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Where are the women of the future?

Genre, gender, and perfectionism - the perfect storm

A light in the darkness - banishing 'dark' fiction

Now get into this one - making trouble for my characters

"Fiction should not be comfortable" - acceptable degrees of discomfort?

Rejecting what the market wants.

Too much advice - just write it!

Writers are too nice? I disagree, sir.

Reluctant stories - pulling ideas from the aether

Authentically passionate writing

Coded in string - the ideas machine

The quiet resonance of authenticity

Big magic - creative living behind fear

The history of the future

Books : humans can do magic

Keeping the Author Out

I Just Wanna Be Me

Letting the Ideas flow

Putting one word in front of the other

Renewing the faith

Read, write, read, write

It's smart and sexy - and not for me

Delivering rounded ideas

Precise description - bringing the world alive

In praise of the light

Keeping it real - in praise of near-future SF

Constructing cliffhangers

Taking responsibility for my stories

What if? The magic question

Enter the prostitute = close the book

Slowing down on entry

Is it just me, or is this book boring?

Paying it forward

Large numbers ease the heartache

Scenic and sequel - moving the story on smoothly