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CTP (S4ESepSpecial4) Stangeland In A StangeLand (No Not Typo)
We talk with author Michael Stangland about two wildly different books, from a robot combat sci-fi adventure on a junkyard planet to a children’s fantasy chapter book built around a Moon Dragon. We also get honest about hybrid publishing, drafts that never feel finished, and the handmade work that goes into a cover readers actually want to hold.
• name mixups, branding, and finding guests through PodMatch
• growing up in the Midwest and feeling at home in wide-open places
• Junk World’s core setup: an undefeated robot gets scrapped and must adapt
• using robot combat culture and subtle pop culture homage as inspiration
• writing a satisfying standalone while leaving room for more
• switching genres into a youth fantasy chapter book with illustrations
• building a construction-paper style cover by hand and why it took so long
• navigating release timelines, hardcovers, and what hybrid publishers handle
• wrestling with copyright questions when references creep into fiction
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