Writer’s Craft # 127 – Writing Space Travel

Michelle Murrain is a science fiction writer who has published seven novels. Her novels are largely hard science fiction, and incorporate social, political, and spiritual topics. She lives in Northern California. I’m a hard science fiction author. Proudly, even. As much as I love to ponder social structures, like relationships, culture and family, explore political……

Writer’s Craft # 126 – Treasures on Paper

Holly Jennings writes speculative fiction from her home in Tecumseh, Ontario. She has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, AE Sci-Fi Canada, and elsewhere. For more, visit http://www.hnjennings.com or follow her as she attempts to understand twitter @HollyN_Jennings. When Lynda first asked me to write an article about the richness of writing in notebooks, I felt……

Guest Post: Place Settings by Gregory Frost

So…a few years back I was teaching a general “boot-camp” style writing class for the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, and at PWC teaching a workshop means that I have to read and critique some manuscripts as well. Frankly, the reading and critiquing stories or partials takes me ten times as long as any prep for standing……

Clarion Write-a-thon Team Report: Week 1

This week’s slightly belated compilation of reports from five of the write-a-thon teams: Jim Shea, reporting in from The League of Argyle Socks: We’ve finished Week 1, and those reporting in from the League of Argyle Socks are moving along. Greg Frost (Clarion alum, teacher and all-round swell guy) reports that he’s “revising a novel……