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S21 Ep4: Taking a Machete to Creative Blocks with Premee Mohamed "My characters would be wandering around the field with me going like, hey, I just found a rare orchid." -Premee Mohamed (This post went live for supporters on March 21, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) (recorded February) In this episode we welcome prolific, brilliant Premee Mohamed, a Nebula and Aurora award-winning author to talk about her new book, One Message Remains. . We explore the process of creating clean first drafts, the chaos of deadlines, and the balance between creativity and productivity. And why the cat needs a job. Premee shares the challenges of producing multiple works in a year and the strategies she employs to keep her creativity flowing. We cover outlining techniques and the importance of not being precious about the writing process. Transcript Links Premee Mohamed One Message Remains Premee's Patreon Psychopomp Press Tor.com Hugo Awards Aurora Awards Evergreen Links See all books from Season 21 Like the podcast? Get the book! I Should Be Writing. My newsletter, The Hot Mic, and the community of Fabulists over at Patreon. Supporting either of those will get you perks like access to the discord, exclusive content, and early, ad-free episodes. Socials: Bluesky, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate Theme by John Anealio Savor I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books! In case it wasn't clear: Mur and this podcast are fully supportive of LGBTQ+ folks, believe that Black Lives Matter, and trans rights are human rights, despite which direction the political winds blow. If you do not agree, then there are plenty of other places to go on the Internet. — "Taking a Machete to Creative Blocks with Premee Mohamed" is brought to you in large part by my supporters, the Fabulists, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon or Substack! Some of the links above may be affiliate, allowing you to support the show at no extra cost to you. Also consider leaving a review for ISBW, please! CREDITS Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja,and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon. March 24, 2025 | Season 21 Ep 4 | murverse.com "Taking a Machete to Creative Blocks with Premee Mohamed" by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Your hosts discuss Premee Mohamed's latest collection of stories, "One Message Remains," and praise its evocative writing and strong character development. They explore the book's themes of colonization, exploitation, and war, and discuss how the fantasy setting reflects real-world issues. They also appreciate the collection's progression from plot-driven to introspective storytelling, and the portrayal of resistance against oppressive system.Find us on Discord / Support us on PatreonThanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

It's episode 208 and time for us to talk about our Reading Resolutions for 2025! We discuss our love of spreadsheets, the churn of books in public libraries, literacy, unschooling, and more!  You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray

Possessions, legacies of violence, and shared worlds, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by Premee Mohamed to discuss One Message Remains! Together, they explore the task of writing interconnected short fiction, the complexities of people within empires, violence and the human will to destroy, and much more. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: If you have a question you'd like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!

In which Snape dies. Email us at restrictedsectionpod@gmail.com to tell us what you thought of The Elder Wand or even what you think of us! We'd love to read your email on the show. Be sure to subscribe to know right away about new episodes, and rate and review! SUPPORT US ON OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/therestrictedsection THANK YOU LOVE YOU BUY OUR MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/restricted-section-podcast THANK YOU LOVE YOU IG: https://www.instagram.com/restrictedsectionpod/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rspoddetentioncrew/   Check out our other amazing Deus Ex Media podcasts! www.deusexmedia.org   This episode featured: Christina Kann https://linktr.ee/christinakann Christina plugged When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780062982650 Also This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781534430990 Brooke Matherly IG @passion_for_parks https://www.instagram.com/passion_for_parks/ Brooke plugged The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781250881786 Special guest Taylor IG https://www.instagram.com/ginnythegryffindoodle/ Taylor plugged establishing a designated driver for your Halloween fun and partying safely! Also The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780593230381 Also The Weekly Show https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-show-with-jon-stewart/id1583132133

Climate disaster, parasitic relationships, novella. Buzzwords that Christina loves so she should like Hannah's pick, right? But uh-oh, climate disaster also causes great anxiety within at least one of our hosts. Will they be able to make it through this novella? Will they be interested in continuing on with the series? Listen to find out! This month the girls read The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed. Intro/Outro Music: 1922 by Ernesto Nazareth If you want to get in touch with us, check out our contact information below.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TreatUrShelfPod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treatyourshelfpodcast/   Email: treatyourshelfpodcast@gmail.com   Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/TYSApplePod   Spotify: http://bit.ly/TYSPodcast

Premee Mohamed is a Nebula award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She is an Assistant Editor at the short fiction audio venue Escape Pod and the author of the 'Beneath the Rising' series of novels as well as several novellas. Premee Mohamed is here to talk about her literary award-winning series, “The Annual Migration of Clouds.”

This week we discussed We Speak Through the Mountain, written by Premee Mohamed and narrated by Eva Tavares. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. We Speak Through the Mountain [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Annual Migration of Clouds [Libro.fm]  / [Episode 131] A Psalm for the Wild Built [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 113] Land of Milk and Honey [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Space Between Worlds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Audible] Sorrowland [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Lonliness Universe” written by Eugenia Triantafyllou, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Fifty-Eight ”Artistic Encounters of a Monumental Nature” written by S.B. Divya, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 213: June 2024 ”Every Hopless Thing” written by Tia Tashiro, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 214: July 2024 ”Amma's Kitchen” written by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Shweta Adhyam [PodCastle 845] ”Mr. Harmon's Girls” written by Elliott Gish, narrated by Louise Hewitt [PsuedoPod 928] ”Off Track” written by Luc Diamant, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 213: June 2024

Premee Mohamed's novel The Siege of Burning Grass (Solaris, 2024) is set during an ongoing war between two empires: Varkal and Med'ariz and follows Alefret, a founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance who has been arrested and imprisoned by his own country. When the opportunity for freedom presents itself, Alefret must decide how willing he is to collaborate with his government's war effort and how much he is willing to sacrifice to remain committed to his own ideals. In this interview, Mohamed describes the long history of violent responses to pacifist movements and some of the influences that went into writing a war novel. She discusses the relationship between education and war, the role of community in forming political movements, and the strengths of speculative fiction as a genre. We also chat about medical experimentation, wartime propaganda and cool science fiction technology.  The Siege of Burning Grass is a grounded and empathetic novel about the cruelties of war. It was a great joy to discuss it with the author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Premee Mohamed's novel The Siege of Burning Grass (Solaris, 2024) is set during an ongoing war between two empires: Varkal and Med'ariz and follows Alefret, a founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance who has been arrested and imprisoned by his own country. When the opportunity for freedom presents itself, Alefret must decide how willing he is to collaborate with his government's war effort and how much he is willing to sacrifice to remain committed to his own ideals. In this interview, Mohamed describes the long history of violent responses to pacifist movements and some of the influences that went into writing a war novel. She discusses the relationship between education and war, the role of community in forming political movements, and the strengths of speculative fiction as a genre. We also chat about medical experimentation, wartime propaganda and cool science fiction technology.  The Siege of Burning Grass is a grounded and empathetic novel about the cruelties of war. It was a great joy to discuss it with the author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Premee Mohamed's novel The Siege of Burning Grass (Solaris, 2024) is set during an ongoing war between two empires: Varkal and Med'ariz and follows Alefret, a founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance who has been arrested and imprisoned by his own country. When the opportunity for freedom presents itself, Alefret must decide how willing he is to collaborate with his government's war effort and how much he is willing to sacrifice to remain committed to his own ideals. In this interview, Mohamed describes the long history of violent responses to pacifist movements and some of the influences that went into writing a war novel. She discusses the relationship between education and war, the role of community in forming political movements, and the strengths of speculative fiction as a genre. We also chat about medical experimentation, wartime propaganda and cool science fiction technology.  The Siege of Burning Grass is a grounded and empathetic novel about the cruelties of war. It was a great joy to discuss it with the author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/fantasy

Brent Butt talks to Ali Hassan about his novel Huge, Catherine Mack talks to Christa Couture about her series Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies and Premee Mohamed talks to Ryan B. Patrick about her novel on We Speak Through the Mountain on this episode of The Next Chapter: The Summer Edition with Christa Couture.

Critters, creatures, and things that crawl -- part of the fun of building a new world is getting to populate it with not just sapient characters, but all the flora and fauna. And sometimes, that means the things you find in the smallest corners and crevices. Guest Premee Mohamed joins us to talk about the role of bugs and other biology in worldbuilding! Bugs are a critical part of our world, performing so many essential functions that we never think about and that writers often neglect -- so, why is that? Where does our tendency towards squeamishness about bugs overlap with fears of body horror -- and how have SFF stories magnified those fears to create memorable antagonists like Xenomorphs and monsters like Shelob? How can a worldbuilder think about the health of their whole ecosystem, from those itsy-bitsy bugs all the way up to the apex predators -- and if the health of the ecosystem reflects the health of the world, how can that provide some good plot hooks for characters? All this and many, many scientific factoids are packed into this episode! [Transcript TK] Our Guest: Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Ignyte, Locus, British Fantasy, and Crawford awards. Currently, she is the Edmonton Public Library writer-in-residence and an Assistant Editor at the short fiction audio venue Escape Pod. She is the author of the 'Beneath the Rising' series of novels as well as several novellas. Her short fiction has appeared in many venues and she can be found on her website at www.premeemohamed.com. 

I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 7 Transcript I found myself looking for my own magic bullet and getting frustrated a the media who take the idea of a daily routine--something people with ADHD people need--and play it off as only done by stodgy, unfun dorks. I discuss Josh Zimmerman's videos, how creation is like jumping off a diving board for me, my solo RPG plans, and promote Premee Mohamed's books and bullying.  From the fear of preparation to the power of routines for neurodiverse individuals, we open up about the importance of finding what works for you—even if it means facing your own hypocrisy. Plus, hear about the anticipation of the JoCo cruise, the chaos of running Brindlewood Bay RPGs, and why sometimes, you just have to leap off the high dive.  Other links:  Apple Fitness Plus Ray Bradbury, Zen and the Art of Writing Stranger Than Fiction (movie) Publishers Weekly File 770 JoCo Cruise Ursula Vernon Brindlewood Bay (RPG) Evergreen Links I don't talk enough about the I Should Be Writing book. It exists. Go buy it! My newsletter, The Hot Mic, and my Patreon. Supporting either of those will get you perks like access to the discord, exclusive content, and early, ad-free episodes. Socials: Bluesky, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate. Theme by John Anealio I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books! Check out all the books we've featured this year! And remember, we can't do this without you. Thanks for your support. March 12, 2024 | Season 20 Ep 8 | murverse.com | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Your hosts are joined by Premee Mohamed to talk about her novella The Butcher of the Forest and her novel The Siege of Burning Grass. They discuss moral ambiguity, relatable antagonists, and the horrors of war. They also bring up how much they want to give Alefret a hug, even if it wouldn't actually solve any of his problems.Find more from Premee:https://www.premeemohamed.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/premeemohamed.comhttps://twitter.com/premeesaurusFind us on discord: https://discord.gg/dpNHTWVu6b or support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fictionfanspodThanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on War in Speculative Fiction with award-winning author Premee Mohamed. During the episode, Premee unveils the shadowy nature of war, including how she incorporated it into her new novel The Siege of Burning Grass, good and bad examples of war in media, realism when depicting war in SFF settings, civilians and the costs of war, humanizing combatants on both sides, intimate perspectives of war, the importance of change and more. NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Premee. Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ to check out part one. OUR SPONSOR: Novelo is a collaborative storytelling platform for writers where they can self-publish stories with ease, all while maintaining full creative control over their work. Publish and monetize your stories, collaborate with other authors, and interact with readers. Visit ⁠⁠⁠www.novelo.com⁠⁠⁠ today to sign up for FREE. SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs, notebooks and more) - Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or check us out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where this and every other episode of the show is available in full video - Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sffaddictspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Robert Jackson Bennett is the bestselling, award-winning author of The Tainted Cup, the Divine Cities Trilogy, The Founders Trilogy, American Elsewhere, Mr. Shivers and more. Find Robert on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠his personal website⁠⁠⁠⁠. ABOUT OUR HOSTS: Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator. His debut novel, Mushroom Blues, is releasing on March 19, 2024. Find Adrian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠his personal website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. M.J. Kuhn is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Among Thieves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, her debut novel, and its sequel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thick as Thieves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find M.J. on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠her personal website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict Book Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MUSIC: Intro: "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Into The Grid⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" by MellauSFX Novelo Ad: "⁠⁠⁠Crescendo⁠⁠⁠" by Astronoz Outro: “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Galactic Synthwave⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠” by Divion --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sff-addicts/message

