LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON

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  • Jeffrey A. Carver talks to Sci Fi Bookshelf about Sunborn

    Jeffrey A. Carver was a 2001 Nebula finalist, and is famed not only as the author of the Star Rigger books and the Chaos Chronicles series, but also for writing the Battlestar Galactica novelization.  His latest science fiction novel, Sunborn, has just hit the shelves.  He took a break from writing about heady concepts like…

  • Sci Fi Bookshelf interview: Harry Connolly on Child of Fire

    Harry Connolly is making waves with his debut novel Child of Fire, the start of a new urban fantasy series that mixes explosive action with magic.  Harry was kind enough to share some insights with Sci Fi Bookshelf about dark heroes, inspiration and the fatal mistake made by most aspiring writers. Sci Fi Bookshelf: For…

  • Sci Fi Bookshelf interviews Walter Jon Williams on This Is Not a Game

    This Is Not a Game is not just a cool title, but a cool near-future novel from acclaimed science fiction writer Walter Jon Williams, who has been nominated for every major SF award, including the Hugo and the Nebula Award. He was kind enough to dish the latest to Sci Fi Bookshelf: Sci Fi Bookshelf:…

  • CHECK, PLEASE

    Encouragement is like chocolate. You want just enough to look forward to, but not so much it’s unhealthy. Right? So if someone tells you that you’re doing a great job, maybe you really are. Or maybe they’re just hoping you’ll smile and go away so they can sneak into your office and eat your chocolates.…

  • LOST HEROES

    Being a fictional hero is a pretty dangerous occupation. You could get shot at, chased, imprisoned, stranded in the wilderness — and that might be just in the first chapter. When heroes die in a story, it affects us. (Or should, anyway, if the writing is well done.) It reminds us of our own mortality,…

  • Writing with the Black Warrior

    While I’m not a complete Luddite, I don’t usually write on a computer. There are times when a fleeting bit dialogue or description is looping through your mind, wrenching your emotions, and you need to get those ideas down on paper fast. Before they’re gone. And that’s where pencils come in. In a pinch, anything…

  • Getting Things Done

    Most of the writers I know feel completely swamped. Between marketing, networking and a hundred other demands on your schedule (not to mention trying to actually live your life), there’s not a lot of time left to actually write. And it seems that the more ambitious we are, the more things we want to get…