Reading Time: 6 minutes The term “metaverse” was first coined in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash. He used it to refer to an immersive, virtual reality world in which people are embodied as their avatars.
Reading Time: 14 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has time travel, faeries, a Sumerian goddess, witches, psychics, spaceships, alien lovers and post apocalyptic futures.
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Reading Time: 14 minutes I 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.
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Reading Time: 12 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has EMP survival, and visions of dystopian futures, dragons, space battles, and time travel.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 11, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutes I 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.
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Reading Time: 11 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has lots and lots of magic, sexy shapeshifters, EMP survival, re-told fairy tales, and visions of dystopian futures.
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Reading Time: 14 minutes I 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 Feb. 27 Read More »
Reading Time: 17 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, time travel, werewolves, more space battles, retold fairytales, first contact, more time travel, alien lovers, and cupcakes.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 25, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutes I 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 Feb. 20 Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Sci-fi and fantasy author Julie Czerneda moderated a panel today at BOSKONE 59, the annual conference organized by the New England Science Fiction Association. She and her guests discussed how they created the maps they have in their books, the value of including maps, and their favorite maps.
Reading Time: 10 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, magical kingdoms, angels, skeleton horses, hell hounds, and dystopian futures.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 18, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutes I 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 Feb. 13 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has vampires, dragons, witches, ghouls, cozy mysteries and galactic empires. And, as always, plenty of steamy romance.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 11, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes I 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 Feb. 6 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has time travel, dystopian futures, zombies, magical mysteries, epic fantasies, and elves.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 4, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes I 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. 30 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, time travel, dystopian futures, mermaids, magical mysteries, and an epic battle between good and evil.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 28, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 11 minutes I 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. 23 Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has dystopian futures, mermaids, shapeshifters, and magical cooking.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 21, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 23 minutes I 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. 16 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has dystopian futures, sexy shapeshifters, a zombie apocalypse, a cozy magical mystery, and two epic fantasies.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 14, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 21 minutes I 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.
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Reading Time: 12 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, mermaids, sexy alien warriors, sexy shapeshifting dragons, and several stories of dystopian futures.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 7, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 19 minutes I 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.
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Reading Time: 13 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list is all about romance — romance with dragons, romance with werewolves, romance with aliens, and romance with vampires.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 31, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 18 minutes I 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. 26 Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has evil space aliens, kick-ass monster hunters, witches galore, and hot Christmas elf action.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 24, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutes I 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. 19 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, sexy aliens, dragons, magic, werewolves, and a demon hunter.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 17, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 25 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 12 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has vampires, dwarves, magic, dragons, mermaids, fae, space battles, and post-apocalyptic survival.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 10, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 5 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space travel, magic, shape shifters, vampires, time travel, and lots of sexy times.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 3, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes How to make a panel on a Wordpress website to promote a new book release using Gutenberg blocks.
Reading Time: 22 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 28 Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has werewolves, magic, space exploration, epic fantasy, and several box sets.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 26, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes You can now get four months of Kindle Unlimited for $4 a month — it’s normally $10 a month. Amazon also has great deals right now on Kindle devices.
Black Friday deal: Kindle Unlimited now $4 a month Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 21 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has everything — werewolves, dragons, elves, a time-traveling private eye, post-apocalyptic survival, and — dinosaurs!
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 19, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year’s survey of more than 1,000 indie authors from Written Word Media shows that 79 percent think that marketing is the toughest part of being an indie author — compared to just 14 percent who said writing was.
Marketing hardest part of being an indie writer, survey shows Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 14 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has everything — zombies, werewolves, angels, demons, sword fighting, Martian mining, and a Christmas miracle.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 12 Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 7 Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Boston Metaphysical Society: The Ghost Ship, an eight-episode steampunk audio drama, has hit its $10,000 Kickstarter fundraising goal with two weeks still to go, and the creator, Madeleine Holly-Rosing, was on MetaStellar’s Life Long Friends YouTube show to talk about the project.
Reading Time: 14 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes witches, dragons, more witches, a space opera, giants, and a deal with the devil. Oh, and also an EMP survival book.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 5, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes I subscribe to dozens of 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. 31 Read More »
Reading Time: 21 minutes More than 200 completely free sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fonts for book covers, illustrations, and social media posts.
Master list of 200+ free sci-fi, fantasy and horror fonts Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes witches, dragons, more witches, a Martian mining operation, and more witches.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 29, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook changing its name to Meta in order to focus on the metaverse. Facebook itself will remain, but will now be just one brand in the Meta portfolio, alongside Instagram and WhatsApp.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Blue Origin, Boeing and Sierra Space join forces on new commercial space station, Orbital Reef, to be operational the second half of this decade.
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