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(1) INTRODUCING BUTLER TO NEW READERS. Elizabeth Connor describes the work of “repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism” in “How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves” at Literary Hub. …After some back and forth—and plenty of discussion with the editor acting as mediator—we determined that by elegant, they likely meant more stylized human forms in more sophisticated poses, as well as a textural or brushy quality to the art (as there had been on the Parable books), that lent an air of being hand-drawn rather than machine-made. As for dynamic, we...

Posted on (1) INTRODUCING BUTLER TO NEW READERS. Elizabeth Connor describes the work of “repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism” in “How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves” at Literary Hub. …After some back and forth—and plenty of discussion with the editor acting as mediator—we determined that by elegant, they likely meant more stylized human forms in more sophisticated poses, as well as a textural or brushy quality to the art (as there had been on the Parable books), that lent an air of being hand-drawn rather than machine-made. As f...

Photo: Ed Chappell Amongst the items on the late Ben Bova’s impressive CV is his turn as editor of Analog Magazine. It was a challenging job, in that he was taking over as editor following a colourful figure who had held the position for decades. I did not fully appreciate this fact at the time, since the first issue of Analog I purchased was the one pictured above, well after Bova’s inaugural issue. By the time the April 1977 issue came out, Bova had been Analog’s editor for six years. For me, the Bova version of Analog was the

THE VALUE IN EXPERIMENTING. Nino Cipri offers some sff writing pointers. Thread starts here. Included this slide in my final lecture for my creative writing class and am inordinately proud of it. pic.twitter.com/z5MDTSmXlm— Nino Cipri, cthonic himbo boyfriend (@ninocipri) December 9, 2020 So yeah. Carve out time for weird shit that might not work, half-baked ideas, and absolute garbage dug out from the gutters of your brain. Assert your right to write for pleasure or exploration or the sheer joy of not caring about the end product. Fuck around and find out.— Nino Cipri, cthonic himbo boyf...

THE VALUE IN EXPERIMENTING. Nino Cipri offers some sff writing pointers. Thread starts here. Included this slide in my final lecture for my creative writing class and am inordinately proud of it. pic.twitter.com/z5MDTSmXlm— Nino Cipri, cthonic himbo boyfriend (@ninocipri) December 9, 2020 So yeah. Carve out time for weird shit that might not work, half-baked ideas, and absolute garbage dug out from the gutters of your brain. Assert your right to write for pleasure or exploration or the sheer joy of not caring about the end product. Fuck around and find out.— Nino Cipri, cthonic himbo boyf...