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- Arron of the Black Forest Blog: Keep up on the series and learn more about the world of Arron of the Black Forest.
- Post Modern Pulps on Arron: A thoughtful review of The Haunting of Dragon’s Cliff.
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- Stories in the Ether #3: Featuring my story “I Made a Friend.”
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Gamasutra
- The Case for In-house Publishing My featured post at Gamasutra, which includes a TSR history lesson.
- There Has Been a Reckoning On the subject of a friend’s new game.
- Is IGDA Membership Worth It? Turns out, not really.
- A Little Respect: Writers deserve respect. There, I said it.
- The Gaming Revolution Will Be…Read? My case for more video game tie-in novels.
Grasping for the Wind
- SEPTEMBER 7: NATIONAL BUY A BOOK DAY Go to Grasping for the Wind, read my column, then buy a book on September 7!
- Content is King: My Grasping for the Wind swan song. Be a CONTENT PROVIDER!
- ROBOT IS THE NEW VAMPIRE Read my first column on Grasping for the Wind!
- THE WORLDS THAT OUTGREW THEIR STORIES September Column: Two Roads to Intellectual Property Success
- THROW YOUR BOOK A PARTY Advice for Authors on Signings and In-store Events
- Five Things Every Aspiring Author Should Know Don’t say I never warned you!
- Is Science Fiction Bad for Us? My December 2010 column on the desensitizing effect of SF.
- Convention Etiquette for Professionals and Panelists Tips for conventioneers with help from Jack Emmert, Richard Garfield, James Minz, Matthew Stover, and Kristine Katheryn Rusch
- Pile on the Huge: In which I discuss scale in SF books and movies.
- The Knee-jerk Reductionism of our Ill-considered Bloggers I jump in on the debate: Is fantasy morally bankrupt?
- Why I Read Five Books at Once The method to my (reading) madness.
- Been There, Survived That: Notes from the “bookpocalypse” as seen from the “recordmaggedon.”
- SFFWRCHT: The transcript of a wild-and-wooly Twitter chat session.
Interviews and Other Stuff
- I'VE BEEN WIKIPEDIAD: Don’t believe everything they say about me!
- CLARKESWORLD INTERVIEW 2: Read the rest of the editors roundtable in Clarkesworld.
- CLARKESWORLD INTERVIEW 1: I took part in a roundtable interview with other speculative fiction editors.
- WIZARDS.COM INTERVIEW: Philip Athans, interviewed on wizards.com.
- MAKE-BELIEVE MONDAYS INTERVIEW: Debra Parmley’s Make-Believe Mondays is a must-read blog for SF/Fantasy fans, and she’s interviewed lil’ ol’ me!
- Pat's Fantasy Hotlist Review of The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction!
- Celebrity Game Table: A detailed look at my Tegel Manor Campaign from 2003.
- Publisher's Weekly “Is the Universe Expanding or Contracting?”
- FANTASY BOOK CRITIC reviews The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Qwiki: This kinda freaked me out, though it’s a little out of date.
- Guys Can Read: Wondercon 2011 podcast interview.
- ISFDB: My entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Nevermet Press Interview, Part 1: Jonathan Jacobs and I discuss SF/Fantasy, and publishing in 2011.
- Nevermet Press Interview, Part 2: More inside information surrounding “I Made a Friend.”
- Bolthole Interview: I talk Warhammer, writing, and more with a great Games Workshop fan site.
- I Made A Friend: A new short story by me, published by Nevermet Press!
- Write Tip: Things Pros (including me!) Wish New Authors Knew About Publishing And Don’t
- Age of Legends Review: Positive words for “The City is Theirs.”
- 10 Questions with…ME! I get grilled by Ryan Schneider.
- Omnivoracious Interview: I talk with Susan Morris on the subject of worldbuilding.
- Chicks with Crossbows on Villains: A nice report on our ECCC panel, even if she spelled my name wrong!
- SF Signal Mind Meld: Aliens I join other SF/F authors and editors on the subject of what makes a good alien.
- Five Things Every Horror Author Needs to Know: A Writer’s Digest Tutorial
- The Shelf-Life of Sci-Fi Storytelling A love letter to the pulps.
- SF Signal on The Fathomless Abyss: I’m interviewed by Charles Tan.
National Buy a Book Day
- SEPTEMBER 7: NATIONAL BUY A BOOK DAY Go to Grasping for the Wind, read my column, then buy a book on September 7!
- Grasping for the Wind on NBBD: National Buy a Book Day Foundation board member John Ottinger speaks out!
- The National Buy a Book Day Foundation September 7th is fast approaching!
NEW!
- SpoCon I’m planning on being in Spokane, WA in August for SpoCon…details to follow.
- PNWA Conference I’ve been invited to speak at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference in Seattle in July.
