Here’s a helpful rule of thumb for novelists: Read 100 novels in the genre that you want to write in. You can choose any novels you like, but include recent novels, good books written within the last 10 years. Read the classic novels from this genre, too — just so you get a bird’s eye view of how the genre has changed over time
“This is an experience that a lot of women don’t get to have.”
So, okay, Assassin’s Blade came out, and I tell you what, I’ve never shot up so high and fast on Amazon in my life. I passed a few of Diana Galbaldon’s books, but her Highlander book stayed just ahead of me and I couldn’t catch up to that one. Still felt pretty good about the whole thing.
In 1995, I sent out my first novel and got my first rejection. I was a bright-eyed college student of…
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Dang, I am happy to see this one finished. Charles Anctil, Master Rosarian with the American Rose Society, and personal…
I do a little regular work for Xiaoduo Media, writing science and tech articles for young readers in China (somebody…