Chilling effect J.R.R. Tolkien's estate refreshed its website with some stringent guidelines for how to use the author's works
It takes a village The wild success of Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter holds lessons for building a resilient fan community
Ignition failure Storytelling platform Curious Fictions is shutting down. It filled a unique need for writers: hosting their short fiction backlist.
Fiction is powerful This week’s revelation that anti-vaccine activists have been citing a plot point from 2007’s I Am Legend serves as a good reminder of fiction’s ability to shape our understanding of reality.
The rekindling of Fireside Magazine After publishing a racist audio version of one of its essays in November 2020, Fireside Magazine is working to regain its status as one of science fiction's leading anti-racist voices
Disney, royalties and copyright law A deep dive into #DisneyMustPay For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a story about a major campaign that SFWA put out: #DisneyMustPay. Back in November, SFWA held a press conference that revealed that Alan Dean Foster found that some of his royalties had dried up
Where the monsters come out There’s a road near where I grew up where a monster is said to live. Drive a half mile up the Devil’s Washbowl Road, and it narrows into a single track that isn’t maintained come winter. As you drive into the forest, the trees tower over you,
What's In My Bag: 2020 Edition Mobile office for when I need to get out of the house\ Last June, I took it upon myself to write up a post [https://andrewliptak.substack.com/p/reading-list-what-s-in-your-bag-reviews] about what I carry with me when I go out and about. I did another one for the newsletter GetRevue