“This compendium of literary undercutting and rebuilding is both enjoyable to read and an incisive work of commentary on the genre.” — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Now Available! Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates. Over two dozen authors, ranging […]
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[My Guest Post] Writing Prompt for Perspective
This month at Apex Book Company, I talk a little bit about something I feel is crucial to ensuring your story is your own — perspectives. When I’m worldbuilding and mapping out my plots, I also include something that happens a lot in romance — what the character believes and fears. Just recently, I had […]
The First Genre Novel I Read Is…
On Paul Jessup‘s website today, I read about how he’s going to participate in a 30 days meme for genre books. It sounded like a lot of fun, so I thought I’d chime in. Today’s the first day and I’m talking about my first genre novel. Okay, so even though this is part of the […]
Game Fiction Day Two: How to Fit your Story to the Theme of the Game
If I gave you a list of well-known movies, I bet that you’ll quickly identify what the theme of the movie is. For example, we know Indiana Jones is pulp, we completely “get” that Army of Darkness is a comedy, and we understand that X-Men III was supposed to be an action movie where Phoenix […]