I love the quote from Toni Morrison, ‘If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.’ I firmly believe that the route to success in writing is to write the sort of book you want to read.
Science Fiction and Fantasy are hugely popular genres. What does it take for a writer today, to write compelling and successful Science Fiction and Fantasy stories? Authority Magazine started a new series called “How To Write Compelling Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories”. In this series, we are talking to anyone who is a Science Fiction or Fantasy author, or an authority or expert on how to write compelling Science Fiction and Fantasy .
As a part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jo de-Lancey. Jo is an award-winning fantasy writer from the UK. She wanted to be an author from a very young age and used to while away the hours writing stories about enchanted scarecrows. She’s since left the scarecrows behind in favour of thieves, pirates and magic. A love of the classic Final Fantasy and Zelda games drew her towards the fantasy genre, as well as the desire to create her own world. When…