When you think of science fiction, what comes to mind? What about fantasy? You might immediately think of the tropes and typical characteristics of both, including dragons and wizards, or androids and rocket ships. But what if you could create a world that had all these things combined? That’s where science fantasy, or sci-fi fantasy, … Continue reading What Is Sci-fi Fantasy: A Definition
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now that I'm back with another post, this week I thought I would get back into talking about worldbuilding. When you work on the world in your story, knowing how to get the most out of your worldbuilding will save you a lot of time and prepare you … Continue reading 3 Tips for Worldbuilding Your Story
Welcome back to another post about literary journals! A lot has been happening this week, including preparing for my upcoming participation in Sci-fi Month, so plenty of science fiction posts are on their way! In the meantime, I wanted to look at horror and dark fantasy, a little departure from the norm. Check out seven … Continue reading 6 Dark Fantasy and Horror Literary Journals
Hello everyone! Welcome back to another list of lit journals to submit to. A while back, a personal goal of mine became writing (and reading!) more science fiction and fantasy short stories. I thought I would find more fantasy literary journals to post here. While looking, I noticed that there's not a whole lot, surprisingly! … Continue reading 6 Fantasy Literary Journals to Submit To
An important key to pulling readers into your fantasy world is immersion. This is when the imagery, voice, and writing in your story work together to take the reader somewhere else. They want to know what happens next and they don't even feel the time slipping by as they hurry to the next page. But … Continue reading How to Create Immersion in Fantasy
Welcome back to another Quote Post this Monday! I found ten more quotes from speculative writers that I hope you enjoy. As we kick off this week, I hope they inspire anyone writing speculative fiction. Happy reading! 1. "Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong … Continue reading 10 Great Quotes from Speculative Writers
Last month I introduced a new TBR series focused on science fiction and fantasy (my favorite genres). Today, I wanted to create a quick TBR of books that I want to read but are huge challenges to complete. These scary SF/F, as I like to call them, might be really long books I don't know … Continue reading Scary SF/F: Most Intimidating TBR
While researching, I came across some journals dedicated to fairy tales. With fairy tale retellings currently very popular in the publishing industry, I thought about creating a list of some of them! Here are some literary journals and magazines that look for fairy tales and fairy tale retellings. The Fairy Tale Magazine This used to … Continue reading 7 Fairy Tale and Fantasy Literary Journals
This year, I want to keep reading more often, and I have a ton of science fiction and fantasy books on my TBR list! In the spirit of all the SF/F topics I write (and potentially will write later), I created a list of science fiction and fantasy books I plan to read in the … Continue reading My SF/F TBR #1
Hello everyone! Welcome to the first Writing Quote post. This is one of the many projects I wanted to try out this month. Every first Monday of the month, I'll put up a list of quotes about writing, fantasy, science fiction, and more to inspire you all for the week. I hope you enjoy it! … Continue reading 10 Amazing Fantasy Writing Quotes
