Podcast appearances and mentions of Kate Daniels

Today's poem is Gertrude: In the Rooms by Kate Daniels. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Given the challenges we face on the daily, it is human for us to seek out those who seem to have it figured out, be they mentors or people who we think of in the face of some crisis. When faced with any crucial decision, my friend Salvatore frequently utters, ‘What would such and such do?' However, what happens when even our role models lose clarity, when the world is bereft of understanding?” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

The Blasters & Blades PodcastThis time we're going to gift you with the Legendary Lady Jana S Brown as a guest host! Together, we talked to Melissa McShane about what we're reading and watching before we moved on. Then, like proper authors, we got nerdy talking about her books, more specifically The Extraordinaries Series. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt)Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt)Madam Stabby Stab (Uber Fan) (Horror Nerd)We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way there is a linked Buy Me A Coffee site where you can do so. Just mention the podcast in the comments when you donate, and I'll keep the sacred bean water boiling!Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AuthorJRHandley Our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/blastersandbladespodcast Today's SponsorHunters for Hire by Jonathan Yanez: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3L6DRKL/Coffee Brand Coffee Affiliate Support the Show: https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/?ref=y4GWASiVorJZDbDiscount Code: PodcastGruntsCoupon Code Gets you 10% offThe Extraordinaries Series by Melissa McShane: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PB4M75RCheck out our Guest Host!Follow Jana S Brown on social mediaJana's Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jana-S.-Brown/author/B015VJV7JWJana's Website: www.opalkingdompress.com Jana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/janastocksJana's Facebook: www.facebook.com/janasbrownwritesJana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janasbrownwrites/Follow Jena Rey on social mediaJena's Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jena-Rey/author/B08XSCHXYXJena's Facebook: www.facebook.com/jenareyAlso check out our guest!Follow Melissa McShane on social mediaMelissa's Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Melissa-McShane/author/B00TON8E1QMelissa's Website: www.melissamcshanewrites.comMelissa's Twitter: www.twitter.com/melissamcshanewritesMelissa's Facebook: www.facebook.com/melissamcshanewritesMelissa's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mcshaneminionsMelissa's Discord: https://discord.gg/wKXUe89Kh7Melissa's Store: http://www.nightharborpress.com/Check out these recommendations!Dungeon Crawler Carl Series by Matt Dinniman: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BX5D4LC Live, Love, Level by M.C.A. Hogarth: https://studiomcah.com/products/live-love-level Night of Knives by Steven Erikson: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765323712/nightofknives/ The Last Hunter Series by Terry Mixon & JN Chaney: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NGY98C5 The Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews: https://www.amazon.com/Kate-Daniels-10-book-series/dp/B0771PVYYGAmalia Chiricea, Cover Artist: https://www.facebook.com/Amalia.Chitulescu.Digital.Art/#scifishenanigans #scifishenaniganspodcast #bbp #blastersandblades #blastersandbladespodcast #podcast #scifipodcast #fantasypodcast #scifi #fantasy #books #rpg #comics #fandom #literature #comedy #veteran #army #armyranger #ranger #scififan #redshirts #scifiworld #sciencefiction #scifidaily #scificoncept #podcastersofinstagram #scificons #podcastlife #podcastsofinstagram #scifibooks #awardwinningscifi #newepisode #podcastersofinstagram #podcastaddict #podcast #scifigeek #scifibook #sfv #scifivisionaries #firesidechat #chat #panel #fireside #religionquestion #coffee #tea #coffeeortea #CoffeeBrandCoffee #GuestHost #MelissaMcShane #JanaSBrown #JanaBrown #JenaRey #TheExtraordinaries #TheExtraordinariesSeries #HuntersForHire#JonathanYanez #Leverage #HustleTVSeries #Hustle #AtorTheFightingEagle #TheEagle #TheLostLegion #TheLastLegion #Pathfinder #The13thWarrior #Centurion #ReadingChallenge #AndreNorton #SteelOnTarget #KevinIkenberry #AethonBooks #Libby #Libraries #Library #PG13 #PrecociousReader #Arcane #LeagueOfLegends #NapoleonicWars #AltHistory #AlternativeHistory #Psionic #Magic #Mutation #XMen #Napoleon #Pyrokinesis #MindControl #Telekinesis #Teleportation

