Guest Post: Choosing an Early Modern backdrop by Gerrard Cowan
When I decided to write my first novel, The Machinery, I only had the central idea of the book: what if there was a…
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Guest Post: Keeping Them Real by K. H. Denham
Creating psychologically realistic characters in Science Fiction. At the heart of nearly every story is the characters, but what is at the heart of…
Alien Blues Giveaway
Enter to win one of five copies of Alien Blues by Lynn Hightower! This giveaway is open worldwide and prizes are provided by Open…
Guest Post: A sense of place by Matthew De Abaitua
A sense of place is important in fiction. The author Will Self observes that ‘all really great fiction is in some sense about place’.…
Guest Post: My Influences are Showing! by David Liss
Several years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school and steeped in the Harry Potter novels, I began to think that maybe I…
Guest Post – Fantastic Food by Gaie Sebold
When I was still commuting, I used to love the days the restaurant reviews came out in the free paper. Not because I go…
Guest Post: Predicting the Future: Inventing Future Technology in Sci-Fi by A.G. Wyatt
Technology is the muscle of science fiction. From Asimov’s robots to Star Trek’s transporters, it gives your work the strength to stand out from…
Guest Review: Jo Zebedee on Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
We asked Jo if she fancied reviewing a favourite book. This is what she sent us back: MEMORY isn’t my favourite of the Miles…
Guest Post: The Art of Demon Hunting by Cynthia Vespia
A somewhat different Guest Post from Cynthia Vespia on The Art of Demon Hunting as seen through the eyes of her fictional character Costa Calabrese. —…
Why Conventions Matter for Authors and Readers by Gail Z. Martin
Over the course of the average year, I attend more than a dozen conventions as a professional author. I travel up and down the…
Ups and Downs of Being an Author by Marc Turner
My debut novel, When the Heavens Fall, has been published for a few weeks now, so I’m becoming well acquainted with some of the…
New Worlds, New Sciences by Carolyn Ives Gilman
In the past, people who wanted to write science fiction became philosophers. Today, people who want to write philosophy become science fiction authors. Think…
The Complicated Process of Writing! by Michael Aronovitz
The only reason that I refer to the process of writing as a complicated one, is that I can’t pin down how I…
Writing Alternative Histories Craig Cormick
There’s something particularly intriguing about those two magic words – what if? What if Adolf Hitler had died in the First World War? What…
Exclusive Extract from Crashing Heaven
We’re very pleased to have the opportunity to offer you an exclusive extract from a book that has caused quite a reaction at SFFWorld…
Teleportation, The Impossible Dream by Peter Clines
I’m guessing most people reading this got their first taste of teleportation like I did, via the transporter on some version of Star Trek.…
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…
The (unofficial) Top 20 Fantasy Series of SFFWorld.com
Despite our forum dying, our forum members are not. And, if nothing else, they are active readers who enjoy discussing books and sharing recommendations.…
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…
