Setting the Scene

Some of you are probably aware of the Macmillan/Amazon flap that started Friday. Even though I write for Tor, who is under the Macmillan umbrella, I don't plan to blog about this tonight. There are many other people who've said things much better than I have, and frankly, I'm tired of thinking about this. I wasted far too much time this weekend reading about what was going on instead of writing.

Instead, let's talk about something much more fun. Stories and setting. :-)

I confess, as a read...