It Begins With a Whisper | A Guest Blog by Janni Lee Simner
I'm traveling as I write this, and because I'm traveling, I'm listening for stories. Thief Eyes by Janni Lee Simner Cover © Random House, Inc. I hear whispers of them as I look out the windows of the...
View ArticleGuest Post: Eric DelaBarre, “Writers, Pirates and Patriots: Oh, Say Can You...
[caption id="attachment_14765" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Barataria Bay"][/caption] Guest post by Eric DelaBarre When a writer sits down with an idea for a new story, the writer can be...
View ArticleGuest Post: Paul Di Filippo, Author, “How to Write Science Fiction”
Writer, critic and essayist Paul Di Filippo is the author of many short stories, novels and novellas, including Ribofunk, the Steampunk Trilogy, A Year in the Linear City and, most recently, "How to...
View ArticleGuest Post: Author Minister Faust on ‘The Alchemists of Kush’
Minister Faust's novels first two novels, The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad and From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain, established his reputation as an author of genre-crossing, socially aware...
View ArticleGuest Post: Keith Donohue, Author, ‘Centuries of June’
Keith Donohue is the author of Centuries of June, a novel of the fantastic featuring a talking cat, time travel and more, recently praised as a "tour de force" by Library Journal: "Donohue’s tour de...
View ArticleGuest Post: Trevor Shane, Author, ‘Children of Paranoia’
Guest author Trevor Shane's new novel is Children of Paranoia: Since the age of eighteen, Joseph has been assassinating people on behalf of a cause that he believes in but doesn't fully understand....
View ArticleWomen Writing the Weird: Deb Hoag Interviews Nancy A. Collins
Please enjoy this special guest post: an interview of horror author Nancy A. Collins conducted by one of her peers, Deb Hoag. Special thanks to both authors and Dog Horn Publishing editor-in-chief...
View ArticleGuest Essay: ‘Machine’ Author Jennifer Pelland on Mechanical Immortality
Mechanical Immortality and Machine by Jennifer Pelland So what would you do if you got a chance to live in a machine copy of your own body -- one that looked and felt just like your flesh body -- only...
View ArticleGuest Post: Helen Fitzgerald on ‘The Duplicate’
Helen Fitzgerald is the author of The Duplicate, available now from as an ebook from Snubnose Press: Barbara isn't the most popular girl in school and she's hoping that the Ruth Warren self-help book...
View ArticleFun with Dead Things: 10 Zombie Comedies You Don’t Want to Miss (Part One)
Guest contributor William Todd Rose is the author of Apocalyptic Organ Grinder. The first book to be released from Hydra, a new digital-first imprint from Random house. Look for part two of "Fun With...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Django Wexler: ‘The Day of Battle: Writing Battle Scenes’
The Thousand Names Blog Tour: Launching The Shadow Campaigns The Day of Battle: Writing Battle Scenes By Django Wesler The Thousand Names is, basically, the story of a military campaign, and so it’s...
View ArticleA Must-Read: Ken Scholes on ‘How Far Our Dreams Might Take Us’
I'm been a fan of Ken Scholes' work ever since I reviewed the first book of his The Psalms of Isaak series, Lamentation, for Realms of Fantasy magazine. Its mix of forgotten ancient technology,...
View ArticleGuest Post: Michael Swanwick & Con Men
Chasing the Phoenix by Michael Swanwick is published today! Swanwick is a five-time Hugo Award winner. It is pretty clear that he can weave a deft story with engaging characters in a minimal amount of...
View ArticleGuest Post: Seth Dickinson On Building A Better Evil Overlord
I am in the midst of reading a wonderful new novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson. On its cover, Kameron Hurley calls it "Smart. Brutal. Gut-wrenching." I have to absolutely agree with...
View ArticleGuest Essay: ‘Lazarus Gate’ Author Mark A. Latham on Roleplaying Games and...
"The Narrative of Destiny: Roleplaying Games and the Narrative Arts" by Mark A. Latham Due to my background in the tabletop gaming industry, I’ve been asked a fair few times whether or not writing for...
View Article‘Beyond Redemption’ Author Michael R. Fletcher: ‘NO SUCH THING AS GRIMDARK’
NO SUCH THING AS GRIMDARK by Michael R. Fletcher A billion years ago, back in the spring of 2014, my agent looked at the manuscript I'd sent her and said, "the GrimDark crowd is going to love this"...
View ArticleGuest Post: On Not Killing The Parents by Erin M. Evans
Ashes of the Tyrant by Erin M. Evans is in fine bookstores today! She has written a guest blog post for Suvudu detailing why—sometimes—killing the parents and creating an orphan might not be the right...
View ArticleJonathan Wood: Top 5 Things I Should’ve Done To Prepare For This Damn Book...
Book launches sneak up on you, don't they? At least, that's what author Jonathan Wood says, and we're too frightened of him to disagree. (Something about that sinister British accent...) Anyway, we're...
View ArticleGuest Post: THE BLENDING OF KNIGHTS & DINOSAURS by Victor Milán
KNIGHTS AND DINOSAURS BLENDING FACT AND FANTASY FOR FUN AND PROFIT by Victor Milán I’ve been a huge dinosaur fan since I was a toddler. I’ve been a history buff for almost as long. So when I set out...
View ArticleTad Williams On Writing Hard Fantasy And An Osten Ard Update
Cover detail for To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams. Art by Michael Whelan. As someone who writes what I think of as “hard” fantasy — similar in purpose to “hard science fiction”, that is, with a...
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