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SF & Fantasy

April 2013 Book Festival: Get Lit at the Beach


poster-getlitI will be attending the Get Lit at the Beach festival in a few weeks!

I’m going as a fan. Seven bestselling writers will be in attendance and tickets are being sold at $75 right now for the entire weekend! If you live in the Pacific Northwest, there really is no excuse for you not going! No. Really! Here’s why!

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SF & Fantasy

Gifts For the Geek: Day 6: Sometimes the Magic Works


brooks-sometimesDay 6 is here!

Gifts For the Geek continues it holiday run and today is a gift for the geek writer in your life!

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SF & Fantasy

Raymond Benson Interview


We asked author Raymond Benson about his experience with writing Hitman: Damnation. Check it out!

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Paranormal

NYCC 2012: Keri Arthur on Writing in the American Vernacular in ‘Beneath a Darkening Moon’


NYCC 2012: Keri Arthur on Writing in the American Vernacular in ‘Beneath a Darkening Moon’

It’s Australian writer Keri Arthur! We were happy to have Keri for a few moments at the suvudu.com booth to talk about her work on Beneath a Darkening Moon and how depicting an authentically American vernacular was a matter of research and careful collaboration with her editor.

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Suvudu

Making Magic Magical


Hand of GloryMagic is a staple of the fantasy genre, but some authors don’t take the time to flesh out how it works and what it looks like. There might be a few magic words, maybe a wave of the wand, but for the most part, there’s little distinguishing the depiction of magical workings from one author to the next. Why should any writer settle for that when magic – “real” magic – has a rich history stretching back to the dawn of humankind?

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Suvudu

Fighting Facts and Fantasy with Martial Artist Daniele Bolelli


onthewarriorspathThe barbarian charges into the melee, unflinching and without fear. The Jedi somersaults around the Sith’s crackling red lightsaber. The hero takes a mailed fist to the chin and shrugs it off. Science fiction and fantasy stories are full of exciting, inspiring battles, but how realistic are they? To find out, I asked my friend Daniele Bolelli, martial artist, professor and author of several books.

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SF & Fantasy

Why Writing Is A Potent Drug


brooks-annotatedswordWriting is a drug where a King Kong-size monkey sits squarely on the backs of writers everywhere.

There is only one solution. And each of you have held the product of that solution in your hands!

Next time you talk to a writer, tell them thank you. Because they are drug addicts and endanger their lives every day!

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Suvudu

Guest Essay: Matt Forbeck on Writing 12 Novels in 12 Months


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Experience and simple math told me that I could write a novel a month if I wanted to, but it proved impossible to find a publisher interested in backing such venture. It’s risky to put so much of your resources into a single, mad idea like that, and I understood that reluctance. It would be a huge risk for me too.

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SF & Fantasy

Have Your Manuscript Professionally Critiqued


icon-worldbuildersPatrick Rothfuss is a New York Times bestselling author but that’s not the reason I call him friend. He has one of the most giving souls I’ve met, and he’s proving it again with Worldbuilders!

Got a manuscript and want it professionally critiqued? Make the jump to find out how you can donate to a great cause!

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SF & Fantasy

NaNoWriMo Begins Again!


nanowrimo-iconThe National Novel Writing Month has begun again!

Here is why I think it is an important tool for some new writers.

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