Tim Powers on writing fantasy
Tim PowersMy thoughts on writing fantasy stories -- what they're made of and how they're made.
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The Faces Beyond the Monitor -- Writers' Groups
I expect people to disagree with me on this one, and possibly convince me that I’m wrong.
Writing, to state the obvious, is a solitary activity. The writer sits alone in a room, fixated on the story at hand and how best to spill the reader...
The Finite Number -- Rejections
Anybody who goes the traditional publishing route, whether with short stories or novels, is going to get rejections. I got my first one in1967, when I was fifteen, from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In those days F&SF printed...
Some Thoughts on Blurbs
Everybody agrees that blurbs on the front or back cover of a book can help its sales. The best one I ever saw was on a paperback of Louis Lamour’s Hondo – the blurb was “’The best western I’ve ever read’ – John Wayne.”
A really big name li...
Distracted in the Ditch -- Style
Writers are told that they must think about style. Like, Let’s see, this will be a fast-moving action story, I guess I’d better use short sentences, not too much description, words of three syllables or less – or, An old, expiring vampire l...
Resonant Keys -- Fritz Leiber
When I’ve taught at the Clarion or the Writers of the Future workshops, I’ve been disconcerted to find that many of these new writers – who are serious about pursuing careers in the science fiction and fantasy genre – have not read much o...
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I live in San Bernardino, California, with my wife and various cats and dogs. I've had 19 novels published, all science fiction and/or fantasy.
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