By Ricardo Victoria Given that tomorrow is Halloween and the weekend is for the Day of the Dead, I thought it was a good idea to offer some suggestions of chilling reads for the celebration. Now, I set myself some ground rules: -Short stories… -…that I’ve read… -that may not be well known or haven’t […]
Read More Chilling Reads for HalloweenBy Andrew Liptak Here’s a perfect story for Halloween: Shambleau. Written by one of my favorite science fiction authors, C.L. Moore, you can now listen to the story as read by the author in a recently discovered recording. Shambleau was Moore’s first short story, written on her breaks while she worked at a bank. The editors […]
Read More Shambleau by C.L. Moore, Read by the AuthorNova by Samuel R. Delany My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for The Second Best Challenge, the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge, and the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club. This book was nominated for the 1969 Hugo Award. I think I really like New Wave sci-fi. This book was an excellent retelling of Moby […]
Read More Book Review: Nova by Samuel R. DelanyBy Paul Barrett, Art Director, Girl Friday Productions After years of pouring your soul into your book, the last thing you want to do is flub the landing with a bad book cover. Of course, we all judge books by their covers (otherwise they wouldn’t exist!), so it’s crucial that you achieve a book cover […]
Read More 10 Things NOT to Do to Your Book CoverThe Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work by Writer’s Digest Books My rating: 5 of 5 stars An excellent writing guide, suited for writers of all levels. I think this collection of essays and articles will have the most utility to the beginning writer. There’s […]
Read More Book Review: The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing (Writer’s Digest)By me! Everyone says that indie publishing is the wave of the future. Avoiding gatekeepers, who are often prejudiced against particular ideas or demographics, and putting your work out there to see if it will sink or swim on its own, puts the power (and the money) back in the hands of the writers. I […]
Read More CrowdpublishingI’m celebrating my book release and doing a fall Patreon membership drive, and I’m putting some pretty skookum prizes on the line! LINK TO ENTER HERE! Contest runs from September 15 to September 30, 2018. My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/SableAradia HOW IT WORKS: Join my Patreon at any level! (See link above, in the video endscreen & video […]
Read More Fall Patreon Drive & Giveaway!By N.J. Schrock In my backyard, I have a tree whose fruit is colored bottles, and it serves a useful purpose. The bottles trap and kill evil spirits. During the night, evil spirits wander into the bottles, and they can’t find their way out—basically like a lobster trap for spirits. Then, when the morning sunlight […]
Read More On Writing MisteriosoThe Fountains Of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club here on Goodreads, the 12 in 12 Challenge, the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge, and the Hard Core Sci-Fi Challenge. This book won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1979/1980, and was nominated […]
Read More Book Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
