Reading Time: 12 minutesThe top five free, easy-to-use alternatives to Midjourney: Lexica, Canva, Playground AI, Mage Space, and Dreamlike.
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Reading Time: 11 minutesI subscribe to 166 writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification. This week, writers continue to weigh in on AI… both pro and con.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 26, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a derelict starship brought back to battle aliens, a dragon slayer on a quest to find a magic stone guarded by a dragon, and an assassin in a medieval fantasy world whose knife sucks the souls from his victims.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 24, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesSci-fi and fantasy magazine editors are discussing charging submission fees, changing submission schedules, limiting submissions to known authors, using AI-detection tools, and other means to combat AI spam.
Sci-fi magazine editors wary of AI spam, reluctant to charge for submissions Read More »
Reading Time: 9 minutesIn the battle against AI-generated spam, some people are turning to AI detectors to weed out AI-generated content. Unfortunately, they don’t work.
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Reading Time: 10 minutesThere are a lot of myths and misunderstandings about what ChatGPT can do and how it works. Most people tend to fall on one of two extremes — either that it’s all-powerful and will destroy the writing profession, or that it’s completely useless. The actual truth is somewhere in the middle.
Reading Time: 2 minutesClarkesworld has temporary stopped accepting new short story submissions because of a flood of AI-generated spam.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesApex Magazine launched a Kickstarter today for a new anthology of fiction about robots, called Robotic Ambitions. The anthology, to be clear, is about robots, not written by robots. It’s written by humans.
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Reading Time: 8 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification. Again, AI was a big topic of conversation, plus a lot of great process advice.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 19, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a woman who can never die, a telepathic innkeeper, a team of monster hunters in an epic fantasy world, and an archeologist turned bounty hunter.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 17, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification. Again, AI was a big topic of conversation, as was TikTok.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 12, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 11 minutesIf you want to be successful as a human author in an age of AI-generated content, you will need to make your writing Personal, Emotional, Authoritative, New, Unique, and Trustworthy — PEANUT, for short.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Edge Sword & Sorcery magazine launched a crowdfunding campaign at the beginning of February and is already two-thirds of the way to its US $14,940 goal with 20 days to go.
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Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a witch saving the world, a starship captain on a dangerous mission, and a clever thief with a cloak of invisibility.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 10, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 9 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification. This past week, a lot of people were talking about AI.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 5, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a young lawyer trapped in a quirky, magical town, a girl who can see angels, a decommissioned spaceship that’s now humanity’s only hope to stop an alien advance, and book that’s been made into an action movie starring Mark Wahlberg.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 3, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 11 minutesAs writers progress in their writing journeys, they may face a drop in confidence and obstacles along the way. To overcome these challenges, focus on core skills, keep practicing, and level up by learning a new skill that aligns with your goals.
Reading Time: 9 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 29, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes vampires, magic in space, a few dystopian worlds, futuristic horror, EMP, and humorous take on paranormal activity.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 27, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Canadian anthology “Through the Portal: Stories From a Hopeful Dystopia” is now accepting submissions of eco-fiction that celebrates the complexity of relationships and the emotional and physical journey from catastrophe. Submit your work by May 31.
Hope in the face of disaster: anthology seeks eco-fiction submissions Read More »
Reading Time: 10 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 22, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 10 minutesHow to use AI-generated art to illustrate blog articles and social media posts, for book covers and website design, character concept art, author images, and more.
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Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a genetically modified former soldier, a high schooler with illegal magic, a swashbuckling treasure hunter, and a solar flare that turns deadly.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 20, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 15, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 19 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes demon hunters, vampire killers, werewolves, a sentient space ship, and an epic fantasy billed as Game of Thrones meets Spartacus.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 13, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 8, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes dragon hunters, werewolves, monsters, magic, a cozy mystery, lots of fantasy, and a little romance.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 6, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 1, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s been a stellar year here at the magazine, with our first anthology, a quarter million page views, a 150 YouTube videos, and more than 700 stories published by over 300 authors.
Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. This weeks list features a dragon keeper’s daughter, a vampire killer, and a prison inmate forced to serve in the space marines.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 30, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 25, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. This weeks list includes a time traveler, a dragon looking for his lost love, and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 23, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 27 minutesI put ChatGPT through its paces and discover that it is an excellent writers’ assistant.
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Reading Time: 8 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 18, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes witches, werewolves, few vampires, and genetically-engineered super soldiers.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 16, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesTwo new Valdemar books have just been released — perfect timing for holiday gift-giving for the fantasy fan on your list.
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Reading Time: 9 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 11, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has an alien invasion, a zombie apocalypse. magical druids, and a carpenter’s apprentice with no magic whatsoever. So he thinks.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 9, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 9 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 4, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a series of magical shenanigans at the North Pole, a tale of EMP survival, and a retelling of Sleeping Beauty.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 2, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 27, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a sexy thief with high-tech gadgets, a man with the date of his death tattooed on his hand, and a crime-solving dragon.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 25, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 20, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list features a cyberpunk bounty hunter, selkies, time travelers, and a hellhound on a mission.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 18, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 9 minutesTwitter has long been a friend to speculative fiction, with many sci-fi and fantasy authors and publications connecting with their audience on the platform. However, the turmoil sparked by Elon Musk’s acquisition has caused some to have some serious concerns.
Reading Time: 8 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 13, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list features fantasy warriors, creepy AIs, a fairy princess, shapeshifting reindeer, space accountants, and Sir Author Conan Doyle in the flesh.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 11, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 6, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an EMP blast that takes out all power, a drunk fairy, a steampunk serial killer, and a motorhome that breaks down in a magical town in the middle of Australia’s outback.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 4, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 11 minutesI subscribe to more than a hundred writing advice sites and YouTube channels and lovingly pick the best posts from this previous week for your edification.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Oct. 30, 2022 Read More »
