Author’s Afterword Episode 122: Samantha Sotto Yambao (Water Moon)
Posted 9th June 2025
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Charlie and Samantha Sotto Yambao (Water Moon) discuss her UK debut – yay! – exploring the concepts of fate and choice, the process of evolving the romance, and, we catch up on the lives of Sam’s dogs.
General references:
Ticket link for the podcast live events
Sam joined me to discuss The Beginning of Always in episode 50
Sam joined me to discuss Before Ever After, Love and Gravity, and A Dream of Trees in episode 5
Books mentioned by name or extensively:
David and Leigh Eddings: The Belgariad
J R R Tolkien: Return Of The King
Samantha Sotto: Before Ever After
Samantha Sotto: Love and Gravity
Samantha Sotto: A Dream of Trees
Samantha Sotto Yambao: Water Moon
Release details: Recorded 11th February 2025; published 9th June 2025
Where to find Sam online: Website || Facebook || Instagram
Where to find Charlie online: Instagram || TikTok
Discussions
03:38 This being Sam’s UK debut; how it came about
07:32 The inspirations – Ninenzaka in Kyoto
10:28 Expanding on the pawnshop concept in terms of Water Moon’s look at fate and choice
12:56 Sam’s interest in putting science and fantasy and magical realism together
15:07 Neutrinos!
17:24 When in the process do you research?
19:01 Creating Hana
23:05 Writing about the loss of mothers
25:40 The romance in terms of when Keishin was included
31:19 The bad guys of the book
34:05 All about the ending and Sam’s choices
37:17 Charlie brings in Death of the Author
41:06 Doctor Who references
42:19 What’s next?
43:03 Asking about Sam’s dogs who have made appearances in our previous episodes
Transcript
Please note that this transcript has been edited for legibility and is not a 100% accurate representation of the audio. Filler words and many false sentence starts have been removed, and words have been added in square brackets for clarity.
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