In this week's episode, I take a look at some of the historical influences & inspirations that went into my new book GHOST IN THE ASSEMBLY. This coupon code will get you 25% off SILENT ORDER: OMNIBUS ONE at my Payhip store: SILENT25 The coupon code is valid through April 7th, 2025. So if you need a new book to read for spring, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 244 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is March 21st, 2025, and today we are looking at some of the historical influences that went into Ghost in the Assembly. Before we get into that, we will do Coupon of the Week and an update my current writing and audiobook projects. And then Question of the Week, which we did have time for this week.   This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebook of Silent Order: Omnibus One at my Payhip store. That coupon code is SILENT25. I'll have the links and the coupon code in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through April 7, 2025, so if you need a new book to read for these spring months, we have got you covered.   Now an update on my current writing projects. I am 44,000 words into Shield of Battle, the fifth book in the Shield War series. I'm hoping to have that out towards the end of April, if all goes well. A reminder that the Shield War series will be six books, so Shield the Battle will be the second to last one. I have also started on the sequel to Ghost in the Assembly, and I am 4,000 words into that, give or take. I had originally planned to call this book Ghost in the Assassins, but I thought that sounded too similar to Ghost in the Assembly. So the fifth book in the Ghost Armor series will be called Ghost in the Corruption. A reminder that Ghost Armor will be six books long and Ghost in the Corruption will be the fifth of six books, so the second to last book in that series as well.   In audio news, recording has started for Shield of Deception and Ghost in the Assembly. Shield of Deception will be excellently narrated by Brad Wills and Hollis McCarthy will excellently narrate Ghost in the Assembly. I expect both of them will probably be out sometime towards the end of May if all goes well, given how long it usually takes to record an audiobook.   In Stealth and Spells Online news, I am 68,000 words into the third and final book in this trilogy. Once Ghost Armor and Shield War are complete, then I will hopefully release the final book in the Stealth and Spells Online because I've been working on that as a tertiary project for quite a long time now. So that's where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects.   00:02:17 Question of the Week   Now let's move on to Question of the Week. Question of the Week is of course designed to inspire enjoyable discussions of interesting topics. This week's question, what is your favorite style of fantasy setting (like a more high fantasy, one like Middle Earth or the Forgotten Realms, urban fantasy like the Dresden Files or Kate Daniels or more steampunk like Everon and so on)? No wrong answers, obviously.   And as you can imagine this inspired quite a few responses.   Perry says: Hyperborea! Lankhmar is up there as well. Setting where magic is rare, and usually dangerous or evil. The first edition of the Forgotten Realms (the grey box from the ‘80s) was great. Enough detail to let you use the setting, lots of room to make it your own. Then all the Forgotten Realms novels started to appear with the release of the second edition in the ‘90s and everybody in the world suddenly had powerful magic at their fingertips. Elminster, the Seven Sisters, Drizz't, and others took the appeal right out of the setting for me.   Joachim says: I like the Spelljammer Campaign setting best. A lot of great modules. It seemed it was not overly successful. A shame. I had a campaign running in this setting with some people who liked it. In addition to the Spelljammer modules, you can easily transfer any normal module centered on a small town onto an asteroid.   Evan says: A huge Sanderson Cosmere fan here, especially Stormlight Archive. I like the magical progression tied in to character development, with a bit of mystery of how things work or an unknown that takes time to unwind or tease out.   Justin says: My problem here is separating the settings from the authors. Given that near impossibility, I would cast my vote for high fantasy with a bit of techno/steampunk mixed in. Example – Andre Norton's Witch World.   Bonnie says: I seem to gravitate towards the swords and sorcery genre like Frostborn, but I also enjoyed the urban fantasy/Nadia and the other genres. I have to thank you for introducing me to all of these.   Michael says: Okay, Jonathan, that's the second time I've noticed you indicating a preference for sword and sorcery saga where a barbarian hero travels between corrupt city states and now I really, really want you to write this. And yeah, that's definitely my favorite type of setting too.   Simone says: Definitely urban fantasy. Even in your books, which offer an unusual variety of fantasy settings, I find I enjoy the Cloak series the best.   Roger says: Being an old fogey, I prefer high fantasy always. Can't seem to get my head around urban fantasy. It jars with me.   John says: While I enjoy all settings, I'm also a traditionalist and want a non-industrial, non punk setting without some sprawling empire, more like the aftermath of empire with multiple successor states.   Jonathan T. says: Personally, Star Wars has always been fantasy in a science fiction setting, and that remains a personal favorite. Other than that, I suppose I'm for high fantasy, although I'm not opposed to high fantasy slapstick either such as the Wuntvor trilogy. At some point I must try again to surmount the obstacle known as The Wheel of Time.   Catriona says: Epic and high fantasy are my favorite, enjoy Dark Fantasy, too. Urban fantasy is a hard pass for me.   Juana says: Sword and sorcery, parfait gentle knights, medieval societies, historical fiction like Doyle's The White Company and Sir Nigel. Wherever Nadia lives.   Justin says: Sword and sorcery, magical creatures/beasts. Definitely needs different environments like cities and wild mountains and forests. Not sure what genre that is, but that's what I like.   MG says: High fantasy.   Brandy says: I like ones with a clearly defined map. Sometimes it seems like the world wasn't thought about clearly, so it makes it hard to imagine and I find those stories the least successful. The ones I go back to repeatedly, the ones I read over and over or pimp out to other authors or groups are those I feel like they have a great structure and map, even if it's added on to later. So high, low, or middle, I just really just want the author to tell a great story and make it a great one.   Speaking as an author myself, I really dislike drawing maps, but fantasy readers really like maps, so that's why I have been doing more and more maps lately.   Pauline says: Urban fantasy is definitely my favorite.   Jeremy says: High Fantasy is my favorite. However, my favorite fantasy author is Terry Brooks. His series is Low Fantasy based on Earth. I found out years after reading the series LOL.   For myself, I think my favorite would be a pre-industrial setting with a lot of city-states and various dangerous magic, like you have a barbarian hero wandering from city-state to city-state with monster infested ruins and wilderness between them. When he gets to the city states, he can fight corrupt sorcerers, arrogant nobles, and thieves guilds, and then move on to a new adventure in the next book. So basically a sword and sorcery style setting. So that's it for Question of the Week.   00:06:30 Main Topic of the Week: Ghost in the Assembly: Inspirations and Sources (Note: Spoilers for Ghost in the Assembly!)   This week and now onto our main topic, Ghost in the Assembly inspirations and sources that went into the book. I should mention that this episode contains mild spoilers for Ghost in the Assembly. So if you have not finished reading Ghost in the Assembly yet, stop listening and go finish reading Ghost in the Assembly.   So I thought it would be interesting to talk about some of the ideas and influences that went into Ghost in the Assembly. I have to admit, it took me a few years of thinking between Ghost Night and Ghost Armor to figure out how to write more Caina stories because Caina had become a political figure by the end of Ghost Night and political figures typically do bad things for personal advancement and then lie about it. That is in some ways the essential definition of a political figure. This of course, is hard for a writer to use as a sympathetic protagonist.   Of course, I eventually realized the way around this, the success of a political figure cannot be judged by their personal morality or even their political morality, but by the results of their decisions. Did they do the most for the greatest good of their people? Therefore, I just needed to write a political figure who did somewhat sketchy things (like subverting the Kyracian houses via buying up their debt) in the name of the greater good of the people (defending them from the impending attack of the Red Krakens).   I frequently said that if you want to write a good fantasy novel, you should try to stick to about 15 to 25% of the actual harshness of the past. I don't think you want to go full Grimdark, but you don't want your fantasy world to be indistinguishable from a typical 21st century parliamentary democracy because I think that kind of defeats the purpose of fantasy where you want to visit a world that is eldritch and strange and at least somewhat different than our own. So for Ghost in the Assembly, I went to about 15 to 25% of the experience of ancient Greek democracy. For the entire time that New Kyre and the Kyracians have been in the series (Ghost in the Storm was way the heck back in 2012 and the Kyracians were mentioned before that), they've always been very loosely based on the democracy of ancient Athens. In fact, the very name Assembly of New Kyre comes from ancient Athens, where the gathering of voting citizens was called the ecclesia, which translates into English as assembly. Interestingly, this is also the origins of the word ecclesiastical in terms of a church since one of the first words for the church was ecclesia in the sense of the assembly of the believers in Christ.   Athens wasn't the first ancient Greek democracy, but it was one of the most successful. It was also one of the democracies that self-destructed in the most spectacularly dramatic fashion possible. The Athenians decided to convert the Delian League from an alliance of city-states into their own private empire. A demagogue convinced them to waste enormous resources attacking Syracuse and Sicily, which ended disastrously. The Athenians were eventually defeated by the more militaristic Spartans.   People have debated for centuries whether or not this means democracy is inferior to the Spartans' harsher system, but that overlooks the key fact that a few decades later, Athens, Sparta, and all the rest of the Greek city-states were conquered by the Macedonians anyway. I suppose the actual historical lesson is that a city-state, regardless of its government, is no match for a larger centralized state with better leaders and better military organization. In fact, historically city-states tend to eventually get subsumed into larger political entities. If they last for a long time, it tends to be because of geography (like in ancient Greece) or because of weak and or remote central authority like the medieval Italian city-states, which were ostensibly under the authority of the Holy Roman emperor but in practice tended to do whatever they wanted. Places like modern Vatican City tend to be special exceptions.   Caina's criticism of the assembly of New Kyre in the book is that it is not as egalitarian as it pretends and is easily swayed by both demagogues and bribes. The Athenian assembly of citizens had both these problems, but far worse. You needed to have a substantial level of property to be allowed to vote, and there were numerous examples of the votes swinging on bribes or last minute orations. The Athenian assembly was easily swayed into making bad decisions, such as supporting the disastrous attack on Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War that was the start of Athens' downfall.   In Ghost in the Assembly, Lady Eirenea Tritos is one of the nine chief magistrates of the city, but in an Athenian democracy, women were not allowed to vote and most definitely were not allowed to hold political office. The ancient Greeks in general did not have a very high opinion of women. One Greek orator said that men had wives to produce legitimate heirs, concubines to attend to the body's “daily needs”, and prostitutes for pleasure.   Because of things like that, I thought a setting with a hundred percent of the harshness of ancient Greece would be off-putting to the reader. So as I said, I shot for between 15 and 25% of the actual harshness. New Kyre is definitely richer, better governed, and less elitist and chauvinistic than the ancient Greeks. That said, New Kyre isn't an egalitarian place. Nobles have vastly more rights and money than commoners, and both nobles and commoners own slaves and only the poorest commoners own no slaves themselves. Indeed, slavery is so common in New Kyre that the other nobles see Kylon's decision that House Kardamnos will have no slaves as a sign of malevolent and sinister foreign influence.   Kalliope's fear that she could be dispossessed and Kylon simply take her children is very real. If Kylon wanted, he probably could keep Kalliope from seeing Nikarion and Zoe ever again, though that would inevitably put him in conflict with Lysikas Agramemnos and Calliope is charismatic enough to powerful allies to her side. If Kylon did in fact refuse to allow Kalliope to see their children, he might well set off a civil war. But Kylon, who lost both his parents when he was young, doesn't want to deprive his children of a loving mother.   Of course, the ancient Greeks never had to fight the Red Krakens and orcs. The Red Krakens, the Caphtori, are kind of written like snake-worshipping Vikings. In fact, Caphtori are inspired by the “Sea Peoples”, pirates that seem to have contributed to the collapse of Bronzes Age civilization. Historians argue endlessly about the impact of the Sea Peoples or whether they existed at all, but if they did exist, they might well have been proto-Ancient Greeks, perhaps Mycenaean in origin.   Since having one ancient Greek-esque group fighting another would've been confusing in the book, I made the Caphtori/Red Kraken more like Vikings, which I suppose is a bit of historical anachronism, but Ghost Armor is a constructed world with elves, orcs, and sorcerers, so it's not like I'm writing period accurate historical fiction here.   So these are some of the influences that went into Ghost in the Assembly. I don't have any grand concluding point here. Those were just some of the ideas I thought about and went into the story. Though I should mention that for a while I was a graduate student in medieval history and I hated the experience so much I left and went into IT instead. That said ,decades later it has proven a useful source of plot ideas for fantasy novels, so it worked out in the end.   One final note, a reader suggested that Kalliope Agramemnos and Mardun Scorneus might hook up in later books. And I have to admit, I laughed at that suggestion. Kalliope would react with dismay at the thought of marrying anyone other than an extremely high ranking Kyracian noble, and at the prospect of marrying Kalliope, Mardun would think about it, fake his death, and flee back to the Empire, preferring to take his chances with the Magisterium rather than Kalliope. Anyway, thank you to everyone who has read Ghost in the Assembly. I am very grateful that so many people have enjoyed the book.   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all back episodes of the show on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.  

