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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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...
The Priority -- Movie and TV Options
When you get a few novels published, or some well-placed short stories, it’s not altogether unlikely that somebody will approach your agent (by this point we assume you’ve got an agent) and ask for an option on the movie or TV rights for on...
Existential Trap Doors -- Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick’s books are categorized as science fiction, but in fact there isn’t much science in them. Like Ray Bradbury, he wrote about Mars as if it were just a fairly unpleasant environment, comparable to the Mojave Desert, and his spa...
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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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