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6 min read 2021-12-29 03:00:00

Horror Screenwriters on the Verge Spotlights Screenwriter April Sanchez

Script contributor Nanea Taylor speaks with up-and-coming Horror screenwriter April Sanchez about the stories she's drawn to writing, her goal to

3 min read 2021-12-29 01:00:31

On January 5, 2021, I wrote this: By the power vested in me by myself, I hereby proclaim 2021 to be the Year of Phil. This replaces and in all way

5 min read 2021-12-22 06:10:30

In my look, last April, at the book Science Fiction Handbook, Revised, by L. Sprague de Camp & Catherine de Camp (Owlswick Press, 1975), I

4 min read 2021-12-15 01:41:34

“Work as joy, inaccessible to the psychologists.” —Kafka Okay, I have to admit it, I haven’t put a lot of thought into this week’s post,

6 min read 2021-12-08 05:03:34

From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and yes, there is a difference—books I think fantasy (and science fiction

6 min read 2021-12-08 05:03:34

From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and yes, there is a difference—books I think fantasy (and science fiction

4 min read 2021-12-01 02:33:19

In “Autofiction: What It Is and What It Isn’t,” Brooke Warner wrote: “Autofiction, which is short for autobiographical fiction, is one of

3 min read 2021-11-24 02:42:22

From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and yes, there is a difference—books that I think fantasy (and science

1 min read 2021-11-24 02:42:22

From time to time I’ll recommend—not review, mind you, but recommend, and yes, there is a difference—books that I think fantasy (and science

1 min read 2021-11-17 01:36:35

Great question, easy answer: Anything. In fact, the question itself is silly. You don’t have to feel you’re “getting away with” anything. An

1 min read 2021-11-10 02:34:00

This week, how about a look back at my still indefinitely on-hold Pulp Fiction Workshop. As part of the rundown on the history of the pulps, I made a

1 min read 2021-11-03 01:18:51

Of course we all want to find our books at the top of the New York Times best seller list. We want our books to be taught in English classes for

1 min read 2021-10-27 01:25:50

Do I even need to go on? Please believe me that I’m not a rules-monger when it comes to creative writing. I want to read great stories told in

1 min read 2021-10-23 02:00:00

Script contributor Nanea Taylor speaks with up-and-coming Horror screenwriter Lisa Jay about writing to direct, why Lisa is personally drawn to

1 min read 2021-10-20 00:14:57

I don’t normally run guest posts here, but this week, I’d like to turn Fantasy Author’s Handbook over to Vincent O’Sullivan, and an essay he