NYT Bestseller Michelle M. Pillow on Why Romantasy Was Her Genre Before It Had a Name

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What if you’d written the perfect romantasy decades before the genre had a name — and it was only now getting the audience it deserved? That’s exactly where Michelle M. Pillow finds herself with the Tor Bramble re-release of The King of the Unblessed, Book 1 of the Realm Immortal series. NYT and USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 books, Michelle sits down with Fresh Fiction host Samantha Tennant for a wide-ranging conversation that covers everything from Goblin Kings to Viking world-building to her very specific ambition to appear as a slow-walking zombie on The Walking Dead In this episode: — How the movie Labyrinth (yes, David Bowie) sparked the entire Realm Immortal series — What it’s like re-releasing a book you wrote years ago — and why Michelle barely had to change a word — The academic background in history and cultural anthropology that shapes every world Michelle builds — Her 40+ book Qurilixen universe, the Intergalactic Dating Agency, and why her best friend Mandy Roth always gets first read — Upcoming releases: Fairy Queen (Book 2), the missing triplet story in the Cruelix world, and the expanded Galaxy Mates series — Fresh Fiction Facts: zombie extras, Munchums chips, dog-eared books (don’t you dare), and the Jane Austen scene that changed everything Find Michelle at michellepillow.com and michellepillowbooks.com, and join her Pillow Fighter Fan Club on Facebook. The Fresh Fiction Podcast is your home for romance, fantasy, and everything in between — straight from the authors who write the books you love.

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