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Pixel Scroll 6/4/26 What If Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March* Became The Fantastic Four?

(0) * From Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, of course. (1) THE PUBLISHING GRIND. Nick Mamatas tells how the sausage gets made in “How Publishing Actually Works” at The Republic of...

Pixel Scroll 7/13/26 The Discworld Turned Upside Down

(1) WAYWARD WORMHOLE WRAPUP. [Item by Cat Rambo.] Thank you to The Wayward Wormhole Barbados attendees. Once in a while, elements come together in a way that creates an epochal shi...

Waid and more join the world of MINOR THREATS in VILLAINS AND VIGNETTES

Chuck Tingle explains his turn from erotica to zombie-filled Fabulous Bodies

Fabulous Bodies promises to be one of the hottest - and goriest - horror novels of the summer

5 Ways To Step Up Your Writing Game (That Have Nothing To Do With Plotting):

By Jennifer Graeser Dornbush If you’re looking for tips on how to craft the perfect red herring or outline your Act III climax… this isn’t that post. This one’s for the working wri...

The Wow Factor

by James Scott Bell In a 1948 booklet, Pulp Fiction, Robert Turner gave straight-dope advice on what it took to break into the pulp market. In one section he explains what happens...

Exclusive: Meet CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE’s Henry the Antifascist Honey Badger

Jim Henson, Frankenstein, & More

Red City Red City by Marie Lu is $5.99! This came out last October and I believe is Lu’s adult debut. The sec...

A Thriller, a Regency Boxed Set, & More

Bury Your Gays Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle is $1.99! This is a horror novel and the only horror title I th...

The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for setting up a fan fiction writing group with your fellow RPG dungeon masters. You gather in a nice living room that often reminds visitors of the beloved previous te...

Squirrels, Rabbit Holes, and Other Writing Obstacles

Squirrels, Rabbit Holes, and Other Writing Obstacles Terry Odell There are always interruptions to the writing process, even when you’re diligently writing. In my never-ending chal...

Earls, Dark Lords, & More

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy RECOMMENDED: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen is $1.99! Sa...

When A Panster Has to Plot

When A Panster Has to Plot Terry Odell Many authors talk about hitting a wall at about the 30K mark, and I’m no exception. At that point, I usually wonder if I’m going to have enou...

Stack Overflow: Out of Control

Two fascinating novels about being in control ... and then losing it.

We Shall Know Them By Their Words: Writing Characters through Dialogue

By Margaret Mandell “Well, aren’t you all dressed up like a Christmas prick?” I exclaim each morning when my professor husband emerges from the bedroom all spiffy in his tailored s...

Pixel Scroll 6/6/26 Pixel Me File, Is That The Scrollanooga Choo-Choo?

(1) ELUSIVE REALITY. “Philip K. Dick’s Most Disturbing Writing Isn’t His Novels” claims Joel Miller at Transmissions From Tomorrow. On the surface, Philip K. Dick looks like any ot...

Jack Woodford on Writing For Money

by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell In the golden age of the pulps there was a writer named Jack Woodford, who also wrote how-to books for writers. What’s refreshing about these is...

Clive Cussler and the Art of the Thriller

At their deepest levels, fiction writers are nefarious characters.  They’re leading you down a path that will keep you up at night worrying for the fate of your favorite characters...

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle

The protagonist of Fabulous Bodies, Poppy, appears on the scene as a horrible person who has survived a horrible childhood. Early on, she meets someone who says, “I’m not a bad guy...

Hawking Your Book in a Crowded Sky

by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell Sheesh! With over 4,000,000 books (mostly indie) published last year, how the ever-loving heckfire does an author hope to get noticed, let alone...

Writing for Fun…and Kids

by James Scott Bell When I was 8, I asked my mom to buy me some tights. Green tights. No, I wasn’t looking to get into ballet or pose for a Jolly Green Giant ad as little Niblet. I...

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

On this day in 1947, the late, great Octavia E. Butler was born. If you have never read her, do so now. Kindred. Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents. Any of her short...

Pixel Scroll 6/3/26 Crouching Hugo, Hidden Dragon

(1) NEW WORDS. Charles Platt has asked File 770 to share the Editorial from New Words, his magazine project. Interested? You can contact him through this email address: newwordsedi...

CHOKE

Set in 2045, the story follows firefighter Miro Jackson, a member of Australia’s elite Predict, Prevent, and Control Unit, which uses a technology called MindLink to anticipate and...