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Comp titles: Agents love them; writers agonize about them. Comp titles are one of the most consistently misused aspects of querying, and it’s no wonder so many authors would rather […]

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It was the days shortly before the Lord of the Rings movies were released and my sister and I were patiently trying to coax our mother into the world of […]

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Last time I talked about good worldbuilding: What it is and, more importantly, what it isn’t. Today I’m going to expand on my third point: Worldbuilding that doesn’t actually make […]

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Let’s talk about worldbuilding. It has come to my attention that my definition of good worldbuilding is drastically different—and far more demanding—than most people’s. So here I present my view […]

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Archetypes are ubiquitous, yet misunderstood. All writers innately know how to use archetypes, yet many don’t realize that’s what they’re doing and don’t understand how they fit into literature as […]

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Among the cliches that often turn up on lists of novel openings to avoid is the car ride. I don’t know about you, but speaking as a reader, that isn’t […]