Mari Hannah is a prolific writer. Over the last 12 years she's won the Northern Writer's Award, the Polari First Book Prize, the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, and Capital Crime's Crime Book of the Year. She's a series authors, publishing books in the 'Stone and Oliver' series, the 'Ryan and O'Neil' novels, and the 'Kate Daniels' thrillers.Her newest novel is 'The Longest Goodbye', and it sees Kate Daniels involved in a case incredibly close to her. It's the story Mari never wanted to write. Inspired by a moment she thought her partner, a police officer, had been killed in the line of duty.We talk about series writing and how she plans characters and arcs over a long time. Also, about the precision across details that is needed when writing crime, her murder wall, and the tool-box that moves with her through the series.You can hear how closely she works with her partner, to uncover the unknowns of police life, also how working in a prison has helped Mari deal with some of the tougher parts of writing crime, and the rules of genre.Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Mari Hannah joins Robert Kirkwood to talk about her brand new Kate Daniels thriller, The Longest Goodbye, a book she didn't want to write.  Also among some new books entering the Talking Books library we find one written and read by Cliff Richard and one that goes behind the scene of the Disney plus show, Welcome to Wrexham.

In this week's episode, I take a look at 10 different types of popular fantasy. A preview of the audiobook of DRAGONSKULL: TALONS OF THE SORCERER as narrated by Brad Wills is included at the end of the episode. It is once again time for Coupon of the Week! This week's coupon is for the audiobook of CLOAK OF DRAGONS, as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of CLOAK OF DRAGONS for 75% off at my Payhip store with this coupon code: OCTDRAGONS The coupon code is valid through November 3rd, 2023, so if you find yourself needing to listen to something as the days get shorter, we have an audiobook for you! TRANSCRIPT: 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello everyone. Welcome to Episode 171 of the Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is October the 15th, 2023 and today we're going to discuss the different genres of fantasy. Before we do that, let's have Coupon of the Week. This week's Coupon of the Week is for the audiobook of Cloak of Dragons as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of Cloak of Dragons for 75% off at my Payhip store with this coupon code OCTDRAGONS and that is OCTDRAGONS. Again, that's OCTDRAGONS. You can get the coupon code and the links in the show notes. The coupon code is valid through November 3rd, 2023, so if you find yourself needing listen to an audio book as the days get shorter, we have an audio book for you. And before we get into our main topic, let's also talk about my current writing projects. I am pleased report that Ghost in the Serpent is finished and should be out at most of the ebook stores. You can get it right now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Smashwords, and my Payhip store. And it should be out in Scribd in a few days, hopefully. It's selling briskly and very well. Thank you for that. I am excited to see that many people are excited to return to Caina's world. So that makes me look forward to writing the sequel, Ghost in the Veils, which I will probably write after I finish Cloak of Embers. Speaking of Cloak of Embers, that is my current writing project. As of this recording, I am on Chapter 2 of 22 which puts me at 14,000 words into the book and hopefully…hoping to have it out before American Thanksgiving if all goes well, though, it might slip to December depending on how much home maintenance and suchlike I need to do in October and November. In audiobook news, Ghost in the Serpent will be recorded as an audio book starting on November 7th, I believe. So, hopefully it should be out in December-ish in audiobook form. And Dragonskull: Talons of the Sorcerer is finished. It just has to get through quality control and proofing at ACX and Findaway, so it should not be too much longer to hear that and we will include a sample of that audiobook as excellently narrated by Brad Wills at the end of this episode. So that's where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:02:13 Main Topic Introduction: Different Genres of Fantasy Now on to our main topic. I've written a couple of different kinds of fantasy, so today I thought I'd talk about the different kinds of fantasy and what differentiates them from each other. I should mention this isn't intended to be a comprehensive list nor a rigorously academic one. Genre is one of those topics that invariably seems out to bring out the “well, actually” commenters from the woodwork to argue over the finer points of what exactly constitutes hard science fiction or sword and sorcery. I don't think it is useful to consider genre as a strict taxonomy of stories like phylum and kingdoms and species for different types of animals. My view is that the writer needs to think first and foremost about what will make a good story. The overall kind of story you are writing is reflected by the genre and where there are certain underlying assumptions that the reader will expect for that genre. Genre is merely a useful shorthand of specifying what kind of story the reader expects to get when he or she picks up your book. Like if your cover and title make the reader assume that your book is contemporary romance, the reader will be very surprised and probably annoyed if the book turns out to be a grim detective story. With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the popular genres of fantasy that are predominant nowadays. 00:03:30 Type #1: Epic Fantasy Number one: epic fantasy. Everyone knows what this one is: it's the genre inspired by the Lord of the Rings: big sweeping story with multiple point of view characters and numerous different settings to visit. There will often be large battle scenes or sequences. Usually a lot of traveling is involved. There will often be a large overarching quest that is the main plot or conflict of the story. Almost invariably, the epic fantasy doesn't take place on Earth, but on a constructed world designed by the author. A map is often required. Epic Fantasy also tends to be really, really long, with both long individual books and long series overall. This has had kind of a deleterious effect on the genre in recent years, since sometimes authors run out of gas and can't finish the series, and sometimes publishers pull the plug because the sales just aren't high enough. Epic fantasy also tends, but not always, to have clearly delineated lines between good and evil. If there's a morally ambiguous antihero, he or she will tend to reform, die heroically, or become one of the bad guys. Epic fantasies that I've written include Frostborn, Sevenfold Sword, Dragontiarna, Dragonskull, and the Demonsouled series. 00:04:42 Type #2: High Fantasy Number two: high fantasy. This term tends to get used interchangeably with epic fantasy, but in the strictest sense, high fantasy is fantasy that takes place in a constructed world like Middle Earth or Narnia or the Forgotten Realms. The proper term for that is secondary world. I've done numerous secondary worlds, the setting of Frostborn, the setting of Demonsouled, the setting of the Ghosts are all secondary worlds. Even though Cloak Games/Cloak Mage has other worlds, it takes place primarily on Earth, so it doesn't quite count as a secondary world, which leads neatly to our next type of fantasy. 00:05:17 Type #3: Low Fantasy Number three: low fantasy. As with high fantasy, this is one of those terms that tends to have a mutating definition, like in the original sense low fantasy simply meant a fantasy that took place on our world rather than a constructed world. This obviously can cover a wide range of stories, from literary magical realism and a Gothic ghost story to urban fantasy like the Dresden Files. Low fantasy has also acquired a couple different definitions: fantasy story without an epic plotline or one with a morally ambiguous antihero as the lead. But in the original sense of the word, it was a fantasy story that took place in our world rather than a constructed world like Middle Earth or Westeros. Cloak Games and Cloak Mage would be the biggest low fantasy series I've written. Some of the short stories in my Otherworlds anthology would count as well. 00:06:04 Type #4: Sword and Sorcery Number four: sword and sorcery. Everyone knows what this one is: Conan the Barbarian. You have a protagonist or group of protagonists making your way through a fantasy world fighting evil sorcerers, sinister cultic priests, and tyrannical local nobles. Usually, the protagonists are looking out for themselves or hoping to get rich instead of undertaking a grand high fantasy quest. If the series goes on long enough with the same main character, then eventually the scope might expand in scale. Conan himself started out as wandering vagabond and ended up as King of Aquilonia and in the one and only full length novel that Robert E. Howard wrote, Conan has to reclaim his throne and keep the evil sorcerer Xaltotun from bringing back an ancient dark empire, which is quite a bit more epic in scale than many of the other Conan stories. Sword and sorcery typically has a darker edge to it than epic fantasy. The protagonist might be greedy thieves or raiders, though they will still have the core of honor to them. Of course, a lot of modern sword and sorcery tends to veer over into grimdark, which we will talk about shortly. In my books, sword and sorcery elements turn out frequently in all my epic fantasy novels: Frostborn,  Demonsouled, and the Ghosts. Ridmark and Mazael both spend time as wandering knights, having adventures and Caina in the Ghosts frequently breaks into the strongholds of corrupt lords and evil sorcerers to steal stuff from them. 00:07:17 Type #5: Urban Fantasy Number five: urban fantasy: fantasy set in the modern world of the 20th and 21st century, where you might have wizards and elves and vampires walking around next to modern lawyers, policemen, and politicians. Generally, urban fantasy tends to break down along two different lines. The first is the masquerade, a term popularized by the old Vampire The Masquerade role playing setting. The idea is that there's an expansive supernatural world, but for whatever reason is kept secret for most people who don't know about it. The reasons might be that the normal world might rise up in wrath and destroy the supernatural if its existence came out, or that the supernatural world preys on the normal one like vampires, and prefers to remain secret, or you have to be actually able to use magic to be able to perceive the supernatural world at all. I think the most famous current example of the masquerade world is actually Harry Potter. The Harry Potter books aren't technically urban fantasy, but the book's division of the world into the Muggles who can't use magic, and the Wizards who do is a good example of a masquerade. The other version is a world where magic exists, everyone is aware of it, and society has adapted to it. This can be played for laughs like you have an elf as head of the neighborhood HOA and a dwarven blacksmith who is running for Congress under the slogan of “hammering government back into shape like iron upon my ancestral forge.” Or it can be played dead serious with rival magical factions holding sway on various parts of Earth or the US government forcing all mages into a secret program and so forth. One variant that a commentator mentioned (commenter Grace) added when I talked about this on Facebook: “I'd alter how you break down urban fantasy slightly differently. Obviously there's the masquerade as you defined it but the other form I see most often is what I call magical apocalypse, best defined by Ilona and Gordon Andrews' Kate Daniels series. Basically that's (unintelligible word-9:09) genre is that magic came back to the world of the vengeance, changing everything suddenly and at least somewhat disastrously.” That is a good point from Grace, and I used some of that in my Cloak Mage/Cloak Games series where magic returned to Earth quite suddenly in the year 2013 when the elves invaded and conquered Earth. So as I said, Cloak Mage/Cloak Games series are my urban fantasy books.   