This article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. About the Expert Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is a pilot and aviation […]
Beth Cato on Writing Novellas
Today I’m pleased to host Beth Cato, an accomplished novelist, short story author, and baker. About the Author Beth Cato hails from Hanford, California, but currently writes and bakes cookies in a lair west of Phoenix, Arizona. She shares the household with a hockey-loving husband, a numbers-obsessed son, and a cat the size of a canned […]
Earthquakes: Fact versus Fiction
This article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. You might also like The Rogue Retrieval, my debut SF novel […]
Ways to Prepare for NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is almost upon us. There’s a special place in my heart for this event, because it’s what finally got me writing long-form fiction. Also, I can finally point to some results: The Rogue Retrieval, which I wrote in NaNoWriMo 2012-2013, is going to be published by Harper Voyager early next […]
Three Ways to Write a Better Hike
This article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. About the Expert Victoria Sandbrook is a fantasy writer, nonfiction […]