Interview: The Editors of Electric Spec

Electric Spec Founded in 2005, Electric Spec is a not-for-profit speculative fiction magazine published four times per year. The primary goal of the editors is to get great speculative fiction into the hands (or screens) of readers; they’ve published short stories from authors all over the world. Meet the editors! Grayson Towler has a lifelong…

Interview: Chuck Anderson and Jim LeMay on “Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence”

Meet Chuck and Jim! Chuck Anderson and Jim LeMay are the editors of Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence, a collection of stories by writers whose lives were touched by the late Ed Bryant. In addition to creating this collection as a tribute to Ed, Chuck and Jim are both very talented speculative writers in their…

Interview: Alethea Kontis on “The Goblin and the Treasure”

  “The Goblin and the Treasure” is in the Once Upon a Quest anthology, a collection of fifteen tales of adventure, all brand new fairy tale twists from bestselling and award-winning authors. With inspirations ranging from The Ugly Duckling to Snow White, and everything in between (including trips to Camelot and Oz), these fabulous tales…

Interview: Jenna Elizabeth Johnson on “Bane and Balm”

  “Bane and Balm” is in the Once Upon a Quest anthology, a collection of fifteen tales of adventure, all brand new fairy tale twists from bestselling and award-winning authors. With inspirations ranging from The Ugly Duckling to Snow White, and everything in between (including trips to Camelot and Oz), these fabulous tales are full…

Interview: Anthea Sharp on “Once Upon a Quest”

Meet Anthea! Anthea Sharp writes fairy tale retellings, Victorian steampunk, fantasy romance, and has combined the Realm of Faerie with immersive gaming in her Feyland series. Once Upon a Quest is the third volume in the Once Upon anthology series. Once Upon a Quest Once Upon a Quest is a collection of fifteen tales of…

Interview: Grayson Towler on “The Dragon Waking”

Meet Grayson! Grayson loves dragons and dinosaurs, and has managed to tie them together in a wonderful, magical story in The Dragon Waking, a middle grade fantasy. The Dragon Waking For thirteen-year-old Rose Gallagher, having a friend who is really a dragon and can perform magic, change shape, and fly her away from the predictability…

Interview: DeAnna Knippling on being a writing contest judge

Meet DeAnna! DeAnna Knippling is a freelance writer, editor, and book designer living in Colorado. She runs Wonderland Press, a micropublisher of curious fiction and non-fiction for iconoclasts. The Interview You’ve been a judge for multiple writing contests. Give us an example of one type of contest, and what the authors submitted. The contest that…

Interview: Thea Hutcheson on “Judging Pashet”

  “Judging Pashet” is in the Stars in the Darkness anthology, a collection of stories about why being just matters, and what the ramifications are for individuals, groups, towns, countries, or even worlds if justice is not expected, encouraged, or enforced. Meet Thea! Thea Hutcheson writes about magic, science, and everything in between. She has…

Interview: Bonnie Elizabeth and the Fantastic Feline Heroes bundle

Meet Bonnie! Bonnie not only writes fiction, she also blogged as her cat Chey for many years. In addition to cat stories, Bonnie writes fantasy, mystery, Gothic suspense, and occasionally science fiction. She writes books about acupuncture as Bonnie Koenig. Fantastic Feline Heroes Who doesn’t love cats? And what cat doesn’t have a great cat…

Interview: David H. Hendrickson on “How to Get Your Book into Schools”

Meet Dave! David H. Hendrickson has published well over one thousand works of nonfiction ranging from sports journalism to humor and essays. How to Get Your Book into Schools is his first book for writers. How to Get Your Book into Schools David H. Hendrickson leads you through every step of the process of getting…