MIND MELD: Our Non-Writer Influences
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] We asked this week’s panelists about their influences outside of the literary world. Q: Who are your [...]
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MIND MELD: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Genre Series: Series vs. Standalones; Ones We Abandoned; Ones We Returned To
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] We asked this week’s panelists about series fiction in genre. Q: Everywhere you go in genre, series seem to [...]
MIND MELD: Why are Anthologies Important?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week, we asked our panelists the following: Q: Why are anthologies important for writers and readers of [...]
MIND MELD: What Book Would You Like to Experience Again for the First Time?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] There’s always been one question I’ve asked in my author interviews that gives some of the most interesting and [...]
MIND MELD MAKEUP: Nnedi Okorafor on the Horror Novel That Kept Her Awake at Night
As a reminder, last week’s Mind Meld asked the following question: Q: What was the last horror novel that kept you awake at [...]
MIND MELD: The Scary Stories That Made Us Lose Sleep
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] It’s Halloween time and what better way to celebrate than with a terrifying tale? So we asked our panelists [...]
MIND MELD: How Science Fiction Changed Our Lives
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week, we asked our panelists the following: Q: How has reading science fiction and fantasy changed you as a [...]
MIND MELD: Worthy Media Tie-ins
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] From Star Wars to X-Men, Halo to Star Trek, many media franchises also offer tie-in novels, giving fans another way [...]
MIND MELD: Our Favorite Women Horror Writers
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Inspired by such so-called “Greatest Horror Writers” lists as this and this — which include zero [...]
MIND MELD: What Authors Influenced Today’s YA Writers When They Were Young?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Today’s Young Adult authors are undoubtedly a big influence on young minds with the stories they tell and the [...]
MIND MELD: Up And Coming Authors of The Last 5 Years
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!]This week’s question was inspired by the upcoming anthology Twenty-First Century Science Fiction, which [...]
MIND MELD: What’s on Your Mount To-Be-Read Book Pile?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] We asked this week’s panelists about what they are reading. Q: Mount To-be-read! Every genre reader that [...]
MIND MELD: The Rules of Worldbuilding
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] In fiction, especially Fantasy, SF, and the like, part of the joy of reading is the sometimes vast, and [...]
MIND MELD: Recent SF/F That Deserves More Attention
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] It’s almost impossible to keep up with all the new SF/F that’s produced each year. To help broaden [...]
MIND MELD: Our Favorite Female Protagonists and Why They Rock
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] While it is important to recognize women writers in genre, it is ultimately the characters in the stories and [...]
MIND MELD: What Authors Are on Your Auto-Read List?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] We all have authors whose work, for whatever reason, inspire us more than the rest, whose books standout and can [...]
MIND MELD: Great SF/F Stories By Women
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Recently, Ian Sales posted an article on his website called Toward 100 Great SF Short Stories by Women. We thought [...]
MIND MELD: Our Favorite Road Trips in Science Fiction and Fantasy
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] From Bilbo traveling to the lonely Mountain and Frodo’s journey to Mordor, to Steven Erikson’s Malazan novels [...]
MIND MELD: Books That Would Make Awesome Video Games
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] The first author I ever talked to was John Scalzi. I emailed him after reading The Ghost Brigades to tell him how [...]
MIND MELD: The Successors of Orwell’s 1984
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week, we decided to transcend Orwell by asking panelists to go beyond 1984. Q: Recent events have caused the [...]
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