Guest post: What’s It Worth to You? A Small Press’s Look at Crowdfunding By Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Author’s note: For the sake of this article I will use myself and my publishing house, eSpec Books for example. All of the following…
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Guest Post: MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS (AND WHY) by Alex Bledsoe
One of the more fun things I frequently get asked is, “Who’s your favorite character in your books? It’s fun because unlike, say, “Which…
James Bennett: Five Questions Blog Tour
We recently caught up with debut author James Bennett, and were very pleased to be asked to be part of his Blog Tour! We…
Guest post: Writing the Long War – part one by AJ Smith
It may appear strange to begin a four book series, with pretensions of epic fantasy, with nothing but a world and a bunch of…
Epic Fantasy: Is there such a thing as “too” epic? Guest Post by Marc Turner.
Judging by the success of Game of Thrones, epic fantasy has never been more popular. As a writer in the genre myself, that can…
Guest post: Mental Shapeshifting by SC Flynn
We all love a good shape-shift. I certainly do; always have, ever since I first discovered them reading the Icelandic sagas. Like most good…
Guest post: Those tricky trilogies by Jo Zebedee
I write standalone novels and short stories, flash fiction and blogs. I’ve also completed a trilogy. Had I known about writing what I know…
Guest post: Fantastic Britain by Robin Bennett
Fantasy is the best-selling literary genre: Of the 35 bestselling authors worldwide in any genre, 16 write fantasy. Of those 16, an astonishing 13…
Cover reveal and exclusive excerpt from Gerald Brandt’s The Operative
We’re very pleased to give you an exclusive excerpt as well as being able to reveal the cover for Gerald Brandt’s The Operative. The…
Guest post: How Does A Non-Sorcerer Design A Magical System That Makes Sense by Elizabeth Guizzetti
Full Disclosure: I am not a sorcerer. I have no magical ability whatsoever. So how can I “write what I know” if I don’t…
Guest post: The female reader: How covers are marketed to women by Megan Leigh
If I asked you to go into a bookstore and pick out a book marketed to a female audience from only glancing at the…
Guest post: Servants of Hell – the Influences by Paul Kane
When I was asked to write a blog for SFF World, I thought it would be nice to talk about some of the major…
GIVEAWAY! Children of Amarid by David B. Coe (Author’s Revised Edition)
David is giving away a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card (winner’s choice), or one of two copies of Children of Amarid.…
Guest post: Writing believable male characters as a female author by Vikki Romano
This is a topic I’ve wanted to discuss for a while now. Not because it’s something that bothers me, but because it’s something that…
Guest post: Writing Science vs Science Fiction by Alasdair Shaw
I write all sorts of books related to science. These range from physics textbooks and revision guides, through popular science books, to space opera…
Guest post: A Journey through a science fiction writer’s mind by Felicity Harley
I’ve always been a fan of science fiction. My favorite writers are Herbert, Asimov, Bradbury and Orwell. I tend to like science fiction writers…
Guest Post: Optimism vs Cynicism in Superhero Narratives by Paige Orwin
There’s been a lot of talk about the differences between the Marvel and DC cinematic universes as more movies by the latter have come…
Rick Deckard, Shane MacGowan, and Me by Nik Korpon
Nik Korpon has been signed to Angry Robot. His novel The Rebellion’s Last Traitor, which will be released through Angry Robot in June 2017. I’m so thrilled…
Suggested Summer Reads 2016
OK: so you’re jetting off to that holiday destination* and plan to do some serious reading. But the usual newspaper articles on such…
Guest post: Floodtide – My 40-year Journey to Publication by Helen Gould
Something I get asked a lot, especially when I do a radio interview and reading, is how I came up with the idea for…
