A guest post by Lisa de Nikolits

Lisa de Nikolits has been hailed as “the Queen of Canadian speculative fiction” and is the international award-winning author of ten novels. Her short fiction and poetry have been published in various international anthologies and journals. Originally from South Africa, Lisa lives and writes in Toronto, and I’m very pleased to have her here as my guest, answering this week’s question. 

You’re writing a novel set in the current time. Do you include covid, politics, climate change among the backgro...