Jo Zebedee on writing – Being Chosen
One of the themes I return to, time and time again, is what it’s like to be a real person facing extraordinary circumstances. I’m…
Category: Guest posts
Sci vs. Fi? by Thomas Waite
The most fascinating aspect of writing Trident Code and Lethal Code, my first two books in the Lana Elkins cyber-thriller series, was examining the…
The Not-Really Sci-Fi Fan by J.W. Allen
There used to be a thing known as the ‘nerd’. Going to a predominantly Irish Roman Catholic school as a kid meant that playtime…
The Fermi Paradox… Where are they? by Ralph Kern
When we look up into the night sky, we can see hundreds of stars with our naked eye. Use any reasonably priced telescope and…
Expanding the Authorial Palate: A Study in Red by Rob Queen
Boston is home to the Red Sox, the New England Patriots, more universities than you could possibly visit in one St. Patrick’s Day weekend,…
Nine Dragons I Have Known by Alyc Helms
Whenever I see talk about the ubiquity of dragons in fantasy, I’m tempted to scoff. As far as I’m concerned, there aren’t enough dragons…
WRITING FROM A SCRIPT by Seaton Kay-Smith
I used to write for a daily television show, which meant that work was seasonal. Because the Roast was only on for eight months of the…
Jo Zebedee on writing – What are the consequences?
When I was young, I shared a smoke from a friend’s cigarette. Fast forward ten years and I was on a twenty a day…
Deleted Scene: The Hellaquin in the Froggary
We are delighted to welcome Gavin G. Smith for a special guest post. Gavin’s new book A Quantum Mythology is out now in bookshops and we…
The Expert vs. The Bumpkin: On Genre Exposition and Reader Expectations by Harry Connolly
Let’s put Harry Dresden and Frodo Baggins next to each other. (No, seriously. Let’s.) At the beginning of their respective series, they don’t have…
Why do I write SF? by Dave Bara
As Dave’s new SF book is released (SFFWorld review here) we also asked him that age-old question: “Why do you write SF?” Here’s his…
Why My Second book is Nothing Like the First by Alexes Razevich
When I find a book I like, characters I enjoy following, a writing style that speaks to me—I want more. I want to follow…
The Top 5 Earth Invasion Methods from Movies
The Top 5 Earth Invasion Methods from Movies It’s a scenario that makes the perfect block buster: you’re at the office, or driving home…
Writing a prequel by Jim Bernheimer
When I decided to write a prequel to Confessions of a D-List Supervillain to add more substance to the universe before advancing the storyline,…
Article: Empires: Extraction and Empires: Infiltration
On the recent release of Empires: Infiltration and Empires: Extraction, both authors involved (Stephen and Gavin) wrote about their reaction to each other’s work,…
Article: Empires: Infiltration and Empires: Extraction
On the recent release of Empires: Infiltration and Empires: Extraction, both authors involved (Stephen and Gavin) wrote about their reaction to each other’s work,…
Why Adults Need to Read Young Adult and Children’s Books by Jeyn Roberts
I always find it odd when people tell me they won’t read young adult novels. When I will ask them why, I get a…
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The Quirks of Playing in Two Sandboxes: Erin Lindsey on Pseudonyms [GUEST POST]
I remember very distinctly the first couple of times I mentioned to another author that I had just sold a second series to Ace/Roc.…
Dystopia vs. Utopia by Gavin Smith (Guest Post)
As Gavin has his latest SF novel, The Age of Scorpio, released in paperback, he provides us with a Guest Post that looks at…
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Rules and Ornaments in Secondary World Fantasy by Robert Jackson Bennett [Guest Post]
When I sat down to write City of Stairs – my first secondary world novel – I realized I felt I’d written secondary worlds before.…
