Simon & Schuster Sold Just About Everything in 2020—Except Itself

The publishing behemoth, which hit the market just before lockdown, racked up best sellers from Woodward, Bolton, and Mary Trump. Amid speculation about potential buyers—one of the “Big Five” houses? French media conglomerate Vivendi? A private-equity firm?—ViacomCBS is keeping quiet. The potential sale of S&S continues to hold my attention, as a vast majority of […]

Simon & Schuster Sold Just About Everything in 2020—Except Itself

SYFY Exclusive: Two new Star Trek books will explore legacy female characters

We here at FANGRRLS are huge fans of Star Trek, and with the new television series Star Trek: Lower Decks and the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Discovery (premiering on CBS All Access on October 15), it seems like the perfect time to exclusively announce two new Star Trek novels: Revenant by Alex R. […]

SYFY Exclusive: Two new Star Trek books will explore legacy female characters

No, Writing For IP Is Not Soulless

So, I take it someone on Twitter said something about IP books being soulless. Or maybe they said it about the writers of those books? I dunno. Whatever. Now, as someone who has written at least a little bit of IP, I take exception to that — while also recognizing that the person wasn’t likely […]

No, Writing For IP Is Not Soulless

The enigmatic Garak – Sign the Petition

The enigmatic Garak – Cardassian-in-exile on space station Deep Space Nine – refers to himself as just a simple tailor, but everyone knows that there’s more to him than that. Why was he banished from his home planet? And why does he choose exile on Deep Space Nine?During his years playing Elim Garak on television, […]

The enigmatic Garak – Sign the Petition