Rules vs. Guidelines in Fantasy
The Goblin Emperor author Katherine Addison talks about the rules of fantasy.
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Samurai, Octopuses, and Time-Traveling Lesbians: An Interview with Annalee Newitz and Ali Wilgus
2019 has been a wild year so far, and it’s made a lot of us crave well…a different timeline. Thankfully, Tor authors Annalee Newitz and Alison Wilgus have wrote this year about one of our all-time favorite SFF subjects: TIME TRAVEL. So…Why time travel? Annalee Newitz (The Future of Another Timeline): Honestly, I never wanted…
Never Out of Date: The Past as Fantasy, and Our Fantasies of the Past
Amberlough author Lara Elena Donnelly takes on the tropes and trappings of vintage-inspired media.
The Best or Worst-Timed Title Ever?
As its sequel, The Consuming Fire, approaches, John Scalzi discusses the interesting timing of the title The Collapsing Empire, with its 2017 release date.
Are you a hero or a villain?
Everyone loves a good villain. At least, we definitely do! But what does that say about you, as a person? It might mean nothing, but it might mean everything. Not sure if you’d be the hero or the villain? Take our quiz and find out!
Hadens, Chris Shane, Gender and Me
When it came to writing Lock In and Head On, John Scalzi decided that the gender of his protagonist was a mystery, even to him.
The Stars of The Queens of Innis Lear
The stars and prophecy play a big role in Tessa Gratton’s novel The Queens of Innis Lear. But the real question remains: what western zodiac signs fit her characters? Tessa has the answers.
Shades of Hamilton
Author V.E. Schwab matches characters from her Shades of Magic series with lines from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton!
OPORDS and SOPMOD Kits: Launching into the Great Unknown
Everyone’s heard of “write what you know” – but what about writing what you don’t know?
No Mother Tongue: Language in the World of Magic
A Gathering of Shadows author V. E. Schwab talks about language across the multiple Londons of the Shade of Magic series.