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Premee Mohamed about her new novella The Butcher of the Forest, working as a scientist vs. writing fiction, the power of horror and blending genres, colonialism and tackling weighty themes, science as inspiration, climate change, novellas, fairy tales and much more. NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Premee. Stayed tuned next week for her mini-masterclass on War in Speculative Fiction. OUR SPONSOR: Novelo is a collaborative storytelling platform for writers where they can self-publish stories with ease, all while maintaining full creative control over their work. Publish and monetize your stories, collaborate with other authors, and interact with readers. Visit ⁠⁠www.novelo.com⁠⁠ today to sign up for FREE. SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs, notebooks and more) - Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or check us out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠, where this and every other episode of the show is available in full video - Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sffaddictspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Premee Mohamed is an award-winning scientist and speculative fiction author, as well as an associate editor for Escape Pod. Her works include The Annual Migration of Clouds, the Beneath the Rising Trilogy, The Butcher of the Forest, The Siege of Burning Grass and more. Find Premee on Twitter, ⁠⁠Amazon and ⁠⁠her personal website⁠⁠. ABOUT OUR HOSTS: Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator. His debut novel, Mushroom Blues, is releasing on March 19, 2024. Find Adrian on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠his personal website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. M.J. Kuhn is the author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Among Thieves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, her debut novel, and its sequel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thick as Thieves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find M.J. on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠her personal website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict Book Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MUSIC: Intro: "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Into The Grid⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" by MellauSFX Novelo Ad: "⁠⁠Crescendo⁠⁠" by Astronoz Outro: “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Galactic Synthwave⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠” by Divion --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sff-addicts/message

This week Nebula and World Fantasy award winner, Premee Mohamed, joins Gary and Jonathan from somewhere in the wilds of Canada to discuss writing, reading, building a career, and her fabulous new novella, The Butcher of the Forest. We also discuss the projects Premee has planned for the rest of the year, including forthcoming new novel  The Siege of Burning Grass, which you can pre-order now. As always, we'd like to thank Premee for making time to join us, and hope you enjoy the episode.

Today, it's my pleasure to welcome back to the show Premee Mohamed! We talk about her new novella, The Butcher of the Forest, out February 27th from Tor.com books, and then feed something new to the trunk.   Things we mention this episode:   The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin Hansel & Gretel Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer Escape from LA The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser Snake Plissken LSBM Van Helsing post Dracula, by Bram Stoker Red Deer Polytechnic Thursday Next books, by Jasper Fforde The Siege of Burning Grass, The Annual Migration of Clouds, and We Speak Through the Mountain, by Premee Mohamed The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife, by Premee Mohamed One Message Remains “The General's Turn,” by Premee Mohamed in The Deadlands Sean Markey's episode Mysterious Galaxy event with John Wiswell, on February 28th 2024 Someone you Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell The Two Doctors Górski, by Isaac Fellman The Vanished Birds and The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez Premee's bluesky, insta, patreon, and website   Stick around next week, when I'll be talking to Jo Miles!  

ISBW S20 Ep2 I am not a lawyer or an accountant, and taxes mentioned in the podcast are specific to my understanding of US tax law.  No one like to talk about money. Either you admit how bad you are or you're awkward because you make a lot. Or you're a jerk, but we aren't talking to those people. I'm here to talk about my income, what an advance really means, and how to best use your writing income. We also discuss YNAB, my favorite budgeting tool, and authors Valerie Valdes and Premee Mohamed show up in chat to give their input. Evergreen Links I don't talk enough about the I Should Be Writing book. It exists. Did you know that? Mur's newsletter, The Hot Mic Socials: Bluesky, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate. No more bird site. Alas. Theme by John Anealio I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books! And remember, we can't do this without you. Thanks for your support. February 6, 2024 | Season 20 Ep 2 | murverse.com | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  

Once again, it's time for an awards eligibility roundup! This episode's transcript appears in full below:   Hello, and welcome to Tales from the Trunk: Nominating the works that did make it. I'm Hilary B. Bisenieks.   Listeners, it's somehow that time of the year again, where awards nominations are upon us, and so I have once again reached out to all the wonderful guests who make this show what it is to round up works they'd like to receive your attention for nominations.   To begin, Tales from the Trunk is eligible for the Hugo Award for Best Fancast.   Sarah Gailey, who most recently joined me for our 100th episode retrospective, is eligible for Best Graphic Story for Know Your Station, and for Best Fanzine for their excellent Stone Soup.   Leigh Harlen, who joined us in August of 2021, is eligible for Best Novella with A Feast for Flies.   Dee Holloway, who joined us last May, is eligible in various categories. Her eligibility post is linked in the show notes.   Juliet Kemp, who just joined us most recently a few weeks ago, is eligible for Best Novel with The City Revealed; Best Novella with Song, Stone, Scale, Bone; Best Short Story with “Just As You Are;” and Best Series for The Marek Series. Their eligibility post is linked in the show notes.   Maya MacGregor, who appeared on the show in April of 2022, is eligible in Best Novel and Best Young Adult Novel categories for The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will.   Freya Marske, who appeared here in October of 2021, is eligible for Best Short Story with a version of the very story that she brought to this fine podcast, “One Version of Yourself, At the Speed of Light.” She is also eligible for Best Novel with A Power Unbound and Best Series for The Last Binding.   Sam J. Miller, who joined us in January of 2022, is eligible for Best Short Story with "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak."   Premee Mohamed, who last joined us in the summer of 2021, is eligible for No One Will Come Back For Us in various short story collection categories and for “Imagine Yourself Happy” for Best Short Story. Her eligibility post is linked in the show notes.   Annalee Newitz, who joined us for a book tour last January is eligible for Best Novel for The Terraformers.   Aimee Ogden, who joined us twice last year, most recently in August, is eligible for Best Novella for Emergent Properties. Her eligibility post is linked in the show notes.   Malka Older, who joined us at the start of this season in March of last year, is eligible for Best Novella with The Mimicking of Known Successes and for Best Short Story with both “The Plant and the Purist” and “The Dangers We Choose.”   C.L. Polk, who last joined us in February of last year, is eligible for Best Novelette with Ivy, Angelica, Bay, which you can read right now on Tor.com.   Caitlin Starling, who last joined us in October of last year, is eligible for Best Novel with Last to Leave the Room and Best Short Story for “Caver, Continue.” Her eligibility post is linked in the show notes: Twitter | Bluesky   Steve Toase, who joined us back in April of 2021, is eligible for Best Short Story with “Crumpled.” His eligibility post is linked in the show notes.   Rem Wigmore, who last joined us in August of 2022, has an eligible novelette, Lightrunner's Gambit, and a novel, Wolfpack.   Fran Wilde, who joined us in January of 2021, is eligible for Best Novella for The Book of Gems, Best Short Story for “The Rain Remembers What The Sky Forgets,” and Best Short Story for “No Contingency.” In addition, she would like to recommend From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, in which “No Contingency” appears, to be considered for anthology and related media categories. Fran, along with Julian Yap, are eligible for Best Editor, Short, for their work at Sunday Morning Transport, which is itself eligible for Best Semiprozine.   If you've made it this far, I'd like to sincerely thank you for listening and nominating over the years. Your support means so much to me and all of my guests.   Next month, we're closing season five of this show out with a book tour appearance by Canadian author and definitely not a lorge beetle Premee Mohamed and a trunk reading from Jo Miles. Please note that due to some scheduling conflicts, Premee's episode will be releasing on February 8th rather than the 1st.   Also, season 6 is almost upon us! I'm still hammering out guests, so stay tuned to see what amazing authors join me!   Tales from the Trunk is mixed and produced in beautiful Oakland, California.   Our theme music is “Paper Wings,” by Lillian Boyd.   You can support the show on patreon at patreon dot com slash trunkcast. All patrons of the show now get a sticker and logo button, along with show outtakes and other content that can't be found anywhere else.   You can find the show on Bluesky at trunkcast dot bsky dot social, and I post at hbbisenieks dot bsky dot social.   If you like the show, consider taking a moment to rate and review us on your preferred podcast platform.   And remember: don't self-reject.

Premee Mohamed – author of the short story collection NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US, the Nebula Award–winning novella AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, the Prix Aurora–winning novella THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS, and many other works of fiction and non-fiction – came on the show and talked about the size of ideas, anti-war novels, fairy tales from dreams, and much, much more. Find out more about Premee and her many stories at premeemohamed.com and at her Patreon. // Support Interzone at Patreon to get issues packed with mind- and genre-bending fiction and non-fiction, and visit IZ Digital, IZ's free online sister zine, for even more amazing stories. // https://interzone.press / https://interzone.digital

Listen to episode 5 featuring Indo-Caribbean author from Guyana Premee Mohamed. We chat about the cosmic, rainforests, and Caribbean futurisms. Music credit: Poonam Singh - GUYANA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caribbeansfnet/support

(Originally released on our sister podcast feed, Page One Extra, on 16 June 2023)We talk with Transworld PR Director Alison Barrow (recent winner of Publicity Campaign of the Year at The Bookseller awards) and author Premee Mohamed about the difference a book's publicity campaign can make its success.Links:Buy Lessons in ChemistryBuy Premee Mohamed's booksFor all episodes of Page One Extra be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, search for Page One Extra on your favourite podcast app, or follow this link: https://linktr.ee/ukpageonePage One Extra and Page One - The Writer's Podcast are 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 TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on Mastodon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist, and speculative fiction author, with a prolific list of titles and publications to her name. Today, she joins us to talk about the realities of burnout in publishing, and the mental health burden that many authors labor under. It's a heavy topic, but hopefully addressed with plenty of humor, and we hope you find some of it helpful (or at least a source of commiseration!)

