You love ‘em, we love ‘em, and there’s never a shortage of questions so here’s another another fast-paced Q&A. Here are the questions that we field in this episode:
- How do you prepare to write?
- How do you write stories that are important without being heavy-handed?
- Magical realism vs. Fantasy — what’s the difference?
- Do you have recommendations or techniques for serving as a beta reader?
- Is it possible to do a serial with short stories and novellas all in the same setting?
- Why do publishers say they want crossed-genre books, but they’re not publishing crossed-genre books?
- Picture books and books for beginning readers: can you ‘cast on this for us? Answer: not until we’ve got an expert guest in that field. If you want that info, go to SCBWI.org
- Can you do a ‘cast on reading aloud? Answer: yes. This is not that ‘cast.
- What is the primary thing you’ve learned from reading Literary Fiction that has informed your Genre Fiction writing?
via Writing Excuses 8.17: Microcasting » Writing Excuses.
