The Action Heroine's Handbook by Jennifer Worick and Joe Borgenicht From the back cover: "For every woman who wants to be as tough...

When the cat's away... One of the last things I said to the editorial staff as I left the office last week for a convention was, "M...

by Raelene Gorlinsky I was at the RT convention last week for less than 48 hours, but it was enough to remind me of a very important and enj...

We’ve talked about urban fantasy, and we’ve talked about the tropes of speculative fiction. We’ve even touched on how to flesh out a world a...

by Nick Conrad First and foremost: what the heck is urban fantasy? In a nutshell, urban fantasy is any fiction in a contemporary or near-fut...

by Briana St. James Authors often hear about world building in science fiction and fantasy novels. These books need to show a vibrant world ...

Things we accept inside the Black Box 1. Faster than light travel 2. Universal translators 3. Artificial intelligence 4. Advanced (intellige...

by Mary Altman In speculative fiction, the term "black-box theory" is typically used to describe a device of which we know or care...

Wow, we had a lot of entries in our "first sentence of the story" contest. Remember, the point was to create a first sentence that...

Yes indeed, as another blog announced for us, were-ducks are the next big fad in paranormal romance! But there are other shapeshifters we wo...