Archaeologist and urban fantasy and space opera author RZ Held (Rhiannon Held) tells of her strategy to expand her writing from one genre into the other. Her urban fantasy novels, the Silver series, were published under the name Rhiannon Held. Her Amsterdam Institute series of space opera novellas is published as author R. Z. Held. Rhiannon (R.Z.) Held’s website is: https://RhiannonHeld.com

Listed below are the two series RZ has done on SciFi Thoughts.

These episodes feature Rhiannon (RZ)’s forethought of writing space opera:

• 041 Rhiannon Held, Urban Fantasy now and next…
• 042 Rhiannon Held, from Archeology to writing Science Fiction
• 043 RZ Held’s vision for Space Opera

These episodes feature RZ’s introduction of her Amsterdam Institute series, a space opera:

• 118 RZ Held’s Space Opera brings back Rome and France, but not exactly
• 119 RZ Held’s Amsterdam Institute, a Space Opera Series
• 120 RZ Held reads from CLEAN INSTALL, a space opera novella
• 121 RZ Held talks of Downshifting during COVID times
• 122 RZ Held and Dungeon Scrawlers, a D&D Livestream with Literary Friends
• 123 How RZ Held feels about writing Space Opera