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Jesse Bullington waxes about the weirdness of writing and trends in fantasy fiction.

This second installment of an interview with fantasy author Jim Hines covers what's next in store for Jig the Goblin and where to find more writing featuring him.

In "The Elder Gods," the best-selling team of David and Leigh Eddings launched their final, four-book epic-fantasy series, known as "The Dreamers." Here's how it began.

Fantasy and science fiction writers have to orient their readers in the new world, and the best way for an author to plan that is via a map. But how much map is too much?

Creating believeable worlds is something every writer aspires to. But how best to do it?

Science Fiction and Fantasy authors should take advantage of tabletop gaming resources and methods.

Some of literature's most enduring and best loved children's books fit into the fantasy category. This article is a brief introduction to three different styles.

Science fiction and fatasy author Michael Swanwick talks about writing flash fiction, Croatia, and what's coming next.

Science fiction writers face competition from other speculative fiction writers in a genre that is expanding very quickly into film, video games, other markets.

The author talks about his writing inspirations and why ferrets are cool.

One of the most enjoyable things a dungeon master or game master can do is to invent their own game campaigns and scenarios for their respective players to enjoy.

These magazines are open to submissions from new or experienced fantasy writers, and offer payment for publication.

FUNimation has sent out cease-and-desist letters to fansubbers regarding several anime including XXXholic TV, Mushishi, and Ragnarok The Animation.

Thinking about taking a workshop for writing science fiction or fantasy this year? Here are the top ones.

Here's a review of the first issue of The Lorelei Signal, a quarterly e-zine devoted to strong female characters in fantasy fiction.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians has become a great literary success. Below are novels that flow well with the Percy Jackson series once it has been read.

Connie Willis, author of The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, is one of science fiction's most decorated authors with six Nebula Awards and ten Hugos.

While many writers of speculative fiction have a great idea of how their hero or heroine might act in any given situation, the same cannot always be said for villains!

Last questions with fantasy author Elaine Isaak about her books The Singer's Crown and The Eunuch's Heir

Several online writing schools offer classes specifically for science fiction and fantasy writers.

Next to search engine marketing, advertising on social network sites like Facebook and MySpace is the most popular online marketing tool.

S-F is not all for spotty teenagers and geeky nerds. The following novels are not girly, but will satisfy a thinking female reader interested in "what if" speculations.

The author talks about violence in his upcoming novel, The Sad Tale Of The Brothers Grossbart.

Attending one of the intensive science fiction and fantasy writers' workshops, or boot camps, may help you get your professional career off the ground.

What's unique about the SFF genre? Creativity, the power of metaphor and meaning, and tools to meet both logic and the inner dreamer. SFF writing just does more.