1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Steve Cook is a writer and a teacher. He joins me&amp;nbsp;to discuss his approach to writing &quot;Belina,&quot; a kick-ass robot story, with which he won first place in Amygdala Magazine's Short Story Competition last year. Steve is an accomplished author and shares insights about&amp;nbsp;writing as a creative medium, creating solid&amp;nbsp;science fiction, placing&amp;nbsp;humanity into nonhuman characters, world building, and just being a fun person.&amp;nbsp; Check out Steve's Blog at www.stevecookfiction.com,&amp;nbsp;and his Podcast: Pocket&amp;nbsp;Fiction. &amp;nbsp; Amygdala Magazine http://www.amygdalazine.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4414094/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/11859293