We talk to author Jo de-Lancey about many things, of which several are video games and films, but we do squeeze in some book chat. Plus, Dave’s back! and together we aim to pressgang Jo (in the nicest possible way) into attending Glasgow Fantasycon.

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Find out more about Jo de-Lancey here: https://jodelancey.com

Find Jo’s books on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Jodelanceyauthor

Visit David’s website: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/

And Robin’s: https://robincmduncan.com/

Time stamps

(00:45) Jo and Jo’s books

(02:20) Final Fantasy VII and VIII, and Pong

(06:50) back to Jo’s authoring

(10:05) second book / the accident / the impact

(17:55) Jo’s writing process / reapproach to Book 2

(19:25) wrestling the draft in a barn

(21:30) being ready / the old man was right

(24:00) film chat / “Nic Cage action”

(25:45) confidence vs ‘the syndrome’

(28:35) where to find Jo’s books / “they’re quite pirate-y”

(32:10) Katie reviews The Bone Raiders, Jackson Ford

(33:50) Monkey Island / trips to Cornwall

(35:05) DNFing The Windwaker

(36:06) Killian’s origin story

(39:00) casting the movie

(40:20) let’s play “Robin can’t pronounce…”

(41:56) plans for Book 3 / character behaving

(45:45) American Fiction (the movie) / Aftersun

(48:35) sweet emotion… and rum

(50:35) Jo’s convention plans

(52:20) an impression of Jo’s books