Planetside Highlights

SFWA Presents: Get to Know…, curated by the Planetside Crew

PERMANENT SERIES

ROMANCING SFF, curated by the Romance Steering Committee and Planetside Crew

Romantasy: An Old Genre with a New Name by Rosemary Jones
“So, How’s Your Love Life?” and Other Questions to Ask Your Characters by Katherine Garcia Ley
Romancing the Beast: Embracing Monstrousness in Romantic SFF by Victoria Janssen
5 Ways Fighting and Kissing Scenes Are the Same by Chelsea Mueller
Why Romance Should Be Part of Your Worldbuilding by R. K. Thorne
The Power of Romance by Jeffe Kennedy
When Making the Connection Makes the Book by Claire Davon
I See Romance…Everywhere! by Alexia Chantel

SAFETY DISPATCH, curated by the Safety Committee

SPECULATIVE POETICS, curated by the Poetry Committee

Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook by Wendy Van Camp
Using Pop Culture as Poetic Inspiration by Gwynne Garfinkle
How Many Poems Does It Take to Make You a Poet? by Brenda Gates Spielman
Awards in Speculative Poetry: Ways (and Reasons) to Celebrate Excellent Writing by Brian U. Garrison

THE COMICS PANEL, curated by the Comics Committee

Why Crowdfund? by Madeleine Holly-Rosing
Book Marketing: Comics vs. Novels by Russell Nohelty
How to Pitch to a Comic Book Publisher by Kristen Simon
Breaking Down a Sequential Page: A Close Reading for Comics Writers by A. A. Rubin
Connecting with an Artist Is a Big Part of the Storytelling in Comics by Jessica Maison
How to Write a Comic Script by Tim Susman
Conjuring Images when Writing for Comics, Prose, and the Screen by Jessica Maison

THE HISTORY FILES, curated by the History Committee

Planets and Plastic: A History of the SFWA Trophies and Awards by Michael Armstrong
A Brief History of SFWA: The First Nebula Awards by Michael Capobianco
Jerry Pournelle: SFWA Historian by Michael Capobianco
Preservation Guidance for Authors Planning to Donate Their Personal Papers to Archives by Monica Louzon
A Brief History of SFWA: The Beginning (Part 2) by Michael Capobianco
A Brief History of SFWA: The Beginning (Part 1) by Michael Capobianco

THE INDIE FILES, curated by the Independent Authors Committee

How to Pitch Your Book to Libraries So They See You as an Easy Win to Please Their Patrons by Kelly McClymer
Continuous Marketing and Selling Costs by William C. Tracy
I’m Selling Books, but Am I Making Money? by William C. Tracy
Productivity That Fits You by Marie Andreas
5 Ways to Sell Your Books Directly: Is Using Direct Sales the Right New Channel for Your Books? by Kelly McClymer
Measuring Your Success as an Author by Steven Radecki
Wide For the Win 2 – Retail Promotions by John Wilker
Making Use of Genre and Categories by Anthony W. Eichenlaub
Book Descriptions by Scott King
Author Tips and Tricks for Selling on Amazon by William C. Tracy
Bringing Back the Weird to Indie Publishing by Rachel A. Rosen
Writing Through Trauma by J. Scott Coatsworth
Balancing the Indie Workload by Anthony W. Eichenlaub
Yes, You Do Need an Editor by Colin Alexander
How to Bring Your Indie Book to the Attention of a Librarian by Kelly McClymer
Maximizing Your Sales for the Holidays by Scott King
An Indie Approach to Series by Anthony W. Eichenlaub
Is Your Book Cover Doing the Job or Does It Need to Be Fired? by Kelly McClymer
Wide for the Win – Part 1 by John Wilker
SFWA’s NetGalley Program and You by Jamie Lackey
Advantages of Independent Publishing by Michael Edelson
Make the Most of New Book Announcements by R J Theodore
Listen Up! Self-Producing Audiobooks by Kim Fielding
A Guide to SFWA StoryBundles by Sherrie Cronin
Going Wide by J. Scott Coatsworth
An Indie Author’s Primer on Editors by Kim Fielding
For Your Consideration: How to Seek Out Self-Published Works You’ll Love by Anthony W. Eichenlaub

