Interview with Kristin Centorcelli (My Bookish Ways, SF Signal)


Originally posted on S.C. Flynn:
This morning I’m going to be chatting with Kristin Centorcelli, Editor in Chief at My Bookish Ways, Associate Editor at SF Signal, and reviewer at Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. SCy-Fy: You write for two very busy genre blogs, Kristin. How do you organise your time? KC: Coffee first,…

SFF Interview Index


The 200th post on this blog is an early piece of new year’s resolution-satisfaction. I promised myself that in 2016 I would finally compile and publish a complete index of my series of interviews with SFF bloggers and other genre people that concluded six months ago. At last, links to all 102 of them are set out… Continue reading SFF Interview Index

102 Genre Interviews


Hi everybody. As anticipated, my recent move from Italy to Dublin to take up a demanding new day job has greatly cut down my blogging activity. But there’s a post that I simply must write. Anyone who is familiar with my blog will know that from December 2014 to July 2015, I published a large… Continue reading 102 Genre Interviews

Back to the Land of my (great-great-great-grand) Fathers


There are big changes underway here at SCy-Fy. To take up a new day job I have just moved countries, from Italy to Ireland. My family left Ireland four generations and 160 years ago and I am the first to return. To celebrate this, the look of the blog has changed from Italian azzurro to… Continue reading Back to the Land of my (great-great-great-grand) Fathers

Interview with The Quiet Fantasy Book Blog


Today’s guest is Ferg at the Quiet Fantasy Book Blog. SCy-Fy: How do you plan your posts, Ferg? QFBB: If I am doing a review, I plan out my thoughts on paper first. I have a simple format, breaking down the book review into four categories: likes, dislikes, thoughts and summary. If I have the… Continue reading Interview with The Quiet Fantasy Book Blog

Interview with Let’s Read


My guest today is SFF BookTuber Brock from Let’s Read. SCy-Fy: How do you prepare for a show, Brock? LR:  First I have to make sure certain people are unconscious, meaning I put the kids to sleep. The room where I shoot doesn’t receive much light at any time of day, so a few work… Continue reading Interview with Let’s Read

Interview with Luke Brown (SFFWorld)


Welcome to the 100th in this series of interviews with science fiction and fantasy bloggers, podcasters, booktubers and magazines. That’s a lot of questions and answers! Thanks to all the interviewees and also to all the readers who have followed me. There’s a heat wave in Europe at the moment, so I have drifted down… Continue reading Interview with Luke Brown (SFFWorld)

Interview with Joe Sherry (Adventures in Reading)


I’m talking with Joe Sherry, who has been writing for far too long at Adventures in Reading. His reviews and articles have appeared in Fantasy Magazine, The Sacramento Book Review, and Speculative Fiction 2014. SCy-Fy: Joe, you are one of the veterans of genre blogging. JS: Let’s just say that I’ve been doing this for… Continue reading Interview with Joe Sherry (Adventures in Reading)

Interview with A.J. Blakemont


My guest today is A.J. Blakemont, novelist, essayist, and blogger. SCy-Fy: What is a typical day for you, A.J.? AJB: Mornings are usually devoted to creative writing. That would include my novels, essays and blog posts (in this order of priority). In the afternoon, I like to take a critical look at what I wrote… Continue reading Interview with A.J. Blakemont