Field Notes

By AJ Cunder As writers, we’ve all been there: Submittable, Moksha, a proprietary submission system, or even just a submission […]

By Chesley Oxendine As a Native American—Lumbee Cheraw, specifically, and hailing from Robeson County, North Carolina—storytelling has always been important

by Wole Talabi Introduction Since 2016, I’ve maintained a database of published science fiction and fantasy (SFF)[1] works by African

by Marie Brennan Recently, I’ve seen a number of online discussions about stories without conflict, especially stories from outside the

By Lorraine Wilson Statistics are easy to quote, but difficult to connect to, don’t you think? It’s easy to say

By Eugen Bacon I read Maurice Broaddus’s “Black Joy and Afrofuturism for Young Readers,” which heartens us to be present,

By Jeff Somers It’s often noted that in baseball, making an out 70 percent of the time is considered all-star

By Kahina Necaise Convincing fiction is about cause and effect.  That’s why, in my work as an editor, the two

By Rebecca Hardy  I love systems. I think most worldbuilders do, at least to some extent. Systems of magic. Systems

by Carien Ubink It’s important to get reviews, but if you ask in the wrong way, your request might be

by Corrine Kumar We grow as writers by reading, but we often read passively—leaving the understanding of stories to our