Resources
- SF SIGNAL: A great source of news, opinions, and links for all things SF.
- New York Times Books: Reviews, news, and so on from the Old School.
- GAMASUTRA: News and opinions from the video game universe.
- LOCUS Online: SF’s magazine of record.
- McSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY: Because it’s frickin’ awesome.
The Fathomless Abyss
- SF Signal Interview with Cat Rambo: “I have to firmly put my more logical side on the shelf when working in the Abyss. Which is weirdly freeing…”
- SF Signal Interview with Mel Odom: “I had a chance to help develop the world.”
- SF Signal Interview with J.M. McDermott: “The thing that excited me was an opportunity to work with, and invent, some creatures.”
- SF Signal Interview with Brad R. Torgersen “It sounded like a lot of fun to me…”
- SF Signal Interview with Jay Lake: “…the world is charmingly cock-eyed, while still possessed of vast possibility.”
- Mel Odom Arron of the Black Forest & The Fathomless Abyss!
- Jay Lake That Which Rises Ever Upward
- J.M. McDermott It’s Mine
- Mike Resnick The Ascent (with Brad R. Torgersen)
- Brad R. Torgersen The Ascent (with Mike Resnick)
- Cat Rambo A Querulous Flute of Bone
- Book 4: A Seed on the Wind The Kindle edition of the new novella by Cat Rambo.
- Book 1: Tales From The Fathomless Abyss The Kindle edition of the anthology that started it all!
- Book 1: Tales From The Fathomless Abyss The Nook edition of the opening anthology.
- Abyss Review: A short review of Tales From The Fathomless Abyss by James Reasoner.
- Writers of the Future: WotF reports on Tales From The Fathomless Abyss.
- SF Signal Interview with Mats Minnhagen: “In fantasy, because the setting is distorted, the timeless themes stand out with greater clarity.”
- Book 3: Nirvana Gates The Nook edition of the novella by J.M. McDermott
- Book 2: Devils of the Endless Deep The Kindle edition of the first follow-up to Tales From The Fathomless Abyss!
- Black Gate on The Fathomless Abyss Spreading the word!
- Book 4: A Seed on the Wind The Nook edition of the novella by Cat Rambo.
- Book 3: Nirvana Gates The Kindle edition of the Fathomless Abyss novella by J.M. McDermott
- SF Signal Interview with Mike Resnick “The possibilities within the framework are endless, and it’s a type of fiction I haven’t written in decades.”
- Fantasy Hotlist on Nirvana Gates: And the Fathomless Abyss in general.
Fantasy Author’s Feeds
Past Posts
Monthly Archives: March 2010
REVIEW THIS
Because of space considerations, the following section had to be cut from the final text of The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction, but why let it go to waste? The quotes from friends were taken directly from the … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, best sellers, book critics, book reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Powell's Bookstore, Publishing, Publishing Business, R.A. Salvatore, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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DON’T BE A SNOBBY READER (LIKE ME) or HOW ANDY GIBB MADE ME WANT TO READ A ROMANCE NOVEL
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been methodically importing my entire CD collection into iTunes, backed up by a external hard drive and now resident on my shiny new 160GB iPod Classic. So far, I have about 11½ days worth … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged Andy Gibb, author, authors, Books, Dungeons & Dragons, Fabio, Fantasy, fantasy-romance, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, R.A. Salvatore, read more, romance novels, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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ADVICE FOR AUTHORS FROM THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS CONFERENCE & EXPO
By now I’m sure you’ve read, with great interest, my blog reports on the Publishing Business Conference & Expo, which I attended last week in New York. I’m also sure they left you asking, “Yeah, but, as an aspiring fantasy … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, best sellers, Books, e-books, e-readers, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, read more, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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PUBLISHING BUSINESS CONFERENCE & EXPO: DAY TWO
Revised on March 13, 2010 to include formatting and links. . . . Tired! A second long day of back-to-back sessions at the Publishing Business Conference & Expo here in breezy New York City. I have pages and pages of notes, but limited … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, e-books, e-readers, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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PUBLISHING BUSINESS CONFERENCE & EXPO: DAY ONE
Revised on March 12th with formatting and links! Well, here I am with a view of Times Square out my hotel window. I’ve flown in from an unseasonably sunny Seattle to an unseasonably sunny New York for the Publishing Business … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged A Behanding in Spokane, author, authors, Books, e-books, e-readers, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, Publishing Business Conference & Expo, Science Fiction, Steve Forbes, Times Square, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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WHEN YOU DIE, CAN I HAVE THIS?
The title of this post is an actual quote from my nine year old son after a few minutes of playing with my new Sony Reader. He tends to be drawn to any kind of electronic gadget, but he really … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, Dungeons & Dragons, e-book reader, e-books, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, read more, Science Fiction, Sony Reader, Star Trek, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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