By Adam Fitzgerald Encountering Samuel R. Delany’s work, for me at least, can be described in two phases (more like paroxysms): the first is being so overcome by the true presence of a genius or polymath writer, the endless fertility and ease through which he has made each genre indelibly his own (science fiction, literary […]
Read More Don’t Romanticize Science Fiction: An Interview with Samuel DelanyCat is writing a series of articles about the SFWA and the relationship of indie writers to the organization. I am reblogging it here because I know that other SFF indie authors will want to know! By Cat Rambo, current President of the SFWA As part of a Twitter conversation, one of my favorite gamewriters, […]
Read More History of the SFWABy Karen Jensen On posts, in tweets, and in my mailbox, one of the questions we – TLT – get asked a lot is “What about the conservatives?” Because we post regularly about GLBTQAI+ literature, talk about advocacy, etc., some are left with the impression that we do not care about meeting the needs of […]
Read More The Importance of Diversity in LibrariesNo Plot? No Problem! Revised and Expanded Edition: A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is an excellent guide for anyone who does National Novel Writing Month and anyone who ever wanted to write a book but had no idea […]
Read More Book Review: No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty (Revised/Expanded)Blessed Solstice to all of you who choose to celebrate, and may the next year bring you all the joy of your heart! If you want to listen to some Yule music that my friends and I made, here you go! Otherwise, enjoy this clip of the Harry Potter Yule Ball music:
Read More Happy Solstice!Just a gentle reminder that the next installment in the Wyrd West Chronicles, The Reaping, is coming out tomorrow. You might be interested to know this one is not a novelette, but a full-length novella! Today is your last chance to pre-order and your last chance to take advantage of my Wyrd West sale! You […]
Read More New Release in the Wyrd West Chronicles!By Randy Ellefson Depending on your ability, creating names for people, places, and beings in fantasy books can either be fun or a pain. I’ve been doing this for three decades and will provide some tricks and thoughts to help. KISS KISS doesn’t really stand for “keep it simple, stupid”, but it’s a good principle […]
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I confess, I occasionally fantasize about writing a book which completely panders to an audience just for fame and money. However, will the Faustian bargain result in having to discard my personal pleasure in storytelling, can I have it both ways. We all know of big best selling books…
Just to note: size representation is a big deal to me. I am an ex-anorexic/bulimic. Thank you to Ms. Jackson for this great article. Please share any good fat characters you can in the comments on the article, where people will read it! Image above is fan art for Miles and his somewhat-larger brother, Mark […]
Read More A Small List of Large Characters: Fat Representation in SFFBy Mandy Wallace So I’m working on this short story I started for some Glimmer Train contest or other. But it grew like a weed all unwieldy, and now it’s burst through its word count limit and its deadline. And I wish that was this story’s biggest problem. Its biggest problem is that I’m still struggling to balance ye old show versus […]
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