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The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume 1: First Contact

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edited by Dave A. Law and Darin Park

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The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Vol. 1: First Contact The How-To guide: The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume One begins with a warning for new science fiction writers about the pitfalls and clichés that often plague a first science fiction story. It finishes with practical information on how to present, sell and promote a finished novel and what to prepare for once the writer has achieved success. Topics in the guide range from the history of SF to alien creation, world building, space travel, and future medicine. Contributors include: Michele Acker, Jeanne Allen, Piers Anthony, Milena Benini, Orson Scott Card, Ian Irvine and Will McCarthy. Dave A. Law & Darin Park Dave A. Law and Darin Park are both published authors in the Science Fiction Genre as well as established editors. The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Vol. 1: First Contact NOW AVAILABLE Media Kit (485 KB .pdf)      The EPPIE Awards have been given annually since 2000 to recognize outstanding achievement in electronic publishing. The Quasar Award recognizes outstanding achievement in cover art for electronic books. The categories are judged by members of EPIC, all published authors and publishing professionals. After the first round of judging, the works of the finalists are sent to another panel of judges and the winners are selected: The winners will be announced at EPICon 2008, March 8, 2008, at the Gala Awards Banquet

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The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume One: Basic Information Page The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume One: Author Biographies
Editors / Authors		Contents
		Chapter One: Time Line: A History of Science Fiction by Darin Park Chapter Two: Searching for the Definitive Definition of Science Fiction by Jeanne Allen Chapter Three: Science First, Fiction Second: That’s Science Fiction by Bob Nailor Chapter Four: The Many Faces of Science Fiction Sub-genres by Kim Richards Chapter Five: Technology in Science Fiction by Wil McCarthy Chapter Six: World Building by Kim Richards Chapter Seven: Alien Creation by Michael McRae Chapter Eight: Navigating Your way Throught Outer Space: Facts, Theories, and Conjectures by Jeanne Allen Chapter Nine: I Don’t Know That Bug-eyed Monster From Adam: Clichés in SF by Milena Benini Chapter Ten: Bringing Characters to Life by Tina Morgan Chapter Eleven: Attack of the Monster Plot: Ideas, Settings, and Plots by Milena Benini Chapter Twelve: Science Fiction as Western Union by Orson Scott Card Chapter Thirteen: Slash & Burn: When to Make Your Manuscript Bleed by Tina Morgan Chapter Fourteen: Laugh Lines by Bud Sparhawk Chapter Fifteen: Going Where Others Have Gone Before... And Want to go Again by Carol Hightshoe Chapter Sixteen: Writing Graphic Novels and Other Forms of Sequential Art by Dave A. Law Chapter Seventeen: Science Fiction for Younger Readers Aged Eight to Twelve by Simon Rose Chapter Eighteen: So You’ve Finished Your Short Story/Novel, Now What? by Michele Acker Chapter Nineteen: The Art & Science of Book Promotion by Ian Irvine Chapter Twenty: The Writing Life by Piers Anthony Appendixes Cover Image by NASA

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Reviews and Interviews have appeared in:

Helium My Shelf Book Review AMAZON.COM AMAZON.CA Carole Moleti Midwest Book Review

"This book should be on your required reading list for genre-related non-fiction. If you write science fiction, get this book because it will help you in so many different ways, especially if you're just starting out in the SF field. This book covers everything from the early history of SF to sub-genres, creating believable aliens to getting your science right, writing to editing, and submitting to the life of a published author." -Shaun Duke, Helium  (Read this review) "The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy is a broad compendium of advice and resource material developed and compiled by writers who understand the struggle involved in mastering the craft." - Jacqueline Carey, Author Kushiel's Legacy trilogy "In short, if you were going to look up 'experts' to talk to about some aspect of the world you are building, these are the people you'd ask." - Moira Allen, Amazon.com "All aspiring and newly established science fiction writers should read The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction before sending out their manuscripts." - Leslie Halpern, My Shelf Book Review "I'm pleased to let you know that The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume 1 is a finalist in the non-fiction category for the EPPIE awards (for outstanding achievement in e-publishing). Winners will be announced at the annual EPICon Convention in March 2008." - Darin Park, editor "I think this is a great book for a writer who's interested in learning how to write Science Fiction. It has all the nuts and bolts needed to get an aspiring writer started in writing for the genre. I enjoy reading Sci-Fi, but have always been afraid of trying to write it. Science is not my strong suit and I don't aspire to wasting my time or being a laughingstock. They've crammed so much information into this book that it's hard for me to do it justice. It covers the mechanics of writing such as: characterization, plot, POV, pacing and so on. And yes I have read that information in other books, but it ties in with what it takes to write Sci-Fi and that's what makes it so helpful. I liked it that the book gives out some information on black holes, time travel, wormholes and other facts or speculation. It describes the many subgenres and what is necessary for creating alien life. With World Building I create my own world for my story and its characters. World building helps me to make my story believable. I read how important technology is too. I think that's the part that's always scared me the most about writing Sci-Fi. This book is so great because it walked me through each step of what it takes to write Science Fiction. It's a wonderful guide for a genre that is both complex and sometimes difficult to write. No, it won't write the book for me, but it does give me some basic tools to start my journey with." - V. Kennedy, Amazon.com "I recommend this as the first book for new science fiction writers to buy and see it as the last one those of us slogging through the process will need." - Carole Ann Moleti reviewer for Tangent Online, The Fix, Noneuclidean Café and most recently for Vision: A Resource for Writers "A comprehensive, deftly edited, 311-page 'how to' instruction guide for writing in the science fiction genre and any of its many subgenres, "The Complete Guide To Writing Science Fiction: Volume One" is a collection of superbly presented essays and articles by knowledgeable and successful writers ranging from Piers Anthony, to Orson Scott Card, to Tina Morgan." - James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review

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The Complete Guide Series™ :

The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 1: Alchemy with Words

The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2: The Opus Magus

The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 3: The Author's Grimoire

The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume 1: First Contact

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