What the Novelist Says
The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words. Ursula K. Le Guin
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How to Write and Give Your Pitch
Want to write a pitch to a publisher regarding the book you’re writing? Here’s how to do it. Read the full article at The Real Writer.
Read More How to Write and Give Your PitchNovella Review: A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr.
A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read in Star Songs of An Old Primate as part of a few reading challenges: Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge and the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. The collection is also being read for the LGBTQ Reading […]
Read More Novella Review: A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr.Human Nature
How to ACTUALLY Get That Book Written in the New Year
Many of my friends have told me that they want to write a book, and they have asked me how to do it. Well, this is how. Really, that’s it.
Read More How to ACTUALLY Get That Book Written in the New YearFor SF&F Writers. Building Believable Worlds Part 4: Antagonists and Enemies
Originally posted on Notes From The Slush Pile:
Lets talk bad guys. Most stories have one. Well crafted or otherwise, speculative fiction is full of them. Not that any one actual character is essential as the obstacle the protagonist has to overcome. Sometimes its simply the environment they’re in, other times its a whole alien…
7 Tension Building Tips for Writing Action Scenes
One of my alpha readers sent me this link about writing action scenes (which I suppose indicates she didn’t like my action scene). But I took it under advisement and the advice is good, so I thought I would share! The best writers know how to create action scenes that cause readers to fly through […]
Read More 7 Tension Building Tips for Writing Action ScenesBook Review: Too Wyrd by Sarah Buhrman
Too Wyrd is is a fabulous romp that is at times funny, exciting, and even a little scary, that comes across something like Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files meets American Gods. Source: Book Review: Too Wyrd by Sarah Buhrman
Read More Book Review: Too Wyrd by Sarah BuhrmanFor SF&F Writers. Building Believable Worlds Part 3: Secondary Characters
Originally posted on Notes From The Slush Pile:
Every drama needs a supporting cast. In my time as a First Reader with Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, I’ve come across far too many stories that fail to give sufficient thought or depth to secondary characters. An unfortunate, but easy mistake to make when writing short…
Q&A with Submissions Editor of DAW Books
Reposted from The Metropolitan, via the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Facebook group: If there’s one thing that aspiring writers think about, it’s how to get published and break into the industry. For many of us pursuing writing careers here at Metropolitan State, we don’t know the first thing about how to get started. I’ve […]
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