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Arron of the Black Forest
- Dragon's Cliff Dungeon Tips: Joe Kushner on using The Haunting of Dragon’s Cliff in your D&D game.
- Arron Review: A great review of The Haunting of Dragon’s Cliff.
- 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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- The Guide to Writing Fantasy & SF from Adams Media: Buy directly from the source!
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- Google eBookstore Buy ebooks for various readers.
- WHSmith: For our friends in the United Kingdom.
- BooksOnBoard: Another fine ebook retailer.
- Stories in the Ether #3: Featuring my story “I Made a Friend.”
- Amazon Author Page: More about lil ol me!
Communicate With Me
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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
Tag Archives: resolutions
WRITING WRONGS
A lame pun, I know. But this week I wanted to talk a little bit about writing for a cause. Very near the start of The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction, and very near the start of every … Continue reading
Posted in Books, creative team, E-Books, Publishing Business, Science Fiction Story, SF and Fantasy Authors, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, e-books, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, resolutions, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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SIT YOUR ASS DOWN AND DO IT!
A couple weeks ago, my fellow Fathomless Abyss explorer Mike Resnick posted on Facebook about all the books and stories he finished in 2012 and I was simply blown away by his output. It put my meager word counts to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, creative team, intellectual property development, National Buy a Book Day, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, The Fathomless Abyss, transmedia, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, e-books, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Mike Resnick, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, resolutions, Science Fiction, watch less TV, Writing, writing advice, writing exercises, writing process
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RESOLUTIONS, 2013
A new year again? Already? The older you get the shorter years seem to be. When I was a kid, a year seemed to take forever. But then if you’re ten years old, a year is a tenth of your … Continue reading
TAKE A DAY OFF
All the hustle and bustle of the new year has got me all revved up, and I’m working harder than I have in a long time. I’ve got a major new consulting client for whom I’m acquiring vintage SF, fantasy, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, creative team, E-Books, intellectual property development, National Buy a Book Day, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, The Fathomless Abyss, transmedia, Video Games, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, e-books, editor, Fantasy, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, resolutions, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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HEALTHY BODY/HEALTHY MIND
Last week, wrapped in some whining and ranting and raving, were embedded some of those delightful little devils, New Years Resolutions. Believe me, I’m not going over all that doom and gloom and impotent rage stuff again. On my to … Continue reading
Posted in SF and Fantasy Authors, The Fathomless Abyss, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, creative process, Fantasy, jay Lake, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, resolutions, Science Fiction, watch less TV, Writing, writing advice, writing exercises, writing process
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RESOLUTIONS 2012 (THE SEMI-COHERENT RANT EDITION)
I do this every year, and every year I seem to be disappointed by the same failures while being inspired by some surprising successes. I keep promising I’ll be healthier, which is fat people code for “lose weight.” Nope. Still … Continue reading
Posted in Arron, Arron of the Black Forest, Books, creative team, Publishing Business, SF and Fantasy Authors, The Fathomless Abyss, transmedia, Video Games, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, Depression, editor, Fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, read more, resolutions, Science Fiction, Wizards of the Coast, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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WHAT I’M THANKFUL FOR, 2011
On November 24, 2009 I wrote a post here entitled “What I’m Thankful For, 2009.” I looked back on that post this morning equally happy and sad. I smiled at my “sense of near-completion” on The Guide to Writing Fantasy … Continue reading
Posted in Arron, Arron of the Black Forest, Books, creative team, E-Books, intellectual property development, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, transmedia, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, e-books, editor, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Mel Odom, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, resolutions, Science Fiction, Thanksgiving, Wizards of the Coast, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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RESOLUTIONS, 2011
This time last year, I made five New Year’s Resolutions here at Fantasy Author’s Handbook, in the hopes that making them public would help me keep them. I also made the promise that I would come back and report on … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dungeons & Dragons, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, read more, resolutions, Science Fiction, watch less TV, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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THE FANTASY AUTHOR’S HANDBOOK INTERVIEWS V: CHANTELLE SHAW
The previous four interviews in this series have been with people who were kind and generous enough to help me out with research for The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction, but this one is a little different, though … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Business, Romance Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, best sellers, Books, Chantelle Shaw, Fantasy, fantasy-romance, Fiction, genre fiction, Harlequin, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, resolutions, Romance, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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