Hello Everyone,

As promised, here is the finale episode of my interview with Theodora Goss, and it's probably my favorite part. As you'll hear, we talk about Hungary as a fairyland, the politics of walls, Jane Austin as post apocalyptic required reading, and bears. But most important, we really get at Theodora's writer's journey, which is always personal, nuanced, and challenging for anybody who picks up the pen (keyboard? tablet? Smartphone?). Thank you, Theodora for your honesty, time, and of course your stories.

Everyone, go buy her book.
Also, look for me and the rest of BSFW at Readercon as we launch the Kickstarter for Season 2 of the Kaleidocast!  

-Rob Cameron 

Theodora Goss was born in Hungary and spent her childhood in various European countries before her family moved to the United States. Although she grew up on the classics of English literature, her writing has been influenced by an Eastern European literary tradition in which the boundaries between realism and the fantastic are often ambiguous. Her publications include the short story collection In the Forest of Forgetting (2006); Interfictions (2007), a short story anthology coedited with Delia Sherman; Voices from Fairyland (2008), a poetry anthology with critical essays and a selection of her own poems; The Thorn and the Blossom (2012), a novella in a two-sided accordion format; and the poetry collection Songs for Ophelia (2014).  She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List.  Her short story “Singing of Mount Abora” won the World Fantasy Award. You can follow her on Twitter  @theodoragoss

Rob Cameron is an ENL teacher and dragon boat racer in Brooklyn. Besides acting as managing editor for the Kaleidocast, and a lead organizer for the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers, he is a sometimes curator for the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series, the Surreal Symphony of Zak Zyz, and a pie addict with neither regrets nor inclinations towards rehab.  He's published in Mike Allen's Clockwork
Phoenix 5. Follow him @cprwords  & Rob-Cameron.com

Although Readercon is modeled on "science fiction conventions," there is no art show, no costumes, no gaming, and almost no media. Instead, Readercon features a near-total focus on the written word. The program consists of panel discussions, author readings, and solo talks or discussion groups, plus kaffeeklatsches (intimate gatherings with an author) and autograph signings. There is a large bookshop full of new, used, and rare and collectible books and magazines.

Hello Everyone,

Here is Part 3 of my interview with Theodora Goss. But, I realized today I have enough for a fourth episode. So, surprise!  There  will be one more! 

In today's episode we'll start the discussion with the differences between vampires, fairies, and witches in Eastern Europe and the Catholic church's fight against them, or at least the belief in them. And speaking of vampires, we'll get a little more into the backstory of the classic novel, Dracula,  particularly what (or who) was left out.

We'll also discuss some of the other stories that Theodora is working on and how teaching has improved her own writing.

Finally, we'll discuss one of my favorite stories from Theodora, Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology. 

Hello Writers!

This is Cameron Roberson, and what you're about to listen to is an interview I did with award winning author and professor of English literature, Theodora Goss.  In part 1 of this three part interview, we'll discuss:

• animal magic and Ursilla LeGuin's science fiction
• the significance of the Gothic Period(s) and anthropology to our conception of the modern monster
• Theodora's latest novel, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
  
• Why the best way to start on the path of a successful novelist is to get your PhD in English literature.