{"id":21891,"date":"2016-05-26T10:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=21891"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:35:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:35:40","slug":"have-a-serendipitous-dinner-with-maria-alexander-in-episode-9-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/26\/have-a-serendipitous-dinner-with-maria-alexander-in-episode-9-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a serendipitous dinner with Maria Alexander in Episode 9 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the recent StokerCon in Las Vegas, I did what I always do during conventions\u2014slip away as often as possible to chow down and catch up with friends. One of those meals took place in old-timey ice cream parlor Serendipity 3, and was recorded (as so many convention meals will be from now on) as an episode of Eating the Fantastic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

My dinner companion this time around was Maria Alexander, whose debut novel, Mr. Wicker<\/em>, won the 2014 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. But in addition to being a novelist, Maria’s also a poet, screenwriter, games writer, swordswoman, and so much more\u2014and I attempted to explore all those facets in this episode.<\/p>\n

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So join us as we discuss Mr. Wicker<\/em>‘s transformation from a short story to a screenplay to a Stoker Award-winning novel, how she convinced Clive Barker to be her mentor, what’s wrong with most of the swordswomen we see on book covers and TV, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how you can pull up a seat to the table\u2014<\/p>\n

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1) Subscribe at the iTunes store<\/a>. (And if you’re so inclined, download a few of the older episodes while you’re at it.)<\/p>\n

2) Use the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> to snag episodes on whatever device you use to cast your pods.<\/p>\n

3) Or … simply listen below.<\/p>\n