Here’s a short interview I did with Mike Zipser from Fast Forward right before the Nebulas:
This interview never appeared on the show, it was done during the Fast Forward interviewing workshop. In it, we discuss “The Fortuitous Meeting”, The Elephant and Macaw Banner series, and how my work with video games has influenced my writing.
Many thanks to Fast Forward for the workshop and for letting me put this online!
I forgot to post this one here before, there was news report that came out right before the Nebulas on RedeTV. It discusses the series and shows part of an interview with me. It’s in Portuguese, but shows my home office and a lot of artwork from the series.
I’ve been interviewed over a dozen times in Brazil this year, but this one came out on national TV and is extra special.
I just wish they hadn’t filmed me paging through a Narnia book. 🙂
There is an interview of me up at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website today, taken shortly before the Nebula Awards this year.
In the interview I discuss “Fortuitous Meeting”, my plans for The Elephant and Macaw Banner, the speculative fiction scene in Brazil and many other topics.
Many thanks to Marshall Payne and Charles Tan for organizing the interview!
The marvelous M.G. Ellington, Marketing Director and Blog Editor of Apex Book Company, interviewed me today at the Apex Book Company blog. This is the first ever interview about The Elephant and Macaw Banner, and contains a lot of information about future directions for the series.
In her introduction, M.G. writes: “Christopher Kastensmidt’s ‘The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara’ was my main reason for subscribing to Realms of Fantasy this year… Christopher gives his readers the best of both worlds. The story is a swift moving adventure, carefully constructed for a seamless flow of information that paints in the landscape and the period without bogging the reader down.”
All I can say is, “Wow, thanks!” Read the full interview here.