The Changing Market

Fiction is necessarily a reflection on the present, even when it’s set in the future, the past, or some totally sideways world populated solely by centipedes.

Authors, editors, and readers all have a worldview, and their worldview is inevitably shaped by their individual and collective life experiences. For authors, that worldview creeps into their work, whether they intend it to or not. For editors and readers, that worldview shapes their taste in fiction, specifically the type of fiction th...