Karen Traviss on Writing for Gears of War (BI 44)
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Karen TravissThe thing that draws me to novels by Karen Traviss is her characters and her recent series of novels based on the popular Gears of Wars videogame delivers a character-driven story of surprising depth. In fact, even though the recently released game Gears of War 3 (also written by Traviss) brings the games to an end, Traviss is still working on the 5th and final Gears of War novel, which is scheduled for release next spring.
I was fortunate to interview Traviss last month, shortly after the release of Gears of War 3. The interview is spoiler free, but even if you don't play video games this interview will give you a new insight the role of writing in this emerging genre.
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References and Links:
- KarenTraviss.com
- Aspho Fields by Karen Traviss
- Dr. Campbell's mini-review of Hard Contact (Star Wars: Republic Commando, Book 1) by Karen Traviss
- "Mad World" video from YouTube (embedded below)
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- BI 17: Mur Lafferty, podcasting pioneer and author of Playing for Keeps
- BI 18: Tabitha Grace Smith lead writer of Buffy Between the Lines
- BI 35: Scott Sigler, best-selling author of Contagious and Galactic Football League series
- BI 38: Christiana Ellis (Nina Kimberly the Merciless) and Skyler White (and Falling, Fly)
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- Meet Dr. Campbell at SCIENCEONLINE 2012 in January 2012.
Listen to Karen Traviss (BI 44)
Episode Transcript (Free PDF)
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