Some useful websites to educate you about Self Publishing

If the publishers just aren’t biting at your epic novel, maybe it’s time to take the DIY route! Here are a few websites to help you…

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Sci Fi Concept: Terraforming

Being realistic, the majority of planets are not habitable.   In fact, the chances you’d find a habitable planet are similar to that of finding out that James Brown is performing on a UFO to some funky aliens as we speak.   But if you want to keep your story realistic *and* colonise other planets - have a look at Terraforming.

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Treason - Book Review (Why you don’t want to be a Human Newt)

The Book “Treason” by Orson Scott Card is awesome.   It was his second novel, I believe, which contains more by way of raw ideas than Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook.   One thing I notice about his writing style is how he loves to put his characters through hell…

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The importance of Sci Fi OR Fantasy.

If you are a writer of this kind of speculative fiction, you have a choice to make.   It might seem restrictive to class yourself as a “Sci Fi Author” or a “Fantasy Author”, but it has to be done - when you publish your first book, the book shops need to know which shelf to slot you in!

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Introduction

Welcome to UnAuthordox!   A blog about writing Sci Fi and Fantasy based stories.   Here I will be blogging with tips to improve your writing style, things to help you find inspiration when you’re running low and recommended reading material.

My name is David Brown.   I’ve written stories since I could hold a pen, the majority of which involved some sort of mythical being or spacey technology.

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