Using Parentheses in Fiction to Create Simultaneity

Breaking: major publishers will now require all manuscripts to be submitted as interpretive dance 💃🕺 videos instead of written text. Honestly… long overdue.

I’m not taking names, but a whole movie of the world’s greatest deal maker, whom everyone loves and loves to make a deal with, failing to make a very important deal is being scripted, shot, edited and screened in real time. The future generations will read about (in a manner of speaking) Feb 2026 with great fascination and surprise. Books may be written about ‘how not to try to negotiate a deal’. Your thoughts?

A HISTORIC MILESTONE IN SPECULATIVE FICTION - 1,000 PUBLISHED WINNERS A historic milestone in speculative fiction—over 1,000 writers and illustrators published through Writers and Illustrators of the Future. Volume 42 continues a legacy that has launched careers across 175+ countries and introduced the next generation of science fiction and fantasy creators to the world. 📰 Watch the Gala to see the next generation of award-winning writers and illustrators revealed—April 16 at 7 PM PST, streaming live at bit.ly/WOTFhomePage 📰 Read the full announcement → bit.ly/WOTF-1000 #WOTF42 #WritersOfTheFuture #IllustratorsOfTheFuture #SciFi #Fantasy #NewVoicesInFiction #LRonHubbard

IDW Publishing is set to release 13 Demons Dead on August 4, 2026, a black-and-white, manga-inspired graphic novel from Adam Tierney and Saspy. The concept is instantly compelling: a fourteen-year-old girl must defeat thirteen invisible demons within one year while balancing school, family, and the crushing weight of a supernatural destiny. It’s a strong blend of horror, coming-of-age pressure, and commercial genre appeal that could connect with graphic novel readers across YA, manga-inspired, and supernatural fiction spaces. We covered why this title has serious breakout potential on Comic Crusaders. #13DemonsDead #IDWPublishing #GraphicNovel #Publishing #Comics #ComicCrusaders https://ow.ly/uZli50YA2Eq

From Research to Reality: How Facts Fuel Fiction 🎩📖 Ever get lost in a book that makes you feel like you’re walking the streets of a distant era? That magic isn’t just imagination, it’s the result of deep, meticulous research. In the world of historical fiction, every detail counts. A well-researched novel doesn’t just entertain. Instead, it brings history alive in a way textbooks can’t. Writers like Peter J. Marzano dive into archives, study firsthand accounts, and pore over period maps and photographs to capture the smallest nuances. The right facts add authenticity, helping readers truly step into the world of the story and connect with the characters and their journeys. 1. Authentic backdrops make stories immersive, not just informative. 2. Well-researched fiction can spark curiosity about real events and inspire deeper learning. #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #amreading

What does it take to write a character whose physical limitation raises the stakes at every single turn? In "Before the Lights Go Out," Jafe Danbury builds a thriller around a protagonist facing progressive blindness, navigating foreign streets with tunnel vision while outrunning a real threat. The pacing matches the urgency, and the emotional weight builds convincingly right through the final page. For writers thinking about how physical vulnerability can deepen suspense, this is a compelling study. What's a novel where a character's limitation made the tension more effective for you? #IndiePublishing #WritingCommunity #BookReview #Authors https://buff.ly/fQZ4hIN

Before Project Hail Mary was captivating audiences in theaters, it took readers on a journey as a bestselling novel. Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary, shares the story behind the book in a recent interview for NAE’s #TheBridge. Learn about his path from computer programmer to science fiction writer and how science shapes his storytelling. Watch here: https://ow.ly/gwUU50YzKtu Read here: https://ow.ly/EYrX50YzKtw

This week's issue of The Archivist is live. Topic: the hardest kind of exclusion to write. Not the locked door. Not the explicit rule. The system that simply never imagined the person standing in front of it - and what that costs them when someone with real intent decides to use the gap. Two voices. The Archivist's records and mine as the author. Free. Weekly. https://lnkd.in/eN9EuR3X #TheParasiteWars #SFF #AmWriting

You know what reallllllllly grinds my gears about this whole Hachette "Shy Girl" bruhaha: If a publishing house of that prestige had contracted, say, Taylor Swift to write a tell-all memoir - a release worth potentially tens of millions of dollars in easy revenue without even trying to promote it - and they discovered during editing that she used some LLM magic to tell her real life stories, I find it prettttttay (Larry David Voice) hard to believe they would give her the same treatment as Mia Ballard - a largely unknown, early-career author. I'm writing about this in a LOT more detail, coming March 27.

Most people don't swap their habits. They just feel guilty about them. I used to game through the night. Not occasionally. That was just how my hours went, and I didn't think much about it until I started writing things down instead. No grand decision. No discipline arc. Just thoughts that needed somewhere to go. Notes became categories. Categories became research. Research became documents I couldn't stop returning to. At some point the documents became books, and I had four of them before I'd properly admitted I was writing. Three on law. One novel. All of them built the same way: one thought that refused to stay quiet. The carousel has the full story. Swipe through. All four books are linked in the comments.