Welcome to the 14th Issue of James Gunn’s Ad Astra
June 2024 – We hope you enjoy your visit to James Gunn’s Ad Astra. If you would like to be part of our future issues, please read our submissions guidelines and join the conversation.
Begin Your Journey
Letter from the Editor
The Queen Exposed
We live in “interesting” times, as the ancient Chinese curse goes, including the newfound interest in chess sparked by “The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries. … As it turns out, there are aspects of the game of chess itself that can serve as a metaphor for writing fiction.
Blog
On Revising
The morning slog through a max of 300 words of a first draft. Ploughing a rocky field with a Neolithic ploughshare, stopping every foot or so to pry up a boulder and roll it over to the growing drystone field wall.
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