Why Murderbot is tough to write and other sci-fi secrets – Interview with Martha Wells
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Why Murderbot is tough to write and other sci-fi secrets – Interview with Martha Wells
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Interview Timeline
Martha Wells has written many fantasy and sci-fi novels, short fiction and novellas. She’s also written Star Wars and Stargate novels as well as worked on Magic:The Gathering. She has won Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards for her work. She recently released a new Murderbot novella and we spoke about the novella, Murderbot, her other works, and her inspirations. Fugitive Telemetry (Tordotcom, 2021)
0:54 – Martha talks about how she chooses the idea to write.
1:49 – Martha talks about being excited by her stories and writing.
3:05 – Martha talks about what parts of the story she wants to be engaged by.
3:37 – Martha talks about the Murderbot series and Murderbot.
6:42 – Martha talks about he chooses between writing a novel versus a novella.
8:22 – Martha talks about writing novellas.
9:24 – Martha talks about the difficulty in writing science fiction with new technology
11:43 – Martha talks about her inspirations.
14:53 – Martha talks about her interest in true crime and
16:45 – Martha talks about her previous mystery novels.
18:24 – Martha talks about the aesthetic of the book.
19:31 – Martha talks about sci-fi mysteries and noir.
21:10 – Martha talks about enjoying archaeology.
22:20 – Martha talks about enjoying revision.
23:51- Martha talks about her writing routine.
25:25 – Martha talks about her cats.
25:44 – Martha talks about how her writing process has changed over time.
28:31 – Martha talks about attending conventions.
32:13 – Martha talks about meeting celebrities at cons.
33:22 – Martha talks about how busy authors can be.
34:35 – Martha talks about having been a gamer.
36:00 – Martha talks about the video games she enjoyed.
36:55 – Martha talks about world-building.
37:58 – Martha talks about the Murderbot character.
40:16 – Martha talks about the future of Murderbot.
41:27 – Martha talks about her writing output.
42:10 – Martha talks about sci-fi versus fantasy.
43:10 – Martha talks about fantasy writing.
44:42 – Martha talks about her favorite character to write.
45:56 – Martha talks about enjoying Star Trek, Godzilla, and other things when she was young.
47:09 – Martha talks about writing Stargate and Star Wars novels.
48:43 – Martha talks about working on Magic: The Gathering.
49:16 – Martha talks about writing for other properties.
51:48 – Martha talks about promoting books.
52:51- Martha talks about her earlier works.
53:29 – Martha talks about how she was able to write for Stargate and Star Wars.
55:08 – Martha talks about the contracts for Murderbot.
56:40 – Martha can be found at marthawells.com and on twitter @marthawells1 and on marthawells.dreamwidth.org
Links of interest
https://publishing.tor.com/fugitivetelemetry-marthawells/9781250765376/
https://twitter.com/marthawells1
http://marthawells.dreamwidth.org
Contact Information
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Guests: Martha Wells
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, tordotcom, science fiction, fiction, star wars, locus award, hugo award, Nebula award,
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