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Fantasy 20352 comments

nkjemisin wrote 6 days ago: A few days ago I was on a panel at the Center for Fiction here in NYC on “The Evolution of SF/ … more →

Tags: Metafantasy, The Industry

RWA-MWA Drama, Contest Winner!

nkjemisin wrote 2 weeks ago: No post today, folks. Since I spent a good chunk of yesterday in jury duty, I lost a day of writing, … more →

Tags: Romance, Shameless Plugs, The Industry

ARC Giveaway Contest!11 comments

nkjemisin wrote 4 weeks ago: OK! In just over 3 months now, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms will launch. (February 25, 2010, to be … more →

Tags: Shameless Plugs, ARC, contest

Tired Nora is Tired1 comment

nkjemisin wrote 1 month ago: 30 minutes to spare! There will be no thoughtful, chewy post today, because I’m sick. I had a … more →

Tags: Being a PRO

It's never "just a story".10 comments

nkjemisin wrote 1 month ago: Another quantum post! As you read this, I’m on a 9-hour trek across the country to World Fanta … more →

Tags: in real life, Metafantasy

Author of the Week1 comment

Bonnie Norman wrote 1 month ago: Starting next Monday, November 2nd, I will be interviewing a science fiction/fantasy author every we … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, speculative fiction, Science Fiction, Tobias Buckell, James R. Strickland, Fantasy, Author Interview, Author of the Week, Lois McMaster Bujold

A Brief Dip into Politics: Health Care2 comments

nkjemisin wrote 1 month ago: Apologies to those who saw a related post about this on another blog, or an older one on my blog; I … more →

Tags: the writing life, in real life, Being a PRO

WANTED: Self-Promotion Methods That Actually Work29 comments

nkjemisin wrote 2 months ago: As You Know Magic District Readers, my first novel comes out in February 2010. Just five months! Tha … more →

Tags: the writing life, Promotion

Sidelines2 comments

nkjemisin wrote 2 months ago: One of the things writers realize, when they try to figure out whether this whole full time thing ca … more →

Tags: Being a PRO

Why I, Perhaps Stupidly, Continue To Live in New York5 comments

nkjemisin wrote 2 months ago: Like Rachel, I’ve sought and gotten a lot of sound business advice from established writers in … more →

Tags: the writing life, in real life

Speculative my hole1 comment

Ben Godby wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday I stumbled upon a post by one Mr. fyngyrz ruminating on the various labels given to litera … more →

Tags: Opinion, humour, Fantasy, speculative fiction, Science Fiction, Humor, writing, Strange Horizons, Fiction

Formative Fantasy: Ariel9 comments

nkjemisin wrote 2 months ago: Whoopsie, just realized I didn’t post last week. No excuse; I just forgot. Will try not to do … more →

Tags: Recommendations, the writing life, formative fantasy

Who's Afraid of Urban Fantasy?5 comments

nkjemisin wrote 3 months ago: I’m about to step in it big time with this one. I’m primarily a writer of secondary-worl … more →

Tags: The Industry, Urban Fantasy, in real life, Asking Your Opinion, selling books

Mammals Underfoot! An Interview by Jeff VanderMeer! Excessive Use of "!" by Me!

angelaslatter wrote 3 months ago: Let’s try this again (after yesterday’s premature effort!) … Jeff VanderMeer inter … more →

Tags: Pimping/Promoting!, On Writing: General, Jeff Vandermeer, Clarkesworld, Jesse Bullington, tessa kum, meghan mccarron, Shweta Narayan, Jeremy C. Shipp

The Research Readers Don't See5 comments

nkjemisin wrote 3 months ago: I often get asked — generally by writers from other literary traditions, like creative nonfict … more →

Tags: Research, Worldbuilding

The Map Thing14 comments

nkjemisin wrote 3 months ago: Seeing this amusing example of “Geography Fail” triggered this post. What’s wrong … more →

Tags: Worldbuilding, Epic Fantasy

No post today

nkjemisin wrote 4 months ago: …because I’m off to Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction con, up in fair Montrea … more →

Tags: Shameless Plugs, in real life

Describing Characters of Color, pt. 225 comments

nkjemisin wrote 4 months ago: This is something I was going to do on my own blog, as a followup to an earlier post on ways to desc … more →

Tags: The Writing Process, Worldbuilding, Metafantasy, in real life

FANTASY... IN... SPAAAAAACE!!7 comments

nkjemisin wrote 4 months ago: I’ve just gotten back from Launch Pad, a week-long astronomy workshop sponsored by NASA. The i … more →

Tags: Research, in real life


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