In which starting a writing career is like the time I went to Canadian Tire to buy myself a Christmas Tree and came home with a KitchenAid Mixer (and a Christmas Tree)
In 2008, I met a girl called Non-Publishing Rachel (I mean, that’s what I call her). More accurately, she met me when she overheard Casey Lyall (yes, that...
In which building a protagonist is like fortifying Orkney for World War II
One of my pet peeves is when readers of a book critique the protagonist’s ability to solve whatever problems the plot presents. Obviously there is a whole...
In which world-building is like animal husbandry in Iceland
I’m not one of those writers who builds complicated worlds. Don’t get me wrong: I consider myself good at world-building, and I enjoy it a lot, but I don’t...
In which writing is like a volcano
I don't know how Iceland is going to show up in one of my books someday, but I'll bet you that when it does, it'll be a volcano.(The first author I ever...