fiction
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Situation’s Critical
As much as writing is a solitary activity, there comes a time when one must take their precious darling baby of a story, and throw it to the wolves. In other words: workshopping. It is a rare creative genius who can write beautiful, erudite prose without ever having to get feedback from someone else. Hint:…
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The Great Non-Debate
Some time ago, a writing acquaintance of mine told me a little bit about what genre writers (in this case, sci-fi and fantasy) tend to talk about. This confused me a little bit, since a) I wasn’t aware that there was supposed to be a distinction between genre writers and literary writers, and b) I…