Lasers Dragons And Keyboards
Brings you up-and-coming and established authors of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction in fun episodes. For both fans of the genre as well as writers.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 113
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
LDK S4 E6 - Kara Swanson
Today we had Kara Swanson, author of the Heirs of Neverland books, on the show! This SoCal native enjoys running the Authors Conservatory, the writers school she co-founded, and is hard at work at a …
LDK S4 E5: The Return of the Slytherin
We are absolutely delighted to have back on our show Becky Dean! Becky, also known as B.L. Dean, is the author of her debut space opera novel, Rogue Pursuit, which released in March. In today's podca…
LDK S4 E4: What's His Name Again? Oh, Right. It's Aaron!
Under the guise of testing some borked settings, we reinterviewed our very own Aaron DeMott who just released his third novel, "Etherno 2: Catgirl Overload". We discuss everything from needing to do …
S4 Ep 3 - Dawn Shipman
We have with us Josh's aunt this episode, the amazing Dawn Shipman! Dawn Shipman is an award-winning author whose fantasy stories bristle with believable characters fighting fierce battles in stran…
LOST EPISODE: Post-Apoc and UF worldbuilding with Josh Chadd
This is a lost episode! The producer has no idea what we discussed, but it's with Josh Chadd. He's awesome. Listen, buy his books, you know the deal. Joshua C Chadd's Website Find Joshua C. Chadd's…
LDK S4 Ep. 2: Becky Dean
Today, we talk to Becky Dean, author of debut YA Romance novel Love and Other Great Expectations. Not our normal fare, but Becky is completely awesome and also about to release a series of Space Oper…
LDK S4 Ep. 1 - Travis Inman
We're BACK! And we've got Travis W. Inman with us, discussing his newest book, Chrome World.
Travis W. Inman grew up in the ranch country of West Texas and worked as a cowboy for his first 20 years.…
S3 E1 - Pineapple Ice Cream and You
We're back in the saddle again with award winning author Steve Rzasa! Check out our chat as we discuss the life a librarian, cool cover designs, and working with a collaborator.
LDK - THE LOST EPISODES - Ep 1 with Amy Brock McNew
In our "lost episodes" files, we interview UF and Paranormal Romance author, Amy Brock McNew.
LDK S2 Ep 3 - Plan For Your Success
Due to a Midwestern snowstorm, Liberty was unable to join Aaron & Josh in this spectacular interview with sci-fi legend, Nick Cole. A former soldier and actor, Nick shares insights into his writing p…
LDK S2 Ep2: The Bleeding Will Eventually Stop
We sat down and discussed Jason Joyner's debut novel, Launch. As well as what led to the creation of the Realm Makers Consortium in 2015, and how great it is to be a part of a writing community that …
LDK S2 Ep 1 - Dinosaurs, Soda Pop, & Snot
We sat down with J.J. Johnson, author of Iggy & Oz: The Plastic Dinos of Doom this week on LDK! We discussed the challenges of writing for middle grade, giant snot blobs, and insights into marketing…
LDK S2 Ep 0 - Just a Few Technical Difficulties (re-meet the hosts!)
We're excited to be re-launching the podcast! And today, we did a test run of our new recording setup. Be sure to join us on Twitch.tv/LDK_Podcast for future episodes!
LDK 77 - The History of Fantasy
We were delighted to have with us NYT bestselling author, Ed Greenwood, on this week's episode of the show! For those not in the know, Mr. Greenwood is the creator of The Forgotten Realms.
Note to li…
LDK 76 - Intellectual Property Law with Steven Fairchild
We've got some great insight into intellectual property law with attorney Steve Fairchild. It may sound boring, but as authors, it's important we understand at least a little bit about the law.
We st…
LDK 75 - Alien Artifacts with K.M. Dailey
We sit down with physics teacher by day, thriller author by night, Kayla--K.M.--Dailey this episode. K.M. is the winner of our flash short story contest with Laura VanArendonk Baugh to write a short …
LDK 74 - Don't Ask Permission To Create Art
This week we have hopeless romantic, H.L. (Heidi) Burke on the show. She's totally obsessed with dragons, but we know a few people who also are, so we won't hold it against her.
In episode 74:
- Th…
LDK 73 - Coiled with H.L. Burke
This week we have hopeless romantic, H.L. (Heidi) Burke on the show. She's totally obsessed with dragons, but we know a few people who also are, so we won't hold it against her.
In episode 73:
- We di…
LDK 72 - Exploring Splickety Publishing Group
We have Andrew Winch on this week, who is the executive editor with Splickety Publishing group where he's worked with a whole host of authors including Jerry B. Jenkins, Tosca Lee, and Robert Liparul…