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Per the announcement by Who Else? Bookstore: Big author event coming up Friday, September 9, 2011 at the Renaissance Hotel, I-70 and Quebec, Denver. The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers will be holding their weekend-long annual Colorado Gold Conference. There’s one free event that the public is welcome to attend. On Friday evening, from approximately 7:30 […]
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What’s the current state of the SF/F genre? Where’s it going? My answer: nobody knows. However, I hope to get some insight into this next week at Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention. Lately, I’ve been feeling my genre “presents” like a case of Multiple Personality Disorder (to use House diagnosis-speak). The publishers appear […]
I’d like to draw your attention to an analysis of what did in Borders—yes, yet another analysis. However, this article titled “
Join me and other (much more esteemed) SF authors as we answer the question, “What’s Your Favorite ‘Big Dumb Object’ in SF?” over at SF Signal. The SF trope “Big Dumb Object” was coined for any mysterious, large, and often powerful object discovered near the beginning of a novel and used as plot device. Originally, […]
“Practical Tips on Writing a Book from 23 Brilliant Authors,” by Steve Silberman, has big name authors giving advice on managing and finishing a large writing project — usually a non-fiction book or memoir. Most of these tips apply to the fiction writer also, so go read it. Finished? Did you notice how many recommendations […]
An opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal titled “Darkness Too Visible,” written by a children’s book reviewer, has many Young Adult (YA) authors riled up. The subtitle sums up much of the article: Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity. Why is this considered a good idea? If books […]