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date: 2024-10-13, from: Locus Magazine
The Dark 6/24 Uncanny 7-8/24 Apex #145 Weird Horror Fall ’24
The Dark #109 features two originals. “The Abandoned” by Jack Klausner is a haunting story that begins with a little girl finding a box in the schoolyard. It takes us through tragic mystery and ends in resignation. The protagonist in Beth Goder’s interesting “Labyrinth” visits the infamous Winchester Mystery House in a story that …Read More
date: 2024-10-12, from: Locus Magazine
Longtime Barnes & Noble head LEONARD RIGGIO, 83, died August 27, 2024 in Manhattan. He had Alzheimer’s.
Leonard Stephen Riggio was born February 28, 1941 in New York, and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. After graduating in 1958, he took night classes at NYU for a while before dropping out. He founded a small bookshop, the Student Book Exchange, in 1965. In 1971, he purchased New York bookshop Barnes …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/leonard-riggio-1941-2024/
date: 2024-10-12, from: Locus Magazine
Your Shadow Half Remains, Sunny Moraine (Nightfire 978-1-25089-220-1, $16.99, 176pp, tp) February 2024.
If you look at someone, you’re dead. Not just dead, but dead in some horrible, violent way. That’s the premise at the core of Sunny Moraine’s Your Shadow Half Remains. Yes, readers familiar with Josh Malerman’s Bird Box may see a similarity to that novel in that premise, but Your Shadow Half Remains is very different, …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/your-shadow-half-remains-by-sunny-moraine-review-by-gabino-iglesias/
date: 2024-10-12, from: Locus Magazine
Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit 978-0316578974, trade paperback, 432pp, $19.99) September 2024
If Michael Bishop and Tom Disch had collaborated to script an episode of the Aliens franchise, and then the result had been filmed by Toho Studios, the result might have well come to resemble Adrian Tchaikovsky’s newest kick in the pants, Alien Clay. This is one of three great books Tchaikovsky has released in 2024; similar …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/paul-di-filippo-reviews-alien-clay-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/
date: 2024-10-11, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
There’s nowhere to run.
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/220-trapped
date: 2024-10-11, from: Locus Magazine
Writer and publishing professional Zoe Kaplan, 28, died October 9, 2024 of complications from diabetes.
Kaplan began publishing short fiction of genre interest with “Pink Marble” in 2021, and published several other stories in magazines and anthologies. She also worked in publishing, spending time at Tor before joining Simon & Schuster in 2021, first as a member of the production team, and later as a managing editorial associate, working extensively …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/zoe-kaplan-1996-2024/
date: 2024-10-11, from: Locus Magazine
Results of the 25th Fantastiknovelltävlingen, a Swedish “Fantastic Short Story Competition” organized by writers’ email list SKRIVA, have been announced.
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Honorable Mentions
Winners were awarded prizes including cash, shares
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/2024-skriva-short-story-competition-winners/
date: 2024-10-11, from: Literature & a Latte blog
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/10-great-novels-you-can-read-in-one-sitting
date: 2024-10-11, from: Final Draft blog
Hormones. Puberty. Weight gain. Cancer. Aging. Menopause. Mental decline.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/the-substance-and-how-to-write-body-horror
date: 2024-10-11, from: John August blog
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at the many ways writers have imagined our future, and the astonishing new technology, fashion, problems and ethical dilemmas that might come to pass. Our collection includes: 2001: A Space Odyssey by […] The post Featured Friday: Sci-Fi Futurism first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/featured-friday-sci-fi-futurism
date: 2024-10-11, from: Locus Magazine
Flash Fiction Online 6/24 Strange Horizons 6/9/24, 6/24/24 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/27/24, 7/11/24
The June Flash Fiction Online features a range of rather grim stories about characters caught in oppressive situations. Perhaps the most surprising is Kurt Pankau’s “A Pin Drops”, which imagines bowling technology advancing to the point where pins are made intelligent and sentient in order for them to protect one another and form familial …Read More
date: 2024-10-11, from: Locus Magazine
Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, received 3,436 valid ballots (3,431 electronic, five paper), up from 1,674 at Chengdu Worldcon. There were an additional 377 ballots disqualified as fraudulent or ‘‘not cast by natural persons.’’ There were 1,720 nominating ballots (1,715 electronic, five paper), down from 1,847.
The procedure for counting nominations remains the E Pluribus Hugo, or EPH, system. The rather complicated system gives a single point …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/complete-2024-hugo-voting/
date: 2024-10-11, from: Author’s Union blog
The final outcome of the case: the plaintiff was ordered to cover $102,404 in fees and $165.72 in costs for the defendant. This should serve as a cautionary tale for would-be plaintiffs: copyright lawsuits, like any other type of litigation, are primarily meant to address the damages plaintiffs actually suffered, and the final settlement should make plaintiffs whole again—that is, as if no infringement has ever occurred. Copyright lawsuits (or the threat to sue) should not be undertaken as a way to create brand new income streams.
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/10/11/artist-left-with-heavy-fees-by-copyright-troll-law-firm/
date: 2024-10-11, from: Literature & a Latte blog
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-solo-writing-retreat
date: 2024-10-10, from: Locus Magazine
Looking to add to your TBR pile? Come by and watch this weeks new video on the top new releases! We’ve got a fantastic collection of Fantasy, SF, and Horror books for you to have a look at! Don’t forget to Like and Subscribe to support what we do!
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/weekly-youtube-video-is-up-for-10-08-2024/
date: 2024-10-10, from: Locus Magazine
South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Her novel The Vegetarian was the first Korean language book to win the International Booker Award. The 2024 prize amount is 11 million Swedish kronor, just over $1 million US.
