The puberty-activated superpowers trope is overdone. Give us menopause-activated superpowers!
#GenreFiction
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/apply-for-otherwise-fellowships-by-december-15
We're now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support and recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15th for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.
#Fellowships #grants #funding #SpeculativeFiction #sff #GenreFiction #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
Spotlighting more gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023:
“Vagabonds!” -Eloghosa Osunde
“The Deep Sky” -Yume Kitasei
“The Water Outlaws” - @slhuang
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” - @john_chu
“A Feast for Flies” -Leigh Harlen
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/celebrating-2022-2023-work-part-3
I'm now free to announce that at World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, UK, I'll be on two panels.
Feminism and Feminist Themes in Genre Fiction.
Older People in Fantasy and Horror.
Both subjects near and dear to me, so I'm thrilled.
#WritingCommunity #GenreFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritersOfSpeculativeFiction #WorldFantasyConvention #FantasyFiction #HorrorFiction #Feminism
Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Genre Short Story First Place Winner: “Poison Pill” https://www.writersdigest.com/94th-annual-competition-genre-story-winner #WDAnnualCompetitionWinners #annualcompetition2025 #WdAnnualCompetition #WriteBetterFiction #AnnualCompetition #annualcompetition #FromtheWinners #WDCompetitions #genrefiction #Genre
Spotlighting more gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023:
"Squire" ( @nadiashammas & Sara Alfageeh)
Winners of the 2023 Golden Cobra Challenge
"The Unbalancing" ( @rblemberg )
"Mage of Fools" (Eugen Bacon)
"The Way of Baa’gh" (Cheryl S. Ntumy)
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/09/celebrating-work-2022-2023-part-2
#fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #genrefiction #games #LARP #comics #graphicnovels #Afrofuturism
https://otherwiseaward.org/2025/08/celebrating-work-2022-2023-part-i
Recommendations spotlighting gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023, starting with:
“Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” by Kim Fu
“Who the Final Girl Becomes” by Dominique Dickey
“Construction Sacrifice” by @bogiperson
“Manhunt” by Gretchen Felker-Martin
and “OKPsyche” by @adeniro
recommended by P.C. Verrone, Pat Murphy, and Vajra Chandrasekera
From the British Fantasy Society:
UK SFFH event stalwart Alex Davis is gearing up for his latest edition of Edge-Lit, coming up in Derby on 20 September. Here, he reflects on what makes a great event—and has a double-pass for EdgeLit to give away, too!
https://britishfantasysociety.org/the-value-of-events/
#writersofmastodon #writers #edgelit #genrefiction #sffh #speculativefiction #ukbookevents #events #creativetoots
New-to-me, discovered via Tracy Durnell: the Romance Scholarship Database. From the About page: “As Barbara Fuchs has observed, “Romance is a notoriously slippery category. Critics disagree about whether it is a genre or a mode, about its origins and history, even about what it encompasses” (1). Such slipperiness tends to complicate the search for scholarship about any specific type of romance. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/new-to-me-the-romance-scholarship-database/
Metadata Best Practices for Genre Fiction
Make sure your metadata is in tip top shape for optimal SEO and online discoverability.
https://www.ingramspark.com/blog/metadata-best-practices-for-genre-fiction
#BookMarketingandPromotions #ReachingMoreReaders #SelfPublishing #BookMetadata #Genrefiction
@indieauthors
#RedSonja is getting a redo.
What's the expectation, fellow #SFF lovers? I absolutely loved the 1985 version, this one looks a bit too "clean" in my view.
I really hope it's not a #ConanTheBarbarian -like redo, which was terrible...
Some thoughts on the series of books I'm now reading, and how some books of genre fiction extend the genre (cf. Ian Fleming v. John Le Carré).
From fantasy to sci-fi, mysteries to memoirs - what genre gets your heart racing? Share your go-to book category and discover new reads from fellow bookworms!
How to Write in Different Genres
Emiko Jean and Yulin Kuang share tips and strategies for how they successfully write in different genres and mediums.
The post How to Write in Different Genres appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-write-in-different-genres
#Genre #WriteBetterFiction #genre #genrefiction #GenreWriting
@indieauthors
Literary Tropes Are Like French Fries by Laurel Osterkamp
Laurel Osterkamp wants you to know that literary tropes are like french fries, a good treat that can be used to add flavor to a story.
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2025/04/18/literary-tropes-are-like-french-fries-by-laurel-osterkamp
#WritingTips #dystopiansociety #genre #genrefiction #humor
@indieauthors
Review: "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey -
Grey's classic Western lives up to its reputation of trope-filled storytelling while also surprising in lush scenery, realistic and tense action, and unexpected resolutions.
#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #zanegrey #ridersofthepurplesage #western #fiction #classic #americanwest #genrefiction
How to Write Funny: Essential Humor Writing Tips for Authors
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https://www.ingramspark.com/blog/how-to-write-funny
#WritingYourBook #Inspiration #WritingandEditing #Genrefiction
@indieauthors
Final Weeks! Join the horde and help Returned finish strong! Books ship by May!
Links in bio!
#comics #KickstarterComics #art #Kickstarter #horror #artist #comicartist #zombies #genrefiction
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