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No Reading Out Loud -- Forbidden Books
One day in a used bookstore, I had to stop and pull off the shelf a battered old book called The Secret Doctrine. It was a theosophical work by Helena…
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Originality and Re-reading Books
A friend of mine told me a while ago that he wanted to write a science fiction novel.
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Self-Publishing
I expect people to disagree with me on this!
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You Can't See What It Wants -- Supernatural Creatures
Just about every fantasy story involves non-human entities.
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Keeping the Cats Awake -- Emotional Action
I’ve mentioned that my cats look to me when there’s a sudden loud noise, ready to judge by my response whether the noise was something important, or…
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Ho ho ho, I get it -- Easter Eggs
It’s tempting, when you’re writing a science fiction or fantasy novel, to drop into it some kind in-joke which only a few readers will get.
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"Would You Like 15% of This?" -- Agents
These days when a writer has finished writing a first novel, the immediate thought seems to be, “Now I need an agent.”
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Small Presses
Luckily for us all, the publishers of fantasy whose books you see at Barnes and Noble aren’t the only such publishers there are.
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Tim Powers on writing fantasy
My thoughts on writing fantasy stories -- what they're made of and how they're made.
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