Every week, we are highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author P.L. Stuart and authors Ed McDonald, Premee Mohamed, Ben Galley, Rebecca Zahabi and Scott Drakeford for a TBRCon2023 author panel on "Hard vs. Soft Magic Systems." SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more) - ⁠⁠⁠Merch shop⁠⁠⁠ (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs, notebooks and more) - Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠, where this and every other episode of the show is available in full video - Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: ⁠⁠⁠sffaddictspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ ABOUT THE PANELISTS: P.L. Stuart is a podcaster, blogger and author of The Drowned Kingdom series. Find P.L. on Twitter, Amazon or his personal website. Ed McDonald is an author, medieval historian and a practitioner of Historical European Martial Arts.  His works include the Raven's Mark series, comprised of Blackwing and its sequels, Ravencry and Crowfall, as well as Daughter of Redwinter, his newest release. Find Ed on Twitter or his personal website. Premee Mohamed is an environmental scientist and author of Beneath the Rising, The Annual Migration of Clouds and more. Find Premee on Twitter, Amazon and her personal website.    Ben Galley is the author of the Emaneska Series, The Scalussen Chronicles and much more. Find Ben on Twitter or his personal website.  Rebecca Zahabi is the author of The Collarbound and The Game Weavers. Find Rebecca on ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠her personal website⁠. Scott Drakeford is the author of The Rise of the Mages, his debut novel, as well as co-host of the Publishing Rodeo Podcast. Find Scott on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠his personal website⁠. FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS: ⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict Book Blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ MUSIC: Intro: "⁠⁠⁠Into The Grid⁠⁠⁠" by MellauSFX Outro: “⁠⁠⁠Galactic Synthwave⁠⁠⁠” by Divion --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sff-addicts/message

Matt and Mur welcome Premee Mohamed, multiple award winning author of No One Will Come Back for Us. We talk about chickens, sea cucumbers, conventions and anxiety, and there's a hair flip in there, but you can only see it if you get the video on Patreon. Links Premee Mohamed Matt's site Mur on Focusmate! Mur on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon! Theme song by Devo Spice May 15, 2023 | Season 9 Ep 5 | murverse.com | Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License

Guest host David Common discusses U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa with journalists Susan Delacourt and Marieke Walsh, Author Florence Hazrat explores the history of the exclamation mark, former world champion paraclimber Maureen Beck shares her journey into the world of professional climbing, Alberta author Premee Mohamed reveals how climate change informs her fiction, and we explore the latest research on awe and why it's a more powerful and important force than you might think. Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

It's awards time again! A full transcript of the show is included below.     Hello, and welcome to Tales from the Trunk: nominating the works that did make it! I'm Hilary B. Bisenieks.   Friends, it's been another amazing year for science fiction, fantasy, horror, and beyond, and I'm here once more to let you know about some of the amazing works by my fantastic guests, which you can nominate for this year's awards!   Andi C. Buchanan, who joined us in April of 2022, has a number of eligible works including their novel, Sanctuary, and the essay “Human not machine: how autistic writers are writing new space for themselves.”   A link to their eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://andicbuchanan.org/2022/12/18/2022-publications/    C.L. Clark, who just joined us in December, is eligible in most novelette categories for "Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home," published in Uncanny May/June 2022   Amanda Cook, who joined us in June of 2022, has six stories eligible for short story categories: “The Impossible Task of Bringing Water,” “Germinating Everyday Magic,” “Weaving Serenity,” “Lily and Ink,” “Print a Soul in Six Easy Steps, a Primer by Clover Silverbrook,” and “When Dreams Do Show Me Thee.”    A link to her eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://acooksbooks.com/2022/11/28/babys-first-awards-eligibility-post/   Marion Deeds, who made her debut on this show in May of 2022, has an eligible novella, Comeuppance Served Cold, which you can hear an excerpt of on that episode, along with an eligible novel, Golden Rifts.   Ruthana Emrys, who appeared on the show in July of last year, has an eligible novel, A Half-Built Garden, and her column, Reading the Weird, is eligible for Best Related Work.   A link to her eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://twitter.com/R_Emrys/status/1592598551364005888   Sarah Gailey, this show's patron saint, joined us again last year in support of their eligible novel, Just Like Home. Among their other eligible works are their newsletter, Stone Soup, and their original comic miniseries, Know Your Station.   A link to their eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://sarahgailey.com/awards-eligibility-2022  Victor Manibo, who joined us in December of 2021, is eligible for his debut novel, The Sleepless.   Freya Marske, who joined us in October of 2021, is eligible in the various novel categories for A Restless Truth, the excellent sequel to her 2021 debut, A Marvellous Light.   Sam J. Miller, who joined us last January, has an eligible novella, Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy, as well as a collection, for such awards as have categories for collections, Boys, Beasts & Men.   Scientist, and definitely not a multi-colored beetle, Premee Mohamed, who last joined us in August of 2021, is eligible for Best Series for the first time for her Beneath the Rising series, which concluded with eligible novel The Void Ascendant. She also has several eligible short stories, including “All That Burns Unseen.”   Her eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://www.premeemohamed.com/post/2022-eligibility-post   Aidan Moher, who joined us back in October after far, far too long, is eligible with Fight, Magic, Items for Best Related work. He's also eligible for Best Fanzine for Astrolabe, and for Best Fan Writer for his work all over the place.   Aidan's eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://astrolabe.aidanmoher.com/p/2022-award-eligibility-hugos-nebulas   Hailey Piper, who joined us to open season four of the show back in March, has an eligible short story, “We Frolic Within the Leviathan's Heart,” a novella, Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing, and a novel, No Gods for Drowning. C.L. Polk, who will be returning to the show next month, has an excellent eligible novella, Even Though I Knew The End.   dave ring, patron saint of queer small-press publishing, is eligible for Best Editor, short form, for his work on Baffling Magazine as well as many other fine publications. His work with Marianne Kirby on Neon Hemlock Live is also eligible for Best Related Work.   A link to dave's eligibility post is included in the show notes. https://www.dave-ring.com/news/2022/11/18/2022-eligibility-post   Valerie Valdes, who joined us again this past August, is eligible for Best Novel (Science Fiction, where applicable) for Fault Tolerance, for Best Series for Chilling Effect, for Best Short Story for both “Team Building Exercise” and “Working from Home,” and for Best Semiprozine for Escape Pod, which she edits with Mur Lafferty.   Val's eligibility post is linked in the show notes. http://candleinsunshine.com/news/awards-eligibility-for-2022/    Fellow Warren Wilson alumnus Fran Wilde has various short stories eligible but is most excited to be eligible, for the first time this year, for Best Editor, Short Form, for her work at The Sunday Morning Transport!   John Wiswell, excellent human being, has many, many eligible short stories, including “D.I.Y.” and “Demonic Invasion or Placebo Effect?”   John's full eligibility post is linked in the show notes. https://johnwiswell.substack.com/p/all-the-short-stories-i-published   Finally, I have 100% more eligible work this year than last! In addition to this very show, Tales from the Trunk, which is eligible for Best Fancast and other podcast and audio categories, I also published a game, All Our Yesterdays, which is eligible for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.   Thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you to everyone who nominates and votes in any of our genre's awards! That's very cool of you.   Join us again next week, when my guest will be Juliet Kemp!   Tales from the Trunk is mixed and produced in beautiful Oakland, California.   Our theme music is “Paper Wings,” by Lillian Boyd.   You can support the show on patreon at patreon dot com slash trunkcast. All patrons of the show now get a sticker and logo button, along with show outtakes and other content that can't be found anywhere else.   You can find the show on Twitter and Tumblr at trunkcast, and I tweet and tumbl at hbbisenieks.   If you like the show, consider taking a moment to rate and review us on your preferred podcast platform.   And remember: don't self-reject.  

To kick off 2023, Jonathan and Gary share their lists of the books that they're looking forward to reading in 2023. They mention a lot of forthcoming titles, ranging books from old masters like Peter S. Beagle, Howard Waldrop, Joanna Russ, Gene Wolfe, and Connie Willis to newer writers like Samit Basu, Vajra Chandrasekera, Alix E. Harrow, Emily Tesh, and Premee Mohamed, as well as essential collections from Kelly Link, E. Lily Yu, Joanna Russ, K.J. Parker, Sarah Pinsker, and others. The team also cheerfully acknowledge that the year will undoubtedly present us with some complete surprises and that we will be reading fantastic work from authors we haven't even heard of yet. The field seems as lively and promising as ever! Pre-order links Books mentioned in the podcast include: Blade of Dream, Daniel Abraham Conquest, Nina Allan The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, Samit Basu The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera Furious Heaven, Kate Elliott The Landing, Mary Gentle Menewood, Nicola Griffith Starling House, Alix E. Harrow The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher The Deep Sky, Yume Kitasei Translation State, Ann Leckie White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link (collection) The Blue Beautiful World, Karen Lord Hopeland, Ian McDonald No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories, Premee Mohamed (collection) The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran (collection) Under My Skin, K.J. Parker (collection) He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan Lost Places, Sarah Pinsker (collection) Machine Vendetta, Alastair Reynolds The Navigating Fox, Christopher Rowe Joanna Russ: Novels and Stories, Joanna Russ (collection) Him, Geoff Ryman New Suns 2, Nishi Shawl ed. Ghost Engine, Charles Stross Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh System Collapse, Martha Wells The Road to Roswell, Connie Willis The Wolfe at the Door, Gene Wolfe (collection) Jewel Box, E. Lily Yu (collection)

Two stories of love and loss, families and long journeys. Two short novellas that Gene found to be well-crafted samples of what the form has to offer. I uh... wouldn't ask Willow her opinion of these.    Check out the comics we make at librarycomic.com, barbariangirl.com, and Willow's new site, hauntedskull.com

Today we're bringing you an excerpt from a worldbuilding session for Valloward, our Court of Blades campaign running on Twitch.tv/Arvaneleron.Mike and Brandon build on the worldbuilding done during the game of Ex Novo in preparation for playing Court of Blades. They talk about fantasy-caribbean architecture, magical solar power via volcanic rock, the oracular plentifruit, and more.You can catch the entire session on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg4J4X37Jug and watch the series live with us on Twitch.tv/Arvaneleron or archived at Youtube.com/Arvaneleron.Valloward is a joint production with Greg's Twitch channel, playing Court of Blades by A Couple of Drakes. Find out more at https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/court-of-blades. Michael R. Underwood GMs for the cast of Premee Mohamed (@premeesaurus), Marie Bilodeau (@mariebilodeau), Gregory A Wilson (@gregoryawilson), and Brandon O'Brien (@therisingtithes).If you like what you hear, please spread the word about the show! Follow us at @speculatesf on Twitter and become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including Fractal Spire and Valloward extras, special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

She can't watch horror movies, but wrote one of the best cosmic horror trilogies maybe ever. Oh yeah, and it was only supposed to be one book. Premee Mohamed joins the show to tell us how her Indiana Jones adventure with a teen of color at the center became a trilogy of terrifying tentacle monsters. PLUS: how many weird medieval beliefs about animals do you think Matt knows?

This week we have another very special guest for you all: author Premee Mohamed, just in time for the release of the thrilling conclusion to her Beneath the Rising trilogy, The Void Ascendant.  We had a great time chatting with her about Benjamin Franklin, Science Octopus; things that rhyme with Nyarlathotep; the differences between Canada and America; how to tell if something is YA; recycling trends; big ol' aliens; The Silmarillion; cloning dinosaurs; man-eating plants; Charles Darwin; tips on getting out of the slush pile; and gut microbes.  Enjoy!Media mentioned: the 99 Tiny Terrors anthology, Arrival, In the Woods by Tana French, The Little Mermaid, The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee, Nick Harkaway's books, and Ursula K. LeGuin's books.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our first real episode, baby! Join us as we make a relatively shallow – albeit, long-winded – dive into the first story of Lovecraft's adult canon.Next Episode: “Dagon”Official Unrequited Lovecraft Book Recommendation:Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed (also check out the two other books in the trilogy: A Broken Darkness and The Void Ascendant) Other references in the episode:Europe's Hidden Matrilineal Dynasty | House of GarsendaWinter Tide by Ruthanna EmrysMy Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness“You're My Mate” by [not always] Rightly Spoken FrederickI Am Providence Volume 1 by S. T. JoshiThe New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft and The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham And, as always:For a diverse list of weird fiction authors, be sure to check out queercryptids.com/author-recommendations.For updates, check out: queercryptids.com as well as @queer_cryptids and @unlovedcraft on Twitter.Jay can be found @JayBeccusBanyan can be found @banyanwhite The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast can be found here: www.hppodcraft.com/ and @HPPodcraft

Premee is another friend of the podcast, having joined me for two episodes already before this one. You can listen to us chat about her first novel, Beneath the Rising HERE or her thoughts on utopia and dystopia HERE. In this episode, we talk about male friendships, her main characters Nick Prasad and Yenu, and of course, her latest book, The Void Ascendant.  To learn more about Premee's writing, check out her website HERE. You can also follow her on Twitter (@premeesaurus).Like the podcast? Please donate to keep it going at Buy me a Coffee. Thank you!* Links in these show notes may be affiliate links. I may make a small percentage from your purchase. I would always want you to buy from a local, independent store, but if you are looking to use Amazon, I would appreciate you considering my links. Thank you!

