What happens when you take a warrior culture inspired by the samurai and transport it into the distant future? That’s…
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Samurai in Space: A Conversation with Dawn Ross
Tags: author interview, author podcast, Beyond the Page, book marketing, character development, character driven science fiction, Dawn Ross, independent publishing, indie author, page chewing, samurai science fiction, sci-fi author, science fiction, science fiction books, space opera, Starfire Dragons, worldbuilding, writing advice, writing science fiction -
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Beyond the Page #16: A Union Workers Space Opera with Liam Begley
What happens when a space opera focuses not on emperors or chosen heroes, but on the workers keeping an interstellar…
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Beyond the Page Episode 11 | Darlene Franklin Campbell on Fantasy, Mythology & the Stories That Shape Us
What if the greatest battles we fight aren’t against monsters, but ourselves? That idea sits at the core of my…
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Beyond the Page #8 | Robert Riley on Epic Fantasy, Worldbuilding & the Cost of Leadership
In this episode of Beyond the Page, I had the pleasure of speaking with fantasy author Robert Riley, whose debut…
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Beyond the Page #7 | Richard Spegal on Dark Fantasy, Military Service & Writing Characters That Feel Real
For the eighth episode of Beyond the Page, I sat down with Richard Spegal, author of the Eternal Knights series,…
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Beyond the Page #1 | T.J. Cooper on Epic Fantasy, Self-Publishing & A Shadows Vendetta
Today marks the launch of a brand-new series here at Page Chewing: Beyond the Page. While Page Chewing has always…
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Page Burners: Gardens of the Moon | Malazan Podcast Episode Guide
Page Burners is our ongoing group-read podcast series where we dive deep into major works of fantasy and speculative fiction—one…
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Tad Williams on Tropes, Tolkien, and Telling Better Stories | Friday Conversation 158
Tad Williams on Fantasy, Tropes, and the Art of Subversion | Friday Conversation What does it mean to write fantasy…
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A War to End All by Michael R. Fletcher & Clayton Snyder – Chapter by Chapter Podcast Discussion | Page Chewing
Final Discussion and Author Conversation The conclusion of The Manifest Delusions trilogy arrives with A War to End All, a…
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Steve
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Hi, I’m Steve. Page Chewing is my corner of the internet for exploring fantasy, horror, film, comics, and classics through podcasts, articles, and conversations about the stories that stay with us long after the final page.









