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New blog post by Claire G More Haste, Less Speed? What Do We Mean by ‘Pace’ And Why Is It Important? We often hear that books are fast-paced, slow burn or ‘saggy in the middle’. In a nutshell, pace is the speed at which a story unfolds (note that this is not the same as the speed at which a...

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment. Jack Vance

Normally I'd post this in the Steam Room, but my membership slipped back to basic when I came off worse in a head-to-head battle with a bailiff (long story). As older members will remember I've been banging on about writing a time-slip novel for several years. I think it is finally 'finished'...