David and Perry discuss recent awards and nominations, say a sad farewell to a friend, and talk about their recent reading, several items of which seem to deal with the loss of memory. General News (07:25) Hugo Nominees (03:57) Philip K. Dick Award (00:26) Compton Crook Award (00:28) 2022 Shadows Awards (00:58) BSFWA Awards (01:03) RIP Christine Ashby (02:30) What have we been reading? (01:13:48) The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson (06:07) The Spare Room by Helen Garner (10:37) Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore (04:53) The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (08:22) Deeplight by Frances Hardinge (07:50) SFF Novellas from 2021 (Pt. 1) (14:12) Light Chaser by Peter F. Hamilton and Garth Powell (03:26) Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (02:58) Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (03:03) Stone Sky, Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe (05:07) SFF Novellas from 2021 (Pt. 2) (16:27) And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (01:42) Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters by Aimee Ogden (02:20) Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (01:45) The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler (02:32) The Giants of the Violet Sea by Eugenia Triantafyllou (05:45) Windup (00:56) Illustration generated by Wombo.art

David and Perry discuss recent awards and nominations, say a sad farewell to a friend, and talk about their recent reading, several items of which seem to deal with the loss of memory. General News (07:25) Hugo Nominees (03:57) Philip K. Dick Award (00:26) Compton Crook Award (00:28) 2022 Shadows Awards (00:58) BSFWA Awards (01:03) RIP Christine Ashby (02:30) What have we been reading? (01:13:48) The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson (06:07) The Spare Room by Helen Garner (10:37) Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore (04:53) The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (08:22) Deeplight by Frances Hardinge (07:50) SF&F Novellas from 2021 (Pt. 1) (14:12) Light Chaser by Peter F. Hamilton and Garth Powell (03:26) Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (02:58) Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (03:03) Stone Sky, Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe (05:07) SF&F Novellas from 2021 (Pt. 2) (16:27) And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (01:42) Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters by Aimee Ogden (02:20) Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (01:45) The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler (02:32) The Giants of the Violet Sea by Eugenia Triantafyllou (05:45) Windup (00:56) Click here for more info and indexes Illustration generated by Wombo.art

Dune director Denis Villeneuve explains why he was eager to helm a big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert's seminal novel, despite its shaky cinematic past. Our books columnist Jael Richardson fills us in on two titles to check out: The Hidden Keys by André Alexis and The Annual Migration Of Clouds by Premee Mohamed.

This week on The Sunday Magazine with David Common: • Political scientist Ian Bremmer on 'Big Tech's' place in the global order and where it's headed in 2022 • Edmonton author Premee Mohamed on turning science fiction tropes on their head • Guy Vanderhaeghe explains how historical fiction can help us cope in the present • American author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova on why it's okay if you don't know where you left your keys Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

"Cli-fi" is a growing literary genre that, at its best, can inspire hope and spur action. Hear from Catherine Bush, Premee Mohamed and David Huebert about their new works of fiction.

Review and discussion of The Annual Migration of Clouds, written by Premee Mohamed and narrated by Eva Tavares. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and ECW Press for providing a review copy of The Annual Migration of Clouds for the episode. The Annual Migration of Clouds [Libro.fm]   Other References: DisCon III / 2021 Hugo Awards The Poppy War [Libro.fm] / [Episode 115]  The Past Is Red [Libro.fm] / [Episode 117]  Station Eleven [Libro.fm]

Episode 208"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Final OverviewWe go full book club on "Beneath the Rising," discussing things we liked, things we could have liked more, and what the story was really about. Plus, Anita's favourite segment, Cast That Movie!The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Alberta Association of OptometristsPark PowerUntil next time gentlereaders! Nita Enjoys Texture - "Beneath the Rising" Final Overview

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Sam J. Miller, Claire North, Matthew Kressel and Premee Mohamed as they discuss climate change and climate fiction. During the panel they explore using climate change in fictional worldbuilding, channeling anxiety through optimism, challenges related with climate change and much more. About the Authors: Sam J. Miller is the award winning author of Blackfish City, The Blade Between and numerous short stories. Find Sam on Instagram, Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. Claire North is the award winning author of Notes from the Burning Age, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, 84K and more. Find Claire on Twitter, Amazon and her personal website. Matthew Kressel is the award nominated author of the Worldmender series, as well as an abundance of short stories. Find Matthew on Instagram, Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. Premee Mohamed is an environmental scientist and author of Beneath the Rising, The Annual Migration of Clouds and more. Find Premee on Instagram, Twitter, Amazon and her personal website. Find Us Online: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram Music: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1: "The Wind" by Astronoz The Broken Binding Ad & Interlude 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod. You can also email us directly at sffaddictspod@gmail.com with queries, comments or whatever comes to mind. Also, please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Episode 207"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, EpilogueMonths later, a fateful, possibly final meeting. Scott and Anita talk about the difference better "fixed" and "better."The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Taproot EdmontonCreative Block PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! His Brain Is All His Own - "Beneath the Rising" Epilogue

Before your hosts dive into spooky season, they talk about the book recommendations crafted by Literature n Lofi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TT8psKBrb8 ). They discuss The Apple-Tree Throne by Premee Mohamed but it was almost all spoilers, so you should just go read it. They also read The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. They agree-- vampires are cool. Byron is byronic. But are the other characters real people? The answer may surprise you. This episode includes a visit to the Pet Peeve Corner: Are typos a stylistic choice? That answer won't surprise you.The Fiction Fans Discord Server: https://discord.gg/zB6vyqC59cOur (soft launch) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fictionfanspod   Thanks to the following musicians for the use of their songs:Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeodLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Episode 206"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-EightOur heroes appear to have won. Scott thinks this victory feels hollow, and Anita is grossed out by a kiss.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Book Women PodcastRümi by AtcoUntil next time gentlereaders! Existential Horror - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Eight

Episode 205"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-SevenScott and Anita discuss two words for twenty four minutes.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:ATB FinancialThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Not Particularly Healthy - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Seven

Episode 204"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-SixIt's the end of the world, and Nick feels fine. Anita and Scott discuss whether our protagonist changed course of his free will or not.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Park PowerThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! She Could Have Tried Better - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Six

Episode 203"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-FiveNick learns the terrible truth about his relationship to Johnny. Anita isn't fully satisfied with a major confrontation, while Scott plays Devil's Advocate.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:YEGPodFestThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! He Is a Jar Full of Lies - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Five

Episode 202"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-FourJohnny and Nick find some treasure in a tomb. Anita wishes we had more time to learn about a dead sorceress, while Scott is amused by Nick's misplaced anger.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:YEGPodFestIs This For Real?Until next time gentlereaders! Grave Trading - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Four

Episode 201"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-ThreeA dig in the heat turns into a search through a maze. Scott talks about the in-fiction version of H.P. Lovecraft, while Anita worries our heroes aren't walking into the trap they expect.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Alberta Association of OptometristsThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Hot Maze Action - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Three

Episode 200"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-TwoA plane goes down, and our heroes stock up for the final push. Anita likes this chapter's flashback, while Scott discussess Catholic school and Flying Polyps.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Book Women PodcastPark PowerUntil next time gentlereaders! Badly Drawn Jellyfish - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-Two

Writing can be a solitary act, but being a writer can't be. In this episode I celebrate all the knowledge we have at our fingertips AND the generosity of writers. Includes a writing prompt from writer Premee Mohamed. LINKS Premee Mohamed's Writing Prompt (Text) https://storyaday.org/20-mohamed/ Buy Premee Mohamed's books: https://stada.me/racpremee Join me at a 5-Day Retreat in Pennsylvania: https://stada.me/5day2021

Episode 199"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter Twenty-OneJohnny finally finds the location of the gate, and Nick makes a fateful choice. Anita thinks Johnny's missing the big picture, and Scott thinks Nick's logic in this chapter is fundamentally flawed.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:ATB FinancialThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! It Sure Is "A Place" - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty-One

Episode 198"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter TwentyNick parlays with a lesser god. Anita gets lost in the text, while Scott contemplates the kind of person who might be tempted by Namru's offer.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Overdue Finds PodcastAlberta Association of OptometristsUntil next time gentlereaders! An Evening With Namru - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twenty

Lindy joins me to talk books, where we discuss Canadian lit, vignettes and white space in writing, and what really makes a monster.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 226: Cucumber Sandwiches Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:  You're Eating an Orange. You are Naked. by Sheung-KingEveryone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka GalchenThe Centaur's Wife by Amanda LeducThe Seed Keeper by Diane WilsonWhat Willow Says by Lynn BuckleOther mentions:Shadow Giller PrizeHow to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham ThammavongsaGiller PrizeKuessipan by Naomi FontaineTournament of BooksA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiJeanette WintersonAtmospheric Disappearances by Rivka GalchenThe Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey DragerDisfigured by Amanda LeducLitFest AlbertaThe Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester and Kevin SylvesterBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer2019 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal report about Indigenous childrenWhen the Light of the World was Subdued.... edited by Joy HarjoThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonBeneath the Rising by Premee MohamedAnd Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyn SaucierCome Together, Fall Apart by Cristina HenriquezRelated episodes: Episode 095 - Lose the Outside World with Lindy Pratch Episode 124 - Mush Creatures with Lindy PratchEpisode 159 - Reading Doorways with LindyEpisode 196 - Miscommunication with Lindy Episode 221 - Joint Poetry Readalong with Book CougarsEpisode 223 - Cicada Season with Rachel Mans McKennyStalk me online:Lindy Reads and Reviews (blog)Lindy on Twitter Lindy is @Lindy on LitsyJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Follow ShadowGiller on Twitter All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

This time around, I'm rejoined by Premee Mohamed (@premeesaurus) to talk about her amazing new novella, And What Can We Offer You Tonight, out now from Neon Hemlock! After hearing the first chapter of the book, straight from the mouth of the author, we get into all the stories that Premee still wants to tell in the world of the book, and we talk fondly of a viscerally-uncomfortable scene from the book that we both love to bits. We also take a bit of time to talk about the other three (3) books that Premee has or will have out this year, all of which are well worth your time.   Things we mention in this episode: My very on-brand outfit for this audio recording Neon Hemlock Press  The And What Can We Offer You Tonight launch party  Leigh Harlen  Mad Max  The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway L. D. Lewis' appearance on this very show dave ring  These Lifeless Things, by Premee Mohamed The Annual Migration of Clouds, by Premee Mohamed Beneath the Rising, A Broken Darkness, and The Void Ascendant, by Premee Mohamed Premee on We Make Books  Premee's website    Join us again later this month, when I'll be talking with Leigh Harlen!

