Fantastic Defenders Hardcover on Sale
The hardcover edition of Fantastic Defenders is on sale from Amazon for just $8.55. Get your copy now! While supplies last…
Hourlings Podcast: June 2021 Episodes
In June, our illustrious authors covered their Favorite SF stories, World-Building for a Generation Starship, Time travel and Alternate Worlds.
Hourlings Podcast E34: World-Building – Generation Ship (54m)
The Daedalus Seven is a vast generation ship with multiple, diverse habitats on a doomed, never-ending voyage. David Keener designed the ship, then challenged our inestimable writers with a serious world-building exercise. Their mission is to design the civilizations, flora, fauna, and geographical conditions of the ship’s remaining habitable areas. And then brainstorm about the types of stories that might occur on the ship.
Hourlings Podcast: May 2021 Episodes
Here are the May episodes of the Hourlings Podcast, featuring our awesome crew of working indie writers. From heroic archetypes to Happy Hour, from dialogue to brainstorming, and even getting an agent…the May episodes cover real topics for real writers.
Producing an Ebook Using Kindle Create
Learn how to produce ebooks for Amazon using their new preferred method, which is Kindle Create. You’ll use this to create a KPF file, which you’ll upload to Amazon KDP as your ebook source.
Hourlings Podcast: April 2021 Episodes
Beginning in November 2020, the Hourlings Podcast has been bringing you weekly perspectives from real working writers in the SF/Fantasy genres. In April, we discussed […]
Voyage of the Daedalus Seven, Part 2
The Daedalus Seven is a vast generation ship with multiple, diverse habitats on a doomed, never-ending voyage. Your mission is to design the civilizations, flora, fauna, and geographical conditions of the ship’s remaining habitable areas. Part 2 of a three-part world-building exercise.
Released “Winter Roses” via SmashWords
“Winter Roses” is one of the first fantasy short stories I wrote, way back in 2013. It’s too short to really be marketable, so I’ve released it globally for free using SmashWords. Available in Epub, Mobi, PDF and HTML. Not available on Amazon, since I can’t count on them price-matching.
Hourlings Podcast E23: Top 5 SciFi Sub-Genres (40m)
Episode #23’s topic is “Top-5 Sci-Fi Sub-Genres,” based on the semi-scientific research of our illustrious crew of working SF/Fantasy writers. Let the debate begin! And let us hope that the swords stay in their scabbards!
Voyage of the Daedalus Seven, Part 1
Find out about the doomed voyage of the Daedalus Seven, a vast generation ship with multiple, diverse habitats. Part 1 of a three-part world-building exercise. This installment covers the basic design of the starship, its habitats, and crew-accessible operational facilities.