Ep. 195: Mark Lawrence talks Daughter of Crows, Assassin Schools, SPFBO & More

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Adrian M. Gibson interviews Mark Lawrence about his new novel and various themes in writing.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson as he chats with bestselling author Mark Lawrence about his new novel Daughter of Crows, writing an older protagonist, showing a character across their life, new twists on assassin schools, evoking an eerie atmosphere, drawing inspirations from pagan mythologies, the meaning of "grimdark," the evolution of self-publishing and SPFBO (the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off), working in mathematics, hard science, “detail porn” and more. NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Mark. Stayed tuned next week for his writing masterclass on Memory & Time. You can also check out Mark's crowdsourced "Grimdark Scale" (which was mentioned during the episode) HERE . 🍄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY ⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍄 OUR SPONSOR: TRANSFERENCE by Ian Patterson is a sci-fi dystopia that dissects what it means to be human in a city where diseases can be transferred. Purchase it ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in eBook + paperback. SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS: Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, Herman Steuernagel, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois, Luke A. Winch and GavinGuile for supporting us on Patreon at $10+…

People in this episode

Host: Adrian M. Gibson

Guest: Mark Lawrence

Topics covered

• writing older protagonists
• assassin schools
• grimdark
• self-publishing
• pagan mythologies
• eerie atmosphere

Keywords

• Daughter of Crows
• Mark Lawrence
• grimdark
• SPFBO
• assassin schools
• self-publishing
• pagan mythologies

Sponsors

Transference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SPFBO

Products: Daughter of Crows

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