The Sound of Thunder (On Young Adult SF/F)

This weekend is the Austin Teen Book Festival. I’m excited about attending — not only because a number of the authors making an appearance at the festival share the same literary agency I do and our agency is a pretty tight little community on its own, but because I find YA inspiring and energizing. Also? […]

This Katamari Feels Mostly Like C.S.E. Cooney

Claire's Rhysling Award

(That’s probably because you rolled up nothing but Claire!) This week I am visiting the sparkly C.S.E. Cooney in her well-appointed Rhode Island garret, right across from the Victorian strolling park. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the magnificence that is C.S.E. Cooney. Never fear, that shall soon change! C.S.E. Cooney is a writer of plays, […]

Mining the Genre Asteroid: Zenna Henderson

Mining the Genre Asteroid is Paul Weimer’s look at the history of the science fiction and fantasy field, bringing to light important, interesting and entertaining books from science fiction and fantasy’s past to you. The stories take place in mid 20th century Arizona.  Stranded aliens live in tiny, isolated communities. They’re human-looking-and-acting aside from a […]

Adventures in SF Parenting: From Stern to STEM

One big benefit of opening a toy store is that when my kids arrive there after school, we are all stuck in the same space together and for the first time in YEARS, I get to help them with their homework!  “Years?! What a horrible mother!  You should have been supervising them THIS WHOLE TIME!”  […]

#07 — The World’s End (2013) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ShootTheWISB7TheWorldsEnd2013Reviewed/Shoot%20the%20WISB%20%237%20–%20The%20World%27s%20End%20%282013%29%20Reviewed.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRobot invaders, haunted pasts, and beer, oh my!  Julia, Paul, David, and Shaun offer their thoughts on the last film in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, The […]

My Superpower: Geoffrey Girard

My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Geoffrey Girard to talk […]