Brewing Fine Fiction
Advice for writers from the authors at Book View Café

edited by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and Pati Nagle

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Table of Contents

The Basics

Pitfalls of Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy — Vonda N. McIntyre
The Dreaded Info Dump — Irene Radford
Alien Eyes: Generating Fictional Ideas — Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
The Theory and Practice of Titles — Brenda W. Clough
You’re Not a Bad Person. You Just Have Ugly Children. — Steven Harper Piziks
Plotting Through Writer’s Block — Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Novel Writing for Novices — Brenda W. Clough

Craft

Can Fantasy be Plausible, and Why Should It Bother? — Ursula K. Le Guin
Finding Your Voice: Fan Mail From The Future — Jennifer Stevenson
Using Landscape as a Character — Irene Radford
Sweating the Little Stuff — Sherwood Smith
Strunk and White: Fifty Years Is Long Enough — Nancy Jane Moore
On Being a Professional Amateur — Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Love or Sex — Irene Radford
Dig Deeper: How To Make a Good Book a Great Book — Laura Anne Gilman

Research

The Alien in the Pasture — Judith Tarr
Steam It Up! — Sue Lange
The Science in Science Fiction & the Fantasy in Fantasy — Amy Sterling Casil
The Joys and Dangers of Research — Pati Nagle

Marketing Your Work

How to Escape from the Slush Pile — Madeleine E. Robins
Six Step Guide to Query Letters — Chris Dolley
Crafting a Synopsis That Will Sell — Irene Radford
How to Build an ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) — Lori Devoti
The Quest to Find Agent Charming — Pati Nagle
Bad Contracts — Steven Harper Piziks
Market Your Heart — Patricia Rice

The Writer's Life

A Room of One's Own — Madeleine E. Robins
How to Critique Effectively and Influence Your Fellow Writers — Nancy Jane Moore
The Write Class — Steven Harper Piziks
Inside Worldcon: The Writer’s Tour — Brenda W. Clough
How I Write When There is No Time — Deborah J. Ross
Permission to Take a Break — Chris Dolley
How do you DO That? — Sarah Zettel
Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ignorable — Deborah J. Ross
Being Productive — Gerald M. Weinberg