The Top 10 Posts of December

Although we still have next Monday's Weekly Update, I thought this would be the best time to recap the top posts of December. So without further ado:

1) How to Write and Publish a Novel in Eight Easy Steps by Chris Nuttall: Essays detailing what it takes to write a SF/Fantasy novel.

2) Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2 by Chris Nuttall: Review of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Doctor Who crossover comic.

3) Review: The Kildaran by Adam Gaffen and Richard Evans by Chris Nuttall: Novel about a lost colony of Vikings turned special forces.

4) January 2013: The Month of No Americans by Matt Mitrovich: Next month's writing contest is still accepting submissions so hurry up before we run out of days to post.

5) Weekly Update #82 by Matt Mitrovich: I make a big announcement, plus news on East vs. West, Cherie Priest, Ian Tregillis, SF awards, steampunk events and new releases.

6) Showcase: A Crack at Draka by Matt Mitrovich: I attempt to use my evil powers to get one of my favorite web originals updated again.

7) Industria, Tecnologia, Potenza: An Italy After Action Report by Tyler Bugg: Using Arsenal of Democracy we get a taste of what could have happened if Italy made some better decisions in WWII.

8) Review: By Force of Arms by Billy Bennett by AJ Nolte: The Confederacy won, but the Union gets a second chance.

9) Amazing Stories, the world's first science fiction magazine, opens for Beta Testing of Phase 1 on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 by Matt Mitrovich: The classic SF magazine is back and yours truly is blogging for them.

10) Weekly Update #83 by Matt Mitrovich: Iron Kingdoms is novelized, The Afrika Reich gets reviewed, more chances to get published and new releases.

Well Chris did an excellent job getting the top 3 spots, while I once again had the most articles in the top ten this month. Shout out to AJ and Tyler for making the list as well. Stay tuned tomorrow when I recap the best of 2012.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a volunteer editor for Alt Hist magazine. His fiction can be found at Echelon Press, Jake's Monthly and The Were-Traveler. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. You can follow him on Facebook or Twitter.