In this episode of Rite Gud, we are joined once again by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, who is going to tell us why plot isn’t everything. The post No Plot Just Vibes by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
There’s one thing contemporary SFF can’t seem to escape. Simon McNeil joins us to talk about writing beyond the end of history. The post Writing Beyond the End of History by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
In this episode, Blood Knife's Kurt Schiller shares what it takes to launch a magazine, attract subscribers, and give writers a space to create thought-provoking work. The post How To Start a Magazine for Fun and Absolutely No Profit by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Fiction has always used speculative elements to express political ideas; but sometimes, it falls flat in terms of storytelling and politics. The post Space Racism, Oppressed Wizards, and Other Marginalized Fantasy Allegories by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Writers are often under pressure to follow rules, to write to the market, to carefully fit themselves into a safe cultural and commercial niche. The post Writing Beyond Limits with Naben Ruthnum by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Cartoonist RE Parrish joins us to talk about the uneasy marriage of writing and the internet—incorporating the internet into fiction, using the internet as a medium for fiction, and why it's so hard to write a good social media epistolary novel. The post Internet Fiction by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
When you send a short story to a magazine, it probably doesn’t go directly to the editor. Instead, it ends up in what’s called the slush pile–the pool of unsolicited work waiting for review. Who reviews it? Weirdos like us. The post Tales From the Slush Pile by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but it is way easier to kill a guy with a sword than with a pen. The post Never Bring a Pen to a Sword Fight by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
The changing of the guard in the early 2000s and the euthanization of the reactionary Sad Puppy movement in the early 2010s should have ushered in a new era of speculative fiction, an era of creative freedom and experimentation. The post A Rite Gud Minifesto by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
In this very serious episode, we honor the most important writer of the 20th century, a man forty years ahead of his time: author, visionary, dreamweaver plus actor, Garth Marenghi. The post A Tribute to Garth Marenghi, World’s Greatest Author/Visionary/Dreamweaver by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
“Here’s my new novel, A Groan of Stone and Bone. It has enemies to lovers, a chaotic bisexual, BIPOC representation, elemental magic, and tons of 'Buffy' references!” The post More than the Sum of its Parts: Writing Beyond Tropes and Easter Eggs by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Because 'squeecore' got so big, we decided to revisit it to address some of the discourse it generated—the good, the bad, and the ugly. The post Rite Gud: The Squeequel by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
It is time to talk about Bear, Marian Engel’s 1976 Canadian novel about a mousy librarian who falls in love with a bear. The post Rite Gud: A Bear-y Special Episode by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
What is squeecore? You’re soaking in it! Squeecore is the dominant literary movement in contemporary SFF, a movement so ubiquitous it’s nearly invisible. The post A Guide to Squeecore by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Jeremiah Aulwurm talks to Albert Birney and Gabriel Koenig, the creators of the Tux and Fanny Video Game (Kittysneezes 2021 Game of the Year). The post HeadClog in the Operator: Tux & Fanny: The Game Creators Albert Birney & Gabriel Koenig by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Leo "LaserFrog" Wichtoski is currently streaming Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8pm GMT. Previously he created the "Leo Takes A Look" series for the video game website kotaku.com and the video poetry series "Run, Play, Think!" on Youtube. The post HeadClog in the Operator: Leo “LaserFrog” Wichtowski by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes ....
Bram Stoker Award-winning author John Langan joins us to talk about cosmic horror, his novel The Fisherman, upstate New York, how much money writers make (none), and how hard it is to get published when you're a little too literary for the genre crowd but a little too genre for the literary crowd. The post John Langan on Cosmic Horror by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes ....
We have girlboss Cinderella starting her own business, Snow White leading an army into battle. And why not? The post Cinderella Is Not a #Girlboss: The Problem With ‘Feminist’ Fairytale Adaptations by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
In this episode, we re-examine the saga of the notorious Sad Puppies. What happened? What ripple effects did it have on the sci-fi/fantasy community? The post Puppy Play by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
In this episode, Gretchen Felker-Martin joins us to talk about her gritty post-Apocalyptic trans novel Manhunt (spoiler free) and how an idea becomes a traditionally published book. The post How Books Happen, With Gretchen Felker-Martin by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Are superheroes a modern mythology, or is this a way to flatten the complexities of traditional art while giving commercial media a spiritual significance it does not deserve? The post The Tragedy of the Creative Commons: On Superheroes and Modern Mythology by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Jack from Bad Books for Bad People joins us to pay tribute to art that isn’t here to teach right from wrong—what some might call degenerate art. The post In Defense of Degenerate Art by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
A story is a type of conversation with the reader. If you don’t leave room for the reader to speak, you’re a terrible conversationalist. The post This Is My Hole, It Was Made for Me: On Negative Space and Leaving Room for the Reader by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Genre is safe. Genre is comfortable. But do we rely on genre conventions too much? Can genre hold us back? Is genre busting good? The post Genre Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
In today's sci-fi/ fantasy community, it's fashionable to dig up H.P. Lovecraft and put him on trial as the avatar of everything wrong with speculative fiction. The post Why We Can Stop Flogging H.P. Lovecraft’s Dead Bloated Corpse by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
If you’ve spent any time talking about geek culture, you’ve probably seen one word come up over and over again: gatekeeper. The post Meet the New Gatekeeper, Same as the Old Gatekeeper by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
What makes a writer? Is it coffee and cats? Is it a good author photo? Is it having a screenname like @JaneDoeWrites? The post So You Think You’re a Writer? by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
It's normal to look for people who share your interest in pop culture. But what happens when you only know how to be queer through fandom? The post Queerness Is Not a Fandom by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
Instead of learning from books, too many fledgling writers learn to write primarily from movies, television and video games, and their writing suffers as a result. The post Books Are Not Movies: Writing the Invisible by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
As the world looks grimmer and grimmer, Millennials and Gen Xers retreat deeper and deeper into childhood nostalgia. The post To Be a Great Writer, You Must Defeat a Thousand Babies by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes .
