Dear Video Game Developers, Hire Real Writers!
Review of the video game Devil May Care with an emphasis on video game writing.
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How To Guarantee A Short Fiction Sale Every Single Effin Time You Submit A Story
Don’t be a crappy, illiterate, crown-scribbling hack.
Wake Up Your Muse: How My Cat Taught Me the Art of Being
When I go to my computer to write, I write.
Website review: Daily Science Fiction dot com
Just like every high-quality short story, it doesn’t have to be complicated to be good. To prove that, dailysciencefiction.com has provided a convenient outlet for finding well written original work in the genre.
Reddit SF Writer of the Day – Amazing’s Editor & Publisher
Rough Trade, Steve’s edgy, comedic flash fiction examination of the Fermi Paradox is accompanied by some background of the author and some thoughts on the writing process.
Octavia Butler, o el peso de la diferencia
Octavia Butler era una chica negra, pobre, inusualmente alta, tímida, tartamuda, disléxica y lesbiana. Desde muy joven tuvo una idea bastante clara de lo que era la discriminación en sus muchas formas y utilizó la ciencia ficción para explorar temas sociales antiguos y modernos.
De Cómo Evitar al Protagonista Superpoderoso: Mistborn de Brandon Sanderson
Me gustaba mucho la serie de TV llamada “Héroes.” Cuentan que su fracaso se debió a que, como los televidentes se enamoraron tanto de los carismáticos personajes, a partir de la segunda temporada, para hacerlos […]
Interview with Archer Garrett
Cedar Sanderson interviews Archer Garrett, author of The Border Marches
Interview With Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire, sometimes known as Mira Grant, is one of this generation’s most prolific writers.
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 32)
a discussion on another publishing option for your backlist of short fiction
What Mecha Did For Me; Or, I’m An Anime Writer Because of Space Robots
I was deep into Gundam Wing starting in middle school, and it was the catalyst for me to start taking drawing and writing very seriously.
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 31)
independently publishing your stories yourself
Marketing 101: Strategies for Growing your Email List
Sending emails without one’s permission is what is commonly know as spam and you don’t want to get a reputation for being a “spammy author.”
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 30)
I finish off the discussion I began in part 29 on some of the paths a writer might choose to take for their short fiction career, this week focusing on publishing a collection of your short fiction.
On Writing Science Fiction Theatre – part one
SF theatre can draw upon the symbolic imagery that Theatre can house – a relatively small transformative space where a spear can become the symbol of an army, a chair that becomes someone’s lover or family member
Drawing Classes with DC Pro Jack Purcell
I would be lying outright if I said that I didn’t have a lot of respect for the profound effect of Western comics and their history on society
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 29)
Making your first professional sale does not improve your probability of making your next one. Now and throughout your writing career (assuming you intend to have a writing career), you will always face the same challenge: to write the best stories you can and to keep them in front of professional markets until they sell.
On Writing: Moving From Prosaic to Spectacular
What makes some writing stunning and other writing lackluster? Mostly, it’s the language—the words—you use. And, it isn’t just words you use; it’s how you use them. Here are a few things you need to […]
Planet Blüd
Just a few housekeeping items before I get into the subject of this month’s post. I am happy to announce that my latest vampire novel came out last week and is available on Amazon.com (U.S., […]
How to Accept Rejection
We’ve all suffered rejection and disappointment. Perhaps that job you coveted or someone you loved who might have even led you on before dropping you. It hurts. But you move on. And it does get […]
Blogging about the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers
Quite a few attendees are blogging this week about their experiences at the workshop. Christian Ready has compiled a list, and will continue to update it through next week. I offer it to you here […]
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 25)
A Writer’s Magic Bakery: Selling your stories again (and again, and again…) Welcome back to my series on marketing and selling short fiction. Last week, I wrapped up a mini-series on everything that happens after […]
Stumbling Into a Free-Fall
Free-Fall by Graham Templeton is a thought provoking story from the June 2013, Issue 18 of Clarkesworld Magazine with precise character utilization, and a pleasure to stumble upon.
Using the Subtext of Body Language in Storytelling
Kinesics is the study of “body language”, which explores how movements and gestures project a person’s hidden thoughts. Blushing is an obvious reaction. But more subtle ones can be used. When body language contradicts verbal […]
Those Early Readers
In Those Early Drafts, I looked at the sometimes complex task of getting a messy first draft edited and refined into a legible manuscript. I briefly touched on the importance of reader input in the […]
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 24)
Let the Band Ring Out and the Banners Fly: To promote or not to promote Welcome back to my series on marketing and selling short fiction. I’ve written these posts in a very specific sequence, […]
One Thousand Posts
Today Amazing Stories achieves a milestone in publishing its 1,000th post (and then some!) When this project first began – the resurrection of the world’s first science fiction magazine – I had high hopes, huge […]
Camp NaNoWriMo: Doing the Prepwork
On Monday, the last Camp NaNoWriMo of 2013 begins. You’ll have thirty days … okay and maybe one extra … to write something awesome. I’m on holiday but wanted leave some words of wisdom for those planning […]
Those Early Drafts
When is a story fit to be read? It depends on who’s reading it. Your family may seem genetically programmed to love every word you write. A potential publisher, not so much. By the time […]
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 22 in series)
But, But, But…You Bought My Last Story: What Your First Sale Really Means Welcome back to my series on marketing and selling short fiction. I’ve written these posts in a very specific sequence, with each […]
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