Most aspiring novelists are advised to write about what they know. Which isn't all that helpful when your protagonist is spread-eagled on an inter-stellar operating table about to be dissected by a laser-driven hive mind.
So in the interests of being helpful, let me offer this small piece of advice.
Write about what you love.
This is not based on sentiment. The only thing that keeps most of us going in the knock-down, drawn-out, occasionally exhilirating, often frustrating, seemingly endless...
Published on November 06, 2009 00:22