It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Van Allen Plexico!

Lance Star: Sky Ranger author, Van Allen Plexico was interviewed by Lance Star: Sky Ranger Author, Sean Taylor at his Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action blog. http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/

Van Allen Plexico knows genre writing. And he knows that genre isn't a dirty word in writing circles. From space adventure to superhero epics to football nonfiction, Van's done it all.


Needless to say, it's an honor he set aside a few minutes to chat with us here at Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action.

You can read the full interview at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-bird-its-plane-its-van-allen.html

LANCE STAR WRITERS TAKE ON THE THUNDER ON MARS

Ron Fortier reviews Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars, which features contributions by several Lance star: Sky Ranger creators. Created by Van Allen Plexico, Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars features stories by Van, Bobby Nash, Ian Watson, Sean Taylor, Mark Bousquet, Joe Crowe, and James Palmer. Interior art by Chris Kohler. Cover art by James Burns.

Read the full review at http://www.pulpfictionreviews.blogspot.com/2012/02/blackthorn-thunder-on-mars.html

BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS was alos nominated for some Pulp Ark Awards, including...

WINNER OF THE 2012 PULP ARK AWARD FOR BEST NEW PULP CHARACTER- John Blackthorn Created by Van Allen Plexico (White Rocket Books)

2012 PULP ARK AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PULP COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY.

2012 PULP ARK AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PULP COVER ART - James Burns

2012 PULP ARK AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PULP INTERIOR ART - Chris Kohler

Congratulations to the Blackthorn team.

BOBBY NASH RETURNS! A NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW POSTED!

Lance Star: Sky Ranger writer, Bobby Nash was interviewed by Susan Whitfield for her author’s blog at http://susanwhitfield.blogspot.com/

An excerpt:
Bobby Nash has been on the blog before and it's a pleasure to have him back.

Bobby, welcome back. You've been busy since last we spoke. Please give readers a brief bio and tell us something about yourself that might surprise us.

Susan, it's always great to visit your blog.

You can read the complete interview at http://susanwhitfield.blogspot.com/2012/02/bobby-nash-returns.html

Please leave a comment or question after the interview and Bobby will answer them as well.

About Susan Whitfield:
North Carolina mystery writer, Susan Whitfield, interviews and showcases other writers from around the globe and discusses the writing process. Her published books include Genesis Beach, Just North of Luck, Hell Swamp, and Sin Creek, in print or digital formats. Killer Recipes, a unique cookbook by mystery writers, is also available. For more information, go to www.susanwhitfieldonline.com where you can purchase signed copies, or to online stores for unsigned copies. http://susanwhitfield.blogspot.com/

Visit Bobby Nash at http://www.bobbynash.com/

RESEARCHING LANCE STAR

Over on his Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action blog, Sean Taylor talks about the research that goes into writing a Lance Star: Sky Ranger tale. You can read Sean's post at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-89.html

New Pulp’s Table Talk: Questions From Readers IV

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Table Talk, the column where three New Pulp authors talk about whatever questions happen to teleport through the quantum pockets of their nebulous imaginations. This week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Mike Bullock dig into the mailbag and respond to more questions from you, the readers.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Questions From Readers IV is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/02/table-talk-questions-from-readers-iv.html

Join the conversation. Leave us a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts on this topic. We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions.

Have a question you want the Table Talk Trio to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns.

Follow the Table Talk Trio on Twitter @BarryReesePulp @BobbyNash @MikeABullock and Facebook.

Earth Station One Episode 99: And So It Begins

This week, Bobby Nash takes command and we travel to deep space to visit the station known as the “last, best hope for peace.” The name of the place is Babylon 5! Writer Van Allen Plexico joins the crew to discuss this landmark series. We also strap Tommy Hancock and Matthew Moring to the Geek Seat and they reveal the new line of books from Pulp Obscura. Plus, Scott Viguie reports on Gallifrey One!

Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station One Podcast we like to call: And So It Begins at http://www.esopodcast.com/.
Direct link: http://erthstationone.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/earth-station-one-episode-99-and-so-it-begins/

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:03:47 Rants & Raves
0:32:56 Pulp Obsura Guys in the Geek Seat
1:05:45 Babylon 5
2:17:36 Khan Report
2:27:26 Gallifrey One w/ Scott Viguie
2:47:29 Shout Outs
2:54:43 Show Close

Khan! Report
Feb 24-26 AnachroCon (Atlanta, GA)

Feb 24-26 GalaxyFest (Colorado Springs, CO)
Feb 24-26 Image Comics Expo (Oakland, CA)
Feb 25-26 London Super Comic Convention
Mar 9-11 Days of the Dead: Atlanta
Mar 10-11 Metropolis Supercon
Mar 16-18 MomoCon (Atlanta, GA)
Mar 16-18 WonderCon (Anaheim, CA)
Mar 18 Joelanta (Atlanta, GA)
Mar 23-25 Mad Monster Party (Charlotte, NC)
Mar 30-Apr 1 Emerald City Comicon
Apr 6-8 Marcon (Columbus, OH)

If you would like to leave feedback or a comment on the show please call the ESO feedback line at (404)963-9057 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ esopodcast@gmail.com

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Next on Earth Station One...

