Planetside Highlights
SFWA Presents: Get to Know…, curated by the Planetside Crew
Writer Beware® Presents, created by Victoria Strauss
PERMANENT SERIES
ROMANCING SFF, curated by the Romance Steering Committee and the 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
- Seven Lessons for My Past Self on Running a Small Press by Holly Lyn Walrath
- 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 and the Planetside Crew
- Happy 90-Something, Dear Paperback. Here’s Hoping You Survive to 100 by Rosemary Jones
- 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
- Writing Sword Fights: Three Tips from a Professional Swordsman by Guy Windsor
- 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
Perspectives in Translation, curated by the Planetside Crew
- Translating Speculative Fiction into a Language with Many Dialects by J. D. Harlock
- Translation for Video Games: An Interview with Kristin Osani by Misha Grifka Wander
- Translation vs. Adaptation: The Continuous Struggle for Optimal Ratio by Elena Kovalenko
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
- Ink Stains on Fingers and the Smell of Coffee: A Guide to Writing Elsewhere by Steve Horton
- 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
SFF on Screen and Stage, curated by the Planetside Crew
- Where Is All the SFF Theater? by Monica Cross
- more coming soon