World Building 101: Writing the familiar … For works of fiction set in familiar worlds, the ones in which the reader already lives and is accustomed to, world building is…Continue readingLiving in a world you created
Long long ago in a galaxy far far away, HarperCollins published a story of mine that I had written in an admittedly long manuscript. Too long for them, as it…Continue readingHelp rescue a great story
There is science fiction and there is fantasy, and never the twain shall meet. At least, that is the silly notion adopted by so many SF writers, readers and reviewers.…Continue readingFantasy or SF? You decide
by Katya Austin, Unslash It’s tough enough for a movie which is rooted in dreams to even get a nomination for an Oscar. When they are, they almost always lose…Continue readingThe year the dream won
… get your ideas/write a book?’ One of the perennial questions posed to authors in many many many interviews is the fabled “Where do you get your ideas?” I too…Continue readingHow do you…
The Were Chronicles: “Random”, “Wolf”, “Shifter” At a certain level, the line between YA and adult literature becomes so fine as to be totally irrelevant. Yes, there are always some…Continue readingYA and the ‘Real World’
Fact, historical fiction, & fantasy, oh my! It might be because I grew up in a land where history is still lurking behind a sheer veil, always present and…Continue readingThe world I built
After the exhilaration brought on by the massive Women’s March, I found it both amusing and infuriating to browse through these Postcards warning men about the dangers of women’s rights…Continue readingDangerous Women