAiello
We have something very special for you today, an interview with the Canadian sci-fi and comedy author Ira Nayman. When Ira got in touch about an interview I was delighted to finally have a comedy author coming on, little did I realise the body of work Ira's published over the year and so my delight was increased tenfold when I realised I'd get to grill him about his lengthy career and the many, many books he's published. We started off then with how and why he got into writing and his past where he wrote for radio and television, the differences in writing for radio and television compared to prose and book writing. We also spoke about his two main bodies of work "Alternate Reality News Service" where reporters are sent into other dimensions to document what they find; it has been described as 'a science fiction version of The Onion'. I loved this idea, I'm fascinated by the idea of alternative realities so we had to talk about that. This idea is also present in Ira's other main body of work, four works of science fiction based in the multiverse where The Transdimensional Authority and The Time Agency, where the main characters monitor and police travel between universes and between time in the case of The Time Agency. We spoke about working with publishers and editors and he gave a great answer to my closing question regarding advice for people starting in comedy.
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Maximus Groves and Evan Fowler interview Ira Nayman, award-winning comedy writer, satirist, and author of the book series Transdimensional Authority and The Alternate Reality News Service. In this hour, we discuss how to write comedy, political satire, the value of humor to society, and the doublespeak of wartime news broadcasts. Keep up with Ira on his website at http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca.