A guest blog by Donna Maree Hanson I remember the first novel I ever drafted. It had a woman called Leila as the main protagonist. …
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Duncan Lay: Reality in Fantasy
The one thing that annoys me about some fantasy is its complete lack of reality A guest blog by Duncan Lay Obviously that doesn’t imply …
More Than A Game: Playing for Mental Health & Wellbeing
A large hall was at 100% capacity. I think they may have turned away people because this panel was so popular. Who wouldn’t want to …
Simon Taylor: Melbourne Comedy Gets a Little More Geek
A guest blog by Simon Taylor Simon Taylor is a Melbourne and Los Angeles–based stand-up comedian. He has written for Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell …
James A Moore: The History of an Imaginary Land
A guest blog by James A Moore So one of the nicest surprises I’ve run across in a long time is the sheer number of people …
K J Taylor on Certainty and Doubt
My name is Katie “KJ” Taylor, and I’m an author. Specifically, I write fantasy. I have the feeling that some people might think fantasy authors …
Greig Beck: There be monsters
A guest blog by Greig Beck There be Monsters But I shall follow the endless, winding way, the flowing river in the cave of man; careless …
Kameron Hurley: What Comes After Dystopia?
What Comes After Dystopia? It’s been said that the obsession with apocalypse in the Western world is a reflection of our fear that at some …
Tony Ballantyne On Writing Dream Paris
A guest blog by Tony Ballantyne I wrote Dream Paris on Evernote. Actually, I wrote Dream Paris using a piece of software called Emacs: you …
Jason M Hough: The Bond Connection
A guest blog by Jason M Hough Jason talks about the Bond Connection: specifically, how Bond influenced his novel, Zero World. Bond, James Bond. That …
Mitchell Hogan: The Appeal of Fantasy
Mitchell Hogan is this week’s guest blogger A long time ago in a land, far, far away… no, wait. It was this land, but it …
Deborah O’Brien on The Nerd as Hero: Reclaiming the Label
A guest blog by Deborah O’Brien Last night, while I was surfing the TV channels. I caught a promo for a new ‘reality’ series. Is …
David Henley: Strange Inspirations
Strange Inspirations is a guest post by David M Henley Remembering the inspirations that influenced your work years after they sprouted in your brain is …
Lupina Ojala & Andrea Grave-Müller on writing in English
Peter Öberg says: May 6th saw the release of Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep, the first English-language speculative fiction anthology with Swedish authors …
“We’re So Very Thorry” — CJ and Bec spam Thor images
This week DMZ’s managing editor Nalini posed a question to her Facebook. I posted a supportive picture referencing a certain blond god and — well, …