This week Don is invited into the home of Michael A. Stackpole to discuss a range of topics from podcasting and gaming to Mike’s writing career. Mike has been a huge help and inspiration for many of us and it is with great pleasure we are able to share him with you today. Mike will be helping us again by organizing a podcasting booth at Origins (booth 123), so be sure to stop by and visit us there!

Mike has written a number of best sellers and won a variety of awards. A lot of these are listed on his web site where you will also find novels in the universes of BattleTech and Star Wars, and others that are mentioned during the show. He has just finished The New World: Book Three in The Age of Discovery. Mike hosts The Secretes Podcast on how to write and just started co-hosting the Dragon Page’s Cover to Cover with news and reviews in sci-fi literature.

One of Mike’s most recent works include the podcasting of his novel, Fortress Draconis (The DragonCrown War Cycle, Book 1). We are enjoying this novel and invite you to listen along with us. The wild lands are quite a challenge for a young thief that has never been outside of the city. The theme and bridge music was written by Nuada.