Glass Half Hopeful: How Grimdark and Hopepunk Reshape Speculative Fiction
When your fantasy world is falling apart, who finds hope—and who embraces the dark?
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Mastering the Enemies-to-Lovers Magic in Fantasy Romance: Secrets from 'Fourth Wing'
The enemies-to-lovers trope has a special place in Fantasy Romance, offering writers a rich framework through which to explore character growth, tension, and emotional depth. This trope brings together two characters from opposing sides, often because of conflicting goals, loyalties, or even magical differences. But what makes this trope such...
Your Rules, Your World: The Magic of Writing Speculative Fiction
Care to Speculate? Speculative Fiction Allows Authors to Flex Ultimate Story Control Spider monkeys rule the galaxy. Children govern societies. The Roman Empire never fell. Wait … these things aren’t possible, right? With Speculative Fiction, anything is possible. Speculative Fiction is a broad and diverse genre that allows writers to...
Horror Writing Tips: Universal Tropes for Any Genre
How Three Horror Story Staples Can Appear in Every Genre When a writer approaches the Horror genre, deciding to leap into the deepest pits of despair and crawl out of it dragging a kicking and screaming manuscript, they often use popular movies and television shows as inspiration. They try to...
Contemporary vs Literary Fiction: Genres for Indie Writers
The Differences between Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, and Literary Fiction Romance is, without a doubt, the largest genre with the most voracious readers, and according to a K-lytics report from 2024, it has seen nearly a 100 percent growth in the number of searches it receives on Google even in...
Nautical Fiction Trends: Opportunities for Indie Authors
Gayle Leeson When delving into the world of Nautical Fiction, you might first imagine epic tales like Herman Melville’s Moby Dick or Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Although these classics—as well as books by Jack London, John D. McDonald, C. S. Forester, and Patrick...