The Easier Part

By Vernor Vinge

There are two main subplots in my novel, A Fire Upon the Deep: the galactic starfaring of Ravna, Pham, and the Skroderiders; and the adventure with the creatures of the Tines World. Of the two, the tale of Ravna and Company was by far the harder for me to write, and probably accounted for two–thirds of my revision time. Much of the difficulty was that galactic adventure is a crowded genre; writing cool new space opera is possible, but not easy. So I slaved and thought and slaved some more, and in the end I think the galactic subplot of A Fire upon the Deep is as intriguing as the groundside subplot with the Tines. In fact, the diligent/analytical part of me gets a thrill when I run into a fan who prefers the galactic subplot; such opinions are a testament to hard work well done.

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You’re ending Repairman Jack? Really?

By F. Paul Wilson

Yeah, I know. Crazy, huh? With Jack’s audience still growing as more and more readers stumble onto his backlist, and each new title selling more than the last, why end the series?

Because it’s time.

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Walking in My Character’s Footsteps

By Kiki Hamilton

In my novel The Faerie Ring, the world of Victorian London intersects with the world of Faerie. Whether you believe in faeries or not, I think we can all agree that both worlds are inaccessible from the 21st century. How, then, do you write a story that takes readers back in time and immerses them in a believable world?  In one word: Research!

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A Sneak Peek at Dear Creature by Jonathan Case

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