Episode 197"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter NineteenA descent into a dangerous library. Anita wonders if Nick has moved to a second location, while Scott has more Lovecraft mythos stuff to discuss.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:The Well Endowed PodcastRümi by AtcoUntil next time gentlereaders! A Sad Hierarchy of Terrifying - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Nineteen

Episode 196"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter EighteenNick's urge to kill is rising, while Johnny again brushes off possible help. Scott is curious if Nick accepted a covenant or not, while Anita wonders if Johnny's need to fix things herself might doom everyone.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Shift by Alberta InnovatesThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! This Could Be Inception - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Eighteen

Episode 195"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter SeventeenMore research, more magic, and an unexpected coversation. Anita no longer knows who to trust, while Scott goes off on an accidental 'Babylon 5' tangent.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Alberta Association of OptometristsAlberta Better PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Baberaham Lincoln - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Seventeen

Episode 194"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter SixteenNick and Johnny have a fight and catch a flight. Anita suspects our pilot might not be on the up-and-up, while Scott catches us up on the Bilderberg Group in the Conspiracy Corner.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Rümi by AtcoThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! We Can Go Dutch On Magic - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Sixteen

After some trials and tribulations with our audio, L. D. Lewis (@Ellethevillain) joins us on this episode with her amazing climatepunk story, "The Last Stand of the E 12th St Pirates." Following the reading, we talk about how that story came about before taking some time to talk about Fiyah Literary Magazine and Fiyahcon (September 16-19, 2021).   Things we mention in this episode: Cyberpunk  And What Can We Offer You Tonight, by Premee Mohamed "For Every Jack," by R. K. Duncan Geneva Bowers, nee Benton  Fiyah on Twitter  Fireside Magazine  Fire!!  Langston Hughes  Zora Neale Hurston  Fiyahcon  Breonna Taylor  George Floyd  Vida Cruz  Iori Kusano  Ignyte Awards  Airmeet  Norwescon  Monterey Bay Aquarium  L's Website  Slack  TikTok  LeVar Burton Reads Writing Contest  Tor.com  Diana M. Pho  Realm  Reading Rainbow  Geordi La Forge    Join us again next month, when Premee Mohamed and Leigh Harlen will be my guests!

Episode 193"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter FifteenNick sticks his foot in his mouth, while Johnny hires her very own Han Solo. Anita finds our protagonist unlikeable for the first time, while Scott again makes D&D parallels.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:ATB FinancialThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Some X-Files Stuff Going Down - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Fifteen

