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…
Category: Articles
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…
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…
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…
Article: Now that the Planet of the Apes Trilogy Has Ended, What Does It All Mean?
As with the first two Star Wars trilogies, the Planet of the Apes trilogy seemed to follow the rule of thumb of releasing a…
Article: Exploring the Ecological Weird, Part I
Overview Weird fiction is a fascinating genre that has been alive and strange since the late 19th century. And though some might think of…
Guest post: Are We Ready to Live with Human/Animal Hybrids by Susan Kuchinskas
A young biotechnologist is creating “designer pigs” whose organs could be transplanted into humans. Her long-term goal is to rewrite the human genome to…
Guest post: Diving into Alien Worlds by Brian Burt
I’ve always had a love affair with science fiction. When I was a kid, I gobbled every SF story I could find. I especially…
Guest Post: Chekhov’s Gundark by Nate Crowley
Good worldbuilding is often less about what you choose to show your audience, and more what you choose to withhold. To see why, let’s…
Article: What is it with the Hollywood comedy sidekicks?
In which our intrepid writer bemoans the trend that has belied many a Hollywood blockbuster… OK: this may read as a bit of a…
Article: Science Fiction and Fact – Building On Each Other and Each Having Their Own Place
In a day and age in which the element of mass communications is so prevalent in much of the world’s culture, reliable facts and…
Guest post: Unmasking the Great Fantasy/Sci-fi Villain by Suzan Battah
Let’s face it, every story has a villain including within the hero themselves. These villains come with a lot of interesting qualities. I find…
Guest post – Take Some Time. Take a Little More by Karen Heuler
A while ago, let’s say a few years ago, I was recovering from surgery and pretty much immobile. I had no choice but to…
Guest post: Just a Spoonful of Horror Helps the Fantasy Go Down by Gareth K Pengelly
I was a teenager when I first read Graham Masterton’s ‘The Pariah.’ Young, innocent (or so some would have you believe) and very much…
Article: 20th Century Fox Brought the World the Best Sci-fi Films and Series for Over Four Decades
20th Century Fox has produced and distributed some of the best science fiction screen entertainment ever seen. It has distributed such classic hits as…
Article: Let’s Party Like It’s… 1962!
One of the great things as a Staff Member at SFFWorld is that we get asked to do all sorts of things. Many of…
Guest post: Manufacturing a Political Future by Jay Posey
When I was a young, starry-eyed lad dreaming of becoming an author someday, an enormous amount of appeal came from the idea of creating…
