The Queen Exposed
by Jean Asselin, Editor-In-Chief
We live in “interesting” times, as the ancient Chinese curse goes, including the newfound interest in chess sparked by “The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries. … As it turns out, there are aspects of the game of chess itself that can serve as a metaphor for writing fiction.
On Serious Cutting: Three Metaphors
“Cut it down by half, leaving nothing out.” —James Barrie (of Peter Pan)
On Revising
The morning slog through a max of 300 words of a first draft. Ploughing a rocky field with a Neolithic ploughshare, stopping every foot or so to pry up a boulder and roll it over to the growing drystone field wall.