Next week, Earth Station One turns 100. That’s right. ESO reaches episode 100 and we’ve invited some of our friends to stop by the station for a night of fun, friendship, and discussions of all things geeky. Special guests Mark Maddox, Anthony Taylor, Peter Cutler, and Doctor Q join Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, and Bobby Nash for a 100th episode celebration.

At the episode 100 recording...

We would love to hear from you. What are some of your favorite memories from the first 100 episodes? Let us know at http://www.esopodcast.com/, at the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your list. We might just read yours on the show. Or just call us up and say hi.

The ESO Crew
http://www.esopodcast.com/

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Turning the Table

Those of you who follow the Table Talk column at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ know we run a regular "Questions from the Reader" segment every few weeks. Well, the guys like the interaction so much (let's face it, sitting in an office with nothing but you and your imaginary friends can make a writer very lonely) they decided to try a new spin on it.

This week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Mike Bullock decided to turn the tables on you, the reader, and pose questions for you to answer. Please pick one (or more) question(s) and respond in the comment field at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/02/table-talk-turning-table.html. When responding, please let the guys know to which question you're replying so as to avoid confusing them more than life in general already has.

Question #1 (Bobby Nash): There has been a lot of discussion lately on the appeal of pulp and new pulp to modern audiences? What makes you, the reader, want to pick up a classic pulp or new pulp book? Is it characters, publisher, creators, cover art, or something else? What are you looking for in your pulp tales?

Question #2 (Mike Bullock): What do you prefer reading, existing characters in all new stories, or all new characters in new adventures? Or, a mixture of both? Please explain why.

Question #3 (Barry Reese): Are there any genres you feel are currently being neglected in New Pulp? If so, what would you like to see and in what format?

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Turning the Table is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/02/table-talk-turning-table.html

Join the conversation. Leave us a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts on this topic. We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions.

Have a question you want the Table Talk Trio to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns.

Follow the Table Talk Trio on Twitter @BarryReesePulp @BobbyNash @MikeABullock and Facebook.

READY ON THE FLIGHT LINE!

Accomplished a good bit of writing today. Wrote over 3,000 words to finish up the Lance Star: Sky Ranger novella and essay. Sent off to editor. Now a bit of rest, and hopefully get rid of this headache, before we record this week's Earth Station One podcast.


Bobby

COMICS ON THE FLIGHT LINE - LANCE STAR TAKES TO THE SKIES AGAIN!

Art: Aaron Meade

For Immediate Release

Bobby Nash Presents Lance Star in “Wing Tips and Neck Ties” – a new comic book short by Sean Taylor and Aaron Meade coming to All-Star Pulp Comics #2!

February 3, 2012

Atlanta, GA – Fans of Lance Star’s recent comic book story “One-Shot” who have been anticipating a new sequential adventure with the high-flying pulp hero can rest easy now. Bobby Nash presents a new story by writer Sean Taylor (Gene Simmons Dominatrix, Classics Mutilated, Robots vs. Zombies: This Means War!) and artist Aaron Meade (Pandemonium: Evil Incarnate).

Art: Aaron Meade

The tale, entitled “Wing Tips and Neck Ties,” brings Lance back into action with the mysterious Monique San Diablo, the Saint Devil, who appeared recently in the Lance Star: Sky Ranger Volume 3 prose anthology from Airship 27 and Cornerstone Books. In this new adventure, Lance and Monique hit the skies to capture a serial killer with a unique murder weapon – his airplane!

“I’m thrilled that Bobby trusts us to take Lance back into the skies in this illustrated tale. It’s got all the fun stuff I enjoy reading and writing and looking at – high flying stunts, a beautiful woman, and even a dead guy swinging from a plane thrown in for good measure. What’s not to love?” says Taylor. “And I’m thrilled to see Aaron’s take on Lance and Monique. He definitely has a Silver-Age way of thinking that’s evident in his art, and it’s a perfect fit for a good-ol’-fashioned man of action like Lance Star.”

“One of the joys of the Lance Star: Sky Ranger series of comic books and prose anthologies is seeing how different writers handle the characters. When Sean told me his idea for this story I was excited to see it,” says Bobby Nash. “And now that I’ve seen the first page of art I’m even more excited.”

For more information about Bobby Nash and Lance Star, visit http://www.bobbynash.com/ and http://www.lance-star.com/.

For more information about Sean Taylor, visit http://www.taylorverse.com/ or his writing blog at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/.

For more information and artwork from Aaron Meade, visit www.myspace.com/aaronmeade.

Click on images for a larger view.

Playing in the Sky Ranger Sandbox...

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/

Reposted from Sean Taylor's Writing Blog - Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action. In this latest
The Writer Will Take Your Questions Now (#67) culumn, Sean answers the question of writing other people's characters, or as he calls it, playing in sandboxes. He mentions his work on Lance Star: Sky Ranger in his answer.

The Writer Will Take Your Questions Now (#67) -- Playing in Sandboxes


Question: What is more fun and rewarding for you, writing your own characters or writing characters you've been given from someone else?

Read Sean's answer at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-67.html