“At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre is so open to experimentation and innovation that other genres reject--strangeness is our bread and butter. Spread it thick or slice it thin, it's still our staff of life.” StillsReasonStoriesChallengesFictionFantasyReaderInnovationScience FictionSpreadBreadGenreReason WhyRejectsThickStaffExperimentationStrangenessBread And ButterGenre IsScience Fiction And FantasyFantasy StoriesExperience And Learning Book:The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy Source: The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy
“Most chess books only sell a few thousand copies, and a book titled something like "Women in Chess" would sell even fewer. The idea with this title was to spread the book outside the competitive chess world. I'm interested in attracting readers who love chess but play only casually, and feminists interested in male-dominated fields.” WorldBookIdeasPlayFieldsReaderThousandSellsMalesFeministSpreadChessTitlesCopiesFewer Author:Jennifer Shahade
“Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip.” FeelsI CanReaderMessagesMajoritySpreadPublic ServiceDetectionMammograms Author:Cathy Guisewite
“I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,' or 'Nobody under 25.' With my books, it always has been, and continues to be, spread right across the board, and I think the operative term is 'reader.'” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensBookTermReaderDrawsSpreadBoardsSquares Author:Margaret Atwood
“I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread. There is no commercial interest behind it. It's only for fun, like doing something that you really enjoy to do. I have texts that I write specifically for the internet and I put them there. I am interested in how readers also respond to the texts that I write to them.” PeopleWritingLanguageFunEnjoyInterestBehindsReaderInternetSpreadBlogsDownloads Author:Paulo Coelho
“What's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq. Chap in an Irish pub in Dublin. And lovely to think this literary network - or rather network of readers - is well spread out.” PeopleThinkingWorldWellsFireReaderIraqSpreadLovelyFascinatingPubsBangladeshDublinChaps Author:John Gimlette
“There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, 'You must read this.' I've always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America, a discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.” WritingBookFeelingsWantedAmericaRoomsMiddleReaderClubsSpreadMeaningfulLovelyDiscourseLiving RoomContributingBook ClubMiddle America Author:Abraham Verghese