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Whether your story takes place on a space station a thousand years in the future or in today’s Suburbs, USA, it has to be set somewhere—and a vivid world is one of the most effective ways to catch (and keep) a reader's attention.
Whether you're writing fantasy, SF, speculative, or historical fiction—or even women's fiction or mystery—the world is vital to making your book come alive.
With editor and publisher Sarah Guan, we'll cover the most significant elements of effective worldbuilding—and whether you're getting rejected because of your worldbuilding, and what to do about it. Let’s make your story as vivid and memorable as it can be, so that it lingers in an agent's mind long after she closes her computer.
Sarah Guan was the Publisher of the speculative fiction house Erewhon Books and have been nominated for multiple Hugo Awards for Best Editor. She came to Erewhon after a varied career at Ace, DAW, and Orbit, and has worked with acclaimed authors such as C. L. Polk, winner of the World Fantasy and finalist for Canada Reads and the Locus, Nebula and Ignyte Awards; Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author and finalist for the Locus and British Fantasy Awards; Fonda Lee, winner of the World Fantasy and Aurora Awards and finalist for the Nebula, Locus, and Oregon Book Awards; Tasha Suri, winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer and finalist for the Locus and Astounding Awards; Tade Thompson, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award, and the African Speculative Fiction Society's inaugural Nommo Award; Kacen Callender, winner of the World Fantasy, Stonewall, Lambda Literary and National Book Awards; and many more.
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