Why writing a James Bond novella was a bad idea

In early 2015 I was approached by a Canadian publisher to write a James Bond novella.

That’s like, Wow, right?

[image error]Actually, no … not really. I quickly discovered that this wasn’t anywhere near as prestigious as it first seemed. At the time, in several countries across the world, the James Bond novels, penned by Ian Fleming, had just passed into the public domain. Those countries which honored the death-of-the-author-plus-fifty-years-until-copyright-expired-law included New Zealand, South Africa,...