Brewing Fine Fiction

Advice for writers from the authors at Book View Café

edited by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and Pati Nagle

Book View Café’s members include international bestselling authors and winners of the National Book Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and many others. Most have sold multiple novels to major publishers. Many have taught writing at workshops around the world. Bohnhoff and Nagle gather the knowledge of these professional authors  into a volume that will help both new and experienced writers cope with the creative challenges and the nuts-and-bolts business issues of a career in writing fiction.

The authors: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Amy Sterling Casil, Brenda W. Clough, Lori Devoti, Chris Dolley, Laura Anne Gilman, Sue Lange, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Nancy Jane Moore, Pati Nagle, Steven Harper Piziks, Irene Radford, Patricia Rice, Madeleine E. Robins, Deborah J. Ross, Sherwood Smith, Jennifer Stevenson, Judith Tarr, Gerald M. Weinberg, Sarah Zettel.

All proceeds go to support the Book View Café website. Your purchase of Brewing Fine Fiction includes a free copy of Ways to Trash Your Writing Career.

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Comments & Reviews:

“Check any bookstore and you’ll find a host of titles on writing. Some are good, some not so good. Every author has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. But in Brewing Fine Fiction: Advice for writers from the authors at Book View Café, you get a smorgasbord of professional advice and expertise. From the plausibility of fantasy, by Ursula K. Le Guin, to Deborah J. Ross’s comments on reviews, you’ll find every facet of the craft and writing life covered. For the wealth of information, experience, and diversity, all under one cover, you can’t beat it.”

— Mary Rosenblum, Longridge Writers Group Instructor

“This is an excellent introduction to writing fiction which is divided into five sections: The Basics, Craft, Research, Marketing Your Work, and The Writing Life. There are 36 chapters, each written by a different hand, so this is very much a collaborative effort drawn together by a pair of very skilful editors. It takes you through the whole process of writing a novel or short story from blank page to finished article either on the book shelf or in the magazine. Wherever you look, you find interesting ides like never thinking of Writer’s Block again: think of it as the much more positive and opportunistic Writing Gap.”

— Peter Clack
Library Thing Early Reviews

“Brewing Fine Fiction is a definite necessity for every writer looking for straightforward, fun writing suggestions and advice. This book will not disappear under the dust accumulating on the other writer’s guides on the bookshelf. Brewing Fine Fiction is a recommended read for a reader/writer looking for a guide to use repeatedly.”

— Dayna Winters
Library Thing Early Reviews

“The organization of the individual pieces along a hypothetical career path — from ‘The Basics’ to ‘The Writer’s Life’ — is minimal but effective. While some of the more esoteric topics (e.g., how to get on Worldcon panels) will be of little use to the beginner or ‘mainstream’ fiction writer, all have some useful information or inspiration to offer. (Or, in some cases, a welcome dash of realism: Sara Zettel’s essay in particular is an excellent reminder not only that the ultimate technique is ‘whatever works,’ but also that sustaining a writing career is, if anything, more difficult than beginning one.)

“Recommended for those who like reading what working writers have to say about the craft. Highly recommended for those with an interest in the practical aspects of writing popular/genre fiction.”

— Structuregeek
Library Thing Early Reviews