Writing fan fiction is a lot less taboo than it used to be.  Setting aside teenagers who write fan fiction for their ...

Every morning, after I’ve secured the intravenous drip from the coffee pot into my arm, I knock out a couple of hours of fiction writing. That’s not exactly surprising as I’m a science-fiction author ...

Anyone can create stories, but not all can craft a tale that everyone wants to read. Fiction writing is associated with fantasy and imagination. People with great imaginations are capable of writing ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

The former elected official and party leader changed careers to become a full-time writer. He may have more political ...

Author Monica Valentinelli offers three writing exercises to help get you thinking about science fiction story ideas. Create an alien, destroy the world, and create a fantastical invention. Since many ...

I don't know about you, but when I go looking for a little bit of writing inspiration, I often find myself staring at the same Hemingway, Bradbury, and Fitzgerald quotes I've heard a dozen times ...

Sony Computer Entertainment has featured the fictional character “Kevin Butler” portraying a Sony employee in a series of advertisements for its PlayStation 3 game system. Sony recently filed a ...

Diane Ladd, the Oscar-nominated actor best known for her roles in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Wild At Heart ...

Here is a very real and true thing: 2017 is making it really hard to be a science fiction writer. To be sure, these times — by which I mean the Trump era to date, let’s go ahead and avoid cutesy ...