<<<description of genre>>> The amount of research can be daunting—though not to everyone. DianaGabaldon, author of the Outlander series said, I thought historical fiction would be easiest because Iwas a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemedeasier to look things up than make them up. Should I write in this genre? Must Haves: Must Have 1 — Must Have 2 — Tropes and Cliches Broadly speaking, tropes are good and cliches are bad. Readers expect the former and resent the latter. That doesn’t mean you have to stuff your book full of tropes and avoid…
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