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The Big Idea: Dan Moren

Posted on July 28, 2022 2 Comments

In blank we trust. Who is that blank for you? Are you that blank for others? Trust is a valuable thing, and according to author Dan Moren, the lack of it is prevalent in his new novel, The Nova Incident. DAN MOREN: Who do you trust? It’s a harder question than you might think. Maybe because […]

The Big Idea: David Walton

Posted on October 18, 2022 5 Comments

Author David Walton offers us a glimpse into the past, the far past, in his Big Idea for his newest novel, Living Memory. Can the past be able to shape the future? Walton has thoughts! DAVID WALTON: Admit it: You wish you could ride a triceratops. As a child, I would have handed over my library card for […]

The Big Idea: Brandon Crilly

Posted on October 11, 2022 1 Comment

Look, up in the sky! It’s not a bird, or a plane, it’s… squid gods? Author Brandon Crilly gives us a look inside his newest novel, Catalyst, and what it means to have faith; especially in something you can see. BRANDON CRILLY: When I was a kid, I grew up with two very different family branches. […]

The Big Idea: Abby Goldsmith

Posted on September 6, 2023 3 Comments

Standing apart from the crowd is usually seen as a good thing. It makes you cooler than the majority. But what if going against the majority was dangerous? Even life threatening? Enter the dystopian world of Majority, the first novel in author Abby Goldsmith’s newest series. ABBY GOLDSMITH: What if everyone had an audience inside their […]

The Big Idea: A.J. Hartley

Posted on August 24, 2023 3 Comments

Shape-shifting creatures… in small-town North Carolina? There’s a reason they’re there, and as A.J. Hartley explains in this Big Idea for Hideki Smith, Demon Queller, there’s no better place for them to be. A.J. HARTLEY: Japanese folkore and mythology is packed with shape-shifting monsters. Seriously. Everywhere you look there’s something pretending to be something else. […]

The Big Idea: Nicole Dieker

Posted on October 6, 2022 2 Comments

Author Nicole Dieker couldn’t solve a mystery in her own life, so she tried to solve one in her newest novel, Ode to Murder. And as her big idea explains, there were plot twists in store for her as she made the attempt. NICOLE DIEKER: When I began drafting Ode to Murder, I had just two […]

The Big Idea: James L. Cambias

Posted on January 17, 2023 4 Comments

One advantage writers get when they work in different fields of writing is more tools for their professional toolbox — but as James L. Cambias points out in this Big Idea for The Scarab Mission, not every skill is directly transferable from one medium to the next, and learning which tools this is true about […]

The Big Idea: Kimberly Unger

Posted on July 13, 2022 5 Comments

Sure, we’ve all wished to visit the imaginary or virtual worlds of fiction and dreams… but when it’s time to come home, will we always find the exit? This is a question Kimberly Unger is considering in her latest novel, The Extractionist. KIMBERLY UNGER: I suspect most of us can agree that imaginary worlds have […]

The Big Idea: Nancy Kress

Posted on January 10, 2023 10 Comments

Science fiction is just that, a blend of the science we know, and the stories we wish to tell. The mixture of these two aspects was especially important to authors Nancy Kress and Robert Lanza, who co-authored their new novel, Observer. Read on to see how they wove science into story. NANCY KRESS: WHY I WROTE […]

The Big Idea: Steven Kotler

Posted on April 19, 2022 2 Comments

Some famous musicians once said that all you need is love. It’s a nice sentiment, but in this Big Idea for The Devil’s Dictionary, author Steven Kotler might instead recommend a different-yet-related emotional state as the one we all need. STEVEN KOTLER: I stopped trying to categorize my writing a long time ago. Still, if […]

The Big Idea: Scott Drakeford

Posted on February 11, 2022 3 Comments

Gods are complex characters in the best of times… and in Rise of the Mages, author Scott Drakeford wanted to see what gods might be like in not necessarily the best of times. Read along as he explains why. SCOTT DRAKEFORD: What if God were real? That’s the question – or the Big Idea, if […]

The Big Idea: Chris Panatier

Posted on April 18, 2022 2 Comments

How do we know what we know? In Stringers, author Chris Panatier posits a wild premise… and an even wilder way of getting that knowledge out into the world. CHRIS PANATIER: Stringers features individuals who have knowledge they can’t explain called, well…“Stringers”. Our main character Ben’s knowledge centers on three distinct areas: nitty-gritty of animal […]

The Big Idea: Scott Fulford

Posted on May 18, 2023 8 Comments

How was the state of your wallet during the prime pandemic years? As Scott Fulford explains in this Big Idea for The Pandemic Paradox, for many Americans it was not nearly as bad as it could have been, and indeed, possibly the opposite. SCOTT FULFORD: The novel coronavirus suddenly seemed to be everywhere in March […]

The Big Idea: Stacey McEwan

Posted on September 13, 2022 2 Comments

Humans can make a life in almost any circumstance, but when things get really rough, what sort of life can it be? Stacey McEwan has been thinking about this a lot, and in Ledge, she’s got a few answers, at least as they will apply to the folks in her book. STACEY McEWAN: How would […]

The Big Idea: Cory Doctorow

Posted on April 26, 2023 13 Comments

For years, Cory Doctorow has carved one of the most idiosyncratic paths in the genre of science fiction and fantasy, combining feats of speculative fiction with a life of political and social advocacy in the tech sphere. So it’s no surprise that his new novel Red Team Blues combines elements of both for something new […]

The Big Idea: Philip Plait

Posted on April 18, 2023 7 Comments

Here on Earth, we have a pretty decent view of the universe (when it’s not cloudy, or when there’s light pollution, or the sun is out, or…). But the universe looks different depending on where in you stand. Or so Dr. Philip Plait suggests, in his new book, Under Alien Skies. PHILIP PLAIT: As someone […]

The Big Idea: Denise Crittendon

Posted on December 6, 2022 1 Comment

Author Denise Crittendon was forever changed by her trip to Africa, and she brought inspiration back with her. This led to her writing her newest novel, Where it Rains in Color. DENISE CRITTENDON: In northern Namibia where clean water is scarce, Himba women cleanse their bodies by bathing in billowing streams of smoke. In South Africa, […]

The Big Idea: Stark Holborn

Posted on March 31, 2023 2 Comments

Thinking about the potential change your choices carry can be paralyzing in the decision-making process. Such is the case in author Stark Holborn’s newest novel, Hel’s Eight, and in Stark’s own journey for writing it. Follow along in the Big Idea to see how overcoming this led Stark to the writing of this novel. STARK HOLBORN: […]

The Big Idea: Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Posted on March 28, 2023 3 Comments

Coming up with one main character can be hard enough, but author Lavanya Lakshminarayan came up with over twenty in her debut novel, The Ten Percent Thief. Read on to see how all these individual stories took form and shaped into one book. LAVANYA LAKSHMINARAYAN: I first met my arch-nemesis burnout when I worked in videogames. […]

The Big Idea: Joe R. Lansdale

Posted on March 25, 2022 8 Comments

Frankly put, Joe R. Lansdale is an American literary treasure, and his characters Hap and Leonard are a substantial portion of the reason why this is so. So a collection of Hap and Leonard stories? Yes, sir, more please, sir. Here’s Lansdale talking about his collection Born for Trouble, and where he, and his characters, […]

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