00:09:29 Type #6: Lit RPG Number six: LitRPG. This is a new genre that has arisen in the last few years. Basically LitRPG are science fiction and fantasy stories told using the conventions of science fiction and fantasy role-playing games, especially MMORPG style games. If you're not familiar with that acronym, it's a massively multiplayer online role-playing game like World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Star Wars the Old Republic, and similar games. Of course, characters entering a game world isn't exactly new. Jumanji was basically LitRPG with a board game, and in the new movies from the 2010s, the characters explicitly enter a video game world and have stats and special abilities. In the 1970s, Andre Norton wrote a novel called Quag Keep with some characters get pulled into the Dungeons and Dragons world via magical gaming figurines. I think it's on Kindle Unlimited now if you want to read it. Ender's Game is a science fiction version of the trope where Ender discovers that game he is playing has deadly consequences. I think there are generally two strains of LitRPG. In one, the protagonist is pulled entirely into the game world, leaving Earth behind and lives there completely. In the other, the protagonist is playing the game and trying to balance it with his or her real life, maybe financial pressures, maybe the game has a dark secret, something like that. Both versions lean heavily onto the tropes of MMORPG games. The protagonist selects a character class, levels up, faces bosses, might join a guild or start a stronghold, and so forth. LitRPG is mostly an indie author phenomenon; not many legacy publishers have published LitRPGs. An exception to that might be Ready Player One, but that was only a couple books and that's only really the really high profile example I can think of. Currently the only LitRPG I've written is Sevenfold Sword Online: Creation, but as of this writing I'm 19,000 words into the sequel, Sevenfold Sword Online: Leveling. 00:11:30 Type #7  Cultivation/xianxia Number seven: Cultivation, also known as xianxia Fantasy, which I'm that is as close to the actual pronunciation as I can come. The term is derived from the Chinese word xian, which means immortal being. Cultivation is a relatively new genre in the West but has come over from China thanks to the Internet. It's hugely popular in China but less so in the US, though it does have a devoted fanbase. The idea is that by essentially unlocking or cultivating one's energy, usually called qi, you can gain fantastic abilities of mind and body and become a xian. Some xian are become so powerful that they can conquer galaxies. Sometimes there are rival clans of xian engaged in conflict with each other or who follow different paths in school of training like martial arts schools in a samurai movie. If you've ever seen a wuxia film with supernatural martial arts heroes following secret training traditions, it's a lot like that, except with more abilities and a greater scope in the setting. American readers are sometimes surprised at how harsh Chinese written xianxia fantasy can be, but I suspect that's because Chinese culture in general is a lot less individualistic than American culture and is generally less forgiving of victimhood than American culture is, though of course, as with all cultural statements, that can be something of a generalization. I've never written any cultivation fantasy, though elements that do pretty frequently appear in LitRPG since the leveling up in a LitRPG is at least superficially similar to the paths of cultivation in xianxia fantasy. Nadia's journey through Cloak Games/the Cloak Mage is superficially similar to a cultivator's journey. But I don't think that's a valid comparison because I started writing Cloak Games in 2015 and I never even heard of xianxia fantasy until late 2021. And so therefore I don't think I can say that was an influence. 00:13:26 Type #8: Historical Fantasy Number eight: Historical fantasy: historical fiction with a fantastical twist, like Henry the Fifth was secretly allied with the king of the elves when he invaded France, or the Library of Congress is actually a secret magical society that has pulled the strings of American history from its founding. The degrees of fantasy and historical accuracy can vary wildly between authors in how much research they happen to do. This, of course, can easily blend in with urban fantasy. To return to our Library of Congress example from earlier, if the plot is set in the 1880s, it's historical fantasy. If it's set in the modern era, then it's urban fantasy, though the 1880s plot line can still obviously influence events. I've never written any strictly historical fantasy, though Frostborn assumes a somewhat magical past on Earth, and Cloak Games has the elves arrive and conquer Earth in 2013, which was 10 years ago now, so sheer longevity has given that series an element of historical fantasy. 00:14:20 Type #8: Grimdark Number nine: grimdark. This is less than a genre and more of a tone. Grimdark was largely inspired by George R.R .Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire, and to a lesser extent, Joe Abercrombie's books. Grimdark books are brutal, bloody, and violent, often explicitly so. Expect most of the characters to die in various horrible ways, often described in exacting detail. All the characters will be morally bankrupt, with those who are not becoming easy prey for those who are. In grimdark, the bad guys wins, but all the characters are the bad guy. I came to dislike grimdark quite a bit because in my opinion it embodies a sort of adolescent nihilism that some people never quite grow out of. This isn't to say that A Song of Ice and Fire didn't do it well, at least in the early books, but its many imitators did it less well. I consciously avoid writing grimdark because I don't like it. That said, it can be done well. The movie Sicario about the US intelligence apparatus playing an underhanded game against the drug cartels is a masterpiece of a film but very, very dark. 00:15:23 Type #10: Space Fantasy Number ten: science/space fantasy. This is a science fiction story with strong fantasy elements. Doctor Who and Star Wars both come to mind as immediate examples, since both have strong fantasy elements that they dress up in scientific sounding explanations. Doctor Who essentially is about a space wizard with a magic space box, who flies around having adventures, preferably in the company of one or more attractive female companions. The show traditionally seems to suffer when it strays from that formula. The proportion of science fiction and fantasy within Doctor Who varies depending upon the writer and the showrunner. Likewise, Star Wars is basically about magic space samurai who fight each other with laser swords and space magic. Another example might be Warhammer 40K, which does have space orcs and space elves fighting each other with space magic, though the bigger influences are probably grimdark science fiction and horror. All three franchises have been around long enough that they sort of created their own genre of space fantasy. Like LitRPG, it hasn't really hit the legacy publishing business, but you see lots of indie books that use science fiction and fantasy to the point where you have mages flying around on starships. I've never really written anything in space fantasy. Even the more supernatural elements of Silent Order like the Great Elder Ones and the Macrobes come from more horror than fantasy and the science fiction elements in Cloak Mage that have appeared in recent books are straight up science fiction that I've added to an urban fantasy setting, not science fantasy type stuff. Though interestingly, Brandon Sanderson's books sometimes come at science fantasy from the opposite end, where the book's magic system is so intricate and detailed that the setting can build a technological society off it. I think his very newest book, The Sunlit Man, is a very good example of that. 00:17:08: Concluding Thoughts Conclusion: so those are ten different types of fantasy that I think are popular nowadays. No doubt I missed some, and they're probably genres of fantasy popular right now that I haven't heard of yet, like I hadn't heard of xianxia fantasy until 2021. That said, for a writer, especially for an indie writer, the main value of genres is to add…is an aid to think about marketing, like my Cloak Games/Cloak Mage series, and mainly urban fantasy. But there's also elements of historical fantasy in it, and more and more science fiction elements, especially in the last few books but it's mainly urban fantasy, so I designed the covers to look like urban fantasy and I market it as an urban fantasy book. It's good to be conscious of what you are writing. Like Frostborn and the other Andomhaim books are primarily epic fantasy, so I try to stick to the accepted tropes, but I do let other stuff bleed in as I find it interesting, and I think it would enhance the story. And as always, thanks for reading my books, whatever genre they turned out to be. So that is it for this week. Thanks for listening to the Pulp Writer Show. I hope you find the show useful. 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Kate Daniels is a responsible landlord and we think some in Quincy can learn from that! But in this episode she discusses the legal arguments of the McBride case and brings some light to the topic as an expert, as a former public defender in the state of Wisconsin for 16 years, Kate brings a few important things to discuss. One of them being the importance of improved funding to mental health services. Enjoy this special episode we call a cannon blast!

