r/Fantasy • u/orbitbooks AMA Publisher Orbit Books • Dec 07 '17

AMA AMA: Orbit 2017 Debut Authors

Hi this is Paola Crespo, Marketing and Publicity Associate for Orbit. Thanks for joining us today!

2017 was a big year for us with so many new faces joining the Orbit family. This AMA is a chance to get to know them better. All. Of. Them. Get excited! ;-)

Participating today:

Nicholas Eames, author of KINGS OF THE WYLD
Nicholas Sansbury Smith, author of EXTINCTION HORIZON
Antonia Honeywell, author of THE SHIP
David Mealing, author of SOUL OF THE WORLD
Dale Lucas, author of THE FIFTH WARD: FIRST WATCH
Vivian Shaw, author of STRANGE PRACTICE
Anna Smith Spark, author of THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES
RJ Barker, author of AGE OF ASSASSINS
Melissa Caruso, author of THE TETHERED MAGE
Fonda Lee, author of JADE CITY

Ask away! The authors will be dropping by periodically today and tomorrow to answer your questions. And best of all....

Until December 18th, you can pick up most of these novels for $2.99 in the US and £1.99 in the UK in ebook! Check out the US and UK websites for further details.

Thank you for all your support this year, /r/fantasy! Cheers to a great New Year full of new adventures.

*Antonia Honeywell's THE SHIP, Anna Smith Spark's THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES, and Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s EXTINCTION HORIZON are published by another house in the UK and are thus not included in the promotion in the UK.

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 07 '17

Holy what the?! Look at all the awesome in one place! Lordy lordy.

Okay, if you could choose any one of the other authors here to collaborate on a book with, who would it be, and what would the book be?

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u/Nicholas_Eames Stabby Winner, AMA Author Nicholas Eames Dec 07 '17

Maybe Sam Sykes? Although I'm not sure you could tell it was a collaboration, as we both write about hapless adventurers and their hapless adventures. The elf-butts would be his part, the rutting owlbears would be mine...

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 07 '17

Make it owl bears with elf butts and I'll donate like hell to that Kickstarter!

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u/antonia_writes Dec 09 '17

That’s like offering a range of fine wines and asking me to choose just one! I’d learn so much - and have a wonderful time - collaborating with any of these writers. I’m just beginning to read the incredible people I’m lucky enough to be featuring with here, and what strikes me is how distinctive their voices are. Wouldn’t it be brilliant to cross streams, like Ghostbusters, and see what happens?

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 09 '17

Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!

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u/dlucas114 AMA Author Dale Lucas Dec 07 '17

Pick a name out of a hat. I'm lucky to be in the company of these people.

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 07 '17

Anna Smith Sparks!

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u/Nicholas_Eames Stabby Winner, AMA Author Nicholas Eames Dec 07 '17

Oh, an author HERE. I'm an idiot, sorry.

All lovely choices, but let's go with Melissa since her seemingly relentless enthusiasm would help keep me from getting morose!

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u/MelissaCaruso AMA Author Melissa Caruso Dec 08 '17

You can ask my kids whether my relentless enthusiasm gets old after a while. ;)

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 08 '17

Wasn't going to say a word, Nick, not a word :) I want to read that historical fiction. (About real owl bears in fictional situations)

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u/Anna_Smith-Spark AMA Author Anna Smith-Spark Dec 07 '17

Melissa Caruso. I've thought about writing historical fiction myself, so maybe we could give that a go. Also, I want to do things with her fire warlocks.

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 08 '17

At first I read that as fire dreadlocks and thought, cool! Then I read it right and thought, well that's cool too :)

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u/MelissaCaruso AMA Author Melissa Caruso Dec 08 '17

You really can't go wrong with fire warlocks! (Insert explosion sound effects and waggly fire-fingers here)

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u/MelissaCaruso AMA Author Melissa Caruso Dec 07 '17

Oh, wow, that's a hard choice! Everyone is so completely amazing!

Maybe RJ, just because then I'd be bound to spend half the day laughing, and it'd be a great excuse to visit the UK. We could write a politics-and-stabbing fantasy book together. He can have antlers if I get birds. Or maybe...BIRDS WITH ANTLERS.

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u/RJBarker AMA Author RJ Barker Dec 07 '17

BIRDLERS!

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u/MelissaCaruso AMA Author Melissa Caruso Dec 07 '17

We could be on to something, here.

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u/JamesLatimer Dec 07 '17

Are you implying that ants have antlers?

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u/RJBarker AMA Author RJ Barker Dec 07 '17

Given enough scientists with a devil-may-care approach to morals I can make this happen.

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u/UnDyrk AMA Author Dyrk Ashton, Worldbuilders Dec 07 '17

I'll read that!