We Make Books is a podcast for writers and publishers, by writers and publishers and we want to hear from our listeners! Hit us up on our social media, linked below, and send us your questions, comments, and concerns for us to address in future episodes. We hope you enjoy We Make Books! Twitter: @WMBCast  |  @KindofKaelyn  |  @BittyBittyZap Instagram: @WMBCast  Patreon.com/WMBCast Mentioned in this episode: Premee Mohamed's website @premeesaurus on Twitter Premee on Curious Fictions Beneath the Rising (Book One of Two!no!Three!) A Broken Darkness (Book Two of Two!no!Three!) The Void Ascendant (Book Three of Two????) These Lifeless Things – 5 Feb 21, Solaris Books (Satellites) The Annual Migration of Clouds – 28 Sept 21, ECW Press And What Can We Offer You Tonight – July 21, Neon Hemlock Press  The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin   Transcript for this episode (by @Betty_Bett_) Rekka: In episode 58, Kaelyn and I talked about writing book two in a series of three or more. In Episode 59, we capped that conversation off by talking about book two in a duology. And what more do you need to know because that's it. Well, that's the only kind of book two you would write, of course. So, also of course, we are here today with Premee Mohamed, and we are going to talk about writing book three in a duology. So, Premee, you are here because you are now the new expert on this. [laughs] Premee: I think I would like to become an expert on this. It fell on me like a meteorite. Rekka: So, why don't we start by having you introduce yourself and talk about books one and two in this duology? Premee: Let's talk about that. Sure. So yeah, I'm Premee Mohamed. I'm based in Edmonton, Alberta, which is in Canada. And I'm a scientist, and I write short stories and novellas and novels. My debut novel came out in 2020, that was called Beneath the Rising. My second came out this March and was called A Broken Darkness. And I also have three other books out this year. In February, there was These Lifeless Things which was a novella that came out with Rebellion's new novella imprint which is called Satellites. And in July, we're looking at And What Can We Offer You Tonight from Neon Hemlock Press, another novella. And in September, ECW Press is publishing The Annual Migration of Clouds which is a cli-fi novella. So I'm excited about all that. Kaelyn: So you've been busy? Premee: I have been busy. It also sounds like I'm a lot busier than I am, but Clouds was written in 2019 and just got published this year. And Lifeless was written in 2017 and had a home, and then it was kicked out of its home and went wandering around for a little while, and then got rehomed. So it's not like everything's been written and published immediately. Publishing is like transit, like sometimes four buses show up at once. [laughing] Rekka: Yeah, that's a really good way of putting it. Premee: Yeah, the first book, I wrote actually when I was an undergrad, my first degree. So when I was writing it, I was actually sort of a peer with Nick the narrator. So it starts when he's about 18. And I was about 18 when I started it. And I finished it the year I graduated, and I was 20. And I set it aside because that's what I did with everything I wrote because writing was—is—still my hobby. If I played golf with my friends, I wouldn't go out and tell everybody to come watch me play golf or pay me to play golf or try to get into the PGA or whatever. It was just something I did because I like to do it. And it was a good number of years before there was any evidence at all that I might be good enough to make money off my hobby. So when that became clear, I started trying to publish short stories. And then my friends were nudging me or bugging me, "We know that you've got a trunk full of books. Why don't you try to publish some of them, you could make more money than a short story?" And I was like, "More money than a short story, you say?" Well, everyone has their price—mine is low. So I dug Beneath the Rising out of the trunk and gave it a light polish. And for something that was written when I was 20, it wasn't terrible, I thought. And it was also done; most of my stuff was not done. It just went on and on and on and on and on and on and on and never finished. And it just lost the plot. And this one had the words “The End” at the end. And I was like, "Congratulations, you have been chosen." Kaelyn: That definitely makes a huge selling point for the book. This one is done. The other ones are in various states of actualization; this one is finished. [laughing] Premee: Yes, I'm sorry book, you didn't get picked because of your merit. [laughing] You got picked on other grounds. But I thought maybe if an agent likes this, I could interest the agent in something else, something that was good. So I queried with that because it was done. And yeah, got literary representation and got a book deal. And what happened was—so this is why I'm in this situation now—I wrote it as a standalone because I wrote everything as a standalone. I never wrote sequels to anything, especially because nothing ever ended. But I had never written anything that came after a thing. I didn't know how you did it. I'd read a lot of sequels, because fantasy and sci-fi is lousy with series. And I thought it was very nice that other people could do that. And my agent was like, "Well, publishers really like series. So, why don't we pitch this as a trilogy?" I was like, "You know what my dude, you know the business, so pitch it however you want." So, written as a standalone, pitched as a trilogy, the publisher bought two books. So I was like, "Okay, well, that's manageable. I can write one more book. And I know the deadline for that book." So after the first book came out, I wrote and handed in the second book. And a couple of months before the second book was published, so when it had—and this is crucial—when it was already done all edits and was galloping down the road to publication, my editor emailed me and was like, "Sup. So let's talk about a third book." And I sat there like, "Let's talk about a third, sorry, let's talk about a third book? The time to talk about a third book was when the second book was in edits! Because you bought two books, and I wrote you two books. And the ending of the second book is an ending that makes the third book a little tricky along certain axes.” Kaelyn: Were you shocked by this call? Premee: I was genuinely shocked. Kaelyn: Okay. Premee: It was an email and it was cc'd to my agent. The agent found out at the same time that I did. It didn't come with a contract or anything. It was just a friendly, "Hey, what's up? So, third book, huh? Pretty excited?" I was like, "What third book?" I think this was a case where it's like he was having a conversation in his head and also I was talking along in his head, but we didn't actually have the conversation. Kaelyn: Look, we're all guilty of that. I frequently do that with my co-workers and friends. Rekka: It wasn't because it was pitched as a trilogy, and he thought there was a third book planned that you just had? Was that maybe...? Premee: I think that was the case because otherwise, I am 99% sure that he would have asked me to change the ending of the second book. Rekka: Right. So he was like, "Hey, Premee knows where this is going." Premee: Yeah, I don't know. Again, there were some doors shut at the end of the second book. I genuinely think if, during edits, he had been like, "Hey, let's make this a trilogy." He would have said something, to me, during the editing process because we went back and forth twice or whatever for developmental edits and then for the copy edit and line edit. And also we talked on Twitter and stuff all the time. The third book really seemed to just fall out of a clear blue sky. And while I was delighted to have the offer, I didn't really have a third book planned. So I had about a week to basically come up with a plot and then send that back to my editor, with my agent's blessing because he was like, "You don't have to do this if you don't want, genuinely." So we negotiated out a contract with that and for another unrelated book. So I worked out some kind of a plot, I wrote some kind of synopsis, I just barfed it all out into the page and cleaned it up a little bit and sent it back so that my editor could take it to acquisitions. And came back and was like, "Yeah, here's your new deadline, have fun." I was like "Have fun? Okey dokey." Kaelyn: That's a lot to unpack there. It sounds like when you wrote all of this and by the way, just for people who are listening, if you haven't read these yet, we are not going to be spoiling anything about these two books, so please feel free to— Rekka: Except the only spoiler is you will regret it forever if you don't read these books. Kaelyn: Warning or spoiler? Rekka: Spoiler, I will come and get you if you don't. Kaelyn: Advice. Advice! Rekka: All right, now it's a threat, it's advice, whatever. Read these books. So I read my books in bed at night, it's dark. This was the first book that made me go, "Ah, creepy!" for a really long time. Kaelyn: Rekka actually texted me and specifically said, "Okay, you need to read Beneath the Rising because I'm genuinely freaked out by it." It takes quite a lot to freak Rekka out, so congrats? Premee: Good job team, because I never really thought that I wrote horror because I don't read a lot of horror. It's very scary. And I don't really watch a lot of horror movies or TV or anything like that because they're scary. I wanted the characters to be scared. I didn't think people reading it would be scared. Kaelyn: Scared for them, I was very scared for them. Rekka: Well, it's very easy to transpose what's happening to a character to yourself when you're reading in the dark at night and you're slightly sleepy. And if you look around the room, there are monsters in your shadows anyway. Kaelyn: I mean, that's where they live. Rekka: But I haven't had that feeling at night of that like, "Ooh, I don't want to stick my head above the covers." I haven't had that feeling at night in a very long time. So, good work. Premee: Thank you. Rekka: I will say the creepy factor, it was most intense toward the beginning, before you really know what the characters are dealing with. Then of course, as you learn things, things get less scary for some reason like that's how brains work. Premee: Yeah, cause I think it goes from a horror because they don't know what's happening to more of an adventure story where they're thrust into problem solving mode. And the things that they're solving problems against are scary, but they're also not the biggest problem. I mean, like, for instance, a plane crash is a problem. And I think we should all be discussing how dangerous a plane crash could be. Kaelyn: Generally, those are considered problems, yes. Premee: Yeah. Kaelyn: Okay, so they said, we're going to pitch this as a trilogy, they came back and gave you a two-book contract. So you're going into this going, "All right, this is going to be a duology. I can do a duology. No problem." Premee: I can do a duology. Yeah. Rekka: You wrote the first book as a standalone. So, did you change anything about it knowing it was going to be a duology as you were editing? Premee: Not really, no. Rekka: Okay. So you wrote a standalone, then you had to write a second one to cap off that duology, and now you have to write a third one to cap off that duology as another almost standalone. Premee: That was also an issue because A Broken Darkness was the first sequel I had ever written for anything. And I sat there for a month afterwards going, "How do write se..quel? Hang on, maybe I will google.” And when you google it, it basically goes, "Well, you have to plan the entire series starting from the first book. And I was like, "I hate the Google." Okay, what if you get a sequel sprung on you after you didn't expect to write a sequel? So, I outlined something and then I sat there. And I was like, "Actually, this is identical to the first book and has the same conflict and problems." And tossed that outline out. And I think where I eventually ended up going back was studying the first book a little bit. I actually re-read the first book, which was great cause it let me find all the mistakes that I left in it. And trying to pick out not so much like an overarching structure that I could work with, but like some threads that I could grab and pull on hard enough that they would come into the second book. And I think I had left enough at the ends that there was something to pull on. Again, without getting too specific, at the end of the first book, the world has changed quite a bit. Governments have different attitudes, the attitude towards scientific research has changed, the public attitude towards Johnny Chambers and her businesses has changed. Nick and Johnny's friendship has changed, his relationship with his family is damaged, there's a lot of trust issues, there's a lot of opportunity for something to be quite quite different from the first book. Again, that's where I started on the outline for the third book, is, “okay, did I leave enough threads to pull on?” Because I would have liked to have some overarching structure or goal. And when I think of that, what I think of actually is N.K. Jemisin's the Broken Earth trilogy, which really feels solidly planned and like a trilogy. You can feel that it's almost like a suspension bridge, there's the big structure and then there's things hanging off the structure. And each of those holds up something in that book itself, and also in the next book. And I don't feel like I have that. I just have the hangy things, but I'm working as hard as I can with the hangy things, trust me. Kaelyn: I have this habit of if I find an author that I really enjoy what they've written, I start stalking them. So of course, I've thoroughly gone through your website. And I very much enjoy all of your posts, but you actually did one about writing the second book. Premee: Yeah, because that was the hardest book I've ever written in my life. [laughing] Kaelyn: It's interesting because you're very aware of this. And I think that makes it so much harder because since you are so aware of this, you wrote a finite ending for the second book, that was the end of the story. Premee: That was the end, yeah. When I think of stories, I do think architecturally, and I think of novels as several things, but a house is pretty common. And I really think that a lot of doors were shut at the end of the story, the house is pretty well locked up with whatever it has inside it and whatever is left outside of it. And I kind of threw the keys into a storm drain. [laughing] Again, without getting too specific. Kaelyn: It turns out there was a monster in that storm drain. Premee: It does turn out there was a monster in the storm drain. “I just got—what? Plink! What was that noise? Oh, it was an email from my editor.” [laughing] Rekka: The monster in the storm drain was the email from your editor all along. Premee: It was actually, yeah. Analogies are hard. [laughing] Rekka: No, this is perfect. This is exactly our style of analogy. So as Kaelyn and I have discussed before, when you're writing book two after you've written book one and you think you have a trilogy, you have a nice book one which could be standalone. Kaelyn: Yeah. Rekka: And then you take that arc and make it bigger and write that over the next two books, which you would have liked to have known it was time to do. Premee: Yes. Kaelyn: It's very common with publishing contracts to get one book with an option for two more. And, yeah, so that a lot of times writers will write it as this could be a standalone, but there is absolutely doors and windows and maybe a missing wall left open so that we can continue to work on and expand the house. Premee: Yeah, see, I didn't know any of that. And also, after I announced the third book, I had friends pop into my DMs with like, "Congratulations. FYI, same thing happened to me. They bought two books and now they're asking for a third book, but because I knew this was going to happen, I had the third book ready to go." And I'm like, "Congratulations." [laughing] Kaelyn: “Oh, isn't that so great for you?” Premee: I'm glad you can't hear a tone in Twitter. Mneh-neh. I'm just going to be under my desk drinking rum. Yeah. Kaelyn: Okay, so what are you going to do? Did you have more stories set in this universe with these characters in your head or had you just completely written them out of your mind? Premee: They were actually all in the first book. I had to reach back 18 years or whatever it was to write the second. Because I was like, "Okay, book all done. Have a nice life, you guys." [laughing] Rekka: Moving on to something new, something shiny. Premee: Yeah. Turns out that you can go right back to it if people give you money. But we finished the paperwork to absolutely confirm that, yes, you, Premee Mohamed, will be writing a third book for absolute sure in I think February. So the first thing I did was panic for a week and not write. Kaelyn: That's fair. Premee: I hid under my desk a little bit with the blankets, which didn't help, but... Rekka: You have to honor the feelings. Premee: I had to honor my feelings and just let them run around a bit. And then I crawled back up and looked at what I had sent David [Moore, editor at Rebellion Publishing]. And what that was had been based on the three or four-sentence long pitch that was in the original pitch that we sent to the publisher, which was, "Oh, here's the book that we are pitching to you at this moment. If it's a trilogy that you want, here's a paragraph about the second book." And that completely turned out to not be what the second book was whatsoever. And here's a paragraph about the third book. And that had about one sentence in common. And I was like, "Go past me." So I went back to the pitch and broke it apart into its components, and sorted it into two piles like, "Okay, this pile is stuff that I wrote out of panic and expectation, let's just push that aside. This pile has potential to be part of a novel, let's move those over here." And from that, I just tried to build out on everything that I thought was interesting in the second pile. Rekka: Okay. Premee: So, where could this happen? What are the issues? Who can I involve? Who's the bad guy for this component? Who's the good guy for this component? Later on, do they switch places? What's difficult or interesting or what feels impossible about this component? What about this component could be reversed as opposed to how it goes in the start of the book? Maybe it can go backwards later. What's the tone that I want for all of these? What's the vibe that I want for this book? Because the first one I felt had a Indiana-Jones-but-kids vibe. And the second one, Nick is trying really hard for it to be a spy novel vibe. And it's not, it's a bit more post-apocalyptic almost because the apocalypse is happening slowly around them. And people are like, "Oh, yeah, this is weird. I'mma go home and make supper. I don't know that there's anything I can do about this.” I wanted to combine that second pile and the expansion on it which ended up being something like three to five pages or around there, with what I wanted to pull out of the first book and the second book, and make sure that I included in there in some way. And when I was done, I had sort of the mental equivalent of a deck of cards that I could shuffle and try to put together. And from that, I printed that out and marked it up and put some stickers on it and did some drawings, then wrote what I thought was a pretty workable outline for a third book. This heavily on the difficulties in the last quarter of the second book, really heavily from that. So that's how that went. And that is in the process of being written now, not entirely in order, but I know about the 40k mark, somewhere around there. And it's due in September. So hopefully, we can do this. And the nice thing, I guess, about this random third book is that at least I'm working with an editor that I know who edited the first two books. And so if I'm making certain choices or putting people in certain places or opting to have something happen a X time instead of Y time, I think at this point he understands pretty well why I chose to do that and isn't going to put a comment in there like, "Oh, why did this happen?" Because he's like, "Okay, I know why this happened. And now I'm braced in about 75 pages for that to go terribly, terribly wrong." [laughing] Rekka: It definitely helps that you're not also shuffled between editors for this process. Premee: It does, yeah. Rekka: Now, when you wrote that plot outline for book three, did you work on it with your agent at all before you sent it to the editor or you're working directly with the editor at this point? Premee: Oh, yeah, yeah. My agent was like, "Oh, this is good. I would read this." And I'm like, "Bless you. You say that about a lot of things. Thank you." And she forwarded it to my editor. He's like, "Oh, this looks good. I would read this." And I'm like, "Thank you." Again, you're trying to make money off this so just tell me what I need to fix. And he's like, "No, it's fine. I'm going to go take it to the acquisitions committee, and I'm going to act it out." I'm like, "Oh god!" Kaelyn: Yeah, can you please record that? I would love to see it. [laughing] Premee: I think my actual reaction was something like, "Please don't." Kaelyn: “I don't know if I'm going to be able to look you in the eye again after knowing you acted this out.” [laughing] Premee: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But turns out, it worked out and they were like, "We want that third book and we also want dibs on a next book." And I was like, "Well, I haven't got a next book." They're like, "Well, if we give you money, will you write another book?" [laughing] So it turns out that's how publishing works. At some point, you don't have to give them the finished book. They just ask you for a book and they give you money upfront. Rekka: Once you're inside the secret bunker. Premee: Once you're inside the secret bunker, I had no idea, yeah. I don't even have a plot for that one, that was just called “untitled fantasy novel.” Rekka: Now, did you put it in your contract that they cannot ask you for a fourth book in this series? Premee: I did not. Kaelyn: Are you sure that this is the last book? Premee: No, I'm not. They keep referring to it as a trilogy now though. Rekka: Okay. Kaelyn: All right. Okay, all right. Premee: On their announcement, they were like, "Hey, we got the final book in the Beneath the Rising trilogy." And I'm like, "There are 10 things wrong with that sentence." [laughing] First of all, you published the first two books, thirdly, you're making me write the third one. You phrased this entirely wrong. Oh, “we get to publish.” No, you asked for it. You literally... Okay, anyways, have fun. It's a nice cover. I'm going to get back to writing now and drinking heavily. [laughing] Kaelyn: My favorite word in that sentence was “the final book” because it's like, "Well, funny story, I already wrote the final book." Premee: I wrote the final book. Kaelyn: And then you decided that wasn't the final book anymore. So now we have a new final book. So, is this the final final book or is there going to be a final final final book? Premee: If they ask for a fourth book, I'm