As December descends and the Holidays loom, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson saddle up after FAR too long an absence for a guestless catch-up episode. Jeff [...]
This week, Ursula K. Le Guin accepted the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 65th National Book Awards ceremony. [...]
Odyssey Writing Workshops is offering 3 new online classes for Speculative Fiction writing in January 2015. More details can be found in the following press [...]
If you’re in the New York City area on Monday October 27, so stop by Strand Books between 7:00PM and 8:00PM for the Everything Is Terrifying event. You’ll get to [...]
You are invited to join me for a special Live SF Signal Podcast recording on Saturday, October 25th at 4 PM at MileHiCon 46 in the Denver Tech Center. Guests include: Ed [...]
Last month I attended Context27, a small and cozy speculative fiction convention in Columbus, OH. Context is a writers convention, and this year’s guests of honor where [...]
Last week, I attended the Austin Comic Con (aka Wizard World Texas). Oddly, the show ran Thursday through Saturday. No Sunday at all. Since Saturday was Yom Kippur, I only [...]
If you’ve been paying attention to our daily link posts over the past several years, you will recognize the Fantastic Fiction at KGB Readings. This awesome monthly [...]
MB Partlow is a writer, a cranky optimist, a domestic goddess wannabe, a voracious reader across any genre, and the Director for the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. Why on [...]
Worldbuilders is the geeky charity founded by best-selling author Patrick Rothfuss. To date, they’ve raised over $3 million towards Heifer International’s efforts [...]
Well this sneaked up on me! If you are in the Houston area this weekend, you should check out the always-fun ApolloCon convention. This year’s guests include Guest of [...]
This Summer, Mythgard Institute is offering a course on Science Fiction (Part I), taught by Dr. Amy H. Sturgis. The 12 week online course covers science fiction from [...]
It’s that time of year again. Saturday May 3rd, 2014 is Free Comic Book Day! The annual event Free Comic Book Day is when participating comic book shops around the [...]
Congratulations to the fine folks behind the Shared Worlds writing program, which this year turns 7! This year, they’ve got another spectacular lineup of special [...]
This Spring, Mythgard Institute is offering a free course on Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, taught by Dr. Amy H. Sturgis. The six week online course will focus on [...]
Are you going to be in the San Francisco area on Thursday, March 27th? Rudy Rucker and Scribd will be teaming up to give away free books to Rudy’s fans and offer them a [...]
“I’m watching the future of art unfold before my eyes!” —Michael R. Whelan (Said at the inaugural SFAL event) As part of the promotional content for the [...]
Hey, Harry Potter fans! The Summer 2014 season of learning at the Mythgard Institute includes the course Taking Harry Seriously, taught by Dr. Amy H. Sturgis. The course is [...]
The Illustration Academy and Spectrum Fantastic Art Live are offering aspiring artists the opportunity to put their illustration skills to the test and compete for a number [...]
I’m almost done reading Andy Weir’s debut novel The Martian and enjoying it quite a bit. (Review soon!) One of the reasons is the realistic science that’s [...]
