Story ideas. One of the main questions writers get asked or they ask themselves is “how do I get a story idea?” Watching different writers in interviews or sitting in the audience at a book signing, they all say something different. Some writers get their ideas from dreams. Others get hit with an idea by…
Category: black speculative fiction
A. E. Costello’s “Zippy Mae and the Seven Kingdoms” The Setting “New Greenwood”
I’m A. E. Costello, welcome to my blog. Be prepared for a slight history lesson today but it’ll all make sense and is relevant to the topic. Today’s post is about the setting of my new novel, Zippy Mae and the Seven Kingdoms, which is the first out of a series I’m currently writing. I…
Speculating Black: M. Haynes [Guest Post]
We live in a world where more people know names of the Avengers rather than of US presidents. If we take a look at the most popular book and film franchises (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars) we will see that this is indicative of our relationship with speculative fiction: we absolutely love…
Black Speculative Fiction: Why I Write It
Spring 2018, I took the English course that would change my views on being a writer and author. The class in question was Studies in Genre: Black Speculative Fiction, taught by Dr. Stacy Boyd. Before his class, I had never heard of black speculative fiction. That includes I didn’t know who Octavia Butler was or…
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