MIND MELD: What SFF TV, Movies or Books are on Your “To-Watch/Read” List?
Contributors confess what they HAVEN'T read/seen/watched in SFF [...]
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MIND MELD: Portal Fantasy Favorites
Today's Mind Meld contributors talk about their favorite portal fantasy novels [...]
MIND MELD: Words We Learned from Genre Fiction
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked our participants to talk about Words they first encountered in genre Q: What interesting, [...]
Recommended Reading by Professionals…with Violette Malan
In this series, I ask various publishing professionals (including authors, bloggers, editors, agents etc.) to recommend 2-3 authors or books they feel haven’t received [...]
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: Food in Science Fiction versus Fantasy
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week we asked about Food and Drink in SF. Food and Drink in science fiction sometimes seems limited to [...]
The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 159): WorldCon Interview with Violette Malan
In episode 159 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester chats at WorldCon with Violette [...]
[GUEST POST] Violette Malan Asks: If Setting Can Be a Character, Where Does that Leave Mary Sue?
Violette Malan lives in southeastern Ontario with her husband. People tend to ask her about the choreography of stripping – and she’ll answer – but most of the time [...]
MIND MELD: Point of View in Genre Fiction (Part I of II)
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] In writing, point of View matters. So we asked a large handful of authors these questions: Q: As you see it. What [...]
The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 108): 2012 Sword & Sorcery Mega Panel Part 1
In episode 108 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester and Jaym Gates sit down with a mega panel of authors and editors to discuss Sword and Sorcery for the modern [...]
MIND MELD: What Was Your Introduction to Fantasy and Science Fiction?
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Where and how people (fans, reviewers and authors alike) were first introduced to genre often gives insight into [...]
MIND MELD: Table of Contents for the Perfect Short Fiction Anthology (Part 1)
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Very rarely does a short fiction anthology score a home run with every single story it contains. Tastes differ from [...]
MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Fantasy?
We’ve already covered first science fiction books, now it’s time to flip the coin with this week’s panelists. So we asked them: Q: What book introduced you [...]
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