The Gunslinger by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read (again) for the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge, the Author! Author! Reading Challenge, and the Need to Reread Challenge. I fell in love with this series many years ago, and this is my third read of it (don’t remember when the second one was, […]
Read More Book Review: The Gunslinger by Stephen KingBy Skylar Gibby-Brown 1. Pearl Hart Born in Lindsay, Canada in 1871, Hart attended an exclusive school. However, she enjoyed adventuring more than school work. At age seventeen, Pearl eloped to Chicago with gambler, Frederick Hart. But, Frederick was abusive and Hart left him at age Twenty-two. She made her way to Arizona where she […]
Read More 10 Notorious Female Outlaws From the Wild WestI love Lindybeige’s channel; he’s got a lot of practical how-tos and whys for writers of adventure stories and historical fiction. Here’s a practical guide to revolvers, thoroughly dispelling a lot of spaghetti western myths. I’ll just put in that in the Wyrd West, a lot of legendary old firearms have been modified by gnomes […]
Read More Single- and Double-Action RevolversTo celebrate the publication of Wyrd West Chronicles #5, “The Reaping,” on the Winter Solstice, I’ve decided to extend my introductory prices on the Wyrd West stories until it comes out. So right now, you can get the first three Wyrd West stories for $4 total. I’m also putting #4, “Way of the Gun,” on […]
Read More Last Chance to Get the Wyrd West at Introductory Sale Prices!Pleased to announce that I am going to be in this outstanding boxed set! An international bestselling cast of 22 authors, and don’t let the stats fool you, that’s a dummy file, each one of us will be writing a minimum of a 40k word novel! You can’t beat our starting price for all of […]
Read More On the Horizon Boxed Set Announcement!By Alter S. Reiss “Getting the archaeology right” doesn’t actually matter that much when it comes to fantasy. The fact is, when it comes to secondary worlds, a lot of the absolutely basic assumptions don’t make any sense. Why are there people in this world, whose history—whose natural history—is so different from ours? If dragons […]
Read More Putting Archaeology to Work in Fantasy FictionBy Judith Tarr Every so often when I put up an article in this series on SFF Equines, the commenters give me all kinds of ideas for new articles. And they ask great questions. Last time was no exception. This batch of questions centers around a couple of common themes, namely horse breeds and riding. I’ll take the […]
Read More Writing SFF Horses: Notes on Breeds and RidingSo this year I’m live blogging my National Novel Writing Month experience on my Facebook page and my YouTube channel. Here’s the playlist so far! Subscribe to my channel or follow my page to keep up-to-date throughout the month! I’ll be sharing tips, tricks, word counts, and my feelings on the experience and the process.
Read More #NaNoWriMo Live BlogOriginally posted on s a gibson:
Some writers write in more than one genre, for example, a writer might dally in detective stories, romances, YA, and other types of fiction. Others, like me, seldom step outside our comfort zone. All my stories are set in the same world, with a science fiction feel. I don’t…
Check out our Twitter author takeover to celebrate the release of Way of the Gun (Wyrd West Chronicles #4). Lots of great SFF writers will be sharing their work! Just click on the graphic to find the beginning of the thread. Check us out, RT and share!
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