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The Nerd Count podcast discusses all things nice and nerdy: science fiction, fantasy, horror, the weird, the strange & unusual, books, comics, film, and TV. We discuss writing, editing, submitting, and publishing, living as writers, balancing full-time work, writing groups, workshops, and more. Hosted by Mercurio D. Rivera and Matthew Kressel.
Unknown Host hosts The Nerd Count Podcast, a arts show with 10 episodes published.
In our long-awaited 18th episode, we come to you live from (and on the way to!) Readercon 35, held in Burlington, Massachusetts, from July 9-12, 2026. We had the pleasure of interviewing ten different people, and we aske
In our 17th episode, we welcome back the many talented A.C. Wise. In this episode, we talk to Alison about Readercon parties, how we first met, growing up in Canada, getting a gold medal in rowing, working a full-time da
In our 16th episode of The Nerd Count Podcast, we welcome Theresa DeLucci to talk about the inside secrets of the publishing industry. We talk about how she got started working in publishing as a marketer, how people are
For our 15th episode, we welcome author and teacher Kate Maruyama. In this episode, we discuss how we met through her mother, writer Kit Reed, Readercon experiences, how she ended up in L.A., working for Sylvester Stallo
In our 14th episode, we welcome the multitalented actor, author, and filmmaker Shiva Kumar! We speak with Shiva about The Lanka Chronicles, growing up in different countries, his childhood as an “outsider”, going to boar
In our long-awaited thirteenth episode, we welcome Fran Wilde, whose most recent work is her collection A Catalog of Storms, from Fairwood Press. In this episode we discuss where we first met Fran, her recent reading at
In our 12th episode, we welcome Carlos Hernandez, award-winning writer of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, and the Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria, writer for Marvel Comics’ c
In our 11th episode, we invite Adrian M. Gibson to talk about burst pipes, hosting podcasts, the art of the interview, starting the SFF Addicts podcast, working with partners, writing masterclasses, paying it forward, wr
In our tenth episode, your fellow nerds Mercurio and Matt discuss the topic du jour: Writing and AI! We discuss common misconceptions about writing, such as the misapprehension that the work is merely coming up with a go
In our ninth episode, we interview the multi-talented Clay McLeod Chapman. We discuss Halloween costumes, writing for Marvel and Spider Man, writing middle grade books for Disney, writing comics and graphic novels, creat
In our eighth episode, we interview the spectacular Jason Sanford, and we talk with him about getting exposed to the genre through his grandfather, early sales, getting pulled out of the slush pile, stories in Interzone,
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