Reading Time: 7 minutes Sci-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 minutes In the battle against AI-generated spam, some people are turning to AI detectors to weed out AI-generated content. Unfortunately, they don’t work.
13 free AI detectors tested, why they don’t work, and what to do instead Read More »
Reading Time: 10 minutes There 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 minutes Clarkesworld has temporary stopped accepting new short story submissions because of a flood of AI-generated spam.
Clarkesworld swamped by AI spam, temporarily stops accepting submissions Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Apex 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.
Apex Magazine launches Kickstarter for robot anthology Read More »
Reading Time: 8 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. 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 minutes We 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: 2 minutes Mix the dark academia of Victoria Lee’s A Lesson in Vengeance with some anti-witchcraft hysteria and a little dose of secret curses and magical communities, and you begin to have a grasp of Cari Thomas’ debut YA contemporary fantasy novel, Threadneedle.
Reading Time: 3 minutes You can make a high-quality film on a small budget, if you plan and manage it right. Here’s advice from someone who’s done it.
Reading Time: 8 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. 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 minutes If 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.
P.E.A.N.U.T.: 6 steps to staying ahead of AI as a fiction author Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes New 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.
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Kickstarter two-thirds to goal, with 20 days to go Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes MetaStellar is now accepting works of fiction written with the help of AI assistants. Our next submission window for original fiction opens March 1, and we accept reprint and excerpts any time throughout the year.
Yes, you can submit AI-assisted stories to us. But they better be good. Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutes We 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 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 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 minutes We 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 minutes As 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 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. 29, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes We 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 minutes New 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 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. 22, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 10 minutes How 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.
10 Ways to Make Your Writing Come to Life with Midjourney’s AI-Powered Images Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes We 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 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. 15, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 19 minutes We 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 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. 8, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes We 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 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. 1, 2023 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’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 minutes We 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 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. 25, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutes We 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: 5 minutes Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have spilled out into the open. This is most pointedly apparent in the backlash over Disney’s much-anticipated “The Little Mermaid.”
Reading Time: 27 minutes I put ChatGPT through its paces and discover that it is an excellent writers’ assistant.
11 writing aids that will be replaced by ChatGPT Read More »
Reading Time: 8 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. 18, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutes We 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 minutes Two new Valdemar books have just been released — perfect timing for holiday gift-giving for the fantasy fan on your list.
Learn the story of the founding of Valdemar in Lackey’s new series Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes The adventures of Tiger and Del continue!
Tiger and Del Return in Jennifer Roberson’s Sword-Bearer Read More »
Reading Time: 9 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. 11, 2022 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 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: 6 minutes From AI art galleries in OpenSim to AI-created fully immersive three-dimensional environments, AI is already shaping how we experience virtual worlds.
How AI is used to create images in virtual worlds Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hey there! I’m ChatGPT, and I’m here to tell you all about the amazing things you can do with ChatGPT in video game development and virtual reality.
Here’s what ChatGPT said about using ChatGPT for video games and VR! Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Family pride and power draw Ryan and his great-uncle Garrett into the Broken Lands — a land ravaged by magic that lingers like radioactive waste.
Into The Broken Lands: Where Magical Radioactivity Forges Leaders and Liars Read More »
Reading Time: 9 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. 4, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Imagine that a soldier has a tiny computer device injected into their bloodstream that can be guided with a magnet to specific regions of their brain. With training, the soldier could then control weapon systems thousands of miles away using their thoughts alone.
Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts Read More »
Reading Time: 15 minutes We 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: 8 minutes Get the skinny on Booktok’s most highly recommended Fantasy Romance books from 2022!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tripp bills itself as a new way to meditate. Meditation apps are nothing new in the technology landscape, but this one aims for a more sensory experience.
Reading Time: 7 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 Nov. 27, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 14 minutes We 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 »
