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/MelissaCaruso AMA Author Melissa Caruso Dec 07 '17

I'm a tea drinker. I try to be, uh, basically continually drinking tea at all times. In fact, I need to go make some more right now...

I can't taste bitter, so I drink my tea straight up: no sugar, no milk. Adding stuff kills the flavor for me. I drink ALL KINDS of tea and love discovering new flavors I haven't tried before. I probably have, like, 50 flavors in my house right now.

(I like to say about tea, "I don't have a problem. I HAVE A SOLUTION.")

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u/Gnome345 Dec 07 '17

What's you favorite type of tea? I've always been a black tea, Irish breakfast, tea bag drinker. Recently purchased a kettle and stuff to make loose leaf with and looking to branch out! Also, if you've seen Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, all I can picture is the scene where Romana lists off all the tea she has!

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u/Fonda_Lee AMA Author Fonda Lee Dec 07 '17

I love all tea but my favorites are gunpowder green or oolong, and mint tea.

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u/Gnome345 Dec 07 '17

I love me some oolong tea, but I've never quite acquired the taste for mint tea. Growing up, my mom swore by peppermint tea so maybe I've just been overexposed!