Resources

So glad they finally made Jasmine a #girlboss. https://www.audible.com/lindsayellis or text lindsayellis to 500500 Business Insider article on the issue with...

Lindsay Ellis

Movie critic par excellence. Her video essays – including such gems as ‘Woke Disney’, ‘Death of the Author’ and ‘Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zis’ – are works of art. And her debut novel – ‘Axiom’s End’ is out now.

Lindsay also hosts ‘It’s Lit’ on the PBS literature channel Storied, short, literature-based videos ranging from ‘The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien’ to ‘War and Peace and Everything Else’. Well worth checking out.

See her YouTube Page.

Grab our Idea Generator Tool to help you get your imagination going all the way from first idea to a full-length outline. We'll also give you all the slides ...

Jericho Writers

Is a great UK-based writer channel focusing not just on how to write, but on the commercial aspects of the craft, from self-publishing to how to attract an agent.

See their YouTube page.

Learn the seven red flags in editing and how industry pros know a book isn't ready for publication. Most literary agents know after the first page (or first ...

iWriterly

Is a genre (science fiction/fantasy) channel covering all aspects of writing from structure to grammar and how to write great commercial fiction.

iWriterly’s YouTube page

DISCLAIMER: this is just a bit of fun! While the core advice is 100% true, I'm dressing it up with a bit of exaggerated affect. I'm nice and I believe in you...

Alexa Donne

Is a compelling YouTuber with some pointed – occasionally blistering! – advice on all aspects of writing.

Alexa Donne’s YouTube page

Other YouTube faves

It's a sad truth of TV : an otherwise great TV show can still have a terrible ending. Sometimes, it's so bad that it ruins the entire series. With that in mi...

Looper (for movie geeks)

How Quantum AI could help you live to 200, like a bowhead whale. Google's quantum supremacy news opens exciting doors. A quantum computer completed a task in...

Pindex (narrated by Stephen Fry)

Support NMG on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/needsmoregay Rantasmo takes a look at the origin of He-Man, the cartoon's queer subtext, and the ways in whic...

Rantasmo (movies from an LGBT perspective)

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Curious Droid (space, technology, discovery

The Secrets of Mario 64 (please support!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWv4Z-HGDEk Today we look at the physics of Star Wars, including the fact that spa...

EckhartsLadder (science fiction TV and movies)

The School of Life (de Botton’s guide to life)

Radio Retrofuture This YouTube channel is a treasure trove of cool stuff on steampunk, speculative fiction and other kinds of retrofuturism (dieselpunk, atompunk etc)

The Steampunk Explorer Cool site for steampunk enthusiasts with a comprehensive weekly newsletter.

The Steampunk Almanac A great site from the redoubtable Atticus Oldman (based in Edinburgh) who I’m going to be doing some work with going forward.