Author Interviews

Aeryn offers insight into death metal's value as a writing tool, keeping up your daily word count, seven stages to reacting to literary rejection, and developing a process for querying novel agents.

Rachel talks about her hosting of an Alaskan burlesque show, her job as librarian amid the US culture wars, writing for Tor.com, the need for writers to learn about the publishing and marketing side of the industry.

J.D. discusses his poetry editor experiences at Solarpunk Magazine, anime for positive male role models, themed magazine issues, SFPA's Eye of the Telescope, and utopian publishing amid a dystopian world.

Mahaila explains creating a cyber-feminist speculative space magazine, their debut poetry chapbook with Anstruther Press, and exciting literary theories.

Goran takes on submission trackers shaming magazines for AI subs, aro/ace representation, Dutch SFF magazines, Twitter spec-poetry roundups, and the Belgian SF industry (or lack thereof).

Eva explores the fine print, the meaning of words and political writing, large language models, and professional procrastination as part of the writing process.