Kate is in full swing campaigning for the 5th District Supervisor seat.  We talk about the job of public service, some of Kate's ambitions, I get a civic lesson, it is a good conversation. Visit Kate's website HERE.Here are links to some of  the folks we mention in this episode:Shelley Alden BrooksKarin Strasser KaufmannMary AdamsLeon PanettaJimmy PanettaJohn Laird(episode photo shows Mary Adams (right) and Kate Daniels (left) © County WeeklySupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial LibraryBig Sur, CAFaceBookInstagramLet us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL!

If you're a fan of the crime genre then Mari Hannah is for you. Her first novel came out in 2012, about detective Kate Daniels, and since then she has released 12 more novels. Her 14th, the 4th book in her newer Stone and Oliver series, is released this coming Thursday, the 22nd of June, and it's a doozy. This week I am speaking with Mari about her books, her creations and how she came up with the latest intricate plot. Black Fell is set in both Northumberland and Iceland and the contrast and similarities between these two settings give the book added depth and mystery. So join me and find out more about why you should give Black Fell a read. Mari's Links Twitter Mari's Website Black Fell: Waterstones | Amazon | Local Bookshops

Women & Finance | My Interview With Kate Daniels, WARM106.9 Introduction: In this informative conversation, Kate Daniels welcomes Jae Oh, a certified financial planner and chartered financial consultant, to discuss the complexities of retirement, Medicare, and the role of women in managing these aspects within families. Jae Oh is the author of the best-selling book “Maximize Your Medicare,” which provides valuable insights and guidance on navigating the ever-shifting Medicare landscape. The discussion highlights the importance of early planning, especially for women who often shoulder the responsibility of caring for senior family members and face the challenges of deciphering the intricate world of Medicare. Description: In this engaging conversation, Kate Daniels sits down with Jae Oh, a renowned expert in retirement planning and Medicare. As the author of the best-selling book “Maximize Your Medicare,” Jae provides valuable insights into the ever-changing Medicare landscape and shares practical advice on navigating the complexities of this vital healthcare program. The discussion revolves around the role women play in managing Medicare and retirement planning within their families, emphasizing the need for early preparation and understanding. Jae underscores the overwhelming responsibilities faced by women as caregivers for senior family members and highlights the importance of addressing healthcare cost planning well in advance. He stresses the significance of distinguishing between health insurance and healthcare, explaining that while Medicare serves as a solid foundation, additional considerations and choices need to be made. Jae also emphasizes the need for comprehensive financial planning, including protected lifetime income, to ensure a secure and fulfilling retirement. With a commitment to educating and empowering everyday individuals, Jae offers practical resources and guidance through his book and website, “Maximize Your Medicare.” He encourages readers to proactively seek information and ask questions to make informed decisions. By understanding the intricacies of Medicare and healthcare cost planning, individuals can confidently shape their financial future and lead the lives they desire. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jaes-corner/support

Poet Kate Daniels is the Edwin Mims Professor emerit of English and former director of Creative Writing at Vanderbilt University. Daniels is the author of six collections of poetry, The White Wave (1984) won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize; The Niobe Poems (1988) received honorable mention for the Paterson Poetry Prize; Four Testimonies (1998) and A Walk in Victoria's Secret (2010) were selected by Dave Smith for the Southern Messenger Series published by LSU Press. Three Syllables Describing Addiction was published in 2018 and In the months of my son's recovery was published in 2019. Her most recent book Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis and Poetry was published in 2021. On April 13, 2023, Daniels will give a reading as a guest of University of Oregon's Creative Writing Program.

