The Wrath of the iOtians
Jake and Ron are two Gen X friends who discuss fantasy, horror and science-fiction books, movies and streaming shows with their unique insight and quirky sense of humor. They also interview amazing authors such as World Fantasy Award and Locus Award winner Fonda Lee, Bram Stoker Award winners Jonathan Maberry, Christopher Golden and Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestseller Jason Pargin, JS Dewes, Sylvain Neuvel, Edward Ashton, Juliette Wade, Marina Lostetter and many more! Subscribe and join the hundreds of other listeners from around the world. Jake and Ron have known each other since their college days in Boston. Jake is a lifelong fantasy, horror, and science-fiction fan and has an extensive background working in independent bookstores and publishing in the Boston area. Ron grew up loving comic books, Star Trek, Star Wars and RPG. He is currently a project manager in technology in the Seattle area. Both are big fans of Dune and Twin Peaks. Subscribe on all major podcast platforms. Twitter: @OfiOtians, Instagram: @thewrathoftheiotians, Email: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.com
The Wrath of the iOtians
Interview with Sarah Tolmie, Author of All the Horses of Iceland
Jake and Ron chat with the award-winning poet and author Sarah Tolmie about her novella All the Horses of Iceland
Sarah Tolmie, the author of All of the Horses in Iceland, can be described in many ways:
Intelligent: She is a trained medievalist with advanced degrees from University of Toronto and Cambridge and is a professor at the University of Waterloo.
Versatile: Sarah is a published poet and author of short stories, novels, and novellas.
Unique: Her body of work is not easily classified.
Resilient: As a mom to a new baby and toddler, and a professor working diligently for tenure, Sarah wrote her novel, The Stone Boatmen, while riding on a bus during her long commute to and from work.
Inspiring: The Stone Boatmen was passed over by publishers for close to two years. As you’ll hear in this interview, Sarah decided to take incredible, proactive steps on her own, and soon afterward, she was a published writer. All struggling, unpublished writers should listen to Sarah tell this story.
We don’t think it’s a coincidence that these are the same characteristics found in Icelandic Horses. We spoke to Sarah at her home in Kitchener, Ontario in Canada.
Sarah Tolmie Web Site: http://sarahtolmie.ca/
Sarah Tolmie entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction:
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tolmie_sarah
All the Horses of Iceland
https://publishing.tor.com/allthehorsesoficeland-sarahtolmie/9781250807939/
New York Times review on All the Horses of Iceland
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/books/review/new-science-fiction-fantasy.htm
Secret History of the Mongols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_History_of_the_Mongols
Icelandic Sagas
https://adventures.is/information/icelandic-sagas/
Eyrbyggja saga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyrbyggja_saga
https://sagadb.org/eyrbyggja_saga.en
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