I had a great time over on Journey Through Sci-Fi talking to Matt and James for their Space Opera series. I *love* the MCU, so getting to nerd out about Guardians and Thor: Ragnarok? Oh, it was such hard work! Give it a listen HERE.
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 Over at the British Fantasy Society's blog, I talk about the trope of Evil Children in this month's "Subgenre Deep Dive"! If you're a Gen Xer like me, you remember how scary Damien from The Omen was (as if the bullies in school weren't bad enough!), but just think how terrifying that was for the adults in the room. Now we have enough issues with wretched adults (and too many videos of reprehensible behavior on airplanes!), but scary, possessed kids are a bit more awful now that we are the adults and supposed to be able to raise them better.
This was a LOT of fun to write and is an extended and tweaked version of the "Evil Children" section of the new Volume 2 of Spec Fic for Newbies. So take a look at the post here, and if you dig it you can get 29 more subgenres and major tropes--complete with activities for each to get you writing--into your eyeballs via our dedicated linktree, where a bundle of Volumes 1 and 2 is still being offered by publisher Luna Press at a special price! *image is a still from Pet Sematary (2019) taken from IMDb  Over on John Scalzi's famous (or infamous?) blog, Whatever, Val Nolan and I got to talk about the big ideas behind Spec Fic for Newbies Volume 2.
We discuss why we think science fiction, fantasy, and horror are such important genres, especially as a way to describe and discuss the overwhelming things happening in today's political, social, and environmental climate. It's a quick jump to it here.  Volume 2 of the award-finalist and Locus listed Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror is out now! Val and I had a lot of fun writing this sequel to the well-received first volume, and we even got a #1 New Release banner over on Amazon.
Volume 2 continues the subgenre and trope goodness with a look at 30 new topics, from Astronauts to Ecohorror, Dragons to Mythological Fantasy, and everything in between. Read more on our dedicated Spec Fic for Newbies page! Available everywhere! |
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