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Writers, After Dark #29: Megan O’Keefe On writing space opera, and unreliable narrators

Writers, After Dark #29: Megan O’Keefe On writing space opera, and unreliable narrators

by Summer Brooks | August 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Fantasy and science fiction author Megan O’Keefe stops by to talk about her newest novel, the space opera epic Velocity Weapon.

She talks about finding the voice for the story, and playing with reader expectations by hiding who the unreliable narrator may or may not be, and much more.

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Website: meganokeefe.com
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  • Summer Brooks
    Summer Brooks

    Summer Brooks enjoys putting her additiocn to sci-fi & horror stories to good use in interviewing guests. She is a long-time podcaster, in several roles (co-host , host and producer) for Slice of SciFi since 2005, as co-host for The Babylon Podcast since 2006, and host of Writers, After Dark since 2018.

    She is an avid reader and writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of publishing credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing a graphic novel urban fantasy, and a B-movie creature feature.

    Summer also does story narrations for Tales to Terrify, StarShip Sofa, and Escape Pod, among others.

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