Publishing has a lot gatekeepers, and it can feel like you have to wait for an invitation or acceptance to do things. But those are just feelings. The reality is that there are so many ways to bring your dreams to life these days. Enter, the Kickstarter for Martial Hero. When Strange Horizons e-zine had … Continue reading The Making of Martial Hero, A Wuxia / Xianxia Anthology
A deep dive into what it takes to edit and format and print an offset print run of special edition book overseas. So I made a thing. Or rather, I've been making a thing. Back in early 2023, our friend group grew wildly enthusiastic about the Strange Horizons special edition submissions call for Wuxia stories. … Continue reading The Making of a Special Edition Book
I read a lot of Urban Fantasy. I read broadly but UF is probably my favorite. As a reader, I was totally unaware of publishing trends. But in the last few years I’ve had to learn a lot more about publishing and then I started to hear that “urban fantasy is dead” from publishing insiders. … Continue reading Urban Fantasy is Undead
A little unauthorized Fanfic by Julia vee I rented out a theater for the opening weekend of Shang-Chi. It was a special treat for my family and we had a blast. The film exceeded all of my expectations and I still can’t get over that bus scene. There was so much to love about Shang-Chi … Continue reading Shang-Chi and Xialing – An Alternate Ending
Emiko and her foo lion, Bao I wrote a mega post about DragonCon and decided I should break it up into chunks. The big thing that stood out for me during this event was THE ART. I couldn’t get over the art. There were four floors of Art and assorted cool things at the America’s … Continue reading The Art of Ebony Gate
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