WORLDBUILDING, curated by the Planetside Crew

Characterization and Worldbuilding Through Fight Scenes by Corrine A. Kumar
Enriching Your Worldbuilding with Economics by Albert Zhang
Enriching Characters and Sociopolitics with Digital Currencies by Libby Schultz
Tie Up the Loose Ends: A Writer’s Guide to Sailor’s Knots By May Haddad
Metaphysics & Matter: Should Elves Have Atoms? by Austin Conrad
Nailing It Down: How to Portray Boxing Accurately in Your Fight Scenes by J. D. Harlock
Speaking Common by Austin Conrad
How to Make Your Next SFF Work’s Currency by John Dale Beety
Choose Your Own Dr. Scientist Adventure by Jason P. Burnham
Designing Your Fictional Spaceship by Jeremy Zentner
Space Royals in Space Operas: How to Craft a Believable Monarchy by Jeremy Zentner
Making Soft Magic Systems Work by M.K. Hutchins
Climate Change and Antibiotic Resistance: Facts for Fiction by Jason P. Burnham
Writing the Science Right by Gideon P. Smith
Spec-Fic-Fu 2: Weapons! by Andrew K Hoe
The Ecology of Worldbuilding by J. Dianne Dotson
Nonviolence and the Hero’s Duel by Gabriel Ertsgaard
Spec-Fic-Fu: How to Make Aliens and Robots Fight Better by Andrew Hoe
How to Write Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters by Melanie Ashford
“Cities That Think Like Planets”: On Writing Sustainable Cities in Science Fiction by Arkady Martine
Fine Weather, Isn’t It? by Tochi Onyebuchi
A Worldbuilding Guide to Crafting Diverse Cultures by Amelia Wiens
The Other Final Frontier: Writing Ocean Settings by Victoria Zelvin
The Art of Story as Worldbuilding by Nathan Nance
The Jargon and Slang of the Fantastic by Ken Pelham
Military Logistics for Fantasy Writers by Mollie M. Madden
Words Out of Time: Building a Better World Through Etymology by Ken Pelham
From the Inside Out: Worldbuilding Through Extrapolation by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Technology and Worldbuilding, Part Two by Kevin L. O’Brien
Automation and Worldbuilding, Part One by Kevin L. O’Brien
Writing Amputees by Diane Morrison
Lunar Regolith Made on Earth/State of the Art: Science and Technology by Lauren Roux
Worldbuilding with the Medieval Industrial Revolution, Part Three by Kevin L. O’Brien
Worldbuilding with the Medieval Industrial Revolution, Part Two by Kevin L. O’Brien
Worldbuilding with the Medieval Industrial Revolution by Kevin L. O’Brien
Building Worlds by K. C. Norton
Building the Disabled World by Sandra M. Odell
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions By Patricia C. Wrede (list of topics with sublinks)

LIMITED OR TOPICAL SERIES

Playtesting Game Narratives, a limited series curated by the Game Writing Committee

Introduction to Game Writing and Playtesting by John Dale Beety
Playtesting Narrative Content in Board Games by Will McDermott
Playtesting Card Games by Marie Vibbert
Playtesting TTRPG Stories by Austin Conrad
QA and Storytelling in Video Games by John Ryan

Writing by Other Means, curated by the Planetside Crew

Butt in the Chair: How Disability Changed My Writing Habits by Catherine Tavares
Only as Good as Our Tools: Drafting by Hand and Fountain Pens by Carrie Finch
Sudden: Writing on the Go by Eugen Bacon
(Temporarily) Computer-Free Writing by N. R. M. Roshak
Whoops, I Wrote a Story: How to Make App Addictions Work for Your Writing by Marie Croke
Phoning It In: Finding Time to Write in Unexpected Places by Priya Chand

Writing from History, curated by the Planetside Crew

Legacy of the Iron Curtain: Writing Ukrainian Fiction in a Post-Soviet World by A.D. Sui
Decolonizing History in Brazilian SFF by Lívian Bonato
History in Speculative Fiction: Repeat, Rhyme, or Echo? by Aaron H. Arm
The Many Alt-Histories of World War II by Jeremy Zentner
The Revolution Will Be Fantasized by Samuel Poots
The Dangers of Writing on Someone Else’s Heartstrings by Marie Croke
Using Archives to (Re)Write History by Anneke Schwob
Writing Alt-History? Read the Sources by Austin Conrad

DEVELOPING SERIES

Perspectives in Translation, curated by the Planetside Crew

Translation for Video Games: An Interview with Kristin Osani
Translation vs. Adaptation: The Continuous Struggle for Optimal Ratio by Elena Kovalenko
more coming soon

Volunteer Networks: The Heart of SFF, curated by the Planetside Crew

Volunteers, Watch Out for Those Invisible Expectations! by Marie Croke
more coming soon