Stories That Span Books
In the context of some complaints about the lateness of George R. R. Martin’s next book, which is one in a series, novelist Charles Stross offers some insight into the writing of book-spanning stories.
In the context of some complaints about the lateness of George R. R. Martin’s next book, which is one in a series, novelist Charles Stross offers some insight into the writing of book-spanning stories.
Charles Stross has posted some typically thoughtful comments on the nature of length in fiction. What, exactly, is a short story and how does it differ from a novel? Can a novel itself be a chapter? It’s a truism of the writing business that short stories are not like novels. There are any number of [...]
The antipope – Charles Stross – has been brave enough to post his most negative Amazon reviews. ‘The writing is some of the worst I have ever experienced.’ (Accelerando) ‘Reminds me of cheap SF comics of the 50s and badly written online adventure games.’ (Halting State) Déjà Vu had one absolute stinker of a review, [...]
Via, Charles Stross’s blog, I’ve just stumbled across a meta-blog of science fiction and fantasy novelists. It seems that blogging authors occasionally pen articles for this site and, so doing, advertise their wares. Noteworthy among the writers are Charles Stross (obviously), Simon Haynes (we share the same agent), Jeff VanderMeer, and Scott Lynch. For those [...]