The Good Intention of The New Year’s Resolution
As the end of 2020 approaches, read Forge author Shelley Noble’s thoughts on her love-hate relationship with New Year’s resolutions.
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What We’re Reading: 5 Reasons to Listen to Rusty Quill’s The Magnus Archives
I’ll say this right upfront: Time and wordcount are the only constraints preventing this article from becoming “5,000 Reasons to Listen to Rusty Quill’s The Magnus Archives.”
Supernatural is Eternal
The infamous CW series Supernatual is about to wrap up after 15 seasons on air, but the legacy of this fantastical giant is eternal. S. A. Hunt, author of the Malus Domestica series, joined us to talk about falling in love with the show, the impact the series had on her work, and more. Check it out here!
Writing the Past While Living in the Present
A Resolution at Midnight is the most recent installment in the Lady Dunbridge Mysteries by Shelley Noble, and it takes place in Gilded Age Manhattan. Read what it’s like for Shelley to write historical mysteries set in the past while living in the present! By Shelley Noble I write historical mysteries; 1900s in Manhattan, the Gilded…
The Most Interesting Humans Turned Weapons In SFF, According to Karen Osborne
What is the best weapon you can have in a science fiction novel? Sometimes, the answer is ‘who’ and not ‘what.’ Karen Osborne, debut author of Architects of Memory, joined us to share her favorite humans turned weapons of science fiction—do you agree with her choices? By Karen Osborne Guns. Bombs. Bioweapons. Sometimes all of it…
WTF? Or, The Knights Who Say F*ck (A Lot)
How much swearing is TOO much swearing? Is there even such a thing as too much swearing?! Lavie Tidhar, the author of By Force Alone, dives into that question, and what “bad” language means to our concept of speech in the below article. Check it out here!
The *Best* Dynamic Duos in SFF by Ryan Van Loan
Legolas and Gimli. Ripley and her giant space gun. SFF has some of the best dynamic duos. To name a few, we asked The Sin in the Steel (home to chaotic Sherlock & Watson style duo Buc and Eld) author Ryan Van Loan to join us and round up some of the best.
Once a Poet….by L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of Quantum Shadows
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. is a force within the science fiction and fantasy community, but did you know his first dream was poetry? Check him out as he discusses his journey below!
Nathan Makaryk on Why Reading Can Make You a Better Human
Read why Nathan Makaryk, author of the upcoming book Lionhearts, thinks that reading books with characters unlike yourself can make you a more empathetic and inclusive person.
Ben Bova and Doug Beason Answer: What’s It Like Collaborating on a Novel?
Co-writing a novel with a collaborator is WAY easier than writing an entire novel by yourself…right? Ben Bova and Doug Beason, co-authors of Space Station Down, may disagree. Check out their take on writing a book together below!