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Page Break with Brian McClellan

Page Break is a collection of casual conversations between epic fantasy author Brian McClellan and fellow creative professionals—like two friends sitting down over lunch to discuss career, craft, family, and hobbies. Authorhood is a quiet sort of minor fame where the person behind the words is often obscured by the works they’ve created. Brian aims to use this podcast to find out more about his friends and colleagues.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
63 minutes
Episodes
75
Years Active
2021 - 2023
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Ep 51 - Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz - Video Game Narrative Designer

Ep 51 - Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz - Video Game Narrative Designer

My guest this week is video game narrative designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz! Mat is best known for his twelve years with CD Projekt Red where he worked as a quest designer and principal narrative desig…

01:04:56  |   Tue 27 Sep 2022
Ep 50 - Howard and Sandra Tayler - Comic Artist, Podcaster, Authors

Ep 50 - Howard and Sandra Tayler - Comic Artist, Podcaster, Authors

My guests this week are Howard and Sandra Tayler! Howard is best known as the writer and artist of the massively popular Schlock Mercenary webcomic, as well as one of the founding hosts of the Writin…

01:08:13  |   Tue 20 Sep 2022
Ep 49 - Ty Franck - Science Fiction Author

Ep 49 - Ty Franck - Science Fiction Author

We kick off season two with my guest science fiction author Ty Franck. Ty is best known as one half of the writing partnership James SA Corey, creators of the wonderful Expanse books and producers an…

01:03:06  |   Tue 13 Sep 2022
Ep 48 - Shanna Germain - Author, Editor, Game Designer

Ep 48 - Shanna Germain - Author, Editor, Game Designer

Brian's guest this week is author, editor, and game designer Shanna Germain! Shanna is best known as the co-founder, co-owner, and managing editor of Monte Cook Games. Over her career she’s published…

01:11:43  |   Tue 19 Jul 2022
Ep 47 - Bradley Beaulieu - Epic Fantasy Author

Ep 47 - Bradley Beaulieu - Epic Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Bradley Beaulieu! Brad is known for the Lays of Anuskaya, the Song of the Shattered Sands, and his scifi debut Absynthe under the pseudonym of Brenden P…

01:13:23  |   Tue 05 Jul 2022
Ep 46 - Stephen Blackmoore - Urban Fantasy Author

Ep 46 - Stephen Blackmoore - Urban Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is urban fantasy author Stephen Blackmoore. Stephen is best known for his acclaimed Eric Carter series about a necromancer in modern day LA. He's also written tie-in fiction f…

01:08:00  |   Tue 28 Jun 2022
Ep 45 - Brian McClellan - Epic Fantasy Author

Ep 45 - Brian McClellan - Epic Fantasy Author

Guest host Dan Wells jumps in to make this week's episode all about Brian to celebrate the launch of his new book!


Brian is best known for his Powder Mage Universe that spans six novels as well as num…

01:14:12  |   Tue 21 Jun 2022
Ep 44 - Scott Lynch - Epic Fantasy Author

Ep 44 - Scott Lynch - Epic Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Scott Lynch! Scott is the author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Lies of Locke Lamora and the follow-ups Red Seas Under Red Skies and The R…

01:22:23  |   Tue 14 Jun 2022
Ep 43 - Tim Hickson - YouTuber

Ep 43 - Tim Hickson - YouTuber

Brian's guest this week is Youtuber Tim Hickson. Tim is the owner, writer, and performer of the wildly popular Hello Future Me channel, where he breaks down plot, characters, and worldbuilding. He’s …

01:15:35  |   Tue 07 Jun 2022
Ep 42 - Cherie Priest - Horror and Steampunk Author

Ep 42 - Cherie Priest - Horror and Steampunk Author

Brian's guest this week is author Cherie Priest. Cherie is known for work that dips toes in a number of different genres, including horror, science fiction, southern gothic, fantasy, and steampunk. S…

01:13:14  |   Tue 24 May 2022
Ep 41 - John Scalzi - Science Fiction Author

Ep 41 - John Scalzi - Science Fiction Author

Brian's guest this week is science fiction author John Scalzi. John is known for a massive variety of work, including his early career as a reviewer and columnist, his bestselling breakout novel Old …

01:17:11  |   Tue 17 May 2022
Ep 40 - Katherine Arden - Fantasy Author

Ep 40 - Katherine Arden - Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is novelist Katherine Arden. Katherine is known for her Russian-inspired historical fantasy the Winternight Trilogy, which begins with The Bear and the Nightingale, and her mi…

01:00:49  |   Tue 10 May 2022
May 2022 Supplemental

May 2022 Supplemental

Hey everyone! Just a quick hello and update for everything going on in the Brianverse!


IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHTNING Preorder Campaign: https://read.macmillan.com/promo/intheshadowoflightningpreorder/

Les…

00:06:50  |   Thu 05 May 2022
Ep 39 - Brian Staveley - Epic Fantasy Author

Ep 39 - Brian Staveley - Epic Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Brian Staveley. Brian is known for his award-winning Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne, the first book of which was The Emperor’s Blades, which came out i…

01:03:30  |   Tue 03 May 2022
Ep 38 - Naomi Novik - Fantasy Author

Ep 38 - Naomi Novik - Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is fantasy author Naomi Novik! Naomi is best known for her massively successful Temeraire series in which dragons fight in the Napoleonic Wars and was, as Brian recounts in th…

01:06:07  |   Tue 12 Apr 2022
Ep 37 - Samantha Shannon - Fantasy Author

Ep 37 - Samantha Shannon - Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is fantasy author Samantha Shannon. Samantha’s career began at the age of twenty-one when she published the internationally-bestselling The Bone Season with Bloomsbury Publish…

01:17:02  |   Tue 05 Apr 2022
Ep 36 - Brandon Sanderson - Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Ep 36 - Brandon Sanderson - Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. For the very few of you who don’t know him, Brandon is one of the most prolific and successful authors working in science fiction and…

00:52:50  |   Tue 29 Mar 2022
Ep 35 - Janet Forbes - Author, Streamer, and CEO of WorldAnvil

Ep 35 - Janet Forbes - Author, Streamer, and CEO of WorldAnvil

Brian's guest this week is author and streamer Janet Forbes. Janet is the CEO of World Anvil, an online worldbuilding platform for roleplayers and writers that she founded with her husband. She also …

01:19:35  |   Tue 22 Mar 2022
Ep 34 - Evan Winter - Epic Fantasy Author

Ep 34 - Evan Winter - Epic Fantasy Author

Brian's guest this week is epic fantasy author Evan Winter. Evan is a former filmmaker whose first novel Rage of Dragons was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 best fantasy books of all time in 2020…

01:18:40  |   Tue 15 Mar 2022
March 2022 Supplemental

March 2022 Supplemental

Hey everyone! Here's your very first Page Break Supplemental - just a quick catchup of everything going on in the Brianverse at the moment.


00:07:43  |   Thu 10 Mar 2022
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