{"id":25555,"date":"2018-12-14T09:04:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=25555"},"modified":"2018-12-14T09:04:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:04:59","slug":"slurp-down-thai-beef-noodle-soup-with-stephen-kozeniewski-in-episode-84-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/14\/slurp-down-thai-beef-noodle-soup-with-stephen-kozeniewski-in-episode-84-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Slurp down Thai Beef Noodle Soup with Stephen Kozeniewski in Episode 84 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for return to Timonium, Maryland for the second of two episodes of Eating the Fantastic recorded last month at Chessiecon<\/a>, following up on my lunch with the con\u2019s Guest of Honor Jo Walton<\/a>. This time around you\u2019ll sit in on my meal at Noodle Charm<\/a> with horror writer Stephen Kozeniewski<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At least I think<\/em> we ate at Noodle Charm. I’m not really sure. (Give a listen to the episode to find out the reason for my uncertainty.)<\/p>\n

Kozeniewski is the author of such gonzo novels as Braineater Jones<\/em>, Billy and the Cloneasaurus<\/em>, and The Ghoul Archipelago<\/em>. He’s also been part of the writers room for Silverwood: The Door<\/em>, a 10-episode prose follow-up to Tony Valenzuela\u2019s Black Box TV series Silverwood<\/em>, which was released in weekly installments in both prose and audiobook formats.<\/p>\n

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We discussed how it took nearly 500 submissions before his first novel was finally accepted, why he has no interest in writing sequels, his advice for winning a Turkey Award for the worst possible opening to the worst possible science fiction or fantasy novel, why his output is split between horror and science fiction (but not mysteries), the reason Brian Keene was who he wanted to be when he grew up, why almost any story would be more interesting with zombies, when you should follow and when you should break the accepted rules of writing, where he falls on the fast vs. slow zombies debate, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can eavesdrop as we down dumplings on a break from Chessiecon —<\/p>\n

1) Subscribe over at the iTunes store<\/a>, where I hope you’ll choose to also check out some of the 83 previous episodes.<\/p>\n

2) Listen to the episode via the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or stay right here and use the embed below.<\/p>\n