Steve Statham is an editor, freelance writer, and photographer who has turned a lifelong love of speculative fiction into a second writing career. Along with short stories and two standalone novels, he has authored two sci-fi series. The first, his…
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Are You a Guardian of the Dream?
Novelists think differently from other writers. We set out to create and sustain a fictitious dream for our reader… As a novelist, you are guardian of the dream. ~ Jerry Jenkins
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Posted in Quotes
2018 Wednesday on the Web #3
Here’s the next of my fifth-Wednesday posts in which I share a few finds from my magical (ever-filling) bag of online treasure. As this has been an especially busy week running into a long holiday weekend, please ignore the fact…
Tagged with: editing checklist, famous writers' doubts, famous writers' fears, Jerry Jenkins advice, Julie Glover quote, Nathan Scalia, New Zealand Safety Video, online treasure, Starship Enterprise Ring, understanding lasers, understanding the vacuum of space, when you think your writing sucks, writing encouragement
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Posted in Coolness from the Web
Summer 2018: Roswell’s UFO Festival & Galacticon
After living in New Mexico most of my life, and never doing more than pass through Roswell, I decided 2018 was the year to finally see what the alien encounter thing was all about. The UFO Festival has been celebrated annually in…
Author Interview: Kerry Nietz
Former software engineer Kerry Nietz is an award-winning science fiction author of novels and short stories. He is best known for his Peril in Plain Space series (Amish Vampires in Space and Amish Zombies from Space) and his DarkTrench universe with…
Tagged with: A Star Curiously Singing, Amish Vampires in Space, Amish Zombies from Space, DarkTrench Saga series, DarkTrench Shadow series, Fraught by Kerry Nietz, Frayed by Kerry Nietz, Kerry Nietz books, Peril in Plain Space series, Rhats! by Kerry Nietz, Takamo Universe
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The Only Writing Advice That Matters
The only piece of writing advice that really matters is to keep going. Getting caught up in the idea that every book you write has to be published is the surest way to make sure you don’t keep going. ~…
Tagged with: Shaunta Grimes quote, writing advice, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
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3 Fiction Writing Terms: Clichés, Point of View, Suspension of Disbelief
I start every post in this series by pointing out my early lack of knowledge of creative writing terms. As a wise writing sage once said, “Knowing is one thing, doing is another.” Or maybe that was Yoda… Study and…
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Author Interview: J.S. Morin
J.S. Morin, former engineer turned full-time science fiction/fantasy author, claims the title of “a creator of worlds and a destroyer of words.” He has loved exploring speculative fiction since childhood and now hopes his own stories will help influence a new…
Tagged with: Black Ocean series, books about robots, fantasy writers, Firehurler by J.S. Morin, Human Phase by J.S. Morin, M.A. Larkin, Robot Geneticists series, Salvage Trouble by J.S. Morin, sci-fantasy genre, science fiction writers, Sins of Angels series, Twinborn Chronicles, world building
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Freedom to Create
When there is no freedom, there is no creativity. ~ Soud Qbeilat
Author Interview: Janice Hardy
As a blogger, a speaker, and an author of fiction and nonfiction, Janice Hardy is one of the busiest writing professionals in the industry. Her how-to Foundation of Fiction series focuses on novel writing with Plotting Your Novel: Ideas and…
