Book Titles
Titles, like book covers, can influence readers more than the tag-lines on the front or the blurbs on the back but can they be too obscure or is that part of the fun?
Female Protagonists
If the majority of readers are female and now, for the first time in history, the majority of writers are too, why are the majority of protagonists still male?
World Building
The best fictional worlds aren’t those with the most detail. In fact, when it comes to world building, sometimes less is more.
Promises, Promises
There's only one promise every writer makes to their readers and that is that the journey will be worth it.
All Fiction is Speculative
Albert Camus said, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” If that’s true, then speculative fiction tells lies so far-fetched that the truth has nowhere to hide.
Where do stories come from?
Writers often say, I didn’t find the idea for my book. It found me. So how did a joke from 30 years ago, track me down when I left no forwarding address?
Becoming a Writer
How does a writer earn enough to live on? Simple. You get a muggle job and hope that someday it dumps you.