Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain Psychic Powers
Last week’s challenge: “The Random Fantasy Character.“ Right now I’m neck-deep in the next Miriam Black book, which of course features the aforementioned Miriam: a psychic girl who can see how and when someone is going to die just by touching that person. She’s angry and vulgar and dangerously proactive and — well, she’s a lot of fun to write. Psychic powers are a hoot, really. Hers is pretty subtle — lots of psychological horror. It’s not like she’s setting people on fire with her mind. But maybe you want... Read The Rest →
Ten Questions About Dangerous Games, By Matt Forbeck
Matt Forbeck is one of the hardest working and utterly tireless sonosabitches in games and fiction. I think he’s attached to one out of every seven Kickstarter projects. Last I checked, he’s starting his 365 Novels In One Year project, where he writes 365 novels in a year. Or something like that. Regardless, the latest fruits of his Kickstarter labors is a novel set at the gaming convention known as Gen Con, and here he answers the dreaded ten questions: TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? Matt... Read The Rest →
Ten Questions About Vaporware, By Rich Dansky
One of my favorite things is looking around and seeing the success of the people I’ve “come up with,” for lack of a better term. Folks I wrote with in various gaming industries: folks like Mur Lafferty or, drum roll please, Rich Dansky. Rich is a guy responsible for a lot of games you probably love, and he’s also a helluva fiction writer. Here he is emerging from the ones and zeros to tell you about Vaporware: TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? I’m the one who... Read The Rest →
All Your Fanfiction Belong To Us: What The Fuck Is Kindle Worlds?
Amazon is now monetizing fan-fiction. I mean, I guess? The press release (with scads more detail) is right here. I am of two minds on this. Maybe three minds. MAYBE A ZILLION MINDS. I’m generally pro-fanfic. Like, I know some authors get their browneyes puckered over other people splashing around in their kiddie pools, and I understand that gut-level reaction — but me, I think if you have an audience willing to write fan-fiction about your work, you’re pretty fucking lucky. And it’s always half understood that fan-fiction is fan-fiction.... Read The Rest →
