Posts by Sara-Jayne Slack

Contemporary Monsters as Metaphor

Contemporary Monsters as Metaphor

    In part one of this series (Historical Monsters as Metaphor), we looked at the early myths of monsters and how they served as metaphors for the era’s time where anxieties…
    Top Steampunk Tropes: Writing Steampunk Fiction

    Top Steampunk Tropes: Writing Steampunk Fiction

      What Is Steampunk? Steampunk fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction which commonly integrates science, fantasy, and historical fiction together to build an alternate timeline, set in the real world.…
      Independent Publishing and Artificial Intelligence

      Independent Publishing and Artificial Intelligence

        Traditional publishing doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being fast-paced, but the onslaught of AI (artificial intelligence) tools, ‘scandals’ and borderline (and over-the-line!) misuse might just have made an exception…
        How to Post Books on a Budget: Our Top 3 Tips

        How to Post Books on a Budget: Our Top 3 Tips

          While the e-book was (incorrectly) hailed as “the death of the paperback”, many readers still love to see a well-stocked bookshelf standing pride of place. There’s just something about a…
          10 Steps to Get through Your TBR Pile

          10 Steps to Get through Your TBR Pile

            Most readers have a TBR pile, even if they don’t know what a TBR pile is. In book lingo, a ”TBR Pile” is your to-be-read pile. It’s all those books…
            EA Mylonas

            EA Mylonas

              Our Authors Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Literary Evangelos is a photographer, writer and author of the speculative fiction novel The Hush. Originally from Athens, Greece, he has spent the last couple…
              Buying Books from Publishers: The Ultimate Guide

              Buying Books from Publishers: The Ultimate Guide

                Over the last decade, buying books online has become commonplace thanks to big-name stores. And we’re not just talking about that online-only store, either. For any reader who’s trying not…
                Cyberpunk Music: Explore The Sounds of Oshibana Complex

                Cyberpunk Music: Explore The Sounds of Oshibana Complex

                  As much as individuality and the support of friends, (cyberpunk) music is one of the prime thematic focuses of Oshibana Complex. In a cyberpunk future where humanity is grown rather…
                  Top 10 Common Character Tropes

                  Top 10 Common Character Tropes

                    Avid readers know how book can be an incredible form of escapism where almost anything is possible and you never quite know what’s going to happen next. This is especially…
                    Fantasy Without Magic: Can it Work?

                    Fantasy Without Magic: Can it Work?

                      Magic and the fantasy fiction genre, they go together like Bert and Ernie – or should I say Frodo and Sam? Wherever you look in fantasy, you’ll see examples of…
                      How Can Authors Protect Their Mental Health?

                      How Can Authors Protect Their Mental Health?

                        When you first decide to be a writer, you might read books on how to write a blockbuster, you might work on your grammar and punctuation or you put hours…
                        Landscapes in Modern Myth

                        Landscapes in Modern Myth

                          Landscapes have a tendency to set off questions in my head, about what lies below the surface of a place and what possibilities there might be. Can Fairy Tales Be…
                          E. J. Runyon

                          E. J. Runyon

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                            RK Summers

                            RK Summers

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                              Dorothy A. Winsor

                              Dorothy A. Winsor

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                                Daniel Stride

                                Daniel Stride

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                                  Howard Robinson

                                  Howard Robinson

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