It isn’t every day I get to ask one of my idols about writing. So, imagine my excitement last weekend while attending the Miami Book Fair online, when I realized the illustrious author and poet Margaret Atwood was going to take questions from the audience. My mind, naturally, went blank—years […]
From the outside, V.E. Schwab’s life looks as charmed as they come: Signed with a literary agent by 19. First book deal by 21. Well over a dozen books by 33, with her most ambitious to date, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, released just this week, along with news […]
I have a confession to make. I have always been attracted to a certain kind of story. A story that involves, first and foremost, a sense of wonder. A place – usually wild, but at very least a break from my everyday world – that is hidden or secret or […]
One of the things I love about speculative fiction is the way it lets you play with impossible, outlandish concepts while still exploring age-old questions about the human condition. How ironic, then, that readers of science fiction and fantasy are some of the toughest crowds when it comes to […]
I’m always juggling a half-dozen story ideas around in my head. Recently, I’ve debated whether to start one written from the point of view of an animal – a bird who survives an apocalypse that kills off all human civilization. I pitched the short story to my kids (if you […]
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