Story Behind the Book: Volume 1 (Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493543212)

"Story Behind the Book: Volume 1" collects nearly 40 non-fiction essays on writing and editing speculative fiction written by some of the most exciting authors and editors. Essays cover everything from getting an initial creative burst, worldbuilding, tackling writer's block, to the final process of publication. Some of the essays are personal, some rather technical but all of them, without an exception, provide an unique and fascinating insight into the mind of an author. Contributors include Ian Whates, Michael Logan, Mathieu Blais and Joel Casseus, Mark T. Barnes, Lisa Jensen, Lee Battersby, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Keith Brooke, Joanne Anderton, Jo Walton, F.R. Tallis, Ian R. MacLeod, Guy Haley, Gavin Smith, Francis Knight, Eric Brown, Clifford Beal, Susan Palwick, Rhiannon Held, Ben Jeapes, Nina Allan, Mike Shevdon, Mur Lafferty, Norman Lock, Seth Patrick, Gemma Malley, Freda Warrington, Freya Robertson and more. All proceeds will be donated to Epilepsy Action.

Author: Nina Allan
ISBN-10: 1493543210
ISBN-13: 9781493543212
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2013
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.38d