Keeping the Fun in Science Fiction – Guest Blog by Joseph Brassey
Joseph Brassey
Islands sit suspended in an endless heaven, drifting amidst clouds and storms, high above a distant abyss below. Cities crouch upon the edges of cliffs, their walls jutting out into…
September 2017
How To Self-Publish
Ben Galley
This one has been bubbling up for a while… Over the last few months, various discussions have erupted around the subject of self-publishing, specifically how it should be done. There…
How The Belgariad Taught Me To Write A Cyberpunk Dystopia – Guest Blog by Ferrett Steinmetz
Ferrett Steinmetz
Full confession: I thought my new novel The Uploaded was a dystopian novel about the miseries that happen five hundred years after humanity perfects brain-uploading. But my publisher Angry Robot…
Publishing and LGBT Erasure or My Issues with Robo-Boobs
A. A. Freeman
I always knew someone would tell me to add a Sexy Lady Robot to my book. When I first starting writing my novel, Echo of the Larkspur, I set out…
IT – 2017 Movie Review
Charlie Hopkins
This is barely a review. It’s a personal mind vomit of my thoughts after seeing IT for people who have either read the book and or seen the original miniseries,…
Mother of Heretics by T. A. Miles – Cover Reveal
T. A. Miles
I exist in a brightly lit darkness, and so do my characters. I write horrific monsters, in decaying or threatened environments, harassing gender-ambiguous lovelies who fight back. Especially featuring that…
2,000 to 10,000 and 5,000 Words Per Hour – Reviews and Comparison
Eric Christensen
I think it’s safe to say that most writers wish they could write more. We block out time to write before work, during our lunch hours, and before bed. But…
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
Jo Niederhoff
Technically, my entry for this month (and for the next few months to come) won’t be fantasy. I’ll be delving into science fiction, though you could argue that the Young…
MJ-12: Shadows by Michael J. Martinez
Dan Hanks
Following an outstanding start to his new superhero spy series with last year’s MJ-12: Inception, Michael J. Martinez is back to continue the thrilling adventure with MJ-12: Shadows—and it’s a…
Adam Roberts Interview – The Real-Town Murders
Jonathan Thornton
Adam Roberts is the BSFA Award winning author of Jack Glass (2012), a mixture of locked room murder mystery and golden age science fiction, Bete (2014), which imagines a world…
Fallen Gods by James A. Moore – Cover Reveal & Giveaway
Jennie Ivins
At the beginning of 2017, Angry Robot released the first in a new series by James A. Moore: The Tides of War. The first book, The Last Sacrifice, came out…
Blood of Assassins by RJ Barker – Cover Reveal
Michael Everest
RJ Barker’s fantasy debut Age of Assassins has been out for just over a month, and already both RJ and the book are making a name for themselves – kind…