Theodora Goss and the Modern Monster Interview Part 4

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

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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

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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.