I was going to link to this interview with Jeffrey Ford at the Nebula site in any case because he’s one of my favorite writers as some of you might know. I’m always interested in hearing him or reading him talk about writing and about his process and his thoughts on the genre and fiction in general.

I was surprised, however, to see my own name pop up in the interview in response to a question about podcasts. I’ve mentioned the two stories I read for Podcastle here before (“The Dreaming Wind” and “The Annals of Eelin-Ok”) and it was my pleasure to do those readings being as big a fan as I am of Jeff’s work. Jeff told me in person the last time I saw him that he liked my readings which made me very happy – that’s what I would have hoped for. That he mentioned them in the interview just underscores that for me.

Needless to say, I won’t be holding my breath for the opportunity to read his collected works, but if another opportunity pops up any time soon, you can be sure I’ll jump on it.