As well as my books, I write articles for a wide range of magazines, print and online, genre-specialist and general, to share the things I have learned about writing and the business of being an author.
This is one of the best ways I know for repaying the debt I owe for the generous advice of writers far more eminent than me, who've shared sage advice, timely warnings and cautionary tales for would-be authors through their own writings.
Here's a list of articles hopefully of use and interest, in roughly reverse chronological order, that is to say, most recent at the top. Click through to read what I had to say.
Don't You Just Make It All Up?
Should SF&F Be Taught in Schools?
How To Be Original And Still Get Published
Deity of Choice, not another bloody Fantasy Trilogy!
Fantasy? But that's just rubbish about elves and dwarves and stuff..."
But that's just fantasy, isn't it? Escapism, nothing to do with reality...
On the Fifth Day of our Journey - Conventions of Quest Fantasies