Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Feature: “strong female characters”? no thanks MIND MELD: Gods & Mythology in Speculative Fiction Creating a Fantasy City, Part 1 Five Mythical Islands of the Atlantic Ocean: Your Guide to Summer Adventure Comic-Con, Defending Fantasy Culture and, Now, Its Brand Whaaaat? Why? LAKE PLACID VS. ANACONDA – Need We say More? Animated R-Rated Harry…
The final stops on my blog tour are Two End of the Pen and Paranormal Authors that Rock . The end of my first blog tour. *sigh* It’s been amazing. Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Christopher Lee, 1922 – 2015 What Makes Jurassic Park Such a Damn Good Movie? Comic Book Creators Share How Diversity Bleeds Into Their Work Bruce Timm On Superhero…
Chains of the Sciell is coming out Tuesday!!! I’ll be starting my first blog tour Monday!!! Funny, after publishing many books with small sales, I thought I wouldn’t be exited about the Chains of the Sciell release. Lies. I am so excited. On to our regularly schedule blog post. Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Fantasy Doesn’t Need To Be A…
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror The Guardian: George RR Martin, Game of Thrones and the triumph of fantasy fiction The above article, though interesting, focuses heavily on male fantasy writer acting as if women fantasy writers haven’t done a thing for the genre, which inspired #womenwritefantasy CBS News: Game of Thrones creates ripple effect and rise of ‘grimdark’ fiction…
Fantasy/ Sci-Fi Horror i09: 10 Authors Who Wrote Gritty, Realistic Fantasy Before George R.R. Martin Magical Words: The Why and How of Magic Fantasy Cafe: Woman in SF&F Month: Renay From Lady Business Fantasy Author’s Handbook: How Long Should Your Fantasy Novel Be? SF Signal: [GUEST POST] Special Needs in Strange Worlds: Chrysoula Tzavelas on…
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Forbes: ‘Insurgent,’ ‘The Hunger Games’ And The Rise Of The Female Action Hero People: It Follows: Three Reasons You Need to See the Indie Horror-Movie Phenomenon Is not reading white cis male authors for a year prejudiced? Neil Gaiman responds. Tor.com: Update: The X-Files Is (Definitely!) Reopening Soon! Fantasy Cafe: Guest Post: Beth Bernobich on Quiet Moments in Epic…
Writing and Publishing FutureBook: Joanna Penn: Virtual reality and the future of publishing U.S. News: High School Teachers Guide Students Into Self-Publishing Lexirad: 5 Publishing Tips I Learned From Working at Amazon Mythic Scribes: The Great Free Book Debate: The Readers Susan Spann: Getting the Most From YOUR Conference Season Nathan Meunier: A Successful Book Launch — By…
Writing and Publishing Writer’s Digest: 6 Tips to Writing a Bestselling YA Series GalleyCat: Toni Morrison On Failure Epic Reads: The 18 Most Beautiful YA Endpapers in the World The Book Designer: What the Art of Storytelling Can Teach Us about Marketing Tech Crunch: Amazon’s ‘Write On’ Crowd-Publishing Platform Opens To All “The Amazon platform…
Writing and Publishing Mythic Scribes: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Descriptions – Part 1 GalleyCat: Children’s Books Authors Protest Against Assigning Genders to Books “Let’s be clear: I do not talk about ‘girl’ stuff. I do not talk about body parts. I do not do a ‘Your Menstrual Cycle and You!’ presentation. I talk about…
Sometimes a book needs a makeover. It’s easy to change a cover and add some bonus content for ebooks. With Amazon, the update goes live in a couple a hours. This month, I’m releasing the novella Shadows under the Light (working title) Part 2 of Visible Through Darkness. The cover for the first book needs a fresh…
