we as authors have been writing about people we aren’t for forever. We find a way to empathise, we find a way in. Female characters are no different. All they are are characters. They are...

And then there was an explosion.

Timothy bit the inside of his lip and pretended to nod sagely. Things were starting to sound a little far-fetched again. “Man,” he said, “that’s… that’s rough. I’ve heard that being a dragon servant totally...

Well, isn’t that nice.”That wasn’t happening. Daddy never liked guns in the first place, Mother just pretended to. I was so grounded.