Culture: Moving Beyond Set Dressing
by Kanishk Tantia The first story I ever wrote was unabashedly my own: written with unfiltered childlike enthusiasm, completed within […]
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Perceiving the Wind: Finding Magic in the Mundane
by Austin Conrad As advice, “write what you know” is nearly as hackneyed as “show, don’t tell.” Both pieces of
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Character Development Lessons From Video Games
By Samantha Garner When you think of video games, do you think of rich character development? Unfortunately, many people believe
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THE INDIE FILES: How to Pitch Your Book to Libraries So They See You as an Easy Win to Please Their Patrons
by Kelly McClymer Most writers grew up reading books checked out from the library. There is a special place in
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Inspiration Point: How Can Narrative-Driven RPGs Help Write Better Fiction?
by L. E. Torres One day in 1986, after concluding an exciting Dungeons & Dragons campaign with my high school
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New to Your Public Persona? Handling the Non-Writing Parts of Being an Author
By Noah Sturdevant Who are you? No, not in a “name, rank, and serial number” kind of way or
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Yes, We Need Diverse Books, But We Also Need Diverse Reviewers–Still*
by Erika Hardison Ever since Black YA Fantasy author L.L. McKinney set Twitter (now known as X) ablaze with her
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Tie Up the Loose Ends: A Writer’s Guide to Sailor’s Knots
by May Haddad Knot tying (“nodology” in Latin, “kompology” in Greek) is a time-honored skill honed in seafaring for millennia.
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Writing SFF With Paper and Pen Spurs Memory and Creativity
By R.J. Huneke I recently went back to something for the first time in many years: I wrote the entire
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THE INDIE FILES: Continuous Marketing and Selling Costs
by William C. Tracy Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series from William C. Tracy. Part 1