OK, it’s officially Saturday, so this is going up late. Earlier in the day I had believed that there was some error in a plugin I was trying to utilize, but I have since realized that the error was, in fact, my own stupidity…

I am confident this surprises no one.

Anyway, this is the inaugural edition of Random Acts of Insightfulness, the Normality Restored interview series.

Our first guest is none other than James Blaylock, World Fantasy Award and Philip K Dick Award winner, as well as a someone I consider to be a personal mentor.

The entire interview is just over 45 minutes, and so I have chopped it into four easily digestible mp3 files.

Topics discussed include writing (of course), William Ashbless, Steam Punk, the usefulness of MFA programs, carpentry and Czech film directors.

Enjoy!

I’ll point out that my voice is much easier to hear in this interview because (again, stupidity) I had the mic facing me and not set in a neutral position…live and learn I suppose…

My hope is that this will turn into a somewhat regular feature. I have already confirmed installment number 2, but there has not, as yet, been a date set to conduct said installment, so stay tuned…

Hey there faithful Normalinauts and (hopefully) others. Continuing with our theme of actually doing stuff this week (remember, there’s a comic in the offing for tomorrow…), here is installment numero dos of Random Acts of Insightfulness and our guest this time is Tim Powers. I have often made mention of my admiration for Mr. Powers and…ahem…may have taken it too far at times…but he agreed to sit down with me in any event. Once again I have cut the interview up into parts.

Topics discussed include writing methods, Philip K Dick, the neuroses and nature of writers, German soup advertisements, The Anubis Gates, and the Oprah Book Club.

Once again, enjoy!

If you have issues with the podcast…I’m not saying it is your own fault…but you can always download the mp3’s here…