Star Wars: Comics In Canon Interview Special - Claudia Gray Creating New Canon Content, Talking YA Novels, Duality And More!

This week brings a special episode where Mike chats with Claudia Gray; writer of 4 canon Star Wars books (Lost Stars, Bloodline, Leia: Princess Of Alderaan and Master & Apprentice), the upcoming High Republic novel; Into The Dark and several non-Star Wars book series too! In more detail, Mike’s conversation with Claudia begins with Claudia’s writing process before going into her advice to would-be writers, her Star Wars & non-Star-Wars audiences, her recommended non-Star-Wars books, as well as relationships & duality in Star Wars, the “grey area” of good & evil in narratives, developing Amilyn Holdo’s character pre-The Last Jedi, how Claudia & Cavan Scott collaborated when making Master & Apprentice and Dooku Jedi Lost, differences in writing comics & books, Claudia’s take on what makes a “young adult” book and more! Claudia’s Site: http://www.claudiagray.com/- Twitter https://twitter.com/claudiagray– Claudia also recommended her non-Star-Wars books; the Firebird trilogy and the Constellation trilogy! Mike's reviewed Master & Apprentice on episode 28 of SWCIC too, so make sure you check that out! This episode also aired on Mike's other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show, so there’s no excuse to not check it out! Mike appeared on a recent episode of Comics On Trial, prosecuting Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker against Tony of Indie Comics Spotlight with Mike’s occasional co-host Megan as the judge (6th December): https://spoti.fi/3otJN5I Mike also appeared on the second episode of Comics On Trial, defending The Phantom Menace against Scott of 20th Century Geek – found on the feed of Comics In Motion Mike was on episode 42 of Indie Comics Spotlight, him & Tony spoke with Mark Russell, author of Second Coming & Billionaire Island, found on the feed of Comics In Motion! Mike was also on an episode of the Rob And Slim Show, released November 17th! As well as the above, Mike featured on the Scott Pilgrim Vs The World review for the TV & Movies show on Comics In Motion where he discussed the movie with Dave of CiM and Tony of Indie Comic Spotlight (dated 8th October), check it out here! Get some great deals at Humble Bundle using this link, plus you'll be supporting the shows on the Comics In Motion Network: https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner=comicsinmotion - Comics In Motion also has an excellent offer exclusively for our listeners! TKO Comics is revolutionizing the comics industry and if you go to http://tkopresents.com/discount/MOTION20 and use the promo code MOTION20 at checkout, you will receive a 20% discount exclusively for Comics in Motion listeners - happy reading! Email Mike at [email protected] or find him on social media @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram and /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!