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Interview with author Neil Gaiman of with Paul Fischer and Mur Lafferty
Recorded live at Balticon 40.

• Neil’s trip from Australia to Baltimore
• Lisa Snellings-Clark Guest of Honor speech
• How Neil got started writing
• Learning the writing profession as a journalist
  
• PROMO: Random Signal
• CON RULES: 4-3-2-1 rule
• Neil’s thoughts on writer’s block
• Rules for being a writer: 1) Write, 2) Deliver exactly what’s needed, 3) Deliver on time
• Juggling multiple projects at once
• PROMO: Prometheus Radio Theatre
• PROMO: The Voice of Free Planet X
• Writing Good Omens with Terry Pratchett
• Writing Anansi Boys with Lenny Henry in mind for the audio version
• Lenny Henry as Beyonce (video)
• The source for the Caribbean Islands in Anansi Boys
• The Lime
• How Neil would like to be remembered
• Thanks to Mur Lafferty – I Should Be Writing, Geek Fu Action Grip, Tricks of the Podcasting Masters
• Thanks to Steve Eley – Escape Pod
• Thanks to Mike Mennenga – Books, Dragon Page, Winging It, Slice of Sci-Fi
• Books by Neil Gaiman available on Amazon
• Opening Music by Bottomland
• Music track, “Water to the Dead” by Ego Likeness