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BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Writer’s Block

At one time or another, almost every writer stumbles over writer’s block. Is it caused by doubt,

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of blue mountains over a calm lake with a low sun shining. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. At the bottom left and right is a silhouette of a person with balled up pieces of paper rising up from the head. Photos: E.M. Faulds (top left); V. Castro (top right); Kirby Ezekiel (bottom left); Lucy A. McLaren (bottom right).

BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Mental Health and a Writing Career

Being a creator can be stressful, especially if it’s not your only job. How do you keep your

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Siân O'Hara

Come & Meet Your Con Family

We’re entering the home straight: Fantasycon looms in the near-future! To get us ready, we asked

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BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Readings

We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to help

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E A Underwood

Myth as Catalyst in the Modern Fantastic

With her new book Isles of the Earthbound taking inspiration from British and Irish myth, EA

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Rachel Green

Never Done A Con? Time To Take The Plunge!

We’re entering the home straight: Fantasycon looms in the near-future! To get us ready, we asked

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BFS Reviews

Daughters of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

Jane Edwards is a competent young woman who lives in the all-Black town of Awenasa sometime in the

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Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

Wren is on the run from her father, discovering that behind the scenes, he has been manipulating

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 THE LAST SHIELD by Cameron Johnston

The Last Shield is one of those rare books that is utterly satisfying and, when finished, leaves a

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The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey

Humans have been on Anjiin for so long that they have forgotten how they arrived there. They live a

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Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

Once a sitcom darling, Willow is now a fallen star, the latest victim of internet cancel culture;

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Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto

In the Dominion, when someone dies, that is not the end. Thanks to the magic leaking from the

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