The Speculators

There is an untapped audience for SF magazines

Will Ellwood continues our series of guest blogs from The Speculators writing group. Will writes short fiction with a hard edge that comments on contemporary politics and hacker culture. He is also a frequent contributor at the Whitechapel forums. I’m looking forward to seeing his story Freedom Fields in print sometime soon. *** There isContinue reading “There is an untapped audience for SF magazines”

Speculations

I’m live blogging from The Speculators writing group here in Leicester. We are sitting in silence, writing. I’m taking a few minutes away from working on The Hundredth Master of Ninja Assassin. Writing in a group is one of my favourite things. The Speculators meet every Wednesday and write for two hours (with occasional outburstsContinue reading “Speculations”

A few months ago I taught my first course on science fiction and fantasy writing in my home city of Leicester. The students turned out to be great and decided to form a writing group after the course finished which I have also been attending. The Speculators (as the group is now called) meet regularlyContinue reading “The Speculators”