FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION AS INVENTED HISTORY
Are we all writing historical fiction, but the history is invented? When I was working as the Forgotten Realms novel line editor at Wizards of the
Are we all writing historical fiction, but the history is invented? When I was working as the Forgotten Realms novel line editor at Wizards of the
“A comprehensive and fascinating deep dive into the evolution of libraries… Bibliophiles should consider this a must-read.”—Publishers
If you follow me on GoodReads you’ll know that I set up a Reading Challenge every year, and for most of the past few years I’ve actually
The novelist Patrick Gale knows how to write an opening line. Consider these examples from a selection of his books, and then try and resist the urge
Even if you aren’t writing hardboiled detective, crime, or mystery stories, I think pulp grandmaster Raymond Chandler’s 1950 introduction to
“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.” So began Vladimir Nabokov’s puppet, Humbert Humbert, as he set out his case to
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the author of The Book of Proverbs: A Social Justice Commentary, new from CCAR Press. In this excerpt from the
Some more from the old online worldbuilding course… If we begin with the basic concept that no one literally speaks English in either Westeros or
If you visit The Refuge in Manchester, you’ll find a rarity of an exhibition: images by renowned photographer Tish Murtha, as well as a selection
In A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway told us that, “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” And from there, at least, came generations of
This week, I’d like to mine some material from my now defunct online Worldbuilding course. This, on the subject of magic in fantasy, and to some
This one’s for those who spend their lunch breaks with Xiran Jay Zhao, although not in the literal sense. Serving exquisite hanfu looks and
Issue 11 of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies features a special issue on Black Romance, edited by Margo Hendricks and Julie Moody-Freeman.
It would not be entirely correct to say that, for some decades now, my “day job” has been as an editor. To say “day job” means that it’s
Brian Lebeau was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, home of the infamous Lizzie Borden. After being awarded an "A" in high school English