going to quit publishing and go live in a tree. I literally have a plan, yeah. Kaelyn: It's a good thing you have a plan. You should go south though a little bit to one of the big redwood trees. If you're going to live in a tree, make it, yeah. Premee: I'm planning the coast but not quite the coast because they're expecting, you know, the big one and the tsunamis and stuff and I don't really want to get washed out to sea. Kaelyn: But you'll be in a tree, you'll be fine. Premee: Yeah, but I figured, yeah, if I'm a little bit further inland, me and my tree will survive. Rekka: I love this. However, you have already confessed on this podcast that if they offer you enough money, you will write the book. Premee: Yeah, at this point, it would have to be more money than they offered for the third book. And I mean a decent amount more money, not like $6 and a coupon for half-off a frogurt if I buy a large. Kaelyn: Oh, now I want frozen yoghurt. Premee: Me too, actually. It's supposed to be really hot here by the end of the week, apparently. I'm a little nervous about that because I'm pretty far north—we're at Latitude 53—our houses are really built to keep in the heat because it gets down to -40 in the winter. We're not really prepared for it to get up to +40. Rekka: If you don't open the door, will that thermos house also keep out the heat? Is it like a double-walled drink cooler, where... Premee: It would be if I weren't in a crappy condo with a giant gap under the door but anyways, we'll see how it goes. I may come to the local ceremonies wearing a dress made out of ice packs. Rekka: That would be fashion. Premee: I think it would be fashion. Kaelyn: Yeah, that's definitely fashion. Premee: I am cosplaying somebody from a Disney movie. She is… frozen. They'll be like, "Which one are you?" I'm like, "I don't know their names. [laughing] I am the one who is… frozen. I'm her." Rekka: The one who has to run to the freezer to get more ice. Premee: Yeah, exactly. [laughing] Rekka: Okay. So, writing three standalones and faking a trilogy, you started it thinking, “standalone book, cool, I'll write this and then I'll move on with my life. And maybe in 18 years or so I'll come back and write a second book or someone will pay me enough to write a second book. And then maybe, after I finished writing that and it's edited and it's gone gold, as they say in video games, then maybe I'll consider writing another one.” Do you have any tips for just wrapping your mind around it? Or I mean, hiding under a blanket for a week is an excellent advice but... Premee: Yeah, I think that was going to be my first tip. My second tip is that rum is not as helpful as one would think. Because it does actually erase the memory of knowing that you have to write a third book. But afterwards, when you check your email, you actually still do have to write the book. Rekka: You can't just make it go away, huh? Premee: You cannot just make it go away. You can damage your few remaining brain cells, but the book still has to get written. I guess in terms of tips, yeah, the big one was do a reread. And that also helps forestall some of the panic, I think, or at least it did for me. Do a reread; there is so much that we put into novels that I think people think is local color or throwaway detail or “well, gee, that was a fun little anecdote.” But again, it's a novel, things are in it on purpose, they have a purpose for that story. But they can have a double purpose for later books. And again, that's something that I find myself doing very much with this third book, is reaching in and finding things that didn't have significance and lending them some significance on purpose. Which isn't to say that every goofy childhood story is now going to be hugely explained. But a novel is not like a short story, a novel has room for things to sit in there apparently without purpose until they're needed. And if I did end up having to write a fourth book, now that I've done the process of having two surprise sequels fall through the roof and hit me on my head, I think that's something I would do. Even with this third book, the doors that I shut and locked and went, "Hahaha, that's closed!" word to the wise, past me, no door is ever shut forever. And because we're writers, we can always think around a problem that seems unsolvable. I mean, how many times have we, in a short story or a novel, written ourselves into a corner and said, "Oh my god, I outsmarted myself. I have set up a situation that these characters cannot get out of," let sit for a couple days and take some walks and have a bath, and the solution just shows up. And I think even with the ending of the second book, which again was supposed to be the ending of lots of things, it's maybe not as final as it looked at first glance. So I guess the big tip is look at everything in more detail and see how you can tweak it or twist it or stretch it. Rekka: So if you were writing a trilogy and you wanted to go back and make sure that it was very connected, you would take things that happened in the third book and go back and foreshadow them as you edit when you have the chance to edit all of them at once. And then you would foreshadow all the way forward so that you look very clever, by the end of it, to your reader, and they think, "How did you think of all these little things to add?" This is how I always thought mystery writers wrote was linearly like I do. And then I realized, "Oh, no, you get to edit before anyone sees it." But you had the reverse, where you had to go find the foreshadowing you didn't know you were foreshadowing. Premee: Yep, exactly. I had to declare that it was foreshadow. I was like, "Well, yeah, this is a detail. Now I gotta make something out of that detail." It's like finding a bunch of random stuff in your fridge and being like, "I'm putting that on a pizza." It is no longer a random thing. Now, it is a pizza topping. Yes. [laughing] Kaelyn: There's always stuff that you already wrote that can help with this. It can be an offhanded comment, it can be something that we understand about the character, the setting, the world building, something along those lines. I don't believe in the “writing yourself into a corner.” Unless you have published a book and then write something in the second book that directly contradicts a very specific plot-related thing that happened in the first book, and now you have to somehow correct it in the third. Well, that's what time travel is for. [laughing] Rekka: Time travel, unreliable narrators, yeah. Premee: Unreliable narrators, people who show up with helpful macguffins at exactly the right moment, you're like, "Hey." Kaelyn: Look, sometimes you get handed an ex machina. It's just how things work. Premee: I know there's a rule—and I don't like writing rules, but I know a lot of them now. Now that I have five books that are going to be out in the world, I should probably teach myself how to write at some point. I don't have a writing background, I don't have any writing education. I have spent about the last two years reading a lot of craft books and doing classes and going to panels and reading everything so I can literally learn how to write. But I have heard this rule that you can use coincidences to get your characters into trouble, but you can't use them to get your characters out of trouble. And I don't believe that. I believe that the definition of “coincidence” is being misused. And that if circumstances are set up so that something can happen and then it does happen, it's not a coincidence. And if it does manage to get the characters out of trouble, and they're like, "Oh, woah, that was lucky," I think you're allowed to do that once per book. [laughing] Rekka: If you rely on it for maybe too much, people are going to start quoting writing rules at you. But I think a lot of people break a lot of writing rules and are celebrated for it. Kaelyn: In real life, we all do occasionally get lucky. It's just a thing that happens. Premee: And in real life, coincidences do get us out of trouble pretty frequently, even things that people don't even think about, like, "Oh hoho, that was bad." And then it turns out that your email program actually didn't send the email, and you're like, "Oh, dodged that bullet. Now, I will rewrite it. I'll delete that one, I'll rewrite it, and then I'll send it to my boss," that kind of thing. Kaelyn: I always go, well, there's this thing called the theory of quantum immortality, which is that every decision you make the ones you're dying, you just stop existing in those realities. So you just keep paring yourself down and paring yourself down until eventually, you get to a point where you have no other possible alternatives. But I just always enjoy that one. So your existence just keeps getting pared down to eventually, they'll only be the one left and it ends. Premee: Well, and what that also made me think of, too, was the other idea that coincidence can't get your characters out of trouble. Well, okay. I'm going to use a coincidence here because I set it up previously, I'm allowing this to happen, the structure of the book and the setting allows this to happen, so it happens. Then what I'm going to do is let them get into a different type of trouble because of the coincidence. Kaelyn: So there are consequences. Premee: There are consequences, so it's kind of you know, like the improv. And I was talking about this with someone on their Twitch stream a little while ago, and she taught me the phrase that I haven't seen in a lot of writing books, which is, "Yeah, in improv you go, ‘No but' or ‘Yes and,'" so if your improv character succeeds, there's also something tacked on to it that is going to be in some way a pain in the ass. If they don't succeed, maybe they get something that's a little bonus or sends them off sideways rather than forward, so the same thing. She was like, "I see that you do this in your books all the time." It's like, "Hooray, we have solved the pro— We have another problem." [laughing] Kaelyn: “This one has three heads, and it's dripping acid from its teeth.” [laughing] Premee: Yeah, exactly. It's like, "This one is touching my ankle." [laughing] Rekka: We talked about the improv ‘yes and' a lot, in fact, in the most recent episode. I hadn't heard the ‘no but' part, which is interesting, because what I was always told was like, "The ‘no' stops the whole process from going forward and you killed the game by saying ‘no.'" But if you say ‘no but,' I like that. What it does is it propels you forward and almost speeds things up again. It says, "Your reaction, you have to think about it for a second. But as soon as you start saying ‘and' or ‘but,' words start tumbling forward and things just start happening." If you're Premee, it's more trouble. I like that. Premee: Yeah, that's what I like about the ‘no but.' A success is fantastic, but we all know that in fiction a string of successes gets pretty dull. We want things to go wrong so that these characters that we've started to care about, or in some cases want to throw into the river, can show who they are and how they react to things. And they should have a lot of ‘no' on their journey towards the end of the book, which of course they don't know is the end of the book. They should have a lot of ‘no,' but what I like about ‘no but' is that, exactly like you said, the ‘no' stops you dead, it stops the plot dead, too. The ‘no but' is, “okay, what you wanted you can't have right now. You could want something else, and maybe that's something you should go for.” And they're like, "We could and if that's our only option at the moment, we'll go for the ‘but,' and we'll come back to what we wanted the original ‘yes' for later on if we can. Maybe the ‘no but' sets of circumstances for a later ‘yes and.'" Rekka: Exactly, your characters are motivated to try and get to their specific goal and they might do some of this negotiating along the way, or just trying to move forward so that they can keep moving at all. Like our plots have to do. [laughing] Kaelyn: The other thing that I will say that can stop as dead and this is a very funny conversation I had to have with my father recently was ‘perfect!' My sisters and I have a habit of saying, "Okay, perfect." And my dad finally was like, "What is this?" We're like, "Because it's good, because there's nothing else to add, it's perfect. That's great, we're going to keep going forward just with that." So yeah, apart from ‘yes and,' the ‘yes and' can't be ‘yes and perfect.' There's got to be something else happening there. [laughing] Premee: Yeah. Rekka: You've got to have more of a ‘yes, that is okay….' Kaelyn: ‘Yes, and...' Premee: Or it's like “yes and what's the catch?” Oh, there's a catch. The catch is chapter seven. “Okay, everybody, let's head into chapter seven. I can't believe this happened to us after we just achieved our goal.” I'm like, "That wasn't your goal. That was a mini goal, you didn't know that." They're like, "Do you hear something? Sometimes we're in a tough spot, do you hear somebody talking?" Maybe you guys could try the other thing. “What?” Kaelyn: “The door, there's a door behind you, move the tapestry.” [laughing] Rekka: So, I'm going to redirect this a little bit with the time we have left. Kaelyn, as an editor... Kaelyn: Oh God, okay, yeah? Rekka: This is my ‘yes and.' What advice would you have given Premee, before this got going? Or while Premee is trying to write it, at 40k, and still has the rest of the book? Premee: Give advice, thank you. Kaelyn: I would have apologized to you profusely just to start out. So I would have been like, "Listen, I know you've worked really hard on this. The thing is that it shows and we really like that. We were maybe hoping that you would want to do another one of these." Premee: That would have been a much nicer email to get. Kaelyn: That would have been on the phone, because then, after you stop screaming at me, I'd be like, "Okay, so, is it a yes?" No, I think it's gratifying to hear how you're doing this because that is what I would suggest. You think you've written yourself into a corner. I have dealt with and edited books where authors are like, "I have no idea how this is going to happen because we changed these other things and we still have to get to this point." It's like, "Okay, well, one thing: we can always add words." That's a great thing about a book. Adding words changes how the story goes. In your case though, yeah, there's things that were established, things that were laid down as law so to speak and where finite decisions and doors closed, but I would go back to well written characters, well written storylines, and excellent world building always have to put as you said, threads you can pull on. I will tell you, I would be bothering you more than it sounds like your editor is, just going, "So… how's everything going?" And I guess it's funny because I'm a planner. You gotta tell me everything. If we end up in a situation like this, I know where we started, I know where we're going, I know how we're getting there and can brainstorm accordingly. Yes, but I'm a nurturer of storylines. I like to see them grow into complex, sometimes terrible and frightening, but wondrous nonetheless things. Rekka: Nurtured but terrifying. Premee: Like a scary plant. Kaelyn: Yeah. Rekka: Or like a horror book you didn't realize you were writing a horror story. Premee: I'm scared of horror, I don't read a lot of horror. [laughing] Kaelyn: When I told my boyfriend I was like, "Oh, yeah, we have an interview tonight." And he's always like, "Oh, what are you talking about?" And I said, "Oh my god, get this. It's this author who she wrote this duology for two books and they finished, and then they were like ‘give us a third.'" Now, my boyfriend is a huge horror movie fan. He loves all of the '70s, '80s slasher flicks and stuff, and he goes, "Well, that's no problem. Do you know how many times they brought Jason back to life?" [laughing] He's like, "Yeah, there's always ways to write around that. Like, he ended up in space at one point." Premee: I was about to say, I'm like, "He went to space, man!” I'm pretty sure they killed him in the movie before that, but then he wasn't dead. And he was also in space. Kaelyn: Yeah, so anyway, he has nothing but the utmost confidence in your ability to do this. [laughing] Premee: Oh, tell him thank you. Yeah. Kaelyn: Because if the people writing those movies can do it, you certainly can. Premee: Well, honestly, when you talk about the timelines and stuff, that was something I thought... So the second book, Darkness, was set about 14 months, or something 15 months, after the first book. And for the third one, I was like—with my rum—"Oh, yeah?! Well, how about I just set it 25,000 years in the future and solve all my problems." And then I put the rum down, and I was like, "Wait, no, focus." Kaelyn: How do you like that editor? Premee: They're asking for a third book that has the same gist as the first two books because I guess they sold some copies. And I guess the fans want something sorta like that and not something set 25,000 years later with a cast of 30 different interesting aliens, one of whom is a cloud of nitrogen gas. Rekka: Okay, but I hope that's the extra book that's in your contracts, cause now I want to read that. Premee: Well, if they want a book four, it's obviously going to have the main character be a cloud of nitrogen gas, yeah. Rekka: Excellent. Kaelyn: Outstanding. Perfect. [laughing] Yeah, but hearing what you said honestly, that's exactly what I would be doing. If I was writing this myself, I don't write, but if someone put a sword to my neck and said write something, and then I had to write more of it when I'd finished, that's what I would do. [laughing] Rekka: It's a nice, neat episode. Like, Premee is doing it, right. Aside from the pa... I even think you're doing the panic right. Kaelyn: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Premee: I think I did the panic right. Rekka: Yeah. Premee: I didn't go outside and run around or anything; there's a plague. I panicked safely and quietly in my house. And I texted a whole bunch of friends. And depending on whether they were in publishing or not, they had some very encouraging messages to send back to me. It's like at the end you have to build in the time to let the manuscript sit and marinate in its own juices for a while, you got to build in like a little bit at the start to panic before you start writing the book. Rekka: Oh, absolutely. Yes. And it sounds like your editors have every reason to have the confidence to just let you go for it. Premee: I hope so. Well, and I think my editor knows, too, that the novel that I queried with was like my 10th or 11th novel, somewhere around there. I've written like 20 books. I think he knows I can write books. So I think he's just okay to have it just like trebuched over the Atlantic Ocean when I'm done, which is what I did with the last one. And then I ate a cupcake. Kaelyn: It's a well-deserved cupcake to be sure. Rekka: Well, I'm going to make myself a cupcake and finish book two when we get off this call because I'm very excited now. I was not reading it fast because I bought it in print and I read faster and e-book but I couldn't not have... There they are. Premee: I can see them, oh my gosh. [laughing] Rekka: Yes, I couldn't not have them next to each other on the shelf. So, cupcakes for everyone, and empanadas for Kaelyn because Kaelyn wants empanadas. Premee: I would like an empanada. Rekka: Okay, empanadas for everyone, cupcakes for everyone. Kaelyn: I'll take a cupcake too, I mean, they're not mutually exclusive. [laughing] Rekka: And good luck to you for the remaining what, 50,000 words or so of the book? Premee: Yeah, 50k, 55k, something like that, yeah. Rekka: Yeah. So you're aiming for around 90k to 100k? Premee: Yeah, well, the first one was 109k and the second one was 111k. So if this one is in kinda in that range or a little bit shorter, it might get bumped up in edit because that happened last time as well. So, yeah. Rekka: Like we say, we have to add words to fix problems. So there you go. So, well, I'm extremely excited that you are writing a third book in the story even if you are going through some pains to do it. And I appreciate that, personally, that you're doing that for me. Kaelyn: Just Rekka, Rekka specifically, no one else. Premee: Just you, my favorite fan. [laughing] Rekka: And I'm sure our audience appreciates the advice because there is always the chance that okay, you start a book and you finish it and you print it. And then okay, well, I want to go back to that. Either that or the editor shoves you back to that, and then maybe it happens again. So I think you can end up in that moment of panic and still make the book happen. And it's just words. Premee: It's just words. Rekka: You can just keep spewing words. Kaelyn: No big deal at all. Rekka: And then you can have cupcakes. So Premee, many cupcakes to you. And thank you so much for coming on and talking about this. I hope it was a little cathartic, too. Premee: It was, and thank you so so much for inviting me. This was something I don't think I've been thinking very clearly about and it was nice to get my thoughts organized about writing the third book in a duology. Rekka: Well, I couldn't resist the subject matter. [laughing] Kaelyn: I mean, where can everyone find you? Definitely check out Premee's website. There's some really awesome, very well thought out essays and writing on there. Some really good advice in those, I think. Premee: Thank you. Rekka: Premee, you are now an expert. Premee: Yeah, again, I really need to learn how to write, though. Where can people find me? I am on Twitter a lot at @premeesaurus, which I'm sure will be in the show notes. Yeah, and on my website at premeemohamed.com, where I try to keep up with podcasts and appearances and classes that I'm teaching and whatnot, and also my curious fictions page. And today, I put up a blog post about my guest editor stint at Apparition Lit and how we chose those stories. So if people would like to check those three things out, that is where you can find me. Rekka: And the links will be below as ever. And Premee, thank you again. Kaelyn: Yeah, this was fantastic. Rekka: I'm looking forward to reading everything that you do, all your many books that are coming out this year, or have already. Kaelyn: Rekka is going to be standing outside your door doing the creepy scratchy thing going, "Is it done?" [laughing] Premee: I'll be like, "Here's a book. If I give you a book, will you go away?" [laughing] “Yes.” “Gosh, that was easy.” Rekka: For a little while. [laughing] Premee: Just sitting outside on my balcony reading, I'm like, "Oh god, you're still there?" [laughing] Kaelyn: People will be coming over going, "What?" "It's Rekka, it's fine, it's fine. Long story, just no sudden movements." Premee: It's a long story. Hang on, I'll give her a snack. Here's a short story. Rekka: Well, luckily, I tend to get sleepy when I read, so a book lasts me a lot longer than you might expect so... [laughing] Well, thank you again. Premee: Yeah, I hope you enjoy the second one. Rekka: I know that I will. So thank you again. Premee: And thank you so so much for inviting me. Rekka: We were so happy to have you. And everyone, we will be back in two weeks. And I'm sure we will not top this episode, ever, but we'll try. Thanks everyone.

