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Author: Melanie Meadors

Melanie R. Meadors is a pop culture and science writer who also writes fiction and role playing games. You can learn more about her at her website www.melaniermeadors.com. And if you like what she’s doing here, please support her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/melaniermeadors!

Not-So-Civil War, or Embracing Polyfanory

May 17, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

As far as geeks go, Anton Strout is one of the biggest I know, and it turns out, he has a few things to say on the subject. Please welcome Anton as our guest to GeekMom, where he basically geeks out about…geeking out!

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Author Peter Tieryas Geeks Out About Mecha!

May 5, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors1

This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome science fiction author Peter Tieryas! Peter’s new book The United States of Japan from Angry Robot is quickly becoming a fan favorite, combining alternate history, tech, and of course, mecha!

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How Nikola Tesla’s Theories Unleash M.G. Buehrlen’s Inner Geek

April 27, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors1

This week we welcome YA author M.G. Buehrlen to Geek Speaks…Fiction! M.G. tells us all about why Nikola Tesla’s theories make her geek out, and how they helped inspire her new book, ‘The Untimely Deaths of Alex Wayfare.’

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Interview: The Gorramn Shiniest’s Monica Valentinelli

April 14, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors1

Today GeekMom Mel welcomes writer and game designer (among other things!) Monica Valentinelli to GeekMom. Monica is celebrating the release of her new book,’ The Gorramn Shiniest Dictionary and Language Guide in the ‘Verse!’

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Fighting the Voices in My Head

April 13, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors1

This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction!, fantasy author Melanie R. Meadors (that’s me!) tells us about how she fought the voices (of the characters) in her head…and lost.

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Geeking Out About Giant Robots and City Smashing Kaiju

March 29, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Nick Sharps (N.X. Sharps) is the editor of the acclaimed anthology, ‘Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters’ from Ragnarok Publications. This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! Nick tells readers about his latest anthology, ‘MECH: Age of Steel,’ and how it made him geek out!

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Flipping Tropes: A New Anthology Turns Cliches ‘Upside Down’

March 15, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome editors Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates to discuss what made them geek out while editing their new anthology, ‘Upside Done: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling’!

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It’s Who I Am: Fantasy Author Tim Marquitz Geeks Out About Writing

March 1, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Urban fantasy author Tim Marquitz joins us this week to talk about writing his Demon Squad series, and what it means to him to write in a genre alongside authors like Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, and more!

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Save ‘JourneyQuest’! In Defense of Morally Ambiguous Female Characters

February 19, 2016December 7, 2017Melanie Meadors6

Today I welcome guest actress Emilie Shimkus, who plays Wren on the fan-funded, fan-favorite show JourneyQuest, which is currently in its last day on Kickstarter! She lets us know why this show is important to the genre, and why it’s important that it succeed.

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Shoebox Time Machine: Jeff Salyards Geeks Out About the Past

February 2, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Epic fantasy/Grimdark author Jeff Salyards tells us some of what inspired his acclaimed Bloodsounder’s Arc series! Why is the sloth Jeff’s spirit animal? Has he always been this much of an assclown? The answer to these questions and more are in this week’s Geek Speaks…Fiction!

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Custom Made Disease: Geeking Out About Mutants With William C. Dietz

January 26, 2016December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

This week, New York Times bestselling science fiction author William C. Dietz joins us to tell us about what made him geek out while writing his Mutant Files trilogy!

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Do Not Mess With Grandmothers: Erin M. Evans Geeks Out

December 29, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Fantasy author Erin M. Evans talks about about the role grandmothers play in fantasy, specifically in her own recent release, Ashes of the Tyrant, the fourth book in her Brimstone Angels saga set in the Forgotten Realms world.

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Geeking Out About New Fans

December 27, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Epic fantasy author Kenny Soward has recently tried his hand at another of his passions, urban fantasy, and as he tells us in this week’s Geek Speaks…Fiction!, it gave him a whole new set of things to geek out about.

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Gremlins Galore! Geeking Out About Hideously Adorable Sidekicks

November 18, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Steampunk fantasy author Beth Cato geeks out about some hideously adorable creatures in this week’s Geek Speaks…Fiction!

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It’s Alive! Geeking Out About Inhuman, Yet Sentient, Beings

November 10, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

I’ve always been fascinated with things that have a mind of their own. I’m not sure why, and never quite understood it, but I’m always happy to find someone else who shares that passion. This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! I welcome guest Karina Sumner-Smith, speculative fiction author and fellow lover of sentient beings.

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Beware the Horsemen! Mark Lawrence Brings on the Apocalypse With New Game

November 5, 2015December 4, 2017Melanie Meadors

Fantasy author Mark Lawrence visits GeekMom to tell us about his new game, ‘Horsemen of the Apocalypse’!

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Geeking Out About Horses and Making Childhood Dreams Come True

November 3, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors1

This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction!, Lila Bowen tells us how her childhood obsession inspired her new young adult fantasy novel, ‘Wake Of Vultures’!

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Escaping Into a Loop-the-Loop World of Fantasy

October 27, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Quirky fantasy author James Walley is our guest today, talking about the trials and tribulations of writing absurdly fun stories.

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Geeking Out On Starship Design

October 13, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome science fiction author Patrick S. Tomlinson! Not only is Patrick the author of the brand new book The Ark from Angry Robot Books, he’s also a stand-up comedian and a blogger. Please welcome him to GeekMom! Hello GeekMom readers! My name is Patrick S. Tomlinson. I’m a sci-fi author […]

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Geek Speaks…Fiction! Guest Author Gail Z. Martin

August 18, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Writing ‘Iron & Blood’ was so much fun, in part because the more Gail Z. Martin and Larry Martin dug into Pittsburgh’s past, the cooler, geekier things they discovered.

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