Interview with Nimbus author Jacey Bedford
Welcome to SFFWorld Jacey, many thanks for giving us some time here. We’re writing these questions as Nimbus, the third book in your Psi-Tech…
Year: 2017
Countdown to Hallowe’en 2017: IT – The Movie (2017)
After Randy’s take on the original novel (HERE), here’s his take on the blockbuster horror movie of the late summer : IT (2017; dir.…
British Fantasy Awards 2017
The British Fantasy Awards took place on Sunday October 1st at the Society’s Annual convention in Peterborough. The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best…
Guest Post: A Conversation With My Younger Self by Julie E. Czerneda
SFFWorld is currently running a giveaway for a complete set of The Clan Chronicles. Link below the article The beautiful thing about completing a story,…
Guest post: Three-Tier World-Building by Scott Warren
World-building is a double-edged sword, especially for the inexperienced writer. On one hand having a fleshed out and internally consistent world is crucial to…
Five Surprising Things I Learned about Writing from Engineers by Dorothy A. Winsor
For a number of years, my day job included conducting ethnographic research on the writing engineers did at work. You would think writing up…
Countdown to Hallowe’en 2017: IT by Stephen KIng (1986)
And so it begins: our now traditional SFFWorld countdown throughout October down to Hallowe’en. Each year we take the month to highlight things old…
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
This book begins with what we would think is a major event, the death of the last man on Earth. However, this is really…
Giveaway: Win the complete Clan Chronicles series by Julie E. Czerneda
The Clan Chronicles is set in a far future where a mutual Trade Pact encourages peaceful commerce among a multitude of alien and Human…
The Six Top Rules for Writing Fiction about Climate Change by J.G. Follansbee
Climate change is here. Scientists agree. Period. The debate is only about the details. The question now is: How will we live a decade…
Court of Twilight by Mareth Griffith
Six months ago, Ivy stumbled into the deal of a lifetime – great rent in a posh Dublin neighborhood and a flatmate, Demi, who…
Six writing tips from first-time fantasy author, Rosalyn Kelly
Writing your first novel is a massive undertaking. You may be hyper-focused as I was, prefer to write at a more leisurely pace, or…
Interview with Alan Dean Foster
Here’s a treat. Alan Dean Foster is an author of over a hundred books, including more than forty of his own novels (the…
My Top 5 Sci-Fi Heroines by Corrie Brundage
It’s common knowledge that for a long time, women protagonists in Science Fiction were…kinda lame. Especially in fiction. Cinema took a chance on creating…
Now We Are Six Hundred
Now We Are Six Hundred is a set of fifty Doctor Who poems over 118 pages, loosely based upon AA Milne’s Now We Are…
Top 10 technical aspects of SFF creative writing by A J Dalton
A J Dalton is the author of the fantasy trilogy Empire of the Saviours, The Book of Orm and The Book of Angels. He…
Guest Post: Mark A. Latham – My Five Favourite Authors
I’ve many times waxed lyrical about my favourite books, or most influential books, or most useful ones in terms of research. But choosing my…
Top 5 Professional Fantasy Writing Tips by Bill Ricardi
As a breakout author, I’m often asked about how one makes the transition from hobbyist to full time fantasy writer. Thus, I’ve compiled my…
Top 7 Tips on World Building by author and film maker Alexander Scot McPhie
My debut novel The Forest of Life is set towards the end of the 22nd Century in a radically different world to what we…
The Lazarus Gate by Mark A Latham
Sometimes a book strikes you just by its entertainment value, sheer energy and enthusiasm, with a plot that takes the usual tropes and just…