Episode 192"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter FourteenAn ancient library is broken into, and a fight with the undead ensues. Anita is shocked by something Johnny says which smacks of hubris, while Scott talks Lovecraftian tomes.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Book Women PodcastPark PowerUntil next time gentlereaders! You Don't Split Up - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Fourteen

Jenny and Rachel discuss books that didn't get as much attention as they deserved during the early days of the pandemic, science in fiction, a new podcast, and more. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 223: Cicada Season Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:  Beneath the Rising by Premee MohamedWhile Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams, narrated by Adenrele OjoLakewood by Megan GiddingsBroken Horses by Brandi CarlileNightbitch by Rachel YoderOther mentions:The Butterfly Effect by Rachel Mans McKennyBlind Date with a Book Podcast (first episode posts June 30, 2021)@bookmeetcute on Instagram and TwitterReal Life by Brandon TaylorHex by Rebecca Dinerstein KnightTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodThe Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia WaiteLast Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoA Broken Darkness by Premee MohamedSelena MontgomeryThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Pisces by Melissa BroderBunny by Mona AwadCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerThe Hidden Palace by Helene WeckerThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerRelated episodes:Episode 008 - Gone Rogue with guests Steve Richardson, Libby Young, and Mike WiniskiEpisode 150 - Rife with Storytelling with SaraEpisode 164 - Character Driven with Carol AnnEpisode 186 - This is Gravity with JeffEpisode 190 - The Good Life with Alex Stalk us online: Rachel's websiteRachel is @rmmckenny on Twitter; @rachelmansmckenny on Instagram; @rachelm on LitsyJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Episode 191"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter ThirteenA tense meeting between our heroes and a cabal of occultists. Anita thinks Johnny's ego is her worst enemy, while Scott worries a dark bit of earlier speculation might be close to the truth.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Park PowerThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Shut Up & Sit Down - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Thirteen

Episode 190"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter TwelveAn arrest, a fight, and a mysterious rescue. Anita finds Nick's psychology fascinating, while Scott pulls cats out of the Lovecraft Box.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Park PowerTaproot EdmontonUntil next time gentlereaders! Cops Everywhere - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Twelve

Episode 189"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter ElevenA rude welcome in Morocco, and a little more background on the cosmic conflict. Anita theorizes about why THEY really want Johnny's generator, while Scott opens the Lovecraft Box to tell us a bit about the Elder Gods.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:ATB FinancialThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! A Need to Purge - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Eleven

Episode 188"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter TenA tense airport goodbye, and the realization something's not right on the flight to Morocco. Anita talks about her own flight-related woes, while Scott thinks Johnny has maybe misidentified society's woes.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Taproot EdmontonWhat's the Tsismis?Until next time gentlereaders! He Snitched On 'Em - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Ten

Episode 187"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter NineJohnny and Nick hatch a plan together. Anita and Scott speculate on where the duo's friendship is going, and joke about having seen the second "the Lord of the Rings" movie.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Taproot EdmontonThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Nazi Occult Stuff - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Nine

Capútlio #33 de Las Escritoras de Urras. Relato: "Los últimos", de Premee Mohamed. Narrado por Sofía Barker. Un relato de fantaciencia sobre un par de niños que deberán enfrentarse a un gigante para salvar a su aldea. Puedes leer el texto completo y la biografía de la autora aquí: https://escritorasdeurras.blogspot.com/2021/05/capitulo-33-los-ultimos-por-premee.html

Episode 186"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter EightSomething terrible follows Nick home, and he blows his top at Johnny. Scott talks about how Wisdom without Intelligence can come up short, while Anita thinks Nick might be more special than he realizes.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Overdue Finds PodcastTaproot EdmontonUntil next time gentlereaders! A Whole Swarm of Things - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Eight

Guests Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam Premee Mohamed Shadow Visions Paranormal Call The Mystery Hotline at 1-888-726-0055. Tell us your mysterious story of the strange, the unknown, and the paranormal. If you have a guest or topic that you would like to hear on this show, please email podofmystery@gmail.com. You can also send any feedback or comments to that same address.   This audio program is copyrighted by me, Jason Rigden in 2021. And is freely available under the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. 

Episode 185"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter SevenJohnny finally catches Nick up on the truth behind her knowledge of the Ancient Ones. Anita discusses "the Spider-Man Problem," while Scott comes up with another wild theory.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:The Well Endowed PodcastRümi by AtcoUntil next time gentlereaders! Good Work, Genius - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Seven

This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed. Content warnings: harm to children incl. child death, racism, body horror This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Other Books Mentioned: Alexis Hall (Affair of the Mysterious Letter) Ada Hoffmann (The Outside) Victor LaValle (Ballad of Black Tom) NK Jemisin (City We Became) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 184"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter SixJohnny destroys her greatest invention, while a horror pays a visit. Scott and Anita debate if Drozanoth can affect the physical world.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:The Well Endowed PodcastATB FinancialUntil next time gentlereaders! They've Called a Locksmith - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Six

Episode 183"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter FiveA terrifying encounter in a stock room leads to the offer of a deal. Anita talks grilled cheese sandwiches, while Scott has a theory that Johnny may have done something pretty bad.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:The Well Endowed PodcastShift by Alberta InnovatesUntil next time gentlereaders! Accosted by Evil - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Five

Episode 182"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter FourA night of strange dreams, and stranger revelations. Anita decides this book is not for you, it's for her, while Scott discusses both D&D and Lovecraft.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Northwest FestivalNAIT Career Essentials PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Creepy Sleep - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Four

Episode 181"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter ThreeA picnic in the country is interrupted by something weird, and we learn about Nick and Johnny's past. Anita discusses the classism and racism affecting Nick, while Scott talks a bit about Edmonton.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Taproot EdmontonPark PowerUntil next time gentlereaders! Something Slendermanning - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Three

Episode 180"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter TwoJohnny changes the world again, and Nick is left wondering after the consequences. Anita is already falling in love with our characters, while Scott dusts off the old Lovecraft box!The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Book Women PodcastATB CaresUntil next time gentlereaders! Science! Sciencetist - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter Two

Episode 179"Beneath the Rising" by Premee Mohamed, Chapter OneWe're introduced to an important, complicated friendship. Anita likes how our two main characters are contrasts with one another, while Scott wonders after Nick's home life.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network (albertapodcastnetwork.com)! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing, or e-mail us at thereadalong@gmail.com.The Read-Along logo by Erin Beever (@Erin_Beever), theme song and music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. This week's sponsors are:Rümi by AtcoThe Well Endowed PodcastUntil next time gentlereaders! Exceedingly Ordinary - "Beneath the Rising" Chapter One

Premee Mohamed joins us to discuss her debut novel, Beneath the Rising. We discuss how the world works differently for wealthy people and those that make dark covenants with creatures from other dimensions. We learn that science undergrads are wretched creatures and that you should not ever under any circumstances try to create a Chambers … Continue reading "The Dark Sciences in Conversation with Premee Mohamed" The post The Dark Sciences in Conversation with Premee Mohamed appeared first on Androids and Assets.

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan spends ten minutes or so talking to exciting debut novelist Premee Mohamed about reading, writing, and working during the pandemic; the work of Alan Moore, Umberto Eco, and Amitav Ghosh; the experience of publishing her debut novel in 2020; and how it was to effectively collaborate with her younger self on Beneath the Rising and writing A Broken Darkness. Books mentioned include: Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed A Broken Darkness by Premee Mohamed Jerusalem by Alan Moore Chronicles of a Liquid Society by Umberto Eco Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh