If you're going to write sci-fi or fantasy, then you need to know about abeyance. Abeyance in fiction  is the reader's willingness t...

Izanami's Choice comes out in three days. So for the next 72 hours or so, this is me: Interviews and reviews are trickling in, wi...

I've been head down writing Torment conversations, but I have an important announcement to make: my new novella, Izanami's Choice , ...

On December 21st, there's a new anthology out which includes "Curiosity," my Cthulhu space story you may have heard me mentio...

From the AMA pile, Nameless One (though not the Nameless One . . . I don't think) asks: Why are we so drawn to the theme of magic? ...

It's time for another First Impact Critique , where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, and more. You want t...

Despite all the noise ($2M in two days, guys! Keep it going !), it's time for another First Impact Critique , where we take a look at ...

It's time for another First Impact Critique , where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, and more. You want t...

Title: Neuromancer Author: William Gibson Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk Published: 1984 My Content Rating: R for sex, language, an...

It's time for another First Impact Critique , where I take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, etc. You want to make...

From Anthdrawlogy 's Independence week . This one wasn't posted on the blog of any famous authors , but it's still one of my ...

Before we get to our First Impact critique , I need to announce that on Friday, Author's Echo is hosting revised versions of Authoress...

"Time travel is theoretically impossible, but I wouldn't want to give it up as a plot gimmick." — Isaac Asimov So. Back t...

So I'm out of First Impact subs. I will continue to accept submissions as they come in (because, hey, one less post to think up), and Se...

Following up our conversation a couple weeks ago , I present Adam Heine's Official Definition of Speculative Fiction: 1. Speculative F...

"Speculative fiction" is hard to define, mostly because nobody agrees on the meaning. Broadly, there are two useful definitions, b...

Title: The Maze Runner Author: James Dashner Genre: YA Science Fiction/Dystopian Published: 2009 My Content Rating: PG-13 for violence...

Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go Author: Patrick Ness Genre: YA Science Fiction/Dystopian Published: 2008 My Content Rating: R for...

You may recall I talked about Open Minds last year , about a world where everyone can read minds, except for this one girl who discovers sh...

I can't believe this blog has been going for nearly 4 years, and I have barely scratched the subject of anime . Well that ends now! H...