397: Archives, Fandoms, and Committing Your Obsessions - Interview with Isaac Fellman

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Isaac Fellman.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Isaac is the author of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dead Collections</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, as well as</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Breath of the Sun</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(published under his pre-transition first name), which won the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for queer science fiction, fantasy, and horror.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">By day he</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is an archivist at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco. Today we’re talking about his latest book,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dead Collections</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which will be out on February 22 (so, in less than one week!).</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Isaac Fellman and I discuss:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he used his day job as an archivist as a metaphor for his characters.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why you should consider writing fanfiction to develop your writing skills.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">His approach to exploring bigger topics in his writing and why he finds the challenge fun.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> <em>Plus, his #1 tip for writers.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more info and show notes: <a href="https://diymfa.com/podcast/episode-397-isaac-fellman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diymfa.com/397</a></span></p>