For more information, see the Nobel Prize website.
While you are …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/han-kang-wins-nobel-prize/
date: 2024-10-10, from: Final Draft blog
What makes Joker, the Clown Prince of Gotham, the best comic book movie character of all time? Not just villain. Character. He’s evil, maniacal and misunderstood – and yet, he’s the greatest comic book character to consistently appear in movies.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/why-joker-is-the-greatest-comic-book-movie-character
date: 2024-10-10, from: Locus Magazine
The Deadlands Spring ’24
“The Slave Boy” by Denzel Xavier Scott in the Spring 2024 issue of The Deadlands looks at different forms of captivity and freedom. A young boy contemplates his own imprisonment and the imprisonment of the talking animals he’s forced to care for, pitying them, but also resenting them and the way they mock and torment him. He meets a strange man who offers him …Read More
https://locusmag.com/2024/10/the-deadlands-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise/
date: 2024-10-10, from: Final Draft blog
It can be incredibly difficult to venture into an established genre like
the
sports
drama.
It’s a tried-and-true narrative with some equally
tested—and beloved—tropes. Sometimes the team is a ragtag group of
misfits, the underdogs no one believes in. Sometimes the coach has taken
on this post after failing in the big leagues. Often, the most dramatic
moment comes down to the last play in the big
game.
Writer/director Sydney Freeland (Diné) knows all these
tropes. And instead of fighting against them during the writing process,
she embraced them, flipped them, gave them a unique spin, and made them
work for the story.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/co-writer-of-rez-ball-talks-writing-sports-drama-and-avoiding-tropes
date: 2024-10-09, from: Margaret Atwoods Substack
Be careful what you wish for.
https://margaretatwood.substack.com/p/the-oracle-mouths-off-part-one
date: 2024-10-09, from: John August blog
This afternoon, I came across the letter I wrote in 1998 trying to convince Columbia Pictures to option the rights to Daniel Wallace’s novel Big Fish for me to adapt. It’s strange seeing this letter now. In it, I describe the very broad shape of the movie, but at the time I didn’t know so […] The post How to sell Big Fish first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/how-to-sell-big-fish
date: 2024-10-09, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
The tension in making a scene feel real, but not “too real.”
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/long-takes-and-calculated-decluttering
date: 2024-10-09, from: Literature & a Latte blog
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/how-to-describe-characters-in-fiction
date: 2024-10-08, from: Final Draft blog
Scary is in. Fear is fashionable. Horror is hot. That’s what we’re told. Judging strictly by box office returns and critical acclaim—not to mention the occasional Academy Award® for best screenplay—horror does seem to be having a moment in the zeitgeist.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/why-horror-never-dies
date: 2024-10-08, from: John August blog
John and Craig welcome back Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Fleishman is in Trouble) for a deep dive on 2011’s sports drama Moneyball. What makes Moneyball work? Is it a traditional underdog movie, or does it break all the rules? Is Billy Beane a hero or a villain? What advantages do sports movies give you, and how much […] The post Moneyball first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/moneyball
date: 2024-10-08, from: John August blog
The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August. Craig Mazin: Bloop, bloop. My name is Craig Mazin. John: And this is Episode 654 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Now, often on this podcast, we talk […] The post Scriptnotes, Episode 654: How to Watch Bad Movies, Transcript first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/scriptnotes-episode-654-how-to-watch-bad-movies-transcript
date: 2024-10-08, from: John August blog
The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August, and you’re listening to Episode 653 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Today on the show, we discuss a giant area of television writing we’ve barely covered over […] The post Scriptnotes, Episode 653: Multi-Cam Comedies and WGA Dollars, Transcript first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/scriptnotes-episode-653-multi-cam-comedies-and-wga-dollars-transcript
date: 2024-10-08, from: John August blog
The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August. Craig Mazin: My name is Craig Mazin. John: You’re listening to Episode 652 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Today on the show, what things are characters doing […] The post Scriptnotes, Episode 652: Rituals, Transcript first appeared on John August.
https://johnaugust.com/2024/scriptnotes-episode-652-rituals-transcript
date: 2024-10-07, from: Final Draft blog
Hold Your Breath is an achingly beautiful film that resonates
in many powerful ways. While hitting many of the necessary tropes of
psychological horror, it’s the incredible acting performances that hook
you and won’t let you escape – even when it’s hard to
breathe.
Set in Oklahoma in the 1930s Dust Bowl, famine, disease
and death abound. But for Margaret (Sarah Paulson), and her two
daughters, 12-year-old Rose (Amiah Miller) and 7-year-old Ollie (Alona
Jane Robbins) who’s deaf, it’s not just the pervasive dust that’s
threatening their lives, but something much more sinister. Even when the
mysterious stranger Wallace (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) shows up menacingly in
the night, the film asks: could the mother-daughter bond be the most
dangerous threat of all?
Written by Karrie Crouse, best known
for TV’s Westworld, and directed by Crouse and Will Joines, the
movie seems like a dark fable inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, when
just breathing the air might put your life at risk. But surprisingly
(and eerily), the screenplay was written before the pandemic even
started. Crouse says the inspiration for the film actually came from
watching the Ken Burns documentary The Dust Bowl.
https://blog.finaldraft.com/hold-your-breath-writer-explores-dark-side-of-motherhood-in-horror-tale
date: 2024-10-07, from: Author’s Union blog
Ideas and concepts, including “derivative works,” are only important to the extent they elucidate our understanding of the world. When the use of “derivative works” leads to more confusion than clarity, we should be cautious in adopting the new meaning being superimposed on “derivative works.”
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/10/07/what-is-derivative-work-in-the-digital-age/