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Split image: intricate fantasy map merging with a futuristic spaceship interior, representing the balance in sci-fi and fantasy world-building.

Balancing Sci-Fi and Fantasy World-Building Details

Many aspiring fantasy authors spend hundreds of hours meticulously detailing their fictional world's tax system or lunar cycles, only to find themselves stalled before writing a single chapter.

Claire Donovan·May 3, 2026

A shadowy literary agent works late at a desk in a grand library, symbolizing the evolving role of agents in the modern publishing landscape.

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Literary Agents' Evolving Role in Publishing's Future

To even capture an agent's attention, authors must now include a one-sentence pitch immediately after their personalized greeting in a query letter.

Claire Donovan·April 18, 2026