Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy (Writing Series) (Writing Series)
by Crawford Kilian
from Self Counsel Pr
* Develop believable fantasy worlds
* Challenge your readers' imaginations
* Practical techniques you can apply today
* Written by a successful author of SF and fantasy novels
Are you struggling to get started on your science fiction or fantasy novel? Stuck at chapter two or need a fresh approach? Find new direction and inspiration with this unique guide to creating original and convincing stories. Written by a successful author of more than ten science fiction and fantasy novels, Writing Science and Fantasy takes an in-depth look at these two best-selling genres.
Kilian delves into the origins and conventions of science fiction and fantasy and goes over the many subgenres, including nanotechnology, space opera, and sword and sorcery. He forces you to ask yourself crucial questions about your own novel, and also offers practical advice on how to prepare and market your manuscript to publishers, editors, and agents. With this book as a guide, both novice and experienced writers can learn how to make their work both a literary and financial success. Learn about:
* Constructing a scene
* Showing versus telling
* Avoiding clichés
* Developing good writing and research habits
* Creating plausible fantasy worlds
* Using symbolism and imagery effectively
Highlights of the CD:
* Ten steps for pre-editing
* Exercises on character and dialog
* Scores of links to relevant websites
The Empire of Time (Kilian, Crawford, Chronoplane Wars Trilogy.)
by Crawford Kilian
from AuthorHouse
Jerry Pierce's new assignment...preventing Earth's destruction...will be a challenge even for this most experienced of Intertemporal Agents. Especially since he's now programmed to kill.
Rogue Emperor: A Novel of the Chronoplane Wars (Kilian, Crawford, Chronoplane Wars Trilogy.)
by Crawford Kilian
from AuthorHouse
A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative Science Fiction. The novel depicts the Chronoplane Wars, a battle between the 21st Century against the 1st for the Roman Empire.
The Fall of the Republic (Kilian, Crawford, Chronoplane Wars Trilogy.)
by Crawford Kilian
from AuthorHouse
Jerry Pierce, a colonel barely out of his teens, is fighting to preserve all Mankind and planet Earth itself from a government of martial law and last-minute solutions.
Wonders, Inc.
A young boy feels his town has little to offer until he comes across an unusual factory on the outskirts which manufacuters such things as time, space, and dreams.
Icequake
by Crawford Kilian
from AuthorHouse
A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative science fiction by Crawford Kilian.
When the world climate changes overnight, when thirteen million cubic kilometers of icecap slide into the sea, when famine and flood break down civil order, the survivors at the remote New Shackleton Station on the Antarctic icecap know that rescue is impossible.
Gryphon
by Crawford Kilian
from toExcel
A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative science fiction by Crawford Kilian.
What can a twenty-five-year-old with a spaceship do in a Solar System invaded by Gryphons? Freedom for Alex Macintosh was meaningless.
Tsunami
by Crawford Kilian
from Authors Choice Press
A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative science fiction by Crawford Kilian.
For San Francisco, a battleground in the wake of a monstrous tidal wave, scientists Don and Kirstie Kennard are the only hope...as long as the tsunami does not come again.
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