July 2024

Book publishing for fiction has been battered for years by a combination of mergers, the chronic under-capitalization of small to medium-sized presses, predatory scamsters (many of them based in the Philippines), and the biggest shibboleth of all – the idea that if it is on the Internet, it should be free (or very close to it). Ebooks started to take over the book publication market a long time ago, but they have not conquered all, […]

Tropes have been under heavy discussion recently in the fiction writing community. However, it seems that the definition of “trope” being used in recent discussions is a more modern definition of the word. Dictionary.com has this to say about all of the possible definitions: The best explanation that bridges the gap between the strict dictionary definition and the more commonly accepted current usage is this one from study.com: Although a little confusing, the definition of