{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/62bdcd4369dac800135fbd4f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 112 - Martha Wells talks about writing The Murderbot Diaries, how they saved her writing career, and more!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/1646909684513-1d45e6ab25ff65ecd91dc0741fca54d8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Martha Wells has been an SF/F writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993, and her work includes&nbsp;<em>The Books of the Raksura</em>&nbsp;series,&nbsp;<em>The Death of the Necromancer</em>, the&nbsp;<em>Fall of Ile-Rien</em>&nbsp;trilogy,&nbsp;<em>The Murderbot Diaries</em>&nbsp;series, media tie-in fiction for&nbsp;<em>Star Wars</em>,&nbsp;<em>Stargate: Atlantis</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Magic: the Gathering</em>, as well as short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, and Locus Awards, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, the&nbsp;<em>USA Today</em>&nbsp;Bestseller List, and the&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;Bestseller List. Her books have been published in twenty-two languages.</p><p><br></p><p>We loved chatting with Martha about her writing career, hearing how she first broke in, and how she coped when she suddenly found it difficult to get published. We hear how <em>The Murderbot Diaries</em> helped her come back from that, chat to her about writing novellas, hear how she wrote for <em>Magic: The Gathering</em>, <em>Star Wars</em>, <em>Stargate </em>and more! Plus - we get an update on the Murderbot TV series!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martha-Wells/e/B000APZA1O\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Martha's books now!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.marthawells.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Martha's website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/marthawells1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Martha on Twitter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Page One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ukPageOne</a></p><p>Follow us on Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/ukPageOne</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ukPageOne</a></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}