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#CassandraStirling #interviews #writingcommunityCassandra Stirling joins the podcast. Cassandra and I get along just fine as we talk about writing our books. Both of us are Ilona Andrews fans, and we talk about the Kate Daniels series. But also, editing. Cassandra is an accomplished editor on top of her writing and we talk about working with young talent, and much, much more. Cassandra was a lot of fun and I enjoyed having her on the show.Cassandra StirlingTwitterIGTiktokFacebookSponsorsJE TaylorCome alive and head into the worlds and wonders of author JE Taylor. JE's books and stories will whisk you away to other worlds filled with magic, fantasy and romance. In the darkest corridors and nightmares where dragons, vampires or witches roam, you will discover those wonders and more. JE Taylor – Face your nightmares and find your freedom.ServicesAdvertising Services - Let me create your advertising for your next book or campaign. If you're a creative wondering how to create your advertising for your next project, I can create video, audio, written and graphics. Let me help you get your story, and your best story, out there.Available Now:Alice Won? - Available now. Alice escaped the asylum and pursues the Queen of Hearts to the Greek Labyrinth in the underworld, there she must engage in a game of croquet unlike any other, against Jason of the Argonauts. Illustrated by Kenzie Carr, written by yours truly, come to wonderland Dec. 1st, where the real games begin.Support And Subscribe:Buy my MerchBuy Me A CoffeeNewsletterPatreonTwitchYoutube

Sam chats with Sangamon County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Houlihan and Kate Daniels, a candidate for the state Democratic central committee, and Greg and Paul clean up some news and notes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Amanda and Jenn discuss spies in romance, books like Our Flag Means Death, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. FEEDBACK Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Alison Pataki, and By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate BOOKS DISCUSSED American Marriage by Tayari Jones (tw: sexual assault, racism) The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson (cw: drug use, sexual assault, violence, racism) Books Like “Our Flag Means Death”: https://bookriot.com/our-flag-means-death-books/ On a Lee Shore by Elin Gregory In Deeper Waters by FT Lukens Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity by Micah Rajunov, Scott Duane, et al The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado (tw: child sexual abuse, human trafficking) Always Only You by Chloe Liese Gamechanger by LX Beckett (they/them) American War by Omar El Akkad Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn Sarah MacLean's Bareknuckle Bastards series Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé (cw: lynching, child abuse, sexual abuse) Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews Alyssa Cole's Loyal League series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had the great pleasure of welcoming another returning guest on our show! Crime fiction author Mari Hannah joined us to talk about her latest Kate Daniels novel "Her Last Request". She told us about the challenges, ideas and new projects she is working on. It is absolutely an episode you shouldn't miss! Enjoy! Find out more about Mari and her books here: https://www.marihannah.com Find out more about us here: https://book-lovers-companion.com Feedback is always welcome: bookcompanioncontact@gmail.com Music: English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny Video Link: https://youtu.be/mDcADD4oS5E --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ez-fiction2/message

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Kate Daniels, the author of “Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis”. Kate Daniels is the is the author of six collections of poetry, a memoir, and two edited editions. A former Guggenheim Fellow, she is the Edwin Mims Professor of English emerita at Vanderbilt University. She teaches writing at the Washington-Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, and formerly served as poet in residence at both Vanderbilt and Duke University medical centers. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi/fantasy series spin-offs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews (Aurelia Ryder #1, follows Kate Daniels #10) Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1, follows Psy-Changeling #15) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Multi-award winning Mari Hannah is the author of the Kate Daniels series of police procedurals, the Ryan and O'Neil crime series and the Stone and Oliver series. Her latest book in the Kate Daniels series, Without a Trace, is out now and won Capital Crime Book of the Year in 2020.We had a great chat with Mari, hearing about how she moved into writing and her path to publishing - a tale which includes her first novel being dropped at the last moment by a small local publisher. That turned out to be the best thing ever though, as it allowed her to land a great agent and secure a publishing deal with Pan MacMillan that started her hugely successful career. We also hear about what she has planned next, and hear about how Kate Daniels will be brought to TV by Stephen Fry's production company!Links:Buy Without a Trace and Mari's other booksVisit Mari's websiteFollow Mari on TwitterWatch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-sThe Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: @write_gearFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/Follow us on Instagram: write_gear_uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blood Heir : By - Ilona Andrews Blood Heir was a stunning experience that acquaints us with the Princess of Shinar. Website : https://gobookmart.com/blood-heir-by-ilona-andrews-is-a-stunning-experience-that-acquaints-us-with-the-princess-of-shinar-novel-review-and-podcast/ Blood Heir is the first novel by Ilona Andrews in her brand-new Kate Daniels World series. In Blood Heir, despite the fact that I had read some early parts that Andrews so magnificently gave us glimpses, I was completely overwhelmed with this story. I was unable to put the book down until I completed it. Obviously, Ilona Andrews has ascended to the first spot on my list of most loved writers that I need to read.. Eight years before, Julie Olson Lennart (Kate and Curran's adopted girl), left Atlanta for California and stay with her super amazing auntie, who might help show her how to find out about herself. The puzzling death of a pastor, takes Julie back to Atlanta, however she is currently exceptionally incredible, mystical, with another face and new name, Aurelia Ryder. Aurelia shows up not uncovering her identity (she is presently the Princess of Shinar), however with the information that she needs to stop an old super powerful god, Moloch, who is resolved to decimate the world and Kate Daniels; and on the off chance that she uncovers her personality or goes to see her mom, Kate and those she loves will die. Aurelia is all alone to discover the killer of the pastor, and mysterious animals that are murdering those touching an extraordinary relic; when she does this the prophecy can be halted. However, would she be able to defeat Moloch? When Aurelia shows up, she is met by a wolf pack, preventing her from entering Atlanta, driven by the Beta of Bouda pack, Ascanio; she figures out how to move beyond them, and not be identified. She took the case of the dead pastor as a Knight. Aurelia meets evil nearly at each progression, and regardless of all the fire and warmth, she figures out how to crush the animals sent to destroy her. In a brief timeframe, Luther and afterward Feldman find who she truly is, and due to the potential of Kate's death, they honor staying quiet about her character. Yet, Aurelia is then sucker punched by an enormous werewolf, who likewise needs to know who executed the pastor, and needs to work with her. Regardless of her refusal, he and his pack follow everything she might do. What follows is an interesting, awesome, mind-blowing action filled spine chiller beginning to end. Aurelia Ryder is currently a bad ass courageous woman, who figures out how to win her fights despite dangerous circumstances that made them hold our breaths. I adored when she thought often about a young street girl, whom she encouraged, and her anxiety for the boy who was severely beaten. The majority of all, I cherished seeing such countless characters from the Kate Daniels world, particularly Conlan, who is close to his sister, and was enjoyable to see him. Obviously, both actually visit their granddad, and keep on learning a greater amount of the universe of Shinar. Blood Heir was a stunning experience that acquaints us with the Princess of Shinar, who has completely changed over the 8 years she has been gone. Having an incredible mother like Kate, permitted her to push ahead and find her actual self, being prepared by her grandma, who after all, was the Plague Maker, in addition to other things. I adored the new Julie. I anticipate reading the following book in this series, as Blood Heir was thoroughly amazing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support

During this segment of Why IT Matters, we interviewed Kate Daniels from Oracle Netsuite and talked about international aid, both the good and the bad, and technology as an infrastructure for nonprofits. Kate shares the considerations Oracle gave to the Common Data Model and why they decided it’s better to participate and align than to be concerned about competition. We also had fun talking about the differences working at large vs. small organizations and how our energy changes every room that we enter. Why IT Matters is hosted by Tracy Kronzak and Tim Lockie of Now IT Matters! Click here to watch this episode!

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Táto epizóda obsahuje: moju predstavu o správnej dávke romantiky | zamyslenie, čo by mali mať čisto romantické knihy | klišé, ktoré mi prekážajú | moje obľúbené klišé | príklady kníh so skvelou romantikou // Zmienené knihy: Marissa Meyer – The Lunar Chronicles/Mesačné kroniky; Cassandra Clare – The Shadowhunter Chronicles; Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy/Upírska akadémia; Siri Pettersen – Odinsbarn/Ódinovo dítě; Ilona Andrews – séria Kate Daniels; Kasie West – P.S. I Like You/P. S. Mám ťa rada; Kasie West – Maybe This Time; Julie Buxbaum – Tell Me Three Things; Akemi Dawn Bowman – Harley in The Sky; C. G. Drews – The Boy Who Steals Houses; Rainbow Rowell – Fangirl/Fanúšička; Francesca Zappia – Eliza and Her Monsters/Eliza a more príšer; Elle Kennedy – The Chase; Lauren Layne – Walk of Shame; Leigh Bardugo – Six of Crows/Vrania šestka; Erin Watt – When It's Real; Ashley Poston – Geekerella; Sarah Lyu – The Best Lies/Najlepšie lži; Shelby Mahurin – Serpent & Dove/Holubice a had; Tricia Levenseller – The Shadows Between Us; Marissa Meyer – Renegades/Renegáti; Emily A. Duncan – Wicked Saints; Kerstin Gier – Rubinrot/Červená ako rubín; Kody Keplinger – The DUFF // Kontakt: nahodneknihomolenie@gmail.com | IG – @nahodnaknihomolka | iné – linktr.ee/neliss // Logo: Michelle (delirious-soul.net) | Hudba: Jason Shaw (audionautix.com)

