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…
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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…
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…
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…
Fantasy-Faction Vlog Project
Overlord
Should moments like this be lost? Fantasy-Faction is trying to raise funds for a video camera to capture our upcoming Grim Gathering – featuring Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, Mark…
Small Press, Big Stories: Arachne Press
Steven Poore
Small Press, Big Stories is a monthly column focusing on small and independent presses from around the world. This month’s featured publisher is Arachne Press. This month on #SmallPressBigStories, we’re…
Fantasy in the Court 2017
Geoff Matthews
Back in August I headed up to the ‘big smoke’ – though with electric cars, the congestion charge and the general relocation of heavy industry out of London, it is…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Urban Fantasy
Xiagan
We haven’t had a genre as our monthly theme for quite a while, so this time entrants wrote us a nice, little urban fantasy story. This means that story should…