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To a happy and prosperous 2026

Here’s to a happy and prosperous 2026. With multiple books in progress, it promises to be a busy year.

“What’s with all the cloak and dagger, old boy?” Bainbridge asked as he sat down next to me on the

This month, while Lin drives the wagon around Scotland, I’m shepherding the writers’ group. In today’s session at the New

Whatever the genre, the author has to decide what immediately matters. What’s the emotional core of the story? Hold back

What is the difference between scene and story goals? What happens when these don’t align? Do they exist in your

One important question when writing fantasy: how big a world do you need? Cast around for writing advice in the

The AI author panic has overtaken writers’ conferences and podcasts since the start of the year. Endless experiments with ChatGPT

Because we all need more joy and more comic novels in the worlds, herewith, the conventions of the comedy genre

One of the sessions of last year’s writers’ summits covered revision planning with Troy Lambert. At Daniel David Wallace’s Revising

Navigating a path from start to finish of a novel can be hard for both plotters and free-writers; enter the