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 Drafts
First draft: In your first draft you get to be Wild Being of the Woods. Write crazy. Stop and start, veer off, break rules, color outside the lines. Let the story discover itself. Later you can figure out what to do with it.
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