SAMPLE TOPICS

If you already have an idea - one that you want to write about, or one you want to see someone else write about - we want to hear from you. However, the following are topics that particularly interest us now:

FANTASY:

Historical warfare, any period

Detailed descriptions of a fighting style or martial art

Perspectives on magic and/or religious traditions

SCIENCE FICTION:

Current trends or new research in any area of science, technology, or politics

The influences of important historical events or periods, and how the world might be different if they hadn't happened

Quirky or unusual science facts - weird physics, bizarre biological adaptations, etc.

EROTICA:

How to write convincing romantic relationships

Details on non-mainstream niche markets or sexual subcultures

WESTERNS/ADVENTURE STORIES (also pertains to Fantasy):

Survival in harsh climates or unusual situations

Non-European or non-mainstream social structures and legal systems

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Slang, dialect, etc; any specialty

Profiles of various countries and subcultures, preferably by someone with firsthand experience

Overviews of any historical period, with a focus on day-to-day life, common occupations, race relations, and gender roles.

Information on the development or evolution of a technology - guns, horses, poison, government, clothing, etc.

WRITING:

Interviews with or profiles of established genre authors

Common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them

Analyses of current genre publishing trends

OPINION:

Analyses of current or past works of genre fiction, their relevance or irrelevance, and what they meant or mean for their time

Personal accounts of your experience as a genre reader or writer, particularly those that shed light on the subculture, or on what makes us keep reading

Your view of what a genre's fiction gets wrong - or gets right

Examinations of the ways different genres interact - where they overlap, how they are different, and whether the differences are an issue of theme or of set dressing