What are the great rural fantasy novels?
Enough of this Urban Fantasy malarkey, because I’m now interested in Rural Fantasy. I’ve written a Book Club feature for SFX Magazine, on Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock. I hope I’ve done Mythago Wood justice, and that I’ve served Robert, who sadly died not that long ago, as well as he deserves. I think I…
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Mark Charan Newton
Three science fiction writing exercises
Author Monica Valentinelli offers three writing exercises to help get you thinking about science fiction story ideas. Create an alien, destroy the world, and create a fantastical invention. Since many of you who visit this site are also science fiction authors yourselves, I thought it might be fun to offer a few writing exercises to…
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Monica Valentinelli - Apex Book Company