Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

Fantasy Worlds: List Universe’s Top Ten

I’d recommend checking out List Universe’s top ten for fantasy worlds. It’s quite a good list, I think. The top ten includes some obvious ones, such as Tolkien’s Middle Earth, and some less obvious ones (heck, even some plain fun ones). So go on, give it a look. It’s a good list. Anywho. (Don’t click […]

Seven Question Writing Meme

It’s short, sweet, and to the point. Stolen from here. 1.) What’s the one book or writing project you haven’t yet written but still hope to?Still would like to write my zombie novel, but I don’t know if that will ever happen. I also have a new dream of writing the great American novel, but […]

Rejection: Interstellar Realty

And yet another rejection, this time from Asimov’s. And, as usual, I’ll be looking for a new home for IR. Anywho. (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

Helix Authors Unite

Apparently given William Sanders’ horrible behavior, several authors published in Helix have decided to post their work online for free with the intention of giving us a way to view their stories without supporting the editor from hell. It’s called Transcriptase (discovered it from SF Signal).Give it a look. You might find some nice stories […]