How SF Books are Written

The esteemed Charles Stross (esteemed by me, at least; I regret he does not return my feeling for him) has an interesting and honest description of how his SFF novel evolved, interesting in particular because of the take on genre-crossing. His describes FAMILY TRADE books as 'Science Fiction in Fantasy drag'; his take on the difference in genres is that fantasy is nostalgic and conforting, whereas SF is revolutionary.

There are in his peice nuggets of numbered wisdom for any would-be writer t...