This post takes a deep dive into how Amazon’s search engine works. We’ll touch on information-theory concepts, and aim to use as little technical jargon as possible. If it’s all a bit much, skip to the end to read the summary of takeaways to help you choose and optimize keywords for your book. Note: ‘keyword’ […]
Read More How Amazon Search Really WorksKAMERON HURLEY’S SCIENCE fiction novel The Stars Are Legion almost never saw the inside of a book store. She came up with the idea in 2012, but she and her agent didn’t think anyone would buy it. A “big gory political space opera” wasn’t something flying off the shelves at the time. But two years […]
Read More Space Opera Fiction is Back & Better Than Ever!Now this was a resource I just had to share! I may, in the future, repost particular articles that are relevant to something I’m immediately writing, but there’s just too much stuff to post the whole series at once! Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy is a blog series for authors and fans of speculative […]
Read More Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in FantasyAs a new-ish author, I’m always looking for ways to improve and up my game when it comes to writing craft, story telling, or knowledge of the publishing industry. Yet there are only so many hours in the day, and as a scientist/author/father/bowhunter, most of those are already spoken for. The only reliable downtime that […]
Read More Podcasts for SF/F Writers“I have a cold mind and a warm heart, whereas most people have cold, troubled hearts and warm, muggy minds, which they mistake for sincere feelings.” ― James Tiptree Jr.
Read More Cold Minds and Warm HeartsScience fiction has a reputation for being a field that has traditionally been entirely dominated by white heterosexual cisgender men, both in terms of its writers and its protagonists. It’s a reputation that the whole field has been working very hard to leave behind. One often wonders (at least, I do,) how it got that […]
Read More One Reason Why Science Fiction Was Traditionally Racist — MaybeThe following is an excerpt from my newly-released novelette “Showdown”. Graeme has just seen a person killed for the first time: Before he knew he was going to speak, he heard himself say, “I reckon that’s far enough.” Some small part of him wondered at how calm and flat his own voice sounded in his […]
Read More To Celebrate My Release Day . . . An ExcerptSo the first story in my Wyrd West Chronicles launches on Monday! Here are a few ways you could lend me your support: Stop by the Wyrd West Chronicles Launch Party happening on Facebook today and tomorrow! Exclusive content and a giveaway! Stop by the Spellbound Takeover on March 20, where the floor is mine […]
Read More Showdown Book Launch March 20!It’s here! The Wyrd West Chronicles Release Party starts tomorrow! We’ll be going from 9 am to 9 pm tomorrow and Sunday. We have an awesome lineup of fantasy and science fiction writers I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Come hang out with us and celebrate the release of my new book!
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Have you noticed how the supporting females roles in science fiction television and movies have been portrayed, especially over the last 60 years? I found myself wondering what was going on. Female characters like T’Pol in Star Trek: Enterprise, and Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager were rendered…
