#ThisorThatThursday with Brad C. Anderson

I’d like to welcome Brad C. Anderson as my guest today for #ThisorThatThursday.

Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing that first draft
Easiest thing about being a writer: Telling people you’re a writer

Things you need for your writing sessions: Music

Things that hamper your writing: The Internet

Things you always put in your books: Humor
Things you never put in your books: No dog will ever die in my books

Things to say to an author: I like your book.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I found a typo in your book

Favorite places you’ve been: France
Places you never want to go to again: Malvern, Pennsylvania

Favorite books (or genre): Lovecraftian inspired horror
Books you wouldn’t buy: Romance (nothing wrong with it, but I’m just not the target demographic)

Favorite things to do: Gardening
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Taxes

Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Bungee jumped
Something you chickened out from doing:Sky-dive

The funniest thing to happen to you: Picture me, fourteen years old waiting at a bus stop. From across the street, a woman approaches and walks right up to me. She asks, “Have you ever been to Grand Prairie?” I reply, “No.” She visibly relaxes. “Oh, good. For a moment, I thought you were my ex-husband.” Ma’am, I’m fourteen.

The most embarrassing thing to happen to you: A buddy made me laugh so hard a booger flew out of my nose, but it was still attached, so when I inhaled, it shot back in.

The first 8-track, record, cassette, or CD you ever bought: Dynasty by Kiss (old-school record)

A type of music that’s not your cup of tea: Ska

My favorite book as a child: The Dragonlance Trilogy

A book I’ve read more than once: Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Your favorite movie as a child: Star Wars!

A TV show or movie that kept you awake at night as a kid (or as an adult): The Ring

About Brad:

Brad C. Anderson is a science fiction author who loves exploring the journeys of flawed characters through nasty situations. He lives with his wife and puppy in Vancouver, Canada, where he teaches undergraduate business at a local university and researches organizational wisdom in blithe defiance of the fact that most people do not think you can put those two words in the same sentence without irony. Previously, he worked in the biotech sector, where he made drugs for a living (legally!).

His stories have appeared in a variety of publications. He has published two science fiction novels, Ashme’s Song in 2025 and Duatero in 2022 as well as several non-fiction books. His short story, Naïve Gods, was longlisted for a 2017 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. It was published in the anthology Lazarus Risen, which itself was nominated for an Aurora Award.

Let’s Be Social:

Website: http://bradanderson2000.com

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