Welcome to the What to Read Next Podcast. Today’ guest is Lacey from  Lacey Book Lovers instagram, Booktube and Blog. in this episode, we dive into historical romance recommendations and our favorite Lisa Kleypas books.   BOOKS RECOMMENDED: Meg Cabot Lisa Kleypas Kerrigan Byrne Victorian Rebels by Kerrigan Byrne Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt Beverly Jenkins Sarah MacLean  Tessa Dare  Highlander series  Maya Banks Karen Marie Moning The Rules of Scoundrels series by Sarah MacLean  Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas  Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas  Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean Love in Other Words by Christina Lauren  The Sea of Ruin by Pam Goodwin  Indigo by Beverly Jenkins Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas Beach Read by Emily Henry  Credence by Penelope Douglas  Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai  The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai  Daring and the Duke by Sarah MacLean A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore Psy- Changeling series by Nalini Singh Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews  Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews  The Sinner by JR Ward First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn  Johanna Lindsey  Hearts of Aflame by Johnna Lindsey    CONNECT WITH LACEY  Instagram Blog  Booktube    SUPPORT THE WHAT TO READ NEXT PODCAST! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Spread the love. And if you liked this episode, share it with your friends   JOIN PATREON COMMUNITY  Join the What to Read Next Podcast Patreon Romance Book Club. We are offering one tier Weekly Recommendation + Early Access to Author Interviews and other bonus podcast content + Access to Patron-only Facebook Group:  + Twice a month Zoom meetups (Backlist Book Club &  Author Q&A ) + Conversation with Publishers + Rolling IG Chat: $5  This is a great romance loving community where you will get book recommendations, make new friends and an opportunity to discover to new to you authors, series and genres to binge on.  Want to join the fun? Sign up today; https://bit.ly/WTRNRomanceBookClub   FROLIC PODCAST NETWORK  What to Read Next Podcast is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!    CONNECT WITH LAURA YAMIN  WhattoReadNextBlog.com  Instagram  Goodreads Twitter 

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We promised we’d get to the rest of our Holiday AMA questions eventually, and Sarah’s on deadline, so this seemed like the perfect week to do it! Join us for a freewheeling hour during which Sarah cannot remember Tessa Thompson’s name, we talk about how much we’d like to meet Sandra Brown, and how romance really does have something for everyone, including an entire series about romance during power outages.Also, we forgot to mention that Tuesday was Derek Craven Day! Lots of fun was had by all goofballs who joined us on the Internet to celebrate, and Lisa Kleypas herself even got involved! If you haven’t read Dreaming of You, you can get it for $2.99 right now in ebook! Also, do not miss this incredible Craven Day thread on Twitter from Steve Ammindown and the Browne Pop Culture Library. And if you want Derek Craven t-shirts? Those exist now!Next week, the book is in and we’re back in business! Lorraine Heath’s Waking Up With the Duke is our next read—a book that blooded Sarah. Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo.Full Show Notes @ FATEDMATES.NET- Question 1: Weird but true: the more specific the request, the more likely we are to come up with a recommendation. So if you just need "enemies to lovers" and you've already read Her Best Worst Mistake, or "friends to lovers" and you've already read Scoring Off the Field, then you just need to google it.- Question 2: Who are we fancasting? These beautiful people: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Henry Cavill, Tessa Thompson, and Tom Hardy. Also, listening to Henry Cavill and Tom Hardy grunt is one of our favorite things.- Question 3: Who do we want to have lunch or tea with? Kresley Cole, obviously! Sarah said Joanna Lindsey. Jen says Julie Garwood. We'd both love to meet Sandra Brown. Jen still can't believe the people she's met, and hopes she was cool like Yolanda.- Question 4: Do we have recommendation for lesbian and f/f romance? Is it more difficult to find? Check out Bold Strokes Books. strands of f/f, and others have different roots. We will keep looking for some history of f/f romance and link to them if we find one. But in the meantime, YA author, critic, and expert Malinda Lo wrote about "The Invisible Lesbian" in YA, and it's right on point and worth your time. But we do have lots of great f/f romances that we love in the photo array below.- Question 5: What about steampunk? Is that ever coming back? We don't know! But all we can do is recommend these ones we do know. Sorry!- Question 6: What is like Harry Potter for grown-ups? Burn For Me by Illona Andrews (Jen also liked the Kate Daniels series). That's it. That's the answer.- Question 7: Books with power outages? Read this Naima Simone series called Blackout Billionares.- Question 8: How to get started with reviewing and NetGalley? You should look at lists that big reviewing clearinghouses make--Kirkus (Jen writes that one!), Booklist, and PW. Just trying to look at some of these lists will give you a sense of what books will be coming out. The Book Queen is keeping a list of 2020 new releaes. But Estelle from Forever Romance wrote a great piece about how to get started with NetGalley.- Question 9: Looking for hardcore enemies to lovers with kids in the mix. Jen recommends Wait For It by Molly O'Keefe. Lord of Scoundrels is great for this, too!- Quesiton 10: Books that made us literally laugh out loud. Jen recommends I Think I Might Love You by Christina C Jones. Sarah recommends It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday. Christina has a huge backlist, and Jenny's newest book, Mermaid Inn, came out last week.- Question 11: Looking for books with a heist plot and polyamory. Jen thinks Katrina Jackson has cornered the market on this request and we have all been blessed by it.- Quesiton 12: A question if there are any romances with a Muslim hero and heroine with on-page sex. Jen couldn't think of any, but asked author Farah Heron. Farah also couldn't think of one, but we do recommend her book The Chai Factor.- Quesiton 13: Jackie from Elyria Ohio (where Jen went to high school!) is looking for historical with a murder and a twist. We recommend Kelly Bowen and Sarah's book No Good Duke Goes Unpunished.- Quesiton 14: Sarah is looking for books with virgin heroes--but hot!- Question 15: A book with a grovel so unconvincing that the character has to do it again. Oh, we have suggestions but also you should check out Jen's treatise on groveling.- Quesiton 16: What are some museums we love? Sarah talked about these in England: The Museum of London, The Foundling Museum, The Soane's Museum, and The British Library. She also loves the Museum of Sex in New York, and the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston. Jen doesn't research, but in Chicago, she recommends The Art Institute and the National Museum of Mexican Art. If you're ever in Cleveland, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is so cool, and in Houston, check out the most meditative place Jen has ever been, The Rothko Chapel.(when this aired in Feb 2020, the chapel was temporarily closed for renovations! Please check the website).

Thanks to KRWM and radio host Kate Daniels. It is my 3rd appearance with her, she is host that understands how important Medicare is.Pre-order the 2020-2021 Edition of Maximize Your Medicare here: https://amzn.to/2HsnMBvBe sure to subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts! email / feedback: info@maximizeyourmedicare.com

Welcome to Death by the Books! In today's episode we're finishing up our tour de force of the urban fantasy genre by dragging Kirsti away from Kate Daniels and smooshing her face into Patricia Briggs... uhm, I mean, recommending lots of DIVERSE things. Yep. You can find us on Twitter @deathbythebooks or check our website for a full list of the media we discussed in this episode.

Mythology, magic, shifters, vampires - you name it, Magic Bleeds has it! Welcome to the world of Kate Daniels - our favorite urban fantasy romance series! Before we deep dive into the story, listen to a brief chit-chat/check-in with Jessen and Juliette talk about The OA and The Umbrella Academy (00:59). Get to know the characters, setting, and tropes during their spoiler-free discussion of Magic Bleeds (4:46). Spoiler Section: Juliette and Jessen compete in a Showdown where they each offer up their favorite scene to see which one reigns supreme (10:16). Then, take a deep dive into all the SPOILERY details of one of this epic adventure and romance (16:32).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/swreadrom)

Amanda and Jenn discuss short story collections, quirky mysteries, picture books, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Unscripted by Claire Handscombe, and The Fall of Crazy House by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Questions 1. I’ll be taking a trip to New York City for the very first time this June. I’m looking for books that will give me that big-city feel, books based in NYC, or books on the history of NYC. Thanks for all you do! -Amanda   2. I love the reading rainbow for adults podcast ‘Levar Burton Reads.’ However, it has exposed a large hole In my reading experience. I’m hoping you can recommend a couple short story collections. I’d prefer audio versions as have I recently joined Libro.fm and need assistance spending credits. I have only tried Nick White’s collection Sweet and Low on my own but it wasn’t really my cup of tea. The stories that I have enjoyed the most from the show have been “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu, “Childfinder” by Octavia Butler, and “Graham Greene” by Percival Everett. -Christy   3. Hi from Canada! I’m looking for a long, well-written saga in which I can lose myself. I enjoy well-formed and complex characters, and learning about something new whenever I read (history, other professions, unique life experiences etc.). A dose of magical realism or low fantasy is fun but not necessary. Favourite books include Cloud Atlas, The Secret History, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Golem and the Jinni, the Night Circus and Spinning Silver (as recommended by you!). I also like Barbara Kingsolver and Isabel Allende. I tend to find out about popular books quite easily so something off the beaten track would be great. Please no stories about parents losing kids or genocide/war violence. Thanks for doing this great podcast! -Mandy   4. Hi! I’m looking for some book recommendations to give to my husband as part of my first year anniversary gift (paper!). We are celebrating by going on vacation in early May, and we’re planning to spend some of our downtime just hanging out in a coffee shop reading. Unfortunately, he is not much of a reader. He enjoys reading, but doesn’t prioritize it as a hobby. Therefore, he hasn’t really spent time figuring out what he likes. Here’s what I do know: He’s read everything ever written by R.A. Salvatore. We also read the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher together, and really enjoyed that. He’s a gamer and enjoys a lot of the popular sci-fi/fantasy games and storylines (i.e. World of Warcraft, Witcher, Skyrim, Borderlands, etc. ). He’s told me that he enjoys action-y plots where the main characters emerge victorious that aren’t too dark/complicated. I think he would enjoy books by Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, or the high fantasy series by Jim Butcher, Codex Alera. I do not think he would enjoy the Game of Thrones series, and I think even N.K. Jemison’s Broken Earth Trilogy would be a little too much. Regardless, I think all those books are too long for him to want to make a commitment to, especially on vacation. Any suggestions for high-fantasy books or series with shorter books that aren’t R.A. Salvatore? Bonus points if it’s a little more diverse than most of the list I’ve given here, but I’d rather it be something he’d really enjoy than diverse for the sake of diversity. Thank you!! -Megan   5. I would love to find one or two children’s books that focus on living in a nontraditional family (being raised by an aunt or other family member) to help during a period of transition for a resilient four year old and her cousins who she is now living with permanently. I’ve found books about adoption or living with grandparents but am struggling to find something that seems to speak to their situation. She loves being read to and I think this is a situation where seeing yourself in the story could really help! Thanks! -Heather   6. I’m a librarian and generally give advice/book recs! Now I need some advice. I’m looking for a quirky, literary leaning mystery. I have really enjoyed: Lisa Lutz’s Spellmans, peter heller’s Celine, Sara Gran’s Claire DeWit series, Gabriel Cohen and Charlie Huston. I do not like psychological thrillers or too much gore. I guess what I like is quirky and can have a touch of noir or humor. -Ann   7. Hi, I’ve been reading a bunch of Afro futurism from Nigerian or Nigerian – American authors. I find the culture and folklore it explores fascinating and I would love some memoirs or biographies so I could have a more grounded perspective and be able to have more context to the fantasy novels. The books I’ve read are all about woman in the Igbo tribe, but any Nigerian or West African would be good if Igbo is too specific. -Emily   Books Discussed The Recovering by Leslie Jamison Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift Open City by Teju Cole Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado How Long Til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews Families Families Families! by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang Me, Toma, and the Concrete Garden by Andrew Larsen and Anne Villeneuve Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart IQ by Joe Ide Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe

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Welcome to Death by the Books! In today’s episode we’re talking about our favourite reads every December, as well as Christmas traditions and the books we’re hoping to find under the tree. Also, in an absolute first, we don’t mention Karin Slaughter or the Kate Daniels series ONCE. What is this madness?! You can find us on Twitter @deathbythebooks or check our website for a full list of the media we discussed in this episode.

I've finished THE ORCHID THRONE revisions and have been refilling the well - talking about downtime after work, reading, editor brain, and how annoying it is when movie monsters won't die. Support the show (http://paypal.me/jeffekennedy)

In this episode, you get the real "old days of radio" experience listening to Jen pick up her glass and drink from it and set it back down repeatedly. Ice clinking! It's like we are on Mad Men! Metal Desk + Podcast = Clink Amplification We start out playing a new game we dub "Scenarios" - Essentially we each make up a series of geeky/pop cultural scenarios for the other to navigate. It involves Harry Potter and Star Trek! For the main event, we have Smut Shaming or de-stigmatizing guilty pleasures. We have discussed before that we are adamantly against the concept of “guilty pleasures” - just like what you like and you should not be ashamed of it or made to feel shame because of it. In this segment, we express our love of fanfic and romance novels, defend them from shamers, and explain why they appeal. And, as promised, here are all the books we recommended during the show as well as some extras! Fanfic book: Textual Poachers by Henry Jenkins Jen's Romance Recs: YA sports themed romance: Miranda Kenneally & Simone Elkeles Urban Fantasy, no explicit sex (fade to black) - Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs Urban Fantasy with sex - Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris (LOTS OF SEX - Laurel K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series) Urban Fantasy with some sex and lots of jokes - Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson Steampunk Werewolf romance - Soulless by Gail Carriger Contemporary amusing romance with a relatable heroine - Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie Contemporary romance with my kind of guy - Vision in White by Nora Roberts Historical romance, light - Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James, Nine rules to break when romancing a rake by Sarah Maclean Historical romance, epic - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Epic Fantasy Romance - Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey M/M romance - Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy YA romance, fairy tales - Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer YA romance, angels and demons - The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor YA romance, contemporary - Stephanie Perkins trilogy - Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the boy next door, Isla and the Happily Ever After Romance, contemporary, but with interesting structure - anything by Rainbow Rowell YA comic book, historical elements - The Dreamer As always, our amazing Intro/Outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa

In this episode (recorded in the front seat of my car on an iPhone while waiting for cheer showcase to end) I talk about the songs the remind me of where I was born and raised; New York City. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. Also the latest book that I am reading in the Kate Daniels series plus a returning show and country singer's latest album.

In this episode (recorded in the front seat of my car on an iPhone while waiting for cheer showcase to end) I talk about the songs the remind me of where I was born and raised; New York City. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. Also the latest book that I am reading in the Kate Daniels series plus a returning show and country singer's latest album.

Three of the UK’s leading female crime writers introduce their new books and talk about their different approaches to storytelling. In her new novel, Kind of Cruel, mistress of suspense Sophie Hannah delivers an intricately plotted and pleasingly sinister story. This new novel will not disappoint the many fans who adore Hannah’s edge of the seat plotting. Dreda Say Mitchell is an award-winning crime writer whose latest novel is Hit Girls. Mitchell writes contemporary urban noir with real verve. Mari Hannah’s first novel, The Murder Wall, is set in Newcastle and launches the fictional career of Kate Daniels. Event recorded Saturday 27 October 2012 at Durham Book Festival. For more information about the festival, see www.durhambookfestival.com.