Articles written by Lynne Jamneck
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Fantasy Author Jesse Bullington on Writing: Fantasy Trends and Upcoming Work
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Jesse Bullington waxes about the weirdness of writing and trends in fantasy fiction. more...
A Candid Interview With Jesse Bullington: From Academia to Fiction Writing
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
The author talks about the art of storytelling and not submitting to genre. more...
Robert J. Sawyer: An Interview With Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Robert J. Sawyer talks about writing for television, what fictional character he would be for a day, and admits he is optimistic about innovation in genre fiction. more...
Scott Frost Interview: Screenplay Writer Turned Award Nominated Crime Novelist
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Scott Frost talks about writing from a female perspective, working with family and his preference for writing novels rather than screenplays. more...
Fantasy Writer Hal Duncan's Current Projects: What's Next in Line for the Author of Vellum And Ink?
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Hal Duncan gives Suite101 a glimpse of what he is currently working on, which includes a retelling of an ancient epic and potential sequels to Escape From Hell! more...
Hal Duncan Author of Vellum And Ink: His Five Notable Books and Why They Make The Cut
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Fantasy Writer Hal Duncan shares five notable books with Suite 101 and explains why these in particular have played such an influential part in shaping his own writing. more...
Hal Duncan Talks Politics: Human Rights And Global Change
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Writer Hal Duncan, author of Vellum and its follow-up Ink talks about the kind of political change he would like to see happening on a global scale. more...
Award Nominated Scottish Writer Hal Duncan: Story Crafting and the Creative Experience
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Fantasy writer Hal Duncan talks about story crafting, the mechanisms of writing and turning intuition into the successful logic of story narrative. more...
Interview With Alan Dean Foster: Six Shooter Series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 catches up with SF author Alan Dean Foster in six quick bursts. more...
Interview With Laura Resnick: Six Shooter Series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 shoots six questions at fantasy and romance writer Laura Resnick and finds out why she'd like to be Xena for a day. more...
Iain M. Banks Interview: Writing Routines, Good Books and Advice for Aspiring Authors
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 talks to Iain M. Banks about the appeal of writing science fiction and how writing is just like everything else. more...
Jeff Vandermeer: Six Shooters Series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 talks to award-winning author Jeff Vandermeer about not understanding books and which fictional character he would be for a day. more...
Brenda Cooper Interview: Six Shooters Series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
In the first part in a series of short interviews with prominent sf/speculative authors, Suite101 recently fired away some questions to writer and futurist Brenda Cooper. more...
An Interview With Trudi Canavan: Tolkien And Dreams as Inspiration
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 talks to bestselling Australian author Trudi Canavan about her literary influences and writing fantasy fiction. more...
Charlaine Harris Talks True: Blood, That Is
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
The author talks about True Blood, the smash hit TV series, based on her Southern Vampire Chronicles, and why writing is important to the world. more...
Gregory Frost Explains Writer's Block: Get Your Story Written
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
In the final part of Suite101's interview with Gregory Frost the author explains why writer's block is hard to pin down, and talks about his ideal literary dinner party. more...
Gregory Frost Talks Style: How To find Your Unique Voice
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Gregory Frost talks about interstitial fiction, the style of a writer and justifiable homicide. more...
Steve Berman: Pioneering Speculative and GLBT Fiction
Category: Book Publishing (general)
Steve Berman's independent publishing house Lethe Press is fast becoming a leader amongst speculative and GLBT fiction. more...
Margo Lanagan Interview: The Acclaimed Speculative Author on her New Novel, Tender Morsels
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Winner of two World Fantasy Awards, Australian author Margo Lanagan has attracted worldwide attention for both her YA and adult orientated fiction. more...
Nathan Shumate Talks To Suite 101.com: An Interview With The Editor Of Online Journal Arkham Tales
Category: Online Journals
Inspired in part by the classic tales of H.P. Lovecraft, Arkham Tales is a brand new, free online magazine that promises to deliver quality speculative fiction. more...
The Year's Best Science Fiction Anthology: The Latest In The Series From Gardner Dozois
Category: Literary Culture (general)
For 27 years, Gardner Dozois has continued to bring us the best of science and speculative fiction, collected in the annual The Year's Best Science Fiction. This year is more...
Lilith Saintcrow : On Jill Kismet and Advice: Abandon 'That' - You'll Be Better Off
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Lilith Saintcrow talks about writing trends, book piracy, and her dinner party of the living and the dead. more...
Kat Richardson Talks Underground: A Sneek Peek At The Third Greywalker Novel
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Kat Richardson talks about what excites her about the fantasy writing field and the best advice she's ever received about the publishing industry. more...
Greywalker's Harper Blaine: Kat Richardson Interview: She's Not A Man With Breasts
Category: Character Development
Kat Richardson talks about the focus and creation of Greywalker protagonist Harper Blaine. more...
Category: Writing Novels
Genre author Kat Richardson talks about writing for a living, the difference between Great Literature and crap and selling her first Greywalker mystery to ROC. more...
Nicola Griffith Talks Style: The Author Talks Collaboration
Category: Writing Techniques
Nicola talks about the process of writing her memoir, writing style and philosophies on writing. more...
Nicola Griffith: From Teaching Self-Defence to Award-Winning Author
Category: Writing Fiction (general)
Lambda award-winner Nicola Griffith talks about her new novel and returning to the SF genre. more...
Marianne de Pierres On Writing: An Interview with Sentients Of Orion Author
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Multi award-nominated SF author Marianne de Pierres talks about publishing, validation and sharing her vision. more...
Jesse Bullington Author Interview: Fantasy Writer on Writing Influences and Ferrets
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
The author talks about his writing inspirations and why ferrets are cool. more...
Jesse Bullington Interview: Violence and Realism In Fiction
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
The author talks about violence in his upcoming novel, The Sad Tale Of The Brothers Grossbart. more...
Science Fiction Author Robert J. Sawyer: Interview With SF Award Winning Author of Flashforward
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Award-winning science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer talks about acquiring the rights to his novel Flashforward, as well as what he's currently working on. more...
Esther Friesner Interview: Award Winning SF and Fantasy Author on Writing
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction (general)
Acclaimed author Esther Friesner talks about why she writes, who to invite to dinner and what we can expect next from her writing pen. more...
Hal Duncan Author Of Escape From Hell!: Writers And The Influence Of The Internet On Them
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy writer Hal Duncan shares his thoughts on the potential of the Internet to affect writers and the publishing industry, whether for good or bad. more...
Fantasy Writer Hal Duncan Superhero For A Day: Not Batman, Spiderman, Superman Or Wolverine.
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Hal Duncan talks about why he'd forsake Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine, Batman and Luke Skywalker for Peter Pan. more...
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
World Fantasy Award nominated writer Hal Duncan talks world politics and ruminates on skybikes and hoverboards as inventions he'd like to see realised in his lifetime. more...
Hal Duncan Interview: World Fantasy Award Nominated SF and Fantasy Writer
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Scottish Fantasy and Science Fiction writer Hal Duncan talks at length with Suite101 about his motivations for writing and the topography of the imagination. more...
Interview With L. E. Modesitt, Jr: Six Shooter Series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 fires six questions at prolific science fiction author L.E.Modessit, Jr. more...
Interview with SF Writer Sean Williams: Six Shooter Series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 recently fired six questions at bestselling SF author Sean Williams about political policy, favourite books what he's currently working on. more...
Iain M. Banks: An Interview With Bestselling Science Fiction Writer
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 Talks to science fiction writer Iain M. Banks about his extensive list of influences and his new Culture novel, Matter. more...
Jeff Vandermeer Interview: Six Shooters Series
Category: Writing Fiction (general)
Suite101 talks to award-winning author Jeff Vandermeer about being a writer, the themes that continue to crop up in his work and political policy fulfillment. more...
Trudi Canavan Interview: Trilogies And Why a Recession Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
The author talks about writing in threes, and why entertainment is essential in times of economic downturn. more...
Science Fiction: Futures From Nature Book Review: Science Fiction Edited By Henry Gee
Category: Literary Culture (general)
A collection of 100 stories from the acclaimed scientific journal Nature takes the reader into the future to investigate the world we are likely creating for ourselves. more...
Interview With Charlaine Harris: Writing is all She Ever Wanted to Do
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Bestselling author Charlaine Harris talks to Suite101 about growing up in Mississippi and creating Sookie Stackhouse. more...
Gregory Frost Takes on the Recession: Getting Published in the Current Financial Climate
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Suite101 talks to Gregory Frost about what publishing possibly holds for new writers, the short story form and his supernatural mystery. more...
Gregory Frost: He's Hardwired for Fantasy
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Multitalented author Gregory Frost recently talked to Suite101 about starting out as an artist and turning into a writer instead. And melted typewriters. more...
Margo Lanagan: The Appeal of Fantasy - Sparklies And Magic
Category: Writing Fiction (general)
Margo Lanagan has some simple but good advice for aspiring writers. And she's read some good books, too. more...
Nathan Shumate: The Arkham Tales: Goals, B-Movies and Common Sense Advice for the Novice Writer
Category: Writing Techniques
Nathan Shumate talks about his goals for Arkham Tales and dispenses solid advice for would-be writers. more...
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 2008: Ellen Datlow´s Twenty First Annual Collection - Review
Category: Literary Culture (general)
Ellen Datlow is one of the most respected editors working in horror and genre fiction today, and it is not difficult to see why. more...
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft - Book Review
Category: Literary Culture (general)
Fans of the master of the weird tale will rejoice in this latest collection of short stories from Gollancz. more...
Lilith Saintcrow Amps Up The Conflict: The Supernatural Makes The Hackneyed Fresh
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Author Lilith Saintcrow talks about her influences, Stephen King's "filters" and her abiding interest in the occult. more...
Kat Richardson On The Supernatural: Author of Greywalker Series Has Odd Ideas
Category: Writing Techniques
The author talks about death and the supernatural, her writing environment and not being a seat-of-the-pants kind of writer. more...
Kat Richardson Walks The Grey Line: The author talks about her paranormal fantasy series
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Richardson speculates why Greywalker, her genre series featuring paranormal investigator Harper Blaine. and other supernatural fiction is riding the tide of popularity. more...
Category: Literary Culture (general)
Nicola's views on literary merit and the scary world we live in. more...
Nicola Griffith's Having A Party: The Author Talks Awards
Category: Writing Memoirs (general)
Nicola Griffith Talks About Being Taken By Surprise and Having Her Mind Go Blank. more...
Marianne de Pierres: An Interview with the Creator of Parrish Plessis
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
Multi award-nominated SF author Marianne de Pierres talks about Genetics, E.T and returning to The Tert. more...
Writing Speculative Fiction: Defining Genre And Useful Tips For The Novice
Category: Writing Genre Fiction
So you want to write Speculative Fiction? Don't call it Sci-Fi. Know who you're writing for, and what to write about. more...
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