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    Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Want to be the next George R.R. Martin or Jim Butcher? Here you’ll find information on writing for this specialized market, including world building, creating aliens and systems of magic, selling your work, and much more.

    Birth of a Series

    March 11, 2008 | Betsy Mitchell and Naomi Novik | Comments: 0

    The author writes it and submits. The editor considers it, then takes it on. In their words, both sides of this relationship share their takes on the process of bringing a debut novel to life. Read more

    Terry Brooks on Star Wars

    March 11, 2008 | Melanie Rigney | Comments: 0

    Noted fantasy author Terry Brooks talks about working with George Lucas on the novelization of The Phantom Menace and about the joy of writing. Read more

    The Hustler

    March 11, 2008 | Dawn Simonds | Comments: 0

    After 13 months of hand-selling his book from town to town, Christopher Paolini is vaulting to publishing stardom with a marketing savvy beyond his years. Read more

    The 4 Do’s and Don’ts of Time Travel

    March 11, 2008 | admin | Comments: 0

    You’ve always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how to develop the "rules" of time, space and magic that affect your world and its inhabitants. Read more

    You’re Now Entering the Twilight Zone

    March 11, 2008 | Nancy Kress | Comments: 1

    Not all fiction attempts to mimic reality. Successful nonmimetic fiction employs the strange, the surreal and exaggeration to make its point. Read more

    The Fellowship of the Word

    March 11, 2008 | Jack Clemens | Comments: 1

    J.R.R. Tolkien’s myth-making tales are most alive in their original form: ink and paper. Read more

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