Will Shetterly
Will Shetterly
Will Shetterlyis an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel Dogland. The novel is inspired by his childhood at the tourist attraction Dog Land owned by his parents. He won the Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction for his novel Elsewhere, and was a finalist with Nevernever; both books are set in Terri Windling's The Borderland Series shared universe. He has also written short stories for various Borderland anthologies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.
In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible things exist and cannot live in peace with humans.
Unless you're writing for a humorous effect, elves or space aliens and all creatures who aren't human should at least be as strange as, oh, the French.
Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.
The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.
Is art influential? It can be - 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' rallied abolitionists, and 'The Jungle' provoked the demand for a safer food industry.
Many elitists hate rap as much as they hate country, though they don't like to admit it for fear of appearing racially insensitive.